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Shahpur
Kandi project cleared
Gurdaspur, August 28
The Rs 1,400 crore Shahpur Kandi
hydel project has been finally cleared by the Centre. Its completion
will pave the way for the power generation of the Ranjit Sagar dam to
reach its full capacity.
Pro-VC group sweeps PUTA
poll
Patiala, August 28
The pro-Vice-Chancellor group — the UTF — today swept the elections to the Punjabi University Teachers Association
(PUTA), bagging three out of the four posts of office-bearers and four out of the seven posts of Executive members.
Man
kills sister-in-law, paramour
Ferozepore, August 28
In a shocking incident, a man
allegedly killed his widowed sister-in-law Khuswinder Kaur and her
paramour Balwant Singh, a constable in the Punjab Police, after
finding them in a compromising position yesterday.
Opinion
poll ‘manipulated’
Ferozepore, August 28
A senior Congress leader, Mr
Gurnaib Singh Brar, while addressing a press conference criticised the
opinion poll published in a section of media, in which Mr Parkash
Singh Badal was adjudged the best Chief Minister, Punjab had ever had.
PPCC public
meeting on Aug 31
Vigilance
Dept to collect money for Chhapar mela?
Sangrur, August 28
Prof Balwant Singh, secretary,
Punjab unit of the CPM, yesterday alleged that the SAD government had
assigned the duty of collecting money for the Chhapar mela for the
first time to the Punjab Vigilance Department like other departments.
Scribes
boycott Badal’s function
Ludhiana, August 28
Scribes belonging to different
news organisations today boycotted all functions of the Chief
Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, after he refused to order a
magisterial inquiry into the misbehaviour with some journalists at the
hands of a Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Ludhiana railway
station recently.
46 gastroenteritis
cases in Samana
Patiala, August 28
As many as 46 persons have been admitted in the subdivisional hospital and various private hospitals at Samana after suffering bouts of gastroenteritis due to contaminated water in the town.
Ranjit Singh celebrations: CM to visit
UK
Chandigarh, August 28
The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, will visit the UK from September 19 to 21 to participate in the Maharaja Ranjit Singh bicentenary coronation celebrations.
Public
participation in water scheme
Bathinda, August 28
Ms Valsalla Kutti, Director,
Technology Mission, Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, has
said that people do not think of water as a prized resource and only
the government is held responsible for its non-availability. BSP leader cries
foul
Chandigarh, August 28
Mr Gurinder Pal Singh
Dhanula, a senior leader of the BSP, in a statement issued here today, said the Faridkot police had been trying to implicate him in a case. He alleged that the police action against him had been initiated at the behest of a prominent political family of the Faridkot area.
MC
employees stage dharna
Hoshiarpur, August 28
Employees of the Municipal
Council, Hoshiarpur, staged a dharna in front of the council office
and took out a procession through the main bazars of the city today.
3
die as tree falls on jeep
Bathinda, August 28
Three persons were killed and
eight injured when a tree fell on the jeep they were travelling in
near Romana village, about 25 km from here, this afternoon.
Cop
‘misbehaves’ with woman
Pathankot, August 28
The Pooja Express (2403-up)
coming from Jaipur to Jammu this morning was delayed for more than
half-an-hour due to an altercation following the alleged misbehaviour
of a CRP constable with a woman passenger.
Cycle
rally flagged off
Kapurthala, August 28
A cycle rally of Army jawans and
officers of the 6055(1) MC BDG WKSP was flagged off by Brig M.A.
Devaiah today from Kapurthala to Harike in Ferozepore.
Ban
orders
Dispensary
opened
Stir
threat by Telecom officers
Chandigarh, August 28
The Punjab Circle Telecom
Engineering Officers Association at its meeting held in Ludhiana today
condemned the Chief General Manager of Punjab Telecom circle for his
alleged rude behaviour.
5
held for smuggling narcotics
Bathinda, August 28
The police has arrested five
persons allegedly involved in the smuggling of narcotics and has
recovered 40 kg of poppy husk and 500 gm of opium from them.
Five
robbers arrested
Bathinda, August 28
The district police has arrested
five members of an inter-state gang allegedly involved in looting
under the cover of business activities.
Patwari
held for accepting bribe
Bathinda, August 28
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested
Shamsher Singh, a patwari in the Revenue Department posted at Pakka
Kalan in the district, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 800. The
SP (Vigilance), Bathinda zone, in a press note issued here today said
Shamsher Singh had demanded the money from Gurlabh Singh, a resident
of Chak Heera Singh in the district, for giving favours to him.
Man
stoned to death
Tarn Taran, August 28
Satpal Singh of Deenewal village
under the Sadar police station has been stoned to death by four
persons of the same village.
Proclaimed
offender arrested
Phagwara, August 28
Proclaimed offender Ashok Kumar,
alias Shoki, alias Shambhu, alias Sucha Ram of Shekhupur Bakhlor
village under Mukandpur police station has been arrested.
Police
indicts, DEO(S) denies
Bathinda, August 28
Mr Major Singh Sandhu, District
Education Officer (DEO), Secondary, today denied that any inquiry was
pending against him in the bunglings in the issuance of experience
certificates, transfer of teachers and appointments in the Education
Department as appeared in a section of press.
Students
seek subject teacher
Tanda Urmur (Hoshiarpur)
August 28
Nearly 60 students of political
science stream of GKSM Government College here have complained that
though their classes started about a month ago yet there is no teacher
for the subject.
Students
to form anti-ragging union
Patiala, August 28
The Punjab Students Welfare Union
today decided to form an anti-ragging union cell.
Donor
of fans honoured
Tarn Taran, August 28
An NRI, Mr Rachpal Singh, of
Chabba village, who had donated 50 ceiling fans to the village
government senior secondary school, was honoured today at a function
organised on the school premises.
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Dr
Sohinder Singh Wanjara Bedi is no more. Students and scholars of Punjabi
folklore in this century will hardly believe that the colossal task of
production of “Punjabi Lokdhara Vishvakosh” (Encyclopaedia of
Punjabi Folklore and Culture) in eight big volumes was attempted
single-handed by this scholar of folklore disciplines popularly known as
Wanjara Bedi, after Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha, who compiled “Mahan Kosh”,
a single volume, and, that too, with the help of state resources, in the
19th century.