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Preeti Uttam (best playback singer, film Gadar) Sarbjeet Cheema (best folk singer) Kanwar Iqbal (best music director), Jagtar Jaggi (best comedian) after receiving awards at Mohamad Rafi Award function in Amritsar on Monday.
— Photo Rajiv Sharma
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Who
cares for research at Punjabi University
Patiala, September 3
Punjabi University has spent
lakhs of rupees on painting and whitewashing its campus in preparation
of the visit of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council
team, which arrived here yesterday even though research activity,
which is the mainstay on which the varsity will be assessed, remained
on a low key affair since the past one year.
Lust
for money made her kill husband
Hoshiarpur, September 3
How the lust for money and
property can make a wife kill her husband was proved by the statement
of Dr Kartar Singh Johar, Civil Surgeon (retd), whose son Gurpartap
Singh was allegedly killed by his daughter-in-law Sukhwant Kaur on
March 12, 1999 by giving him disulfiram (a medicine used for
de-addiction) in the court of Ms Ritu Y.K. Behl, Judicial Magistrate,
First Class, Chandigarh.
BJP
councillors’ action condemned
Bathinda, September 3
The patch-up between the BJP and
SAD municipal councillors after the councillor-thrashing episode at
the general house meeting of municipal councillors on August 28 seems
a distant dream due to a resolution passed against the alleged
“misbehaviour” of a section of BJP councillors.
Lok
Jan Shakti to contest 117 seats
Bathinda, September 3
Mr Ram Chander Paswan, President, Dalit Sena, has said the change of the portfolio of the
Union Minister for Telecommunication, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, was
unfortunate. Mr Ram Chander Paswan, who was here in connection with a
state-level function of the Dalit Sena, while talking to mediapersons
said the former Telecommunication Minister was the most ‘clean’
minister in the NDA-alliance and changing his portfolio would send
wrong signals among the people.
Women
told to fight for their rights
Budhlada (Mansa),
September 3
Ms Amarjeet Kaur Mitra, general
secretary, National Federation of Indian women, gave a call to women
to shed their conservative thinking and join the struggle for their
rights. She said women continued to be treated as second class
citizens.
Committee
calls for Sangrur bandh on Sept 6
Sangrur, September 3
The “Sunil agwa action
committee” has called upon the local shopkeepers and traders to
observe a complete bandh in the town on September 6 to protest against
the failure of the police in tracing a one-year-old Dalit boy, Sunil.
Viral
fever hits 3,000 villagers
Hoshiarpur, September 3
Residents in the district are in
the grip of pyrexia for the past few days. When contacted, Dr Dalip
Kumar, District Health Officer, told this correspondent here today
that a recent survey conducted in the district revealed that more than
3,000 persons were suffering from viral fever.
Bhagat
Puran Award for Sahara club
Faridkot, September 3
The Sahara Welfare Club, an NGO,
which has been cremating unclaimed dead bodies and providing medical
help to destitute for the past many years, has been selected for the
Bhagat Puran Singh Award for its service to humanity.
Seminar
on free legal aid held
Talwandi Sabo (Bathinda),
September 3
A seminar on Free Legal Aid and
Lok Adalats were held here today under the chairmanship of Mr B.C.
Rajput, District-and-Sessions Judge, Bathinda, in association with the
local Bar Association.
Lovers
commit suicide
Bathinda, September 3
Amritpal Singh and Pal Kaur, both
residents of Talwandi Sabo, 25 km from here today ended their lives by
consuming some poisonous substance.
Record
power generation
Bathinda, September 3
Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant here
has achieved a production target by producing 12,279 lakh units of
electricity from April to August, 2001, which is the highest in a
corresponding period in any year in the history of the plant.
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injured in accidents
Bathinda, September 3
Two persons were injured in a
collision between a tractor-trailor and a motor-cycle at the Mansa
road today. Volunteers of an NGO group took injured to a local
hospital for treatment.
Boys
beaten up at fashion show
Amritsar, September 3
A fight took place at Sanjyog
Marriage Palace when the crowd at a fashion show held here last night
turned rowdy during a performance by a troupe which was invited from
Delhi.
BDOs
warned against granting stays
Ropar, September 3
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr G. S.
Grewal, has warned the Block Development Officers against granting
stays in community works of the rural areas. The orders were issued on
the complaint of certain panchayat members of the Nurpurbedi block who
alleged that the officers had granted stays in various community works
of the villages on patty complaints.
Ministerial
staff hold rally
Bathinda, September 3
Hundreds of activists of the Food
and Supply Department Ministerial Staff Union, Punjab, along with
activists of other employees organisations today held a rally in front
of the office of the district Food and Supply Department to press the
Punjab Government to accept their demands.
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held under NDPS Act
Bathinda, September 3
The police has nabbed three
persons under the NDPS Act and seized 20 kg of poppy husk and 200
grams of opium from them. The SSP, in a press note issued here said
that Bittu Ram was arrested from the Sekhu area and was in possessing
10 kg of poppy husk.
Accountant
robbed of Rs 67,955
Mansa, September 3
Mr Butta Singh, accountant of the
district branch of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, was
robbed of Rs 67,955 in broad daylight today. Mr Butta Singh along with
his two colleagues had come to the main branch of the State Bank of
Patiala. After leaving Mr Butta Singh in the bank, his colleagues went
to attend to another work.
Decision
on MBBS course resented
Fazilka, September 3
The decision taken by the Punjab
Government on August 21 regarding admission to MBBS and BDS courses
has evoked resentment among students of general category and their
guardians.
Workshop
on painting starts
Amritsar, September 3
The S.G. Thakar Singh memorial
painting workshop started at the Indian Academy of Fine Arts here
yesterday.
Rights
panel asks Education Dept to pay dues
Mansa, September 3
The Punjab State Human Rights
Commission has directed the district education authorities to make
payment of the dues of Mr K.K. Jindal, who retired from the Education
Department few months ago, or file a detailed report in this
connection on or before September 5.
Preparing
for the wedding season
Patiala
The Patiala market has prepared itself
to meet the demands of the coming wedding season. The stores are full of
articles that will make the day a big hit. This season Zardosi and light
pastels are in demand. As the wedding
day approaches, shopping becomes a primary activity. When shopping for a
wedding, the most important thing is the wedding dress of the bride.
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Chandigarh,
September 3