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In
search of character certificate
Chandigarh, September 17
For 70-year-old Charan Singh, it is battle of a different kind.
Twentyfive years after being “implicated” and discharged in an
espionage case, the retired armyman continues to battle the
bureaucracy to get his pension restored. While the Army authorities
want him to submit a character certificate from the police authorities
concerned, the police, on its part has failed to do so.
Pak
imposes curfew along border with Punjab
Amritsar, September 17
The Pakistan Government has imposed dusk-to-dawn curfew along the 553
km long international border with Punjab and substantially thinned the
presence of its Rangers, equivalent of the BSF, apparently for
deployment on internal security as a precautionary measure. Middle
level BSF officers, doing duty on the border, confirmed it but Mr
Suresh Purohit, DIG, (Amritsar) range when contacted, declined to
either confirm or deny it.
Pension
for staff of govt-aided schools
Chandigarh, September 17
The Punjab Government has decided to grant pensionary benefits to all
employees of government-aided privately managed schools in Punjab on a
par with employees of government schools.
Dr Chohan to float
Khalsa Raj Party
Hoshiarpur, September 17
Dr Jagjit Singh Chohan, self-styled president of the so called
Khalistan talking to reporters at his residence, said that in view of
the prevailing corrupt politics in Punjab he would soon form the
Khalsa Raj Political Party to contest the coming elections to Punjab
state Assembly.
Badal may woo Morinda voters with
sops
Ratwara Sahib, September 17
The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, will be under tremendous pressure to make wooing announcements during his visit here as part of his sangat darshan programme on Thursday to marginalise his political opponent Mr Ravi Inder Singh’s influence in Morinda Assembly constituency.
SAD-BJP
Govt most corrupt: Sandhu
Bathinda, September 17
Mr Tehal Singh Sandhu, member, PPCC, in a statement issued here today
alleged that the present SAD-BJP ruling alliance in the state was the
most corrupt. Mr Sandhu alleged that all government departments had
been reduced to machines for minting money to fill the coffers of the
corrupt politicians.
Hike
in
MSP a joke, says Bhinder
Gurdaspur, September 17
Mrs Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder, senior Congress leader and chairman of the
PPCC Manifesto Committee for the Assembly elections talking to
newspersons here today, said if the Punjab Congress was voted to
power, it would provide power free of cost to farmers for running
tubewells. She said the Congress would include more relief for Dalits
and the Scheduled Castes in the manifesto.
‘Bir’ burnt,
tension in Morinda village
Ropar, September 17
Three unidentified scooter-borne persons, suspected to be ‘big’
followers of the controversial Sant Piara Singh Baniara, burned a bir
of holy Guru Granth Sahib after stealing it from a gurdwara in
Ratangarh village near Morinda.
Board
denies power consumer’s charge
Moga, September 17
Mrs Mohinder Kaur, a local resident, has approached the Punjab State
Human Rights Commission against the Punjab State Electricity Board authorities for their alleged high-handedness and disconnecting
the power supply to her house.
Preference for senior citizens
Patiala, September 17
Senior citizens of the city are in for a pleasant surprise as Rajindra Hospital and Government Dental Hospital propose to introduce a token system in all outdoor patient departments in which the first 15 tokens will be reserved for the persons above the age of 60 years.
Construction
of DAC complex uncertain
Gurdaspur, September 17
The construction of the district administrative complex on the
premises of the office of district Animal Husbandry has become
uncertain in view of reshifting of the office of the Deputy Director,
District Animal Husbandry Department, to its original building
recently. The office was vacated about six months ago at the instance
of the Chief Minister and the construction of the district
administrative complex was approved by the Minister for Animal
Husbandry.
Ex-servicemen
want one rank, one pension
Sangrur, September 17
The Sangrur district unit of the Indian Ex-Services League (Punjab and
Chandigarh) today held a rally in the local war Heroes Stadium to
discuss the problems, faced by the ex-servicemen, and force the state
and Central Government to accept its demands.
Minister gives
grants
Patiala, September 17
The Punjab Finance and Planning Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh , today gave a grant of Rs 50,000 for the construction of a primary school building, Rs 1 lakh for repair of village roads and Rs 50,000 for the Sports Club.
Coop
bank staff rally tomorrow
Bathinda, September 17
All is set for the rally to be held in front of the office of the
Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Chandigarh on September 19 by
employees of the cooperative banks of the state, to pressurise the
government to fulfil their demands.
Doctors
operate on AIDS patient
Amritsar, September 17
The first orthopaedic surgery on an AIDS patient who had suffered a
fracture on the right femur was successfully performed at Guru Tegh
Bahadur Hospital here today. Dr R.P.S. Boparai, Head, Ortho-paedic
Department, claimed that this was for the first time that an AIDS
patient had been operated upon in any government hospital of the
state.
Old manuscripts
to be preserved
Patiala, September 17
The State Languages Department has chalked out a plan to preserve the 400-year-old manuscripts by tranforming them into the computer CDs so that one can take help from them whenever needed.
Rally against reservation policy
Chandigarh, September 17
The Punjab State General Categories Welfare Federation has said that various associations and federations from all over India held a rally at Lucknow against the reservation policy of the Union Government to appease Scheduled Castes and Backward classes.
Residents hopeful
of “sangat darshan”
Chandigarh, September 17
Residents of Naya Gaon, Kansal, Janata Colony, Chhotti Karoran and other villages on the periphery of Chandigarh have welcomed the holding of “sangat darshan” at Ratwara Sahib, near Mullanpur, on September 20.
Looter held, Rs 4
lakh recovered
Bathinda, September 17
The district police has made a breakthrough in yesterday’s looting
incident near Jaitu, involving more than Rs 4 lakh. It has been found
that Ram Gopal Sharma, who had lodged the complaint regarding the
incident, was the mastermind behind it. The police has arrested his
accomplices, Sukhraj Singh, and recovered the money from him.
Arrears for teachers shortly?
Patiala, September 17
A function held here last evening to honour the newly elected Punjabi University Teachers Association president, Dr Dalbir Singh Dhillon, in a private hotel raised eyebrows among the teaching fraternity due to the presence of the State Finance Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, who is otherwise a rare visitor to the varsity.
Upgraded school teachers await salary
Patiala, September 17
The Punjab government is in a hurry to upgrade government schools in the State but enthusiasm is lacking as far as the teachers of these upgraded schools are concerned. The teachers have been withdrawal salary for the past four months. Under a special scheme launched in June, the State government decided to initiate a programme under which four schools each of Primary, Middle and High level were upgraded in each constituency in the State.
PCCTU formulates
action plan
Phagwara, September 17
The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union has formulated an action plan in support of its demands. Disclosing this at a press conference here today, Prof Jaspal Singh Randhawa, general secretary, PCCTU, said the decision to intensify the agitation was taken at the union’s executive committee meeting yesterday.
Record collection under
savings schemes
Lalru, September 17
The Punjab Government has collected a record amount of Rs 2,811.98 crore from the small savings schemes during the last financial year and aims at achieving a target of Rs 3,500 crore next year.
This was stated by Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance and Planning Minister, at a meeting held at Government Senior Secondary School on the occasion of Sanchayika Day here recently.
IN FOCUS
Few takers for fish market booths
Patiala
A planned campus with 44 booths, stores and space for customers to sit and relax. All this describes the Government Fish Market on Jail Road. Still fish sellers have been staying away from it for nearly two years.
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