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Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner S. K.
Sandhu explaining the details of the electronic voting machine to
be used in the elections in Punjab.
— Photo Happy |
Flags proclaim
loyalty, support
Bathinda, February 1
The contestants in all the five Assembly segments falling in this
district are trying to reach out to a maximum number of voters by
adopting all means of campaigning. While the urban voters are keeping
them guessing, the rural voters are expressing their support, loyalty
and commitment by putting up party flags on their entrances and
rooftops.
FACTORS AT PLAY
Employees hold the key
Ropar, February 1
Employees and their families, traditionally a silent vote bank never
coming out openly in support of any party, may hold the key in four
out of the five Assembly constituencies in Ropar.
Poll
to
hit health?
Fazilka, February 1
The Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer, Ferozepore, has
appointed several Class IV employees, including sweepers, dhobis and
ward servants of the Health Department, Punjab, as polling officers
for Punjab Assembly election. Not only this, the office has issued
orders to nearly 400 employees of the Health Department, which include
more than 300 paramedical employees performing emergency duty.
Harassment
cases: Dang writes to Jacob
Amritsar, February 1
Mr Satya Pal Dang, CPI leader, expressed his dismay over the way in
which sexual harassment cases were handled at Guru Nanak Dev
University here. In a correspondence to the Governor, Lt Gen J.F.R.
Jacob, he said punishment given to the main “culprits” in such
cases was inadequate and not a deterrent for the magnitude of the
crime.
Global
status for Ropar, Kanjli wetlands
Chandigarh, February 1
The Ramsar Convention Bureau, Switzerland, has included Ropar and
Kanjli wetlands in the Ramsar list. With the inclusion of these two
wetlands, India has now eight wetlands of international importance,
covering 194,521 hectares of area. Talking to TNS today, Mr N.S.
Tiwana, Executive Director, Punjab State Council for Science and
Technology, said these wetlands had been declared as Ramsar sites.
Villagers
examined at Army medical camp
Fazilka, February 1
The presence of the Army in villages along the international border
might have caused some initial inconvenience to the residents of these
villages but the Army men are now lending a helping hand to them.
Roadways
men flay SAD policies
Muktsar, February 1
The joint action committee of the Punjab Roadways Employees
Association has flayed the Akali government’s policies and its
alleged indifferent attitude towards the demands of the roadways
employees.
Border
villagers get arms training
Gurdaspur, February 1
Villagers of Kassowal located on the Gurdaspur-Amritsar border closed
to the Indo-Pak border, who have returned to their houses are feeling
more secure and modified now. They said they Army had made efforts to
develop a rapport between the Army and locals.
Suicide by bride,
in-laws held
Amritsar, February 1
Three persons were booked in a dowry case by the Sultanwind police
after Harjinder Kaur committed suicide. She had consumed poison a few
days ago. In an FIR registered on January 30, Mangal Singh, father of the
deceased, has alleged that Harjinder was harassed and beaten up by her
husband Sukhwinder Singh, mother- in- law, Satwant Kaur and sister-
in- law Bholi. They were demanding more dowry A case under section
306,34 of the IPC has been registered.
‘Benami’
property dealer held
Jalandhar, February 1
The district police yesterday arrested Bhushan Dhawan for making
“benami” property deals on behalf of Naresh Kapur, an accused in
multi-crore Indira Vikas Patra case. Mr L.K. Yadav, SP, stated here that Bhushan Dhawan, a resident of
local Green Model Town locality, invested money raised through loans
from different banks by pledging Indira Vikas Patras and Kisan Vikas
Patras allegedly stolen from Patna railway station by Naresh Kapur.
Man
kills
wife, arrested
Ludhiana, February 1
In a gory murder, a middle-aged man allegedly murdered his wife after
torturing her with a hot iron to make her confess about an illicit
relationship. The police has arrested the accused and said the man
suspected his wife’s character and used to beat her often.
PUTA general body
meeting ends in chaos
Patiala, February 1
The long-awaited Punjabi University Teachers Association's
general body meeting ended in chaos today with rival factions clashing
over the right to convene the meeting.
National youth festival begins
Amritsar, February 1
A five-day All-India Inter-Varsity National Youth Festival commenced
at Guru Nanak Dev University here today amid much fanfare. More than 1,000 student artists from 62 universities are
participating in the festival which was inaugurated by the Governor,
Lt-Gen J. F. R. Jacob (retd).
Students carry music paraphernalia for the National Inter-Varsity Festival which commenced at Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar on Friday.
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