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Vegetable
scam at mental hospital?
Amritsar, March 21
Ever bought lemons at Rs 10 per
quintal and garlic at Rs 5 per quintal. This may sound strange but it
is true in case of the mental hospital here. The tenders, which were
passed by the purchase committee, comprising representatives of the
Deputy Commissioner, Civil Surgeon, Food and Supply Controller and
Chief Agriculture Officer, speaks volumes about the modus operandi of
the vegetable contractors.
ADGP:
need for new marriage laws
Chandigarh, March 21
Need for fresh legislation on
marriages involving persons of different nationalities and setting up
of common centres, both in the UK and India, to tackle the problems
related to “fake and forced international marriages” were stressed
by Dr G.S. Aujla, Additional Director-General of Police-cum-Director
of the Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur.
Michel Hedges Chief Constable of British Police standing in front of
the memorial at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on Thursday after paying
homage to the freedom fighters who were killed in the indiscriminate
firing by the instruction of General O' Dier on 13th April 1919 here.
— PTI photo
Parties
prepare for Khatkar conferences
Nawanshahr
The annual shradhanjali samaroh
will be organised at Khatkar Kalan, native village of Shaheed Bhagat
Singh, on March 23.
PSEB
Administrative Member to be bureaucrat
Patiala, March 21
Unlike the past, the Punjab State
Electricity Board (PSEB) is not likely to have any political figure
posted as Administrative Member of the board with the government
deciding in principle to appoint a bureaucrat to the post.
Border
villages sans facilities
Kishore Singh Wala (Ferozepore),
March 21
The standard of living of people
in this sleepy border village has improved considerably during the
past two decades but a lot is still needed to be done.
Another
sacrilege in Kurali
Kharar, March 21
In another act of sacrilege, a
holy scripture was allegedly put on fire by some miscreants in Sotal
Baba village situated on a link road diverting from National
Highway-21 near Kurali here last night. A team of media persons from
here visited the village today.
Civic
body chief’s offices ransacked
Rampuraphul, March 21
Mr Sunil Bitta, municipal
councillor (MC) and group leader of MCs belonging to the BJP, today
ransacked the offices of Executive Officer (EO) and President, Mr
Charanjit Singh Jatana, when he came to know that Mr Jatana had
completed the proceedings of the monthly meeting within few minutes in
the absence of the group of MCs led by him.
Batala
road in disrepair for years
Batala, March 21
The road from Khajuri Gate to
Sekhri Niwas has been in a dilapidated condition for the past many
years.
SHO
suspended on scribe’s complaint
Gurdaspur, March 21
Inspector Chain Singh, Station
House Officer of city police station Batala, was placed under
suspension today for demanding petrol for his vehicle from a press
correspondent of the Hind Samachar group of publications and UNI.
Medical
team visits ultrasound centres
Patiala, March 21
Under the directions of the Civil
Surgeon, Dr Inderjit Kaur Walia, a team comprising Dr Sarbrinder Kaur
and Dr Navdeep Kaur of the Indian Medical Association, Mrs Sureet
Inder Kaur and Mrs Rupinder Kaur, from NGOs, visited several
ultrasound centres in Nabha.
Panel
‘should check’ ultrasound centres
MC
budget passed
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 21
The Municipal Council Sirhind-Fatehgarh
Sahib, passed its annual budget of Rs 4.21 crore unanimously in a
special meeting held here today.
Sandhu
takes over as board Secy
Chandigarh, March 21
Mr Mandeep Singh Sandhu has taken
over as Secretary, Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Board in place
of Mr Phulwant Singh Sidhu.
Two
crushed to death
Sunam, March 21
Two persons were killed when a
tempo crushed to death a scooterist and a pedestrian in front of the
office of the SDM here today.
GND
varsity exams from March 30
Amritsar, March 21
More than one lakh candidates
(regular and private) will appear in the annual examinations of Guru
Nanak Dev University commencing from March 30.
Books
for SCs find way to open market
Ludhiana, March 21
Text-books meant for free
distribution among the Scheduled Castes and students belonging to the
weaker sections of society and published by the Punjab State Education
Board have found their way into the open market.
Students
not allowed to appear in examination
Bathinda, March 21
As many as eight students of
Class X under the Punjab Open School Scheme were not allowed to appear
in the home science paper at Khalsa School here today by the centre
superintendent concerned when he failed to find their name in the cut
off lists supplied to him by the authorities.
Painting
workshop
Patiala, March 21
The Department of Fine Arts,
Punjabi University will organise a poster and painting workshop on the
martyrdom day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Punjabi poet Paash’s at
Punjabi Bhavan here, tomorrow.
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