BBMB
staff oppose repatriation move
Ropar, April 14
To resist their repatriation from
the Bhakra Beas Management Board, employees of the partner states
serving here have formed a joint action committee. About 3,000
employees of the Punjab and Haryana Governments are facing the threat
of repatriation to their states due to the decision taken by the
Finance Departments of the state governments.
Badal
‘backing’ NDA for personal gains
Talwandi Sabo, April 14
Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra,
President, Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, alleged that Mr Parkash
Singh Badal, President, SAD, was supporting the NDA government at the
Centre for some personal interests.
MCs
in financial crisis
Jalalabad, April 14
With the abolition of octroi in
Punjab the financial health of municipal bodies has become precarious.
The local Municipal Council has no funds to pay for their electricity
bill and is facing the threat of disconnection. If this happens, the
people of the town may have to live without drinking water and street
lights this summer. According to local Municipal Council sources, a
grant for Rs 11.86 lakh was due from the government towards the end of
this financial year.
‘Snoring
causes accidents, divorces’
Jalandhar, April 14
Snoring is one of the major
reasons behind road accidents in India and abroad and broken
marriages, particularly, in the western countries, where serious
efforts are being made to contain the deadly sleep apnoea syndrome.
Irrigation
tunnel inaugurated
Pathankot, April 14
Inaugurating the tunnel T-2 at
Ranjit Sagar Dam, the Punjab Governor, Lt-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd),
said on Sunday it was a great occasion that irrigation tunnel T-2 had
been made fully operative due to the hard work of engineers, staff and
workmen.
US
Red Cross team in Bathinda
Bathinda, April 14
A team of the American Red Cross
was taken by surprise when some of the technicians expressed their
ignorance about terms related to transfusion although they had been
working in the local blood bank for many years.
Tributes
paid to Ambedkar
Faridkot, April 14
Mr A. Venu Prasad, Deputy
Commissioner, Faridkot, unveiled the statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar
constructed at the cost of Rs 1 lakh on his 111th birthday at Ambedkar
Bhavan here today.
Dang
for probe into misuse of funds by Badal
Amritsar, April 14
Mr Satya Pal Dang, veteran CPI
leader, has drawn the attention of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to
the alleged illegal collection of money in crores during the rule of
his predecessor, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, by illegally transferring
land and property of various departments to PUDA and selling these as
plots.
Operation
Bluestar memorial: SGPC defers decision
Amritsar, April 14
The SGPC today deferred
indefinitely its decision on raising a memorial to Operation Bluestar.
In a press note the SGPC stated that the issue of the memorial had
been kept pending. It stated that a final decision would be taken
after consulting the Sikh high priests.
Sehajdhari
Sikh Federation gets EC recognition
Ludhiana, April 14
The Sehajdhari Sikh Federation
has been recognised by the Election Commission of India, as per
Section 29-A of the Representation of People’s Act, 1951. This was
stated here today by the president of the federation, Dr P.S. Ranu.
PPSC
chief hospitalised
Patiala, April 14
The Chairman of the Punjab Public
Service Commission (PPSC) Mr Ravinder Paul Singh Sidhu, who is in
judicial custody was admitted in the Central Jail hospital today when
he complained of backache and diabetes.
ITBP
official seeks security for land
Amritsar, April 14
Apprehending that his land may be
illegally and forcibly occupied by his relatives and others in
connivance with officials Mr Gulzar Singh Sandhu, Assistant
Commandant, Indo- Tibetan Border Police, 4th battalion, has written to
the Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar to ensure safeguarding of his
land.
Go
for inter-caste nuptials, get Rs 25,000
Jalandhar, April 14
The state government today
declared that an incentive of Rs 25,000 would be given to those who
opted for inter-caste marriages.
Shutdown
in power cut-free city
Bathinda, April 14
The joy of residents of this city
knew no bounds when the Punjab State Electricity Board authorities
declared it as the first power cut-free city of the state in
September, 2001.
Shun
tobacco, be rewarded
Bathinda, April 14
The Prajapita Brahma Kumari
Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya in collaboration with the World Health
Organisation and the National Public Health Organisation has organised
a contest in which any person taking tobacco for more than a year
would be given a prize if he quitted it for four weeks.
Licences
of 6 arhtiyas suspended
Sangrur, April 14
Mr Sarvjit Singh, Deputy
Commissioner, has ordered the suspension of licences of six arhtiyas
in three grain markets of this district for possessing fewer
tarpaulins for this procurement season.
4
bank staffers booked in fraud case
Mansa, April 14
Four staff members of the local
Land Mortgage Bank along with one of their touts have been booked
under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of
Corruption Act for bungling in the advancement of a loan while a
sarpanch of Ulak village has been arrested for embezzling Rs 3.46 lakh
meant for development.
Youth
defrauded of 6 lakh, six booked
Phagwara, April 14
On the complaint of a youth of
Narur village, Narinder Singh, the local police has registered a case
of fraud, forgery, conspiracy and breach of trust under Sections 420,
406, 467, 468, 471 and 120 of the IPC and certain Sections of the
Immigration Act against six persons.
Suicide
bid by Dalit woman
Barnala, April 14
Babli (25), a Dalit daily-wage
sweeper working in the local Civil Hospital, attempted suicide
yesterday by setting herself on fire after sprinkling kerosene oil in
her house in the Old Hospital Complex following alleged police
torture.
Two
car thieves arrested
Nawanshahr, April 14
Dr Naresh Kumar Arora, SSP, in a
press statement issued here yesterday, said the local police had
busted a gang of car thieves by arresting two members — Manjit Kumar
and Raja — residents of Jalandhar, during a special checking
operation on Saturday.
Paper-setters’
inefficiency decried
Mansa, April 14
Mr D. D. Singal, Principal, and
Professor Achhru Singh, Head of English Department, Government Nehru
Memorial Postgraduate College, Mansa, in a joint statement issued here
yesterday expressed dissatisfaction over the inefficiency of
paper-setters appointed by Punjabi University, Patiala, for
undergraduate classes in English.
MARKFED PLANS
Mobile
labs to grade wheat in fields
Chandigarh, April 14
Markfed will shortly set up a world class testing
laboratory at Ludhiana. Alongwith this, mobile laboratories for
identification of wheat in fields are also likely to be set up, said
Mr S.S. Channy, MD Markfed, while addressing a press conference here
today.
|
