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10
SMOs found absent from duty
Jalandhar, April 16
The absence of as many as 10
Senior Medical Officers and 60 per cent of the para-medical and other
staff, detected during surprise checking by the Vigilance Bureau
today, revealed how government hospitals were working sans doctors.
Punjab
in dilemma over market committees
Chandigarh, April 16
The Punjab Government is in a
dilemma over the issue of dissolution of nominated market committees
in the state. There are 144 market committees. The previous SAD-BJP
government had nominated their governing bodies, including
chairpersons and other members.
Chain
fast by Congressmen
Bathinda, April 16
Hundreds of Congress workers led
by the district president, Dr Bhagat Singh Dhaliwal, today observed a
chain fast and held a rally in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s
office here, against the communal riots in Gujarat and to press the
Central Government to remove the Chief Minister, Mr Narinder Modi,
immediately.
Four Congress panels to select candidates
Chandigarh, April 16
The president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Capt Amarinder Singh, has set up four committees of party leaders to select candidates for the municipal corporation elections in the state.
HIGH COURT
SHO
told to pay compensation
Chandigarh, April 16
Taking up a petition filed by a
Ferozepur district resident alleging thrashing by policemen, Mr
Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has
directed the Station House Officer of the Makhu police station to pay
an interim compensation of Rs 10,000 to the petitioner from his own
pocket.
- Couple allege beating by son
SUMMER WOES
Water
crisis hits Patiala as MC caught unawares
Patiala, April 16
The summer heat may not have
reached its peak yet but for the residents of the old city water
scarcity has already become the order of the day even as the Municipal
Corporation has been caught unguarded, being unable to set the tone of
a cool summer.
Clinic
found violating MTP, PNDT Acts
Patiala, April 16
The manner in which the Medical
Termination of Pregnancy Act and the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique
Act are being followed in this district was reflected in the first
raid conducted on a clinic in the city here where the inspection team
found that ultra sound tests were being conducted to “examine foetal
well being’’ and the operation theatre had equipment and drugs
used to conduct abortions.
New
board for Takht Hazoor Sahib
Ludhiana, April 16
The Maharashtra Government has
further extended the supersession of Takht Sri Hazoor Sahib Board,
Nanded, and formed a 12-member board to look after the affairs of the
same. The board includes Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra and Mr Jagdev Singh
Talwandi former presidents of the SGPC, and Mr Sukhdev Singh Libra,
Member, Rajya Sabha, from Punjab.
Stop
security checks on Sikhs, govt tells S. Arabia
Ludhiana, April 16
The Ministry of foreign affairs
has taken up with the Saudi Arabia authorities the incidents of Sikh visitors and residents being asked to remove their turbans for
security checks by their authorities and has urged them to put an end
to this practice.
Rallies
galore at Jalandhar
Jalandhar, April 16
Various political and employees
organisations have held dharnas and rallies over various issues in
different parts of the city. Earlier in the morning, hundreds of
Congress workers held a dharna outside the office of the Deputy
Commissioner demanding the removal of the Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr
Narendra Modi, for his failure to control riots in Gujarat.
Thermal
plant staff hold rally
Bathinda, April 16
On a call given by the Punjab
State Electricity Board Struggle Committee, member of the Guru Nanak
Dev Thermal Plant Employees Federation held a strike today to press
the authorities to accept their demands.
Gang
selling women busted
Mansa, April 16
The police has busted a gang
indulging in bringing women from Rajasthan and other states for sale,
said Mr Sudhanshu Shekhar Srivastva, SSP, here today.
Clearing
Punjabi paper must for matric students
SAS Nagar, April 16
Candidates appearing in the
matric examination of the Punjab School Education Board will have to
clear the Punjabi language paper along with those of other subjects to
qualify in the written test.
JAC
flays Badal’s statement
Patiala, April 16
The joint action committee
comprising teachers, students and non-teaching employees of Punjabi
University today condemned the recent statement of former Chief
Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal, who has alleged that the
Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, is
being made a victim of political vendetta.
B.Ed
unemployed to hold rally at Patiala
Bathinda, April 16
Mr Baljinder Singh, press
secretary, Unemployed Teachers Front (Punjab), in a press note issued
here yesterday, said that members of the front would stage a dharna at
Patiala on May 7 to press for their demands.
Grace
marks for students sought
Bathinda, April 16
Mr D. R. Singla, Head of the
Commerce Department of the local DAV College, has urged the
authorities concerned to give grace marks to students of B Com II as
part of one of their question papers was out of syllabus.
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