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Food
and Supplies officials get 4-yr RI
Sangrur, April 17
Mr R. P. Nagrath, Special Judge,
has awarded four years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2,500 each
to the two accused — Surinder Kumar Gupta, Inspector, Food and Civil
Supplies, and Ishar Sarup Singh, junior assistant in the same department
— in a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Pathankot
a haven for liquor smugglers
Pathankot, April 17
The town has become a ‘safe’
haven for illicit liquor smugglers. In the past about one year, this
illegal trade has been flourishing in the town. A number of unauthorised
shops have been opened by the traders with the connivance of the
higher-ups.
Punjab
denies stoppage of ads to daily
Chandigarh, April 17
Highly placed sources in the
Punjab government have denied that it had stopped the release of
government advertisements to a prominent Jalandhar-based language
daily for its alleged persistent anti-Congress and pro-Akali slant in
the coverage of news and views.
A monkey
beats the heat with a watermelon as the mercury goes up in Jalandhar on Wednesday. — PTI photo |
Stay
on octroi abolition notice sought
Chandigarh, April 17
Adding a twist to the octroi
controversy, former Municipal Councillor and petitioner in the case,
Mathura Dass, has sought directions for initiating contempt
proceedings against the state of Punjab and other respondents for
“making a false statement, besides filing a false affidavit in the
court”.
Watch
your ward’s progress on website
Amritsar, April 17
Good news for parents. Now they
would be watching the performance/attendance of their wards and
teachers on the website from the coming academic session, which
commences from July 1.
Vaids,
hakims in tizzy over ban
Bathinda, April 17
Resentment prevails among vaids
and hakims practising ayurvedic and unani systems of medicine in
Punjab as the authorities have directed them to surrender their
certificates to the department and they could not practise in the
state.
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kids charred to death
Hoshiarpur, April 17
Three children were charred to death when fire engulfed the jhuggis in
which they were staying in the ‘mand’ belt along the Beas near
Talwara township in the district last night.
Dissolution
of panel to hit SGPC credibility
Amritsar, April 17
The credibility of sub-committees
constituted by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to probe
various irregularities, mismanagement or scams is at stake after the
dissolving of the three-year-old inquiry panel to probe charges
against Prof Manjit Singh, Jathedar Kesgarh Sahib and Giani Kewal
Singh, the then Jathedar, Damdama Sahib.
Power
stopped to tubewells in border villages
Gurdaspur, April 17
Resentment prevails among
residents of Dorangla sector in this district for the PSEB has
abruptly disconnected connections to the tubewells in more than 15
border villages.
Traffic
police staff transferred
Kapurthala, April 17
Mr R. N. Dhoke, Senior
Superintendent of Police, today ordered the transfer of traffic police
staff at Phagwara to the local police line on the charge of
dereliction of duty. He also placed under suspension Sub-Inspector
Baldev Krishan, incharge traffic to Phagwara for not discharging his
duties honestly.
Ordinance
likely on market committees
Chandigarh, April 17
The Punjab Government is
contemplating issuing an ordinance to enable it to dissolve the
nominated market committees. Informed sources said the issue would
come up at the next meeting of the Council of Ministers.
Resignation
of law officers accepted
Chandigarh, April 17
In less two months after the
Congress government took over in Punjab, the resignation of 27 law
officers was accepted today, while the services of other three were
dispensed with.
MC
employees stage dharna
Bathinda, April 17
On a call by the Punjab Municipal
Workers Struggle Committee, employees of the local municipal council
staged a dharna in front of the office of the council to press the
authorities to accept their demands.
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persons beaten up, robbed
Hoshiarpur, April 17
Panic prevailed in the local
Bahadurpur area and adjoining Bhangi choe and in Bassi Gulam Hussain
village last night when a group of 10-15 looters started mercilessly
beating passersby with lathis and resorted to looting at Bhangi choe
at about 9.15 p.m.
Moneylender,
wife robbed, murdered
Sangrur, April 17
In a broad daylight dacoity,
Madan Lal (52), a small money lender and his wife Sneh Lata were
murdered with a sharp edged weapon by some unidentified dacoits in the
Partap Nagar locality at about 9-30 am here today.
SAD leader’s husband murdered
Bathinda, April 17
Teja Singh Toofan, a renowned Dhadi (ballad singer) and husband of Ms Darshan Kaur
Toofan, a senior SAD leader, was allegedly murdered here this evening by a man and his two sons.
Doctor
caught taking bribe
Faridkot, April 17
Dr Jaswant Singh, incharge, of
the De-addiction centre, here was caught while accepting a bribe of Rs
500 by a team of vigilance bureau led by DSP, Mr Mchal Singh.
Cop
suspended on bribe charge
Phagwara, April 17
Head Constable Gurdial Singh, who
was working as a chief munshi at the Satnampura police station here,
has been suspended and sent to police lines, Kapurthala, for taking
illegal gratification.
Scared
shopkeepers of street No. 6
Bathinda, April 17
Shopkeepers of street No. 6 near
the local Bhana Mall Trust have become an anxious lot. They lock the
shops as before, but pull them again and again. Just to make sure they
haven’t been lax while locking. Two theft incidents took place in
the street in less than a week.
Five
held for stealing gurdwara offerings
Moga, April 17
The Moga police claims to have
busted a gang involved in taking away money for after breaking open
the ‘golaks’ (collection boxes) of gurdwaras. It has arrested five
members of the gang, while the sixth one is at large.
Medical
teachers’ panel for return of money
Patiala, April 17
The Punjab State Medical and
Dental Teachers Association today demanded that the money collected
from enhanced student fee and NRI seats in medical colleges should be
immediately returned to the institutions so as to improve the
facilities of medical colleges and hospitals.
PCCTU
threatens to boycott exams
Amritsar, April 17
The Punjab and Chandigarh College
Teachers Union has threatened to boycott university examinations to be
conducted in May to force the government to implement pension and
gratuity scheme and release pending grants to the college due since
November 2001.
Students
demand grace marks
Batala, April 17
Students of B. Com (III) of the
local S. L. Bawa DAV College who have appeared in the final
examinations conducted by Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, are
worried about the style of question papers being set this year.
Exhibition
opened at KV
Patiala, April 17
The annual function of Kendriya
Vidyala No. 1, a model school of Chandigarh region, saw Brig. C.S.
Harika, Deputy General Officer Commanding, inaugurating the exhibition
of science, social science, art and art and craft models prepared by
children before the commencement of a stage show.
Students
seek resignation of Principal
Amritsar, April 17
Even as the strike of the
National Students Union of India at the local Laxmi Narain Ayurvedic
College entered the third day today, students of the college sought
the resignation of Dr D.C. Pandey, Principal of the college.
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