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Sidhu
case: remand for hawala suspect
Kharar, April 18
Mr Roshan Lal Chouhan, Judicial
Magistrate here today remanded Mrs Surinder Kaur, who was arrested by
the Punjab Vigilance Department on the charge of sending money of
Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu, Chairman PPSC, through hawala transaction
abroad, in police custody till April 20 and ordered that she should be
produced in the court at 11 am on April 20.
Punjab
looks towards Bollywood for funds
Chandigarh, April 18
The cash-starved Punjab
Government has started looking towards Bollywood to generate funds for
promoting cultural activities in the state. A government statement
said today that heroes like Sunny Deol and his father, Dharmendra,
would be approached for the promotion of "culture activities and
financing" of the Punjab Arts Council, besides seeking assistance
from business and industrial houses.
No
plan to remove Rinwa: Bhatia
Chandigarh, April 18
The Punjab unit of the BJP said
today that there was no truth in the reports that head of the state
unit of the party, Mr Brij Lal Rinwa, would be replaced with a new
face. Mr Raj Bhatia, office secretary of the party, said certain
vested interest with an aim to damage the party were floating such
reports in the media.
Disqualify
Mann as MP, demands SSF
Amritsar, April 18
In a communication to the
President of India, the Sehajdhari Sikh Federation has sought
disqualification of Mr Simranjit Singh Mann as member Parliament, and
urged the Chief Election Commission to derecognise SAD (A) for openly
supporting the formation of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee.
Speed
up inquiry into gold theft case: farmers
Patiala, April 18
The Young Farmers Club has
represented to the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to ensure
swift completion of inquiry into the case pertaining to alleged
robbery of 100 kg of gold from the ancestral haveli of a former Prime
Minister of Patiala state in Bakshiwala village in the district.
Habitat
Centre, aerodrome for city royale
Patiala, April 18
Patiala is all set to have a
Habitat Centre of its own on the lines of the International Habitat
Centre at Delhi with the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA)
already in the process of identifying a suitable site for the project
in the city.
No
headway in bank robbery case
Jalandhar, April 18
Even as the last week’s
sensational broad daylight bank robbery has left residents
shell-shocked and insecure, the district police is still groping in
the dark as it has failed to make any headway into the crime. The
crime involved two unidentified robbers who had walked away after
looting Rs 16.53 lakh and locking the entire staff of UCO Bank’s
Model House branch.
DC
for early disposal of public complaints
Sangrur, April 18
Mr Sarvjit Singh, Deputy
Commissioner, today directed district heads of all departments to
redress public complaints within the stipulated period. He also warned
them that any type of failure on the part of an officer in this
connection would lead to an action.
Bungling
in MC voters’ list alleged
Amritsar April 18
The final voters list is yet to
be made available to a majority of political parties in the fray
despite the fact that today was the last date for filing of objection
in the voters list for civil poll.
Two
killed in rail mishap
Bathinda, April 18
Two youths were killed when they
accidentally fell before train in separate incidents, near the city.
The deceased could not be identified.
Groups
clash, 13 injured
Jalalabad, April 18
Nearly 400 workers of the
All-India Food and Allied Workers Union (HP group) allegedly attacked
fellow workers of the loyal to the Jena group, while they were working
inside the Market Committee yard here on Wednesday evening. Nearly 13
workers of the HP group were injured in the scuffle.
Ropar,
Patti hospitals win top positions
Barnala, April 18
Ropar Hospital and Patti Hospital
have won top positions in the district and subdivisional level,
respectively, securing 131 points each in a report based on grading of
hospitals and core quality indicators by the Punjab Health Systems
Corporation.
Anti-sabotage
team checks four trains
Phagwara, April 18
An anti-sabotage team from
Ludhiana today did surprise checking of four different trains at
Phagwara railway station. The trains included Malwa Express, both up
and down, Flying Mail and Shane Punjab.
Release
DA, demand pensioners
Sangrur, April 18
The local Government Pensioners
Welfare Association today urged the Punjab Government to immediately
release the DA instalment due from January 1, 2002, at the rate of 4
per cent to its more than 1.25 lakh pensioners in the state.
INTACH:
boost heritage tourism
Amritsar, April 18
The Indian National Trust for Art
and Cultural Heritage has written to UNESCO to enlist the Golden
Temple as a world heritage monument.
Wheat
procurement to end by May 5
Phillaur, April 18
The Punjab Government will
complete the process of wheat procurement by May 5 throughout the
state. This was stated by the Punjab Social Welfare Minister, Mr
Santokh Singh, while talking with mediapersons after inspecting
different mandis of Phillaur subdivision, today.
Fire
destroys 65 acres of wheat crop
Machhiwara, April 18
In a fresh fire incident which
took place in the nearby Sherian village, fire destroyed a total of 65
acres of wheat crop. The fire brigade could reach the spot.
Farmers
resent relief criteria
Jalalabad, April 18
Resentment prevails among farmers
of this border belt whose crops have been affected due to the
deployment of the Army on account of compensation criteria adopted by
the Army and civil authorities.
POSTINGS/ TRANSFERS
Six IAS
officers among 23 shifted
Chandigarh, April 18
The Punjab Government today
ordered the transfers and postings of 6 IAS, 12 PCS and five police
officers. Mr Vishwajit Khanna has been posted as Managing Director of
the PSIDC, while Mr Ashok Kumar Goel as Managing Director of the
Punjab State Warehousing Corporation. Mr Jagjit Puri has been shifted
to the Department of Science and Technology as Chief Executive of the
Punjab Energy Development Authority.
Law
officers’ list released
Chandigarh, April 18
In less than two months after the
Congress government took over in Punjab, the list of advocates
appointed as law officers was released by the Department of Home
Affairs and Justice late in the evening today.
Punjab
Govt makes 65 appointments to AG office
Chandigarh, April 18
The Punjab Government today
ordered the appointment of a Senior Additional Advocate-General, nine
Additional Advocates-General, eight Senior Deputy Advocates-General,
19 Deputy Advocates-General and 28 Assistant Advocates-General to
complete the process of reorganising the office of the
Advocate-General.
Ensure
presence of staff in offices: DC
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 18
Mr Vikas Partap, Deputy
Commissioner, directed all the district officers to be punctual and
present and also ensure the presence of their staff in the offices.
Time-to-time checking for the presence would be done. Mr Vikas Partap,
addressing a meeting held to review the working of different
departments, informed that 13,820 applications were received under
various pensions schemes, of which 9,284 had been sanctioned and 7,953
paid and the balance 1,331 accounts for the pension would be cleared
soon.
Panel
to probe derailment
Ropar, April 18
The Northern Railway authorities
have ordered an inquiry into the derailment of 10 wagons of a good
train near Barhampur village 50 km from Ropar, yesterday. The
Additional Divisional Manager, Railways, Mr Sonewani, talking to The
Tribune on phone said that a committee of senior Railway officials had
been formed to go into the causes of the accident. The committee
report is expected in 10 days.
Panel
to probe votes’ deletion
Amritsar, April 18
A district-level inquiry
committee has been constituted, to probe into the allegations of
deletions in the list of genuine voters in all Assembly constituencies
in the district and to affix responsibility of defaulting officials,
on the directions of Mr R.P.S. Pawar, chairman of the high-level
committee for electoral rolls.
Singla
takes over as panel chairman
Chandigarh, April 18
Mr Surinder Singla, MLA from
Bathinda, today assumed charge as the Chairman, State Committee for
Finance, in the presence of Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister.
Looters'
gang strikes at will, cops clueless
Hoshiarpur, April 18
For the second consecutive day, a
gang of looters armed with 'lathis' and rods struck at two places
injuring six persons and looting Rs 43,000 last night in the district.
3
booked for Toofan’s murder
Bathinda, April 18
Three persons have been booked in
connection with the alleged murder of Teja Singh Toofan, a renowned
dhadi, who was stabbed to death last evening. They were booked in the
complaint of his wife Ms Darshan Kaur Toofan an SGPC member. However,
none of them have been arrested so far.
Cop
caught taking bribe
Jalandhar, April 18
Additional SHO Amrik Singh posted
at Police Division 76 in Garha was today caught red-handed by a
Vigilance team while accepting a bribe of Rs 3000 from one Kishan Lal.
The official was already facing corruption charges and a case under
the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against him at the
Bhogpur police station.
5
‘supari’ killers arrested
Moga, April 18
The Punjab police today claimed
to have busted a gang of criminals responsible for ‘supari’
killings and a number of land-grab cases in the state with the arrest
of five of them in the district, yesterday.
Paddy
delivery: 7 booked for fraud
Bathinda, April 18
The district police authorities
have booked seven persons, one of them namely Ashok Kumar has been
arrested for alleged irregularities in the delivery of rice to Markfed
in lieu of paddy given to the rice mills being run by them.
Schools
‘demanding’ donation for certificates
Amritsar April 18
It has come to light that several
private schools are harassing students by refusing to give them as the
school-leaving and other relevant certificates. Children whose parents
are in service are facing the brunt of school authorities are
allegedly asking for donations to release the relevant documents. The
Headmaster Association of the district headed by Mr Joginder Singh has
brought the issue to the notice of the district Education Department
and the Education Ministry.
Eyebrows
raised over promotions
Amritsar, April 18
The promotion of two senior
lecturers of Guru Nanak Dev University as professors has raised
eyebrows in the university circles. There have been allegations that
rules have been flouted for these promotions.
UGC
rules flouted, say varsity teachers
Amritsar, April 18
The decision of promoting two
lecturers of the Architecture Department of Guru Nanak Dev University
may open pandora’s box as many other candidates would approach the
university authorities to promote them on the basis of old rules which
were discontinued after the new rules.
Exam
cancelled sans intimation
Amritsar, April 18
Students appearing for medical
entrance tests were left high and dry after Baba Farid University of
Medical Sciences reportedly cancelled the tests yesterday, without any
intimation to candidates.
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