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Attacks
on Bitta: ‘startling facts’ expected
Amritsar, April 22
A fact-finding report being
compiled by the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front would provide startling
facts about two bomb blasts engineered against its President, Mr
Maninderjit Singh Bitta, in Amritsar and New Delhi in 1993.
SGPC
to regulate setting up of new gurdwaras
Chandigarh, April 22
The SGPC is to regulate the
setting up of new gurdwaras. A meeting of the Dharam Parchar Committee
of the SGPC will be called soon to draw up the guidelines and take
other decisions pertaining to this issue.
Seven
schools found closed
23 teachers may face
suspension
Ludhiana, April 22
Just a few weeks after exposing
absenteeism at health centres in rural areas, nine teams of the
Ludhiana Vigilance Department today swooped down on a number of
schools in Koomkalan and Machiwara blocks of the district and
surprisingly found seven schools closed due to the absence of
teachers, who used to come in the morning just to mark the attendance.
As many as 23 teachers were found absent.
Probe
begins against Ravi Inder Singh
Panchkula, April 22
The local police has begun
investigations against a former Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Mr Ravi Inder
Singh, in a case of cheating, fraud and criminal conspiracy.
Sikhs
threaten ‘direct action’ against Swami
Amritsar, April 22
Some Sikh organisations,
including the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and the Dal Khalsa today
threatened to resort to ‘direct action’ if Swami Sharddhanand of
the Noormehlia sect was not arrested immediately for delivering
provocative speech at Tarn Taran on April 19. Activists of these
organisations, however, clarified that the probable action would be
initiated as per the law.
Worldwide
telecast of Gurbani from July
Jalandhar, April 22
ETC Punjabi will commence the
live telecast of the Gurbani and kirtan from the Golden Temple for its
overseas viewers in July this year. Disclosing this here today, the
channel’s vice-president Ravinder Narain said the Sikhs and Punjabis
sitting in any part of the globe would be able to view and listen to
the Gurbani and kirtan directly from the Harmandir Sahib from July
onwards.
Mann
writes to PM on Sekhon issue
Ludhiana, April 22
Continuing his fight for the
cause of the ousted Air Marshal Manjit Singh Sekhon, the President of
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, has written
to Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, urging him to reinstate Air Marshal
Sekhon, who was forced to resign recently.
CM
opens drive to clean royal city
Patiala, April 22
The ‘’Maharaja’’
took on the role of a safai karamchari today picking up broom to
clean up his town under a cleanliness drive which is set to
involve the administration, voluntary organisations,
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2 dead as
jeep hits train
Jhande (Hoshiarpur),
April 22
Two employees of a wine
contractor died on the spot while four of their companions were
injured as the jeep they were travelling in rammed into the speeding
Jammu Mail at an unmanned railway crossing here last night.
Sarpanch
sacked for misappropriating funds
Dera Bassi, April 22
The Punjab Government has sacked
the sarpanch of Khelan village for misappropriating funds and using
substandard material for constructing village school building.
Witness
denies role in flat lease
Patiala, April 22
A witness in the ill-fated Indian
Airlines hijacking case today told the court that he had no role in
getting a flat on rent for Abdul Latif and Javed Siddiqui, accused in
the case.
2
Nepali labourers killed in mishap
Jalandhar, April 22
Two Nepali migrant labourers were
killed and four injured when a tractor-mounted combine harvester was
hit by a truck near Beas village this morning.
Army
personnel killed in road mishap
Bathinda, April 22
An Army personnel was killed and
two were injured when a fast moving vehicle hit the rickshaw they were
riding on the Bathinda-Barnala road, about 5 km from here, last night.
The rickshaw-puller also received injuries in the accident.
Dogs
maul calves to death
Moga, April 22
Reports of mauling to death
newlyborn calves of cows by stray dogs near the canal bridge at
Langeana Nawan village under Baghapurana police station in the
district were received today.
Wheat arrival picks up at
Jalandhar |
Jalandhar, April 22
The arrival of wheat has picked up at the mandis of Jalandhar, which was registered at 86,000 quintals as compared to 36,000 quintals during the corresponding period last year.
A farmer awaits government procurement agencies for his
wheat crop in a grain market in Jalandhar on Monday. — PTI photo |
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CBI
staff face stagnation
IPS officers stand in way of
promotions
Ferozepore, April 22
The non-Indian Police Service
cadre officials in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are an
aggrieved lot. They allege that they are not getting promotions.
Officials of the IPS cadre posted in the agency on deputation from
other states occupy most of the key positions in the CBI. A senior
official of the CBI who retired recently told TNS that this had sealed
the fate of over 2,000 officials directly recruited by the agency.
SMO
among 46 found absent
Bathinda, April 22
A section of government employees
seems to have devised unique methods to avoid detection of absence by
their superiors and officials of other state government agencies.
Rs
250-cr plan to improve roads
Gurdaspur, April 22
Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, Public
Works Minister, in a press note issued here yesterday said the Punjab
Government had prepared a Rs 250-crore plan to beautify, strengthen
and widen roads to prevent accidents in the state.
Plan
to develop urban estate
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 22
An urban estate would be
developed in about 228 acres here in the district, said Dr Harbans
Lal, Minister for Forests and Food Supply, Punjab, while addressing
mediapersons here today.
Car
bazaars of stolen vehicles
Moga, April 22
Buyers beware, if you are going
to purchase a second-hand car or any other vehicle from the car bazaars
being organised at various places in the state, check the documents
and verify the same from the authorities concerned to make it sure
that you are buying a genuine vehicle and not a stolen one.
Constable
arrested in double murder case
Sangrur, April 22
The local police has arrested
Jaspal Singh, a constable in the Punjab police and posted at the local
Police Lines, and Rameshwar Verma, alias Raju, resident of Narwana in
Jind district in Haryana, allegedly involved in the murder of Madan
Lal, a small money lender, and his wife Sneh Lata during a broad
daylight dacoity at their house in the local Partap Nagar locality on
April 17.
13
drug smugglers arrested
Bathinda, April 22
The local police has arrested 13
persons involved in smuggling of narcotics, illegal distillation of
liquor and gambling and has recovered 34 kg of poppy husk, 190 kg
lahan, 39 litres of illicit liquor, Rs 21,245 in cash and a mobile
phone.
Don’t
boycott exams, minister urges teachers
Amritsar, April 22
The State Education Minister, Mr
Khushal Behl, today appealed to the Punjab and Chandigarh college
teachers not to go on strike and boycott the annual examinations as
the Punjab Government was committed to implement their demands.
GND
varsity puts off exams
Amritsar, April 22
Guru Nanak Dev University has
postponed all examinations scheduled for April 24. Though it has not
mentioned any reason, sources say the step has been taken in the wake
of the strike call given by the Chandigarh Punjab Teachers Union on
this date.
Engineering
colleges’ students hold dharna
Jalandhar, April 22
While criticising the Punjab
Minister for Technical Education, Mr Mohinder Singh Kaypee, for his
alleged failure to check irregularities in the functioning of the
Punjab Technical University, the students of about six engineering
colleges of the state today sat on a day-long dharna on the campus
premises to register their protest.
Inter-school
painting competition
Patiala, April 22
An inter-school on-the-spot
painting competition was organised at the Baradari Club here today
jointly by the Rotary Club (Mid-Town) and the Innerwheel Club,
Patiala, in memory of late Major B. S. S. Bedi in which 175 children
from different schools of the city took part.
J&K
to lift ban on willow export
Jalandhar, April 22
The sick sports industry here has
heaved a sigh of relief as the Jammu and Kashmir Government has
finally decided to lift the 20-year old ban on export of the Kashmir
willow — used for manufacturing of quality cricket bats.
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