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Vigilance working upsets bureaucracy
Chandigarh, May 6
The Punjab Council of Ministers at its next meeting will be under pressure to withdraw the “guidelines” issued to the Vigilance Bureau by the state government in March, 2000, with regard to holding inquiries and registering cases against gazetted and non-gazetted officers.
Three
states join hands to nab militants
Pathankot, May 6
The Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and
Jammu and Kashmir police has launched a massive joint CAT ‘operation
to nab extremists responsible for a number of inter-state crimes.
Informers are taken from one state to the other to help the police
catch such elements under this ambitious operation
2
get death for kids’ murder
Jalandhar, May 6
The macabre murder of two kids,
who were sodomised before being drowned in a swimming pool, which
virtually shook the city in 1998, took a new turn today with a local
court pronouncing capital punishment on two accused, who had allegedly
committed the crime.
Recruiting
retired persons & even promoting them
Chandigarh, May 6
The Local Government Department
of the Punjab Government has recruited persons above 60 years of age
and even promoted them.
Bureaucrats
may head coop banks
Chandigarh, May 6
The Punjab Government is
seriously considering a proposal submitted by the Financial
Commissioner, Co-operatives, to appoint either IAS officers or
hardcore professionals as managing directors of the state cooperative
bank and the state agricultural development bank.
Steps
on for hydel projects
Bathinda, May 6
To cope with the increased demand
for electricity, the Punjab Government will set up hydel power
projects in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal in collaboration with the
governments of these states.
Civic
poll: BJP release list
Chandigarh, May 6
Prof Brij Lal Rinwa, President of
the Punjab unit of the BJP tonight released the first list of party
candidates for the coming Ludhiana Municipal Corporation elections.
Cong
releases MC candidates’ list
SGPC
to file case in SC tomorrow
Ludhiana, May 6
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee will file its case regarding the minority status for Sikhs
and the educational institutions being run by them before the
Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on May 8.
‘Component
plan’ for Dalits
Phillaur, May 6
The Punjab Government has
prepared a special “component plan” for the welfare of the poor
and Dalits in the state.
Plea
to release leaders
Sangrur, May 6
More than 100 activists of the
All-India People’s Resistance Forum (AIPRF) BKU (Ekta), Punjab
Radical Students Union (PRSU) and the Kirti Mazdoor Union (KMU) took
out a protest march through the town today in protest against the
arrest of five leaders by the Jind police in Haryana a few days ago.
Hamdard
leads rally against govt
Jalandhar, May 6
The month-long standoff between
the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, and Jalandhar-based media
baron Barjinder Singh Hamdard virtually reached a flashpoint today
with the latter leading a protest rally on the city streets, which saw
the participation of thousands of his “admirers” readers of his
newspaper Ajit and a number of former Akali ministers and leaders of
parties other than the Congress.
HIGH COURT
Arrest
only on 7-day notice
Chandigarh, May 6
Taking up a petition filed by Mr
Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, MLA, seeking the grant of anticipatory bail or
else 15 days’ notice in case a first information report was
registered against him, Mr Justice Nirmal Singh of the Punjab and
Haryana High Court today ordered the issuance of a seven-day notice if
the petitioner was required to be arrested in an alleged corruption
case registered against the director and the managing director of a
cooperative bank.
Border
area residents help Army jawans
Jalandhar, May 6
The Army authorities are
overwhelmed with the attitude of the residents of border areas who are
extending all help to the jawans of the Army despite being adversely
affected due to bunkers and landmines in their fields.
Brick-kiln
workers hold rally
Gurdaspur, May 6
A large number of brick-kiln
workers participated in a rally held here today in support of their
demands. The rally was addressed by Mr Gulzar Singh, state president,
IFTU, and Mr Gurmeet Singh, state secretary, CPI (ML). He demanded
that brick-kiln workers be covered under the Factory Act.
Noted artiste Sardool Sikander signing autographs at the
opening of Virasat Kala Kendra at Patiala.
— Photo by Subhash Patialvi |
20,000
gunny bags destroyed in fire
Medical
stores at hospital sealed
Ban
on use of plastic bags
Anti-corruption
drive hailed
Rehri
owners’ stir
Wheat
crop on 50 acres destroyed
Amritsar, May 6
About 50 acres of standing wheat
was destroyed in a fire in the border villages of Rasoolpur and
Naushera Dhalla today.
POSTINGS/
TRANSFERS
Hundreds of officials shifted
Chandigarh, May 6
Hundreds of officials in various departments, including public works, irrigation, medical and healthcare, revenue and sports were transferred on Saturday and Sunday as the deadline for transfers and postings ended yesterday.
Plea
on appointment of civil engineers
Bathinda, May 6
The diploma engineers of the
Irrigation Department have urged the state government not to appoint
mechanical engineers on the post of Civil Engineers as it affects the
working of the department.
JEs
to protest outside SEs’ offices
Patiala, May 6
The Council of Junior Engineers
of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) will organise protest
rallies in front of all offices of superintending engineers
(operations) on May 10.
Gursewak
Singh on planning board
Driver,
2 others held for looting trader
Pathankot, May 6
The city police has busted a gang
of robbers and arrested Santosh Kumar of Sujanpur, Dev Anand of Batala
and Rajesh Kumar, a local resident and the driver of local trader
Abhay Kumar Mahajan who was robbed of Rs 2 lakh at the Dhar Kalan
chowk on the Pathankot-Dalhousie road on April 13 while he was
returning in a car after collecting the amount.
Pirated
CDs seized, 1 held
Bathinda, May 6
The police has arrested Tarsem
Kumar, a city resident, for allegedly preparing pirated CDs of Hindi
and pornographic movies.
PCCTU poll
now on May 26
Phagwara, May 6
The state-level election of the
Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) will now be held
on May 26 at Doaba College, Jalandhar, according to union sources here
today.
Shergill
promoted Principal
ACTU
clarification on dharna
Sick
units hit house tax revenue
Bathinda, May 6
Even as Mr Bhupinder Singh
Bhuller, President, Municipal Council, has asked the Executive Officer
(EO) to hold a probe into the allegations of bungling in the
assessment of house tax by a sub-committee, the Municipal Council
authorities claimed this revenue had declined because some industrial
units had closed down.
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