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Badal
summoned in land-grab case
Bathinda, May 13
Mr Surinder Mohan, Chief Judicial
Magistrate, here today issued fresh summons against former Chief
Minister Punjab Parkash Singh Badal and former Science and Technology
Minister, Chiranji Lal Garg directing them to appear in court in person
on June 7 in a civil suit filed against them in connection with the
alleged grabbing of 400 acres.
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Punjabis in Pak jails
PM urged to secure release
Ferozepore, May 13
Parents of Punjabi youths
languishing in jails in Pakistan have urged the Government of India to
initiate a move to secure the release of their sons. Talking to
mediapersons here today, they said they had appealed to the Prime
Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, and the Union Home Minister, Mr L.K.
Advani, to promote values of human rights and humanity by bringing back
the youths.
Intrusion
bid in Fazilka sector
Fazilka, May 13
S. M. Jain, IG, BSF, Punjab
Frontier, I. M. Mall, DIG, BSF, Faridkot Range, while briefing
mediapersons here today disclosed that jawans of 181 Battalion of the
BSF repulsed armed intrusion attempt by nearly 10 persons on Saturday
night in Fazilka sector.
Speaker declares petitions
infructuous
Chandigarh, May 13
The Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Dr Kewal Krishan, has declared two pending petitions pertaining to certain MLAs of the previous Assembly infructuous and disposed them of.
No-trust
motion against MC chief
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 13
Mr Ashok Kumar Sood, president of
Municipal Council, Sirhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, belonging to the SAD
(B)-BJP alliance was today voted out as a no-confidence motion
submitted by the 21councillors against him was passed at a meeting of
the council held today.
Notice
to govt on Tribune report
Ludhiana, May 13
The Punjab State Human Rights
Commission has taken cognizance of a news item “Budda Nullah —
source of woes” published in columns of The Tribune on April 16 and
issued notices to the state Principal Secretary (Home), Principal
Secretary (Health), Secretary Industries, Chairman, Punjab Pollution
Control Board, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University,
Ludhiana, and scientists of the university, Dr G.S. Dhaliwal and Dr
Roopinder Singh.
 He
worships through rabab
Ludhiana
The job which should have been
done by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has been
taken up by Chris Monney Singh, an Australian who has become an
Amritdhari Sikh. He has taken upon himself the task of reviving the
rabab, the musical instrument of Guru Nanak Dev. Chris Monney has set
up the Rabab Research and Education Foundation to propagate the
message of the Gurus through this classical music instrument used by
Bhai Mardana, an associate of Guru Nanak, in singing Gurbani.
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When
dreams turn sour
Kaljharani (Bathinda),
May 13
The dairies set up at the village
under the dream project of former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
for unemployed youths who have taken loans from the Primary
Agriculture Development Bank for running the units under the
self-employment scheme, have become defaulters due to their failure to
pay periodical instalments of debts.
Hope
for physically challenged
Chandigarh, May 13
Punjab, for the first time, has
woken up to the existence of The Persons with Disabilities (Equal
Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995,
which became operative on February 7, 1996.
Power
cuts boon for generator sellers
Bathinda, May 13
Despite this town getting the
status of power-cut-free city by the Punjab State Electricity Board on
September 1, 2001, unannounced power cuts and shutdowns seem to have
become a boon for the generator set sellers.
Generators lying outside shops
in one of the markets of Bathinda City.
— Tribune Photo Kulbir Beera |
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Furniture
trader’s case: DSP shifted
Jalandhar, May 13
For his alleged role in the
illegal confinement and framing up of a Kartarpur-based Gajjan Singh
DSP Bholath was transferred to the PAP headquarters here today. The
DSP, according to Jalandhar Range DIG Dinkar Gupta, had booked the
furniture merchant Mr Varinder Dhiman, on a complaint of Gurdial
Singh, a resident of Jaid village near Bholath in Kapurthala district.
ATF
not to allow Samjhauta Express
Amritsar, May 13
The Anti-Terrorist Front, headed
by formed Youth Congress President M.S. Bitta, has annouced that it
won’t allow the plying of Samjhauta Express and bus service between
India and Pakistan till the Pakistan hands over two most wanted
fugitives to India.
Rotary
Club honours Forests Minister
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 13
The Rotary Club, Sirhind,
honoured Dr Harbans Lal, State Minister for Food and Civil Supplies
and Forests, at a function organised at Amm Khas, Bagh, Sirhind, in
recognition of his services for the development of the area and his
association with the club.
Singla
for panel to solve problems
Bathinda, May 13
Mr Surinder Singla, chairman of
the High-Powered Finance Committee and local MLA, has favoured the
formation of a committee comprising 50 prominent citizens to suggest
remedies to problems faced by residents in the city.
Heat
wave claims three lives
Bathinda, May 13
The heat wave has claimed three
lives in the past 72 hours and rendered many unconscious in the
region. Amarnath fell unconscious at railway station yesterday. He was
rushed to the Civil Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Health
club owner booked
Ludhiana, May 13
The district police has
registered a case against owner of a local health club under the
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, and under Sections 272 and
273 of the IPC following yesterday’s incident in the health club, in
which about 60 persons, mainly body builders, were taken ill allegedly
after consuming contaminated soya milk which had been manufactured by
the club.
Plea to shift kabari market
Patiala, May 13
The district administration has been urged by the Mehra Bradri Social Sangthan to remove the kabari market from its present location to another place on the outskirts of the city.
Govt
to promote prawn culture
Ropar, May 13
The Punjab Government will
promote prawn culture in saline areas of the state. Since the prawn
culture has brought prosperity to farmers in southern states, the
government has now asked Punjab Agricultural University experts to
identify areas and techniques by which the prawn culture can be
promoted in the state.
Levy payment for rice-millers released
Patiala, May 13
The Punjab Government has released the pending payment of Rs 200 crore towards levy charges of paddy to rice millers, which were withheld by the previous SAD-BJP
government.
35
retired persons on contract shown the door
Chandigarh, May 13
The services of 35 superannuated
officials serving in the Punjab Local Government Department have been
terminated. They had been given post-retirement extension and hired on
contract. They drew a fixed honorarium ranging from Rs 1,800 to Rs
10,000 per month, courtesy political patronage of the previous
government.
POSTINGS/ TRANSFERS
Kuljit
shifted from Home to Sports
Chandigarh, May 13
The Punjab Government today
ordered the transfer of 11 senior IAS officers and five PCS officers.
The most significant transfer is of Mrs Kuljit Kaur, a PCS officer and
daughter of a controversial former SSP, Mr Gurcharan Singh Pherurai.
She has been shifted from Home Department, where she was posted as
Deputy Secretary, to Sports Department in the same capacity.
300
more buses for Punjab Roadways
Faridkot, May 13
The Punjab Government will buy
300 buses for the Punjab Roadways during the current financial year.
Out of these 50 buses will ply on different routes next month. This
was stated by Mr Tej Parkash Singh, Minister for Transport, while
talking to mediapersons at the residence of Mr Avtar Singh Brar,
former minister, here yesterday.
Plot
to implicate 2 youths exposed
Ferozepore, May 13
The police has unearthed a
conspiracy of making a false complaint of kidnapping against two
youths. The case was revealed to media today in front of the accused
and the complainants. On April 30, Pinder Kaur (14) had a scuffle with
his mother Jaswinder Kaur of Kalaiawala village, under Ghal Khurd
police station.
Punjabi
University urged to start exam process
Patiala, May 13
The Study Centres Association of the Guru Gobind Singh Institute of Information Technology has appealed to the Punjabi University authorities, as well as the private company which has taken affiliation for the IT courses from the University, to initiate the process of conducting the examinations of the students.
School building
inaugurated
Patiala, May 13
A new building of Budha Dal Public School was inaugurated on the school premises at Samana, near here, on Saturday.
The inauguration was done by the eminent scientist and former Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Mr S.S.
Johal, extolled he virtues of good education and exhorted children to concentrate on studies.
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