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HIGH COURT
Ahluwalia
asked to file affidavit
Chandigarh, May 20
A Division Bench of the Punjab
and Haryana High Court today asked Punjabi University’s former Vice
Chancellor Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia to file an affidavit explaining
the circumstances under which his interview appeared in a newspaper.
Files do rounds as authorities pass buck
Patiala, May 20
Punjabi University, which had started a review of all decisions taken by ousted Vice-Chancellor Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, today sent back the files to those who had passed them earlier for comments.
Deputy
Director’s bail plea rejected
Ropar, May 20
The anticipatory bail application
of Mrs Kiran Dhawan, Deputy Director, Social Security, Women and Child
Development, Punjab, was today rejected by Mr A.S. Kathuria, special
judge, here, in a case of Junior Engineers’ recruitment scandal in
the Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab.
Ashwani
Kumar elected to RS
Chandigarh, May 20
Mr Ashwani Kumar of the Congress was today
declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha. The result was
announced by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Secretary, Mr N. S. Mavi. The
Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, the Speaker, Dr Kewal
Krishan, and several ministers, MLAs and supporters were present.
Taksali Akalis should join hands under Tohra: Chandumajra
Chandigarh, May 20
Mr Prem Singh Chandumajra, general secretary of the SHSAD headed by Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, today asked the BJP to press its central leadership for the removal of Mr Parkash Singh Badal from the leadership of the SAD as the price for continuing its alliance with the SAD in Punjab.
Govt
hospital closes kitchen
Food bills not passed by
Treasury Dept
Patiala, May 20
The local Government Rajindra
Hospital has stopped providing food to its patients as its kitchen
bills have not been passed by the Treasury Department since the past
four months and it has over-extended its credit facilities.
Scheme
for farmers: Plant a tree, own a tree
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 20
Dr Harbans Lal, Minister for
Forests, has appealed to people to grow more trees and look after them
so that the environment could be saved from increasing pollution. The
minister declared that all trees planted in and adjoining the fields
of farmers on link roads would become the property of that farmer and
whenever these trees were to be sold, the entire amount would be given
to those farmers.
Amarnath
Yatra issue: Dal writes to PM
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 20
The Sirhind unit of the Shri
Amarnath Barfani Sewa Dal, in a letter to the Prime Minister, the
Chief Ministers of J and K and Punjab, the Union Home Minister and
other senior officials, has highlighted problems being faced by
pilgrims as well as religious organisations, which arrange community
kitchens there.
First
Afghan flight lands in Amritsar
Amritsar, May 20
The first aircraft from
Afghanistan touched India at Rajasansi airport here today. The
Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed operations after three years. The
flight landed as per schedule in the afternoon. A 20-member
delegation led by Capt Zahid Azimi welcomed the VIP delegation
aboard the aircraft.
Crew from the first flight from
Afghanistan at Rajasansi Airport in Amritsar . —
Photo by Rajiv Sharma |
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Minister
creates ruckus
Chandigarh, May 20
An embarrassing situation was
created in Punjab Udyog Bhavan here this morning when the Minister of
State, Mr Ashwani Sekhri, trooped in and occupied the office room of
Mr A. S. Chatha, Chairman of the Committee on Industry.
Man
framed for snubbing daughter’s ‘rapist’
Bathinda, May 20
A local resident and government
employee, whose daughter was raped allegedly by an automobile dealer,
remained behind bars for more than a month after the rape suspect
implicated him in a case under the NDPS act as he had refused to marry
off his daughter to the dealer.
ASI
arrested in stripping case
Moga, May 20
The police has arrested an
Assistant Sub-Inspector in the infamous Rajyana girls stripping case.
The police produced ASI Gurmail Singh in court which today gave him a
day’s police remand.
Proclaimed
offender arrested
Bathinda, May 20
The Faridkot police has arrested
a proclaimed offender against whom a case was registered in 1995 under
Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC. This was stated in a press note
issued today.
3
brothers held in kidnap case
Phagwara, May 20
The police today solved a case of
kidnapping. The DSP, Mr Harmanbir Singh Gill said at a press
conference that Mr Sital Kumar was kidnapped by five persons on May 18
in a Tata Sumo. They were carrying sharp-edged weapons and took him to
Pandori village. They demanded Rs 3 lakh from him. Mr Sital Kumar had
opted for VRS as Asstt Manager, PNB, Kapurthala.
DEOs’
powers decentralised
Faridkot, May 20
The Punjab Government has decided
to decentralise the powers of the District Education Officers and
Circle Education Officers to transfer teachers. The DEOs and CEOs will
follow this process at the district and divisional headquarters,
respectively. The transfer work will start in the first week of June
and be completed by the same month.
Institute
MD booked on student’s complaint
Mansa, May 20
The Sadar police has registered a
case against Mr Naginder Singh Harika, Managing Director, and his
wife, Ms Sukhwant Kaur Harika, Director, of the Khalsa rural Hospital
and Training Institute, Nangal Kalan, under Sections 420, 465, 467,
468 and 471 of the IPC on the complaint of Pritpal Kaur, a student of
the institute.
Principal
guilty of locking up students
Moga, May 20
An inquiry into the locking up of
eight students of class V by a principal has found her guilty but
said: "What she did was for the betterment of the students".
The report of the inquiry, conducted by an SDM at the directive of the
Punjab State Human Rights Commission, has been submitted to the
commission, an official spokesman said here today.
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