|
PCOs
to be treated as ordinary connections
Abohar, June 16
All 65 local PCOs will now be
treated as ordinary telephone connections. This decision has been
taken by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) following repeated
complaints against several PCO owners.
Changed
university rule worries students
Bathinda, June 16
Even as students have been
burning the midnight oil to succeed in medical entrance examinations
conducted by various universities, a section of students have alleged
that the authorities of Baba Farid University of Medical and Health
Sciences have changed certain rules, which will work against brilliant
students and favour mediocre students.
BJP
putting up ‘secular face’
Ropar, June 16
The All-India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
has strongly condemned the communalisation of the office of the
President of India by major political parties, including the BJP, the
Congress and the Samajwadi Party.
Assess
ex-ministers’ property, NDA team urged
Hoshiarpur, June 16
Reacting to the decision of the
BJP-led NDA government to send a team to make an on-the-spot
assessment of the law and order situation in Punjab, Mr Kuldip Nanda,
president, district Congress committee, said the team should also
probe how several Akali and BJP ministers had amassed property worth
crores during their tenure.
Murder
victim’s kin cane-charged
Jalandhar, June 16
About 12 persons were injured
today as local police officials went berserk and cane-charged
relatives of a resident of Santoshi Nagar locality, whose body was
found lying near the DAV College canal on June 12.
Rly
union members block traffic
Jalandhar, June 16
Members of the Northern
Railwaymen Union today blocked rail traffic on the Jalandhar-Jammu
section at the Kala Bakra railway station for about two hours in
protest against the failure of the GRP authorities to arrest the
persons who beat up two railway employees at the station on June 9.
Passengers had to face inconvenience since trains on this section ran
behind schedule due to the disruption of traffic.
Breach
in Doab canal
Pathankot, June 16
Gross negligence and using of
substandard material by the Department of Irrigation has come to light
in which property and crop worth lakhs were damaged due to a breach in
the upper Bari Doab canal.
Bathinda
wakes up to fashion
Bathinda, June 16
The tradition of “parda” and
“ghoongat” is rapidly giving way to the culture of parlours,
boutiques, showrooms of branded garments and is fast emerging as a big
fashion market of the region.
Minister
hurt in mishap
Abohar, June 16
Mr Radhey Shyam, minister of
state for Ayurvedic Sciences, Rajasthan, and three other occupants of
his official Ambassador car were injured in an accident yesterday.
Closure
of lift pumps hits farmers
Muktsar, June 16
Residents of almost all villages
of this home district of former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
have witnessed the farms “breeding poverty” for more than a decade
as they were not able to grow any crop due to severe waterlogging.
PSEB engineers call for non-cooperation
movement
Patiala, June 16
The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) Engineers Association, at an emergency meeting held here today, decided to observe a “protest week” from June 17 in the wake of what they called the apathy of the board management towards the engineers.
Sex
scandal: 12 arrested
Mansa, June 16
In connection with a sex scandal,
the city police has arrested about 12 persons belonging to “
well-to-do” families.
Gang of narcotics smugglers busted
Patiala, June 16
The Patiala police has claimed to have busted a three-member gang of inter-state smugglers dealing in narcotics by seizing nearly 25 kg opium at a special ‘naka’ near Kurali village falling under the Lalru police station yesterday night.
2
held with 40 kg poppy husk
Bathinda, June 16
The police has arrested five
persons involved in the smuggling of narcotics, illegal distillation
of liquor and for showing pornographic movies.
Cop
arrested
Moga, June 16
Sleuths of the Vigilance Bureau
arrested a munshi of Nathuwala police chowki under Baghapurana police
station on the alleged charge of accepting a bribe of Rs 500.
Poppy
seized
Man
ends life
M.
Tech test results
Graduation
results
Homoeopathic
college
Students
to go on relay fast
|
