A farmer pushes his bicycle over his dry paddy crop in Ropar district
on Friday. Pressure is expected to mount on India's central bank to cut interest rates, with economic growth in this financial year likely to be hit by the worst drought in more than a decade, economists said on Thursday.
— Reuters |
Non-bailable
warrants against PPSC examiner
Patiala, July 26
In an important development in
the PPSC recruitment scam, a local court today issued non-bailable
warrants against Prof Jaspal Singh, an English teacher at Budhlada
Government College, following a plea by the state Vigilance Department
that he was needed with FIR number 24 in which cases have been
registered against suspended PPSC Chairman Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu
and others.
Sidhu
case: Punjab issued notice
Kharar, July 26
Mr Roshan Lal Chouhan, Judicial
Magistrate, here today issued notice to Punjab for July 27 in an
application moved by the counsel of Gurdeep Singh Manchanda who was
arrested by the Vigilance on the charge of sending money belonging to
Ravi Sidhu, suspended Chairman of the PPSC, abroad through hawala
transactions for granting bail.
Ahluwalia
case: police rapped for tacky probe
Patiala, July 26
Tacky investigation by the local
police may cost the prosecution dear in the Saru Rana case in which
the ousted Punjabi University Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jasbir Singh
Ahluwalia, is accused of attempting to rape the Fine Arts Department
student.
Langah
case: notice to Punjab on counsel’s plea
Kharar, July 26
Mr Roshan Lal Chouhan, Judicial
Magistrate, here today issued a notice to the state of Punjab for July
27 on an application moved by the counsel of Mr Sucha Singh Langah,
former PWD Minister, for curtailing the police remand of Mr Langah,
who was remanded in police custody till July 30 by the same court.
Withdraw
cut in salary: PSEB staff
Jalandhar, July 26
Hundreds of members of the
Employees’ Federation of the Punjab State Electricity Board took
part in a rally held at Shakti Sadan here today in protest against the
recent decision of the PSEB authorities to impose 25 per cent cut in
their salaries.
BSF jawan keeps a vigil at a fencing gate near Wagha at the Indo-Pak border on
Friday. The fencing gate for the farmers for ploughing there fields lying across the fence.
— PTI |
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students get life term in murder case
Sangrur, July 26
Four students of a college were
sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment by a local court which held
them guilty of murdering their college fellow in 1997 at Bardwal
Degree College in the district.
Docs
give death, not certificate
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 26
Mr Naresh Wadhwa, husband of
Veena Wadhwa, a woman who was killed during a tonsillitis surgery in
Civil Hospital here, is a harassed man. The hospital has refused to
issue him his wife’s death certificate and told him get it from the
PGI. The PGI authorities told him to obtain it from Civil Hospital
here.
Punjab staff leaders’ meeting with govt today
Chandigarh, July 26
The Punjab Subordinate Services Federation has opposed the participation of trade union leaders, who are not in government service, in tomorrow’s meeting convened by the state government to buy peace with agitating employees. The meeting was earlier to be held today.
Roof
collapse: one killed, 2 hurt
Jalandhar, July 26
One person died and two were
injured seriously today when roof of a building under construction collapsed
in the Central Town area. The incident occurred in the
afternoon, when a few labourers were working on the construction site
and suddenly part of the roof collapsed, police sources said adding
that the police and Fire Brigade officials reached the spot and
rescued three persons from the debris and removed them to the local
Civil Hospital.
Northern Rly XEn booked by CBI
Chandigarh, July 26
An Executive Engineer of Northern Railway, presently posted at New Delhi, has been booked by the CBI for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Tension prevails among truckers, traders
Dera Bassi, July 26
Tension prevails between members of the Dera Bassi Industrial Association and members of the Dera Bassi Truck Operators Union over opening of the office of the Dera Bassi Truck-Tempo Association here on Wednesday.
Rickshaw-puller
returns bag with Rs 30,000
Batala, July 26
A rickshaw-puller, Jaswant Singh,
son of a granthi of Mula-Sunaiya village found a bag lying at the
local bus stand at 9 a.m. yesterday. He tried to search for its owner
but in vain. He opened the bag and found Rs 30,000 in cash, an Army
fatigue and five bottles of liquor.
Mysterious
deaths of cattle: help of US experts sought
Abohar, July 26
Animal husbandry experts from the
USA are now being consulted on mysterious deaths of milch cattle in
some border villages in the Fazilka sector. Farmers said nearly 30
head of cattle (17 according to official sources) had perished this
week after eating green fodder. Flash messages had been sent through
Internet to experts seeking guidance. A team of experts from the state
Animal Health Institute, Jalandhar, was visiting the affected villages
to study the situation.
Poultry
farmers seek power at domestic rates
Moga, July 26
The convener of the North India
Poultry Farmers Association Parampal Singh Gill said here today the
poultry farmers were facing problems of lack of subsidies, frequent
interruptions in electricity supply, high rates of interests on loans,
and lack of infrastructure for the export of poultry products.
Probe
into vegetable scam stopped
Amritsar, July 26
The enquiry into the vegetable
scam regarding the “incredibly low” price quotations for supplying
vegetable and dry ration has been discontinued midway. But attendants
of patients admitted in government mental hospital still complain of
poor quality food despite a stringent check by the authorities
concerned.
Inspector
caught taking bribe
Ferozepore, July 26
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested
an inspector of the Food and Civil Supplies Department posted here.
While accepting a bribe of Rs 1000.
Woman
burnt alive for dowry
Kapurthala, July 26
A newly married woman was
allegedly burnt alive by her in-laws in the presence of her parents
for not fulfilling the demands for dowry at Miani Bhagupurian village
last evening. Mrs Sarabjit Kaur,
mother of the victim, Nirmaljit Kaur, 22, who witnessed the incident
also received burn injuries while trying to save her daughter from the
flames.
Rice
miller duped of Rs 1.2 crore
Amritsar, July 26
The police on the complaint of
Ashok Sachdeva booked a Chennai resident E.S. Murli last evening for
duping allegedly him of Rs 1.2 crore. According to the police, the
accused E.S. Murli assured Ashok Sachdeva, a rice miller, for
arranging Rs 600 crore for him.
Brother-in-law,
5 others ‘assault’ woman
Gurdaspur, July 26
Gurjit Kaur, a resident of ITI
here and married nine months ago, was seriously injured after she was
assaulted with sharp-edged weapons today near a fish pond by three
car-borne and an equal number of scooter-borne persons.
Robbers’
gang busted
Moga, July 26
In a major breakthrough, the
local police has arrested members of a gang of robbers and seized arms
and ammunition from them. The members have allegedly confessed to
their involvement in many incidents of robbery.
Withdraw
cut in grants: PCCTU
Jalandhar, July 26
The Punjab and Chandigarh College
Teachers’ Union today demanded the withdrawal of 10 per cent cut in
grants and alleged illegal pension notification issued on July 9 by
the state government.
Musical chairs over theatre dept headship
Patiala, July 26
Punjabi University seems to be playing musical chairs as far as the headship of the Department of Theatre and Television is concerned.
In a press note issued here today by the university, it was disclosed that the Vice-Chancellor, Dr
N.S. Rattan, had ‘’appointed’’ Dr Yogesh Gambhir as Head of the Theatre and Television department for a term of three years.
Govt
move on teachers resented
Bathinda, July 26
Holders of B.Ed degrees have
resented the government move on the appointment of teachers in
government schools. Mr Sukhdarshan Singh, president of the district
unit of the Association of Unemployed B.Ed Degree holders in a press
note said that with the implementation new policy the number of
unemployed would increase in the state.
Assault
on teachers condemned
Barnala, July 26
Prof P. K. Sharma, president of
the Sangrur unit of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union
has condemned the assault on teachers of Government Ranbir College,
Sangrur.
College
teachers observe strike
Phagwara, July 26
Teachers of Phagwara block
private colleges, including the local Guru Nanak College, Ramgarhia
College, GNBL Ramgarhia College for Women, GNNB College, Narur Panshat,
and SBDSM Khalsa College, Domeli, went on strike after the second
period today.
Moga
traders strike work
Moga, July 26
Members of the local Moga
Foodgrain Traders Association, the Social Welfare Society and
shopkeepers of both eastern and western grain markets today struck
work and resorted to an indefinite hartal in protest against the
“excesses” committed on them by certain officials of the Municipal
Council.
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