TRIBUNE
EXCLUSIVE
Development
report presented to CM |
Chandigarh,
July 29
The preliminary draft
state development report for Punjab was presented to the Chief
Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, here today. Commissioned by
the Planning Commission, the report has been prepared by an
inhouse team of the Centre for Research in Rural and
Industrial Development and some external experts. |
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, at the presentation of the state development report in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo Manoj Mahajan
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Schools, colleges closed till
August 4
Patiala, July 29
The Punjab Government has responded to a proposal by the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) to close down educational institutions in the state, including universities, colleges and schools, to allow the board to meet the demands of the agricultural sector in the face of low hydel generation due to partial failure of the monsoon.
Judicial
magistrates’ jurisdiction changed
Ferozepore, July 29
The Punjab and Haryana High Court
has transferred the work pending before two judicial courts of the
district to other judges with immediate effect. Meanwhile, the
District and Sessions Judge has also changed the jurisdiction of all
judicial magistrates of the district.
‘Bungling’
in UBDC project
Gurdaspur, July 29
Rupees 180 crore World
Bank-funded project to remodel the Upper Bari Doab Canal and its
allied channels in Gurdaspur and Amritsar districts is mired in
allegation. The works were not executed by the “standard company”
and continued even during last Assembly elections and when the poll
code conduct was in effect.
Dental
college MD escapes from custody
Bathinda, July 29
Dr Naginder Singh Harika,
Managing Director (MD) of Khalsa Dental College and Hospital, Nangal
Kalan (Mansa), who was lodged at the local central jail here as
undertrial in various cases of frauds fled from police custody while
he was under treatment at the PGI, Chandigarh.
Markfed
Manager held for pilferage
Tarn Taran, July 29
Government wheat worth crores is
being pilfered in connivance with officials of Markfed all over the
state.
15
SAD MLAs ‘want to join Congress’
Ferozepore, July 29
The political adviser to the
Punjab Chief Minister, Rana Gurmeet Sodhi, has claimed that 15 MLAs of
the Shiromani Akali Dal have approached the Congress to join the
ruling party. He was talking to mediapersons here last night.
Sack
of Sodhi loyalists kicks up row in BJP
Jalandhar, July 29
The removal of four loyalists of
the former state BJP chief, Mr Daya Singh Sodhi, has kicked up a row
in the BJP as Mr Sodhi has termed the action of the state BJP chief,
Mr Brij Lal Rinwa, as violation of the party constitution by Mr Rinwa
and the state BJP organising secretary, Mr Avinash Jaiswal.
Anti-graft
drive ‘should be fair’
Bathinda, July 29
Mr Brinder Singh Mann, member,
Working Committee of the youth wing of the SAD (A), while applauding
the anti-corruption drive of the state government has said that it
should be fair.
SAD
(A) demands one rank, one pension for ex-servicemen
Bathinda, July 29
The Shiromani Akali Dal
(Amritsar) has decided to launch a struggle to secure the one
rank-pension scheme for the ex-servicemen.
Lack
of funds hits flood-control exercise
Ropar, July 29
The Punjab government’s
financial crisis has hit the flood control programme severely and
crops and land on the banks of Sutlej face threat of erosion.
SGPC
general secy feels ‘isolated’
Amritsar, July 29
Bibi Kiranjot Kaur, General
Secretary, SGPC is feeling ‘isolated and helpless’ as many of her
valuable suggestions pertaining to ‘dharam prachar’ are being
ignored by the President, Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar.
Ban
activities of Mahant Ashutosh: SGPC
Amritsar, July 29
The SGPC today sought a blanket
ban on the activities of Mahant Ashutosh (Noormehlia) who has decided
to organise a programme at Malout in Muktsar on July 31.
Failure
of rain: farmers look for odd jobs
Inna Khera (Malout), July
29
The joy of residents of this
village and its adjoining areas whose fields were rendered
uncultivable due to water logging, knew no bounds when about two years
ago, they were able to grow wheat, paddy and cotton crops again after
the problem of water logging was solved by the Punjab Government by
spending crores of rupees.
A farmer uses LPG cylinder for generator to irrigate his field
due to the delay of monsoon and electricity crisis in Nawasahar,
Punjab, on Monday. — PTI photo |
IMA
flays PSEB move on generators
Hoshiarpur, July 29
The state unit of the Indian
Medical Association (IMA) will oppose move by the Punjab State
Electricity Board (PSEB) to levy charges on consumers for installing
generator sets. This was stated here today in a press note issued by
Dr Kuldeep Singh, president (elect), IMA, Punjab.
PSEB
staff strike on August 13
Hoshiarpur, July 29
Employees of the PSEB will
observe a strike on August 13 in protest against the deduction in
their salary by the board. This was decided at a meeting of the
struggle committee of the employees here today.
Octroi
evasion hits MC finances
Mansa, July 29
The local Municipal Council is
facing a financial crisis due to its failure to check the evasion of
octroi allegedly being done in connivance with certain officials of
the council.
A
village that lives on Shani’s bounty
Patiala, July 29
Suffering from Saturn’s
malevolent gaze? Do not worry. Donate mustard oil or money or both on
a Saturday and protect yourself from the adverse effects of Saturn.
Writers’
forum honours poet
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 29
The District Writers’ Forum of
Fatehgarh Sahib gave away the Allha Yaar Khan Jogi Award to Punjabi
poet Surjit Singh Marjara at a function in Sanipur village today.
Pilgrims’
death: gloom in Sultanwind
Amritsar, July 29
A pall of gloom has descended in
the Sultanwind area as 11 Sikh pilgrims who died on their way to
Gurdwara Reetha Sahib when their truck fell into a khud in Champawat
district in Uttranchal yesterday belonged to this locality.
 Close
shave for beggars as roof collapses
Bathinda, July 29
A major tragedy was averted in
the city today due to the timely intervention of some pilgrims who
alerted beggars sleeping in a verandah in front of a shop in the
Gandhi market minutes before its roof collapsed. The authorities say
the shop had been constructed without getting the map approved.
This is what remains of a shop in Gandhi Market in Bathinda after its roof collapsed on Monday.
— Tribune photo Kulbir Beera
Degree
holders threaten stir
Bathinda, July 29
Members of the Union of
Unemployed B.Ed Degree Holders yesterday threatened to start an
agitation, if the new education policy was not changed.
Two
boys killed in train mishaps
Phagwara, July 29
Two boys were killed in separate
train accidents here today, police sources said.
Travel
agents booked for duping three
Hoshiarpur, July 29
Three cases of cheating by travel
agents were registered at Mahilpur and Hariana police stations
yesterday.
Co-accused
held in cyber cafe murder
Jalandhar, July 29
The district police has arrested
three persons, including a woman, in two different cases of murder and
abduction.
Rickshaw-puller
burnt to death
Jalandhar, July 29
A rickshaw-puller was burnt to
death this morning by two persons, who poured kerosene on him and set
his clothes on fire after forcing entry in his rented house in the
Partap Bagh area.
Lieut-Col
held in flesh trade racket
Jalandhar, July 29
The district police has busted a
flesh trade racket with the arrest of seven persons, including five
women and a Lieutenant-Colonel under the Prevention of Immoral
Trafficking Act during a raid conducted at a house, near Sports
College, on the Kapurthala road here last night.
8-yr-old
thrashed at school
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 29
The parents of Ravinder Singh, a
student of Class III in the local Rana Munshi Srav Hitkari Vidya
Mandir School, in a letter to the Chief Minister, Education Minister
and other district officials have alleged that due to the severe
punishment and merciless beating of their 8-year-old son by the class
teacher in the school on July 24 he became unconscious and was
mentally disturbed.
100
doctors get NoC for postgraduate courses
Faridkot, July 29
The Punjab Government has issued
a no-objection certificate (NoC) to all 100 doctors who, under the
PCMS quota, have been selected by the Baba Farid University of Health
Sciences, Faridkot, for admission to the postgraduate courses.
PCCTU
defers district-level dharnas
Phagwara, July 29
The Punjab and Chandigarh College
Teachers Union (PCCTU) today postponed its strike and district-level
dharnas by colleges affiliated to Panjab University and Punjabi
University.
GND
varsity, centres closed till Aug 4
Amritsar, July 29
All teaching departments and
regional centres at Jalandhar and Gurdaspur, besides affiliated
colleges, of Guru Nanak Dev University will remain closed from July 30
to August 4, as per instructions of the Department of Higher
Education, Punjab.
‘Model
parliament’ gives tips for real Parliament
Bathinda, July 29
Politicians will be ashamed of
their behaviour in Parliament and the state Assemblies if they see the
‘youth parliament competition’ being conducted by the Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs in the country every year.
DSO to observe anti-communalism day on July 31
Chandigarh, July 29
The Punjab unit of the Democratic Students’ Organisation (DSO) will observe an ‘’anti-communalism day’’ on July 31, the martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh and the death anniversary of Hindi litterateur Munshi Prem Chand.
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