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HIGH COURT
Charges
against me vague: Amarinder
Chandigarh, August 13
Describing the allegations
levelled against him as frivolous, vague and irrelevant, Punjab Chief
Minister Amarinder Singh today sought the dismissal of a petition
challenging his election.
PSIDC
moves Supreme Court
Payment of compensation to
PNFC workers
Ropar, August 13
Contrary to the poll promise made
by the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to Punjab National
Fertilizers Ltd. (PNFC) workers, the PSIDC has moved the Supreme Court
to deny them six months’ salary promised by the former Chief
Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal.
Green
hue to Punjab education
Lucknow, August 13
“Green Education” is going to
be the buzzword in Punjab as it has become the first state in North
India to adopt environment as part of the school curriculum. Though
the project is being run on an experiment basis, but it is likely to
be introduced in all government schools of the state.
Bhattal:
50 pc of paddy damaged
Ludhiana, August 13
Raising the hopes of farmers of
getting the state declared drought-hit by the Centre, the Punjab
Agriculture Minister, Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, today said more than
50 per cent of area under paddy was affected by the prevailing dry
spell and damage worth Rs 2000 crore had already been incurred by the
state directly or indirectly.
Tempers
run high at SAD meeting
Sangrur, August 13
The factional fight between SAD
factions led by the Union Minister, Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, and the
Uttaranchal Governor Mr Surjit Singh Barnala, surfaced today at
Barnala during a workers’ meeting which was presided over by the
former Chief Minister and SAD President Mr Parkash Singh Badal.
Rinwa’s
decisions creating rift
Bathinda, August 13
Even as the state BJP leadership
plans to launch an offensive against the Punjab Government led by
Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for its “anti-people”
policies, resentment and discontent is brewing in its rank and file
over some decisions taken by party president Prof Brij Lal Rinwa in
the recent past.
PSEB:
no move to cut generation incentive
Ropar, August 13
The PSEB will not change its
generation incentive scheme for employees working in thermal plants.
Power
position improves
Patiala, August 13
The power position has improved
in the state due to widespread rain, in spite of the closure of Unit
No. 1 of 210 MW capacity at Ropar Thermal Plant since August 7 and
tripping of unit No 4 of 110 MW capacity at Bathinda Thermal Plant
this morning.
 Heavy
rain exposes city’s poor sewerage
Amritsar, August 13
Even as the municipal corporation
is conducting a survey of buildings which are on the verge of
collapsing due to the rains, the sewerage in the city is in bad shape.
The corporation says lack of funds was the reason behind the poor
sewerage.
Ankle-deep water outside Amritsar Mayor Sunil Datti’s residence at Chheharta after torrential rain on Monday evening.
— Photo Rajiv Sharma
Dalit
family saved from bondage
Faridkot, August 13
Life for 33-year-old Dalit Atma
Singh, a resident of Hassan Bhatti village became hell when he took an
advance of Rs 17,000 from a landlord of this district. In return he
agreed to work for him as farm assistant.
Fraud
case against Markfed Manager
Ferozepore, August 13
The Vigilance Bureau has finally
registered a case of fraud against Mr V.K. Sharma, a controversial
branch Manager of Markfed, and one of his office clerks Mr Ram Lal,
however, another inquiry into bogus purchase of paddy by tampering
with the official records is still pending before the Vigilance
Bureau, besides two other departmental inquiries on wheat shortage.
Nearly
100 disabled persons lose jobs
Patiala, August 13
The Rural Development and
Panchayat Department has removed nearly 100 persons recruited to
various posts in December, 2001, by the previous SAD-BJP government.
The Rural Development and Panchayat Department had issued instructions
last week to zila parishads and panchayat samitis to relieve those
recruited under the handicapped category for the following posts —
clerk, sewadar, beldar, water carrier, safai sewak, road rakha,
gardener-cum-chowkidar, veterinary pharmacists and boatmen.
Security
beefed up in Pathankot
Pathankot, August 13
Security has been beefed up in
and around the town in connection with the Independence Day
celebration on August 15. Sources said about 11 preventive arrests had
been made throughout Gurdaspur district during the past few days.
Ice
manufacturing units raided
Malout, August 13
The health authorities yesterday
conducted raids on a number of factories manufacturing ice in the town
following reports that impure water was being used to manufacture ice.
Cotton
crop faces pest attack
Bathinda, August 13
Even as the cotton crop faces the
season’s first attack by pests, officials of the Agricultural
Department have warned that if the dry spell continues, the yield of
the “white gold”, which is now in its pre-flowering stage, will
further drop by about 15 per cent this year as thousands of acres
standing crop may be ploughed in.
Tubewell
connections for Mansa villages
Patiala, August 13
The Punjab State Electricity
Board (PSEB) has decided to release tubewell connections on priority
to farmers of villages of Mansa district which have been affected by
waterlogging.
Octroi
posts’ auction fetches Rs 2.04 cr
Ropar, August 13
Octroi posts here were auctioned
for Rs 2,04,31,000 for the period August 16, 2002 to August 15, 2003
at the office of the Deputy Director, Local Bodies, Ludhiana,
yesterday.
Kale
kachhewale strike at villages
Pathankot, August 13
Members of kale kachhewale struck
at three villages and decamped with valuable articles last night.
Travel
agent held for fraud
Bathinda, August 13
The police during
‘sangat-police’ arrested Nirpal Singh, a resident of Sirsa
district of Haryana, recently. He had been cheating innocent and
unsuspecting residents of Bathinda district of their money on the
promise of taking them abroad.
Gang
of vehicle thieves busted
Moga, August 13
The district police has busted an
inter-state gang of vehicle thieves. Senior Superintendent of Police
Shiv Kumar said here today that the police has arrested one of its
members Balwinder Singh of Chola Sahib in Tarn Taran against whom a
case has been registered under Sections 379 and 411, IPC.
One
held on charge of betting
Bathinda, August 13
The police has arrested Rajesh
Kumar, alias Raju, of the local Model Town area for allegedly betting
on cricket match between India and England by using his mobile and
landline phones.
Teachers
go on mass casual leave
Jalandhar, August 13
On a call given by the Punjab and
Chandigarh College Teachers Union to observe “education bandh”
teachers of non-government privately managed colleges today went on
mass casual leave to protest against the anti-employees policies of
the central and state governments.
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