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PTDC
staff threaten stir
Ropar, August 24
Apprehending disinvestment in the
Punjab Tourism Development Corporation by the Punjab Government, its
employees have threatened to launch an agitation. At a meeting of the
Punjab Tourism Karamchari Dal, held today, the employees alleged that
the government was trying to disinvest the PTDC without taking them
into confidence.
BSP
indecisive: 4 return ticket
Phagwara, August 24
While party state president Mohan
Singh Phallianwala on Friday declared here that the BSP would go it
alone and announced the first list of seven candidates for Phagwara,
another meeting of the party presided over by its state chairman
Thekedar Harbhajan Singh Sarinh here yesterday left it to local
leadership to have seat adjustment with other parties to defeat the
Congress.
3rd
phase of stir on Sept 3: Rinwa
Chandigarh, August 24
The Punjab unit of the BJP, which
held a meeting of its office-bearers here today under the Chairmanship
of its President, Mr Brij Lal Rinwa, decided to launch the third phase
of the party agitation against the Capt Amarinder Singh's government
in the state.
Civic
poll: BJP names 15 nominees
Phillaur, August 24
The Punjab BJP President, Prof
Brij Lal Rinwa, has announced the list of BJP candidates for 15 wards
of the local nagar council for which the elections will be held on
September 8. Mr Rinwa while announced the list, said the BJP would
support the Akali Dal (Badal) and Bahujan Samaj Party candidates in 12
wards of the nagar council.
60
palledars hurt in group clash
Samana, August 24
As many as 60 persons were
injured, six of them seriously, when two palledar unions clashed with
each other at the Punjab Warehouse Corporation godown here today.
According to sources, members of the Punjab Palledar Union were
loading foodgrain into trucks when they were attacked by members of
the FCI Palledar Union. Following this there was a melee with members
of both groups clashing with one another. Sharp-edged weapons were
also used in the clash.
Multinational companies have succeeded in winning over the
Police Department to promote their products.
A big hording put up by a soft drink company on the historical building, which now houses offices of SPs , DSPs and
the Municipal Corporation. — Photo Rajiv Sharma |
Gurdwara
panel chief refutes charges
Faridkot, August 24
The crisis has deepened between
the management committee of Gurdwara Sarkari Dharamshala Khalsa Diwan
and members of the Sarb Rog Mission Gurmat Ragi Granthi Sabha and
Bhrampura Trust. According to reports, the situation worsened on
August 21 with the debarring of entry to members of the three bodies
in the gurdwara by the management committee.
New
home for senior citizens
Faridkot
The district Red Cross Society in
collaboration with the Union Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment has constructed a new complex for the senior citizens’
behind Baba Farid Sabhyacharak Kendra on the Faridkot- Kotkapura road
here to provide homely facilities free of cost. Those who were not
availing of such concessions or were not being after by their wards
properly are eligible to live there.
Villagers
sore over poor telecom services
Jalandhar, August 24
Despite the tall claims of the
telecom authorities with regard to providing better services to its
subscribers particularly in the rural areas, the residents of Udhowal,
Bir Baloki, and adjoining villages in Mehatpur subdivision are running
from pillar to post to get their complaints redressed for the past
about two months.
Communist
leader Joga dead
Chandigarh, August 24
Paying tributes to veteran
Communist leader Jangir Singh Joga ( 94), who passed away at Mansa
this afternoon, CPI leader Dr Joginder Daya said that "he was a
great freedom fighter, farmers' leader and top activist of the Parja
Mandal movement in this part of the country".
Editor
gets 20-yr RI for murder
Bathinda, August 24
The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr
Jaspal Singh, today sentenced Mohan Lal Nagpal, editor of a Hindi
daily published from here, to 20 years imprisonment and imposed a fine
of Rs 5,000 in a murder case.
In
jail despite remittance
Bathinda, August 24
Jagroop Singh was awarded six
months’ imprisonment by a local court. He was supposed to come out
of the local Central Jail after the Punjab Government remitted his
prison sentence by a year, on the eve of Independence Day. However, he
failed to secure freedom. Reason — he failed to deposit Rs 1,000 as
fine which was imposed on him by the judicial officer while
pronouncing the judgement.
NRIs
to help set up Mata Gujri memorial
Ropar, August 24
With financial assistance from
NRIs, the Punjab Kashyap Rajput Sabha will set up a Mata Gujri
memorial at Anandpur Sahib. The sabha will construct an old-age home,
a hospital and other welfare institutions there.
Art
of Living guru Ravi Shankar to visit state
Fatehgarh Sahib, August
24
Founder of The International Art
Of Living Foundation Ravi Shankar would visit the state from September
6 to 10. He would be accorded a state-level reception at the Shambhu
border and would be taken to Mandi Gobindgarh in a colorful
procession.
2
labourers die of asphyxiation
Jalandhar, August 24
Two migrant labourers were
suffocated to death after inhaling poisonous gases in an underground
tank of a factory at the industrial focal point here today.
Range
officer suspended
Mansa, August 24
Mr Jagan Nath Sharma, Range
officer, in charge of the Budhlada Range of Forest Department, has
been placed under suspension by the Conservator of Forest, Patiala for
embezzlement of lakhs of rupees and has been issued a show-cause
notice as to why he should not be dismissed from service.
CRPF
workshop on human rights
Bathinda, August 24 |
Mr S.C. Prashrar,
Commandant, 96 Battalion of the CRPF, today urged jawans not to
violate human rights. Addressing jawans and officials of the
CRPF after inaugurating a three-day workshop on human rights, he
said everyone had got the right to live with dignity.
Mr R. C. Parashar, Commandant,
96 Battalion of the CRPF, during a workshop on human rights at Bathinda on Saturday.
— Photo Kulbir Beera |
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1
kg opium found from SHO’s house
Lambi (Muktsar), August 24
In a bizarre incident, a team of
the Vigilance Bureau today found 1 kg of opium and Rs 1,01,300 in cash
from the bedroom of Nazar Singh, Station House Officer of the local
police station, when it raided his quarters situated within the police
station late last evening.
Peace
panel chief’s wife assaulted
Phagwara, August 24
Mrs Kalawati Sharma,
septuagenarian wife of Dr Des Raj Sharma, Chairman of the local
All-Party Peace Committee, was today assaulted and injured with
sharpedged weapons inside the kitchen at her home on the local
Phagwara-Banga road and was hospitalised here in a critical condition.
She was given over a dozen stitches, mostly on her head. Personal
enmity is said to be the cause behind murderous assault on Mrs Sharma.
34
Bangladeshis arrested for illegal entry
Gurdaspur, August 24
34 Bangladesh nationals have been
arrested for illegally entering India through the Kolkata border
allegedly with the help of Bangladesh Rifles Force. According to Mr
Varinder Kumar, district police chief, these Bangladesh nationals had
given money to Bangladesh Rifles Force to allow them to cross over to
the Indian border. The arrested include 20 men, eight women and six
children.
Judge’s
orders tampered with, three held
Pathankot, August 24
A case was registered today
against four persons, including a Tehsildar, for tampering with the
interlocutory orders of the Additional district Judge, Gurdaspur,
regarding the execution of a sale deed.
Farid
varsity yet to have building
Faridkot, August 24
Even as the Baba Farid University
of Health Sciences has been bringing more and more medical, dental and
other paramedical institutes under its domain, it is yet to have its
own building though its foundation stone was laid in 1997.
DCI
rule blocks students’ promotion
Bathinda, August 24
A section of students of dental
colleges of the state has alleged that a “redundant” rule
formulated by the Dental Council of India and implemented by the Baba
Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, has been blocking their
promotion to the next higher class if they were to reappear in two
subjects. The rule causes financial loss to them, while the
managements of private colleges mint money, the students said.
Boparai’s
appointment criticised
Amritsar, August 24
The Guru Nanak Dev University
Teachers Association today flayed the appointment of Mr S.S. Boparai,
a bureaucrat, as Vice-Chancellor of the Punjabi University, Patiala.
Cancellation
of membership of sabha ‘illegal’
Bathinda, August 24
The ruling group of the SSD
Sabha, a registered body, which manages some of the reputed
educational institutes of the city, suffered a big jolt when a local
court ordered that the deletion of the names of a section of its
members from its members list was illegal.
‘Secular
course’ to be introduced in schools
Faridkot, August 24
The Punjab Government plans to
introduce a secular course along with other subjects at all levels in
government schools from the next academic year to promote nationalism
and check communalism.
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