No
intrusion by Pak plane: Army
Ferozepore, September 14
The Army today denied reports of
intrusion into the Indian skies by a Pakistani spy plane on September
10. An Army spokesman said the surveillance grid installed along the
international border had not reported any intrusion by any Pakistani
aircraft.
Baba
Bedi to form new Akali Dal
Moga, September 14
The convener of the Panthic
Morcha Baba Sarbjot Singh Bedi has announced the formation of new
Akali Dal. Talking to mediapersons here, today, he said that to bring
more people closer to the new Akali Dal, a ‘chetna march’ has been
planned under the leadership of Bhai Ranjit Singh, former, Jathedar of
Akal Takht.
BJYM
campaign from Sept 25
Phillaur, September 14
The BJP and the Bharatiya Janata
Yuva Morcha will launch “gaon chalo abhiyaan” from September 25
throughout the country. This was stated by state BJYM president
Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal, while talking to newspersons here today.
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Govt
press dying a slow death
Patiala, September 14
The Government Ticket Printing
Press here has not been able to start work on an order to print 14
crore tickets for Punjab Roadways since the past one month because it
does not have funds of a few hundred rupees to repair its lone
machine, purchased in 1976.
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Press
presents pitiful picture
Patiala, September
10
Once know as the Bhupindra State Press, the sprawling Government
Press spread over six acres of prime land on the Sirhind Road is
today an antiquity used to publish low-grade printing material
through presses which function in bits and spurts with many of
them lying idle for want of repairs. |
Army
to compensate truck owners
Bathinda, September 14
The Army authorities have decided
to compensate within a week the truck operators whose vehicles were
destroyed in the fire that broke out near Bikaner on January 11 while
arms and ammunition were being transported to the border in Rajasthan
from different locations in Punjab.
Laser
treatment boon for women
Jalandhar, September 14
Even as one out of five women in
the world suffer from excessive bleeding from uterus causing serious
social problems, the introduction of special laser machines to treat
patients without surgical intervention and to avoid hysterectomy (the
removal of uterus), has come as a boon for women.
Indo-Pak
Punjabi Mela on Nov 29
Chandigarh, September 14
The seventh Raja Porus Hind-Pak
Punjabi Mitterta Mela will be organised by the Folklore Research
Academy at the Wagah border, Amritsar, on November 29 and 30, a press
note said here today. `A meeting regarding the preparations for the
same was held at the Punjab Kala Bhavan here.
Trader
allowed to go abroad
Chandigarh, September 14
Mr Justice Ashutosh Mohunta of
the Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a Jalandhar-based
businessman, allegedly involved in a case, to visit Turkey and Egypt
for a month.
Wheat
theft: 2 Markfed officials suspended
Tarn Taran, September 14
Markfed has suspended Ajaib Singh
Sandhu, senior branch officer and Mr Om Parkash Puri field officer
allegedly for stealing wheat meant for export and stored in a depot
here, a charge sheet is also being served on both officials.
DC
suspends two officials
Faridkot, September 14
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr A.
Venu Prasad, has placed under suspension Paramjit Singh, a senior
assistant and reader to local SDM and Hargobind Singh, junior
assistant tehsil, Jaitu for allegedly committing a fraud of Rs 1 lakh
by tampering with government records.
Patiala corporators eying hike in salaries
Patiala, September 14
Buoyed by the example of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation whose corporators have moved to increase their salaries, the Patiala Municipal Corporation has also decided to take up the issue of increasing the salary of its corporators in its next general house meeting.
Two
get 10-year RI for rape
Moga, September 14
The Sessions Court here has
convicted two persons to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed
a fine of Rs 12,000 each for rape. An FIR regarding rape was
registered at the city police station on February 7, 1999, on the
complaint of a woman (29) under Sections 376,506 and 34 of the IPC
against Jasbir Singh Jagga and Piara Singh Bhinder Kalan and Kuljit
Singh of Varha village.
Two
robbers killed in encounter
Phagwara, September 14
Two migrant robbers were killed
in an encounter with the police on the Bhullarai road canal, on the
outskirts of the town, this morning. Kapurthala SSP R.N. Dhoke told
mediapersons at a press conference today that a .38-bore revolver with
two cartridges and a country made .12-bore gun with two cartridges
were seized from them.
25
academy students return
Anandpur Sahib, September
14
The authorities of Sri Dasmesh
Academy, Anandpur Sahib, today ordered an inquiry into yesterday’s
incident in which more than 75 students ran away from the academy in
protest against the alleged high-handedness of two teachers of the
academy.
Join
classes, Behl asks DIET students
Jalandhar, September 14
Even as hundreds of students of
DIET have been agitating against the new education policy by resorting
to indefinite dharnas throughout the state for the past 15 days, the
Punjab Education Minister, Mr Khushal Behl, said today that the
department was seriously considering their demands and asked the
students to join classes.
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