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Hari
Jaisingh pins hope on kids
Jalandhar, September 29
It was a day with a difference
for the tiny tots of the local Swami Sant Dass Public School as they
had an opportunity to freely express their concerns on the
contemporary world order besides having an interaction with Mr Hari
Jaisingh, Editor of the Tribune group of newspapers.
Trust
headed by SSP ‘encroaches’ on PWD land
Ferozepore, September 29
The Deputy Commissioner of
Ferozepore, Mr D.K. Tiwari, has called a special meeting of the
district-level committee formed to remove encroachments on October 17.
The DC said encroachments along the natinal highwy at the behest of Mr
Praveen Kumar to extend the premises of “Astana Auhliya Dargah
Hazirat Baba Sher Shah Wali Peer” would especially be taken up at
the meeting to restore the previous situation.
Bill
on Gurdwara Act denounced
Amritsar,
September 29
A seminar organised by the
World Sikh Council, Amritsar zone, on “Sikh traditions and the
all-India Sikh Gurdwara Act (AISGA)” here today unanimously
denounced the proposed Act and sought to highlight that the Act
was detrimental to Sikh interests and inadequate to resolve the
problems being faced by the Sikhs. Coming down critically on the
present Sikh leadership, speakers alleged that the glorious Sikh
traditions were being ruined by the weak and self-serving
management of the SGPC. |
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| Sikh intellectuals including
Bhai Ranjit Singh, former Jathedar, Akal Takht; Baba Sarbjot
Singh Bedi, president of the Sant Samaj; Justice Ajit Singh Bains,
PHRO; and Bibi Baljit Kaur, co- convenor of a seminar organised by
the World
Sikh Council Amritsar Zone.
— P by Rajiv Sharma |
Kang
confesses to selling wood
Amritsar, September 29
The beleaguered former Chairman
of Punjab Forest Corporation, Mr Manjinder Singh Kang, has confessed
before the Vigilance Bureau that he had sold the forest wood to the
owner of a saw mill in Amritsar.
Wife,
mother-in-law kill man
Bathinda, September 29
In a bizarre incident, Lalita
Rani, a drug addict, murdered her husband with the help of her mother
Raj Rani last night by reportedly giving him poison. The body of the
husband, Satish Kumar, was found on a roadside near bus stop at
Buladhewala village on the Bathinda-Muktsar road by some policemen who
were on routine patrolling.
Plea
to end caste quota
Bathinda, September 29
Mr Harbans Singh Sidhu, district
president, General Categories Welfare Federation, while addressing a
meeting of activists at Goniana Mandi, near here, late last evening
said the present system of caste-based reservation was not in the
national interest as merit was being ignored to promote the interests
of a section of society.
Misuse
of funds: DC orders probe
Moga, September 29
The Deputy Commissioner has
ordered a regular inquiry for alleged misuse of Rs 20 lakh flood
relief fund allocated by the state government in 2000. Deputy
Commissioner G. Ramesh Kumar has entrusted the inquiry to Bakhtawar
Singh, Sub-divisional Magistrate, Baghapurana, and also directed him
to complete the probe within a month.
Bhinder Singh, 14-yea-old boy
shows his craftmanship, the tiny working models
(operated by pencil cell) of tractor and harvester combine
made from local available materials in Bathinda on Sunday. —
PTI photo |
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MC officials suspended
Bathinda, September 29
The Punjab Government has placed
three officials including a Planning Officer, an Assistant Municipal
Engineer (AME) and a Junior Engineer (JE) under suspension without
assigning any reason in the suspension orders issued by the Secretary,
Local Bodies, Mr Sarvesh Kaushal.
PATHANKOT ROUND-UP
Immunise
kids, women told
THE All-India Women’s
Welfare Committee organised a five-day women camp at Mamun, near here,
in which hundreds of women drawn from the villages of Mamun, Kuthed,
Seunti and Chhatwal participated.
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‘Pashu Dhan Pinds’ to come up
Anandpur Sahib, September
29
The Punjab Government has drawn
up a comprehensive plan for developing one village in each block of
the state as “Adarsh Pashu Dhan Pind” (Model livestock village) to
bring “white revolution” in the state and to achieve international
standards in the quality of milk production for exporting the same
from here to the foreign countries on a large scale.
Get
documents for relief, truckers told
Bathinda, September 29
The truckers of the area whose
vehicles were destroyed in a fire near Bikaner in Rajasthan on January
11 while on Army duty have been asked by the authorities to prepare
necessary documents till September 30 for claiming compensation.
Cockfighting continues as administration sleeps
Patiala, September 29
Notwithstanding tall claims of the district administration, cockfighting, banned under the SPCA Act, still takes place under the full glare of the administration at a dusty spot near Sular village, on the outskirts of this town. The fights are held on the last Sunday of every month.
Metal-free
ceramic teeth
Jalandhar, September 29
There is good news for people
living in those areas of Bathinda, Sangrur and Rajasthan, where high
flouride content in water commonly leads to discolouration of teeth.
They would now be able to flash a perfect smile and have sparkling
teeth, thanks to the introduction of metal free ceramic teeth
technology in the northern part of the country.
Intach
team visits Kapurthala
Kapurthala, September 29
The two-day visit of an Intach
team headed by Mr S.K. Mishra, vice-chairman, Intach, and chairman,
State Advisory Committee on culture, heritage and tourism, here
concluded today.
Plea
to hold theatre festival in Patiala
Chandigarh, September 29
The Punjab Government should come
forward to organise a national theatre festival at Patiala to arouse
love for the theatre among the people of Malwa and to acquaint them
with the national theatre standards. These were the views of the
Director of the National Theatre Arts Society, (NTAS), Patiala, and
other theatre activists at the conclusion of a week-long National
Natya Festival at Chandigarh organised by the North Central Zone
Cultural Centre, Allahabad, and the Haryana Public Relations and
Cultural Affairs.
Nabha
urban estate plan cleared
Patiala, September 29
The Punjab Urban Planning and
Development Authority (PUDA) has approved the lay-out of the 110-acre
Nabha Agricultural Seed Farm, transferred to it earlier and now being
developed as an urban estate.
Integrated township project takes off
Patiala, September 29
The Integrated Township Project, proposed to be set up here under the Counter Magnet Towns scheme of the Central Government has finally taken off with the Patiala Urban Planning and Development Authority
(PUDA) identifying 300 acres of land in Baran village, 5 km from here, as the site on which the project will be established.
Woman
nabs chain snatcher
Kapurthala, September 29
Devinder Kaur, a resident of
Jalandhar, caught hold of one of the chain snatchers near the Civil
Hospital here yesterday afternoon.
Woman
molested in public
Amritsar, September 29
A woman was molested and her
clothes were torn in full public view by Nandu Baba and Seeta under
police station B division here last evening.
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