Stop harassing kin of SGPC members:
Badal
Chandigarh, November 3
SAD President Parkash Singh Badal today asked the Punjab Chief Minister to stop alleged persecution of the families of members of the SGPC belonging to the SAD.
 Ghuman committee biased:
Romana
Bathinda, November 3
Mr Mohinder Singh Romana, executive member of the SGPC, said here today that the actions and statements of the committee led by Mr Mal Singh Ghuman and having seven members of the SGPC could not be termed as neutral as they showed a bias towards a particular Akali Dal.
Addressing mediapersons here today, Mr Romana said the president of
the SGPC should be a Sikh scholar and have a clean image.
Mr Mohinder Singh Romana, executive member of the SGPC, addresses a press conference at Bathinda on Sunday.
— Tribune photo Kulbir Beera
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Gurdwara
Judicial Commission and the claim to perpetuity
FEW “courts” in the history of
the court system in India have been used as an instrument of politics
and factional warfare more openly, and by all sides, than the Sikh
Gurdwara Judicial Commission set up under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act of
1925.
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Migrants ‘influencing’ Punjabi
culture
Jalandhar, November 3
There is a strong need to take effective steps to insulate Punjabi culture and tradition from the influence of migrant labour.
Expressing these views at a seminar entitled “Punjab and Migrants”, organised by the Punjabi Jagrati Manch here today, the speakers stressed that migrant labour, particularly from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, had now become an integral part of Punjab’s economic system.
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Army personnel purchase fire crackers at Bathinda on Sunday.
— Tribune photo Kulbir Beera |
Tight security on Divali
eve
Amritsar, November 3
Unprecedented security marks the eve of Divali celebrations in the city. There are reports of apprehension of terrorist violence.
Prawns in Doaba ponds
Jalandhar, November 3
Badshahpur, Kahlwan, Bara Pind and Koopar are four villages in the Doaba region which have started prawn culture with the help of Agriculture Technology Management Agency
and the Department of Fisheries.
Woman complains against
cop
Bathinda, November 3
Mrs Bimla, a resident of the P&T Colony here, has complained to the Punjab Human Rights Commission about the harassment and tension created in her family life allegedly by her neighbours.
Suggestion to close down
PFC decried
Chandigarh, November 3
The Punjab Financial Corporation Employees’ Joint Action Forum has said the recommendation of the Disinvestment Commission to wind up the corporation has shocked the employees.
Curbs imposed on Jumbo
Circus
Bathinda, November 3
The Animal Welfare Board of India has banned performances by certain animals at the Jumbo Circus which has been holding shows in the city for the past few days after it received complaints from an animal rights activists.
Dirba-Patran road repair on cards
Barnala, November 3
Maj-Gen B.C. Khanduri (retd), Union Minister of State, Road Transport and highways, has informed Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, MP and as President of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), that an estimate of around Rs 424 lakh is under consideration of the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry for the improvement of a stretch of National Highway No 71 measuring about 11 km from Dirba to Patran.
Acting SDO’s house
raided
Sangrur, November 3
The Punjab police today raided the residence of acting SDO-cum-junior engineer, Mandi Board Ram Dev Sharma, and allegedly seized cash and jewellery.
Cops
attacked
Moga, November 3
A Punjab police personnel was injured after a police team was allegedly attacked by the family of a person against whom a case had been registered, the police said today.
Five die as car, truck collide
Tarn Taran, November 3
Five persons, including three, women, all residents of Partap Nagar, Amritsar, died in a road accident near Naushehra Pannuan yesterday when their car collided with a struck coming from the opposite direction.
Dera Sacha Sauda function concludes
Bathinda, November 3
A function organised by the Dera Sacha Sauda, Sirsa (Haryana), at Mehta village, about 13 km from here, ended peacefully under tight security by the police and civil authorities.
Frame accounting rules to help farmers:
BKU(E)
Bathinda, November 3
The Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta), led by Mr Joginder Singh Ugrahan, has urged the authorities concerned that rules should be framed so that the accounts of farmers with arhtiyas be maintained as per the standard banking norms and passbooks should be issued to the farmer.
Punjab pensioners submit memo to
CM
Chandigarh, November 3
The Government Pensioners’ Association has submitted a memorandum to the Punjab Chief Minister’s Office, seeking a better deal.
The association’s additional general secretary, Mr Yash Pal Ghai, said today all that the pensioners sought was that the Congress implement its promise made in the election manifesto.
Travel agent booked for
fraud
Kapurthala, November 3
The police has booked a travel agent Devinder Partap alias Bittu of Dhilwan village for defrauding Nishan Singh of Bhatnura village in Jalandhar of Rs 4.50 lakh.
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