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Naidu:
Is Punjab Capt’s ‘riyasat’?
Amritsar, November
13
The Congress is playing
dangerous games for short-term political gains in Punjab and
Jammu and Kashmir, said Mr Venkaiah Naidu, national President of
the BJP, while addressing a press conference here today. He said
the Congress had tried to meddle in Sikh affairs with disastrous
consequences and had propped up Bhindrawale in Punjab.
Mr
Venkaiah Naidu coming out after paying
obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Wednesday. — Photo
Rajeev Sharma
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Pakhoke
will lead jatha to Pak, says
Badungar
Phagwara, November 13
The re-elected SGPC president,
Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar, today declared that the newly elected
senior vice-president of the SGPC, Mr Alwinderpal Singh Pakhoke, would
lead a 50-member token jatha of Sikhs to Pakistan on the occasion of
the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev on November 19. The jatha
would leave from Amritsar via road on November 16.
Soldiers from
the 15th Panther Battalion wear protective equipment before
clearing farmland of landmines in Attari sector near the international border with Pakistan
on Wednesday. The battalion has been assigned to rid the area of landmines, which were laid out by the
Army to stop infiltration from the Pakistani side after the December 13, 2001 attack on
Indian Parliament.
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Punjab
submits Rs108-cr project to WB
ITIs to be
strengthened
Chandigarh, November 13
The Punjab Technical Education
and Industrial Training Department has submitted a comprehensive and
revised Rs. 108.84-crore project to strengthen Industrial Training
Institutes in the state to the World Bank officials.
Punjab
proposes toll on certain roads, bridges
Ropar, November 13
The Punjab government has
proposed levy toll on certain roads and bridges in the state. In a
proposal submitted recently to the World Bank the government has
sought Rs 1500 crore soft loan for the construction and maintenance of
roads and bridges in the state.
Capt
meets IHRO men on SYL
Ludhiana, November 13
Even as the SGPC elections were
under way in Amritsar, the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder
Singh, was already focusing on the contentious Sutlej-Yamuna Link
canal issue which threatens to snowball into a major controversy with
Haryana sticking to its guns.
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Children’s
Day means nothing to them
Bathinda, November
13
For 15-year-old Raju, all
days, including November 14 (Children’s Day), are alike as he
do not get any respite from his work as a domestic help.
Ten-year-old Rani, who picks rags, does not count days and it
makes no difference for her whether it is November 14 or any
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not, the fate of these children remains the same. — Tribune
photo Kulbir Beera |
HIGH COURT
‘Black
salt need not be iodised’
Chandigarh, November 13
The Punjab and Haryana High
Court, in a significant judgement, today ruled that the notification
prohibiting the sale of salt without Iodine was not applicable to
grounded black salt.
- Suspension challenged
- Notice of motion
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Scam
in mid-day meal scheme
Gurdaspur, November
13
The mid-day meal scheme
started in primary schools in the state on the directions of the
Supreme Court has turned out to be a farce in the district.
Under the scheme, each student is supposed to be given a diet of
Rs 3 to 3.50 in the form of laddoos, soyabeen, “khhichdi”,
halwa, etc. However, in the absence of cooked food, each student
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Labour
laws to be cut to 15
Jalandhar, November 13
Union Government has been
preparing a comprehensive draft of the labour policy. It would be
tabled in Parliament for approval in the forthcoming Budget session,
Union Minister of State for Labour Ashok Pardhan, stated this to
reporters here today.
SAD
MLA refused bail in school funds case
Mansa, November 13
Mr Harbans Lal, Special Judge,
here today rejected the bail applications of Mr Harbant Singh Datewas,
SAD (B) MLA from Budhlada. Dr Lakhwinder Singh Moosa, District
President, Youth Akali Dal (B) and Mr Narinder Pal Danewalia,
President, the Arhtiya Association Punjab unit in a case registered
against them and 10 others under Sections 420 and 468 of the Indian
Penal Code and Sections 7 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act
1988 for alleged misappropriation of Rs 22 lakh of Khalsa High School
here.
Foreign firm may handle garbage in Patiala
Patiala, November 13
The Patiala Municipal Corporation is proposing to go in for global tenders for handling of garbage in the city besides proposing to even privatise door-to-door collection of garbage in the city.
Help
check drug menace, NGOs urged
Faridkot, November 13
In view of the increase in the
number of drug addicts in the district, Mr Harinder Singh Chahal, SSP,
convened a meeting of social organisations to devise ways to check
this menace.
Artistes honoured at
NZCC concert
Patiala, November 13
At a well-attended concert of classical music and
gazals, presented by 14-year-old artist Sumangal Arora and sponsored by
NZCC, prominent personalities were honoured for their outstanding contribution in their respective fields.
Programme
on drug awareness
Behman Diwana (Bathinda),
November 13
Parents and teachers should pay
special attention to school students who they feel are taking
narcotics.
ST
on fertilisers sends farmers to Haryana
Bathinda, November 13
The imposition of 4 per cent sale
tax on fertilisers by the Punjab Government seems to have become a
blessing in disguise for fertiliser traders of Haryana as farmers of
Punjab have started frequenting them to purchase their requirements at
cheaper rates due to absence of sales tax on some of the commodities
in that state.
Engineers
allege ‘mental harassment’
Ropar, November 13
The PSEB Engineers Association of
the Ropar Thermal Plant region has expressed resentment over the
alleged “mental harassment” to the engineers, of the RTP regarding
the registration of FIRs in the EPF scam, against two labour
contractors. The contractors had allegedly duped their workers of
their EPF contributions between April, 1997 and December, 1999 by
allegedly forging bank challans.
Thermal
plant units trip
Ropar, November 13
Due to some technical fault the
tripping of the unit No 4 of the Ropar Thermal Plant in the early
morning today resulted in the tripping of the 220-KV Ropar-Gobindgarh
transmission line. This further led to the tripping of the unit No 5
and the unit No 6 of the plant at about 3 a.m.
PPCB
closes six brickkilns
Patiala, November 13
The Punjab Pollution Control
Board has moved against brick kilns, saila plants and rice shellers
which have defaulted on the installation of effluent treatment plants
and air pollution control devices, closing down eight units, besides
initiating action against 77 others.
In-laws
‘beat up’ woman for dowry
Hoshiarpur, November 13
A case of torture and beating up
of a woman by her in-laws at Premgarh Mohalla for dowry was reported
at the city police station, Hoshiarpur, yesterday. She reportedly
attempted suicide.
Youth
fest opens at GND varsity
Amritsar, November 13
The Punjab Government is
committed to preserve and promote cultural heritage of the state and
has taken a number of steps in this regard, said Choudhary Jagjit
Singh, Minister of Local Bodies, Punjab while inaugurating a four-day
final youth festival (men and women) of Guru Nanak Dev University here
today.
Hostel girls allege bias
Patiala, November 13
Resenting Punjabi University administration’s move to fix the entry time to the girls hostels at 6 p.m. girl students of four university hostels claim that they are being subjected to a “step-motherly” treatment by the university authorities and the facilities being provided to them are inadequate compared with those in boys hostels. Even the food being provided to them is inferior in quality, several hostel girls say.
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