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Capt
to change tack from politics to governance
Chandigarh, November 15
Caught in the religio-political
and administrative crises of its own making in the past eight months
or so, the Congress Government in Punjab is apparently feeling the
urgency to search for means to set its house in order.
NFL
contractor not to get payments
Ropar, November 15
Rising from slumber after over
two years, the Employee Provident Fund authorities have started making
efforts to recover the swindled money. They have now written to
National Fertilizers Limited, Nangal, to stop the payments of Calcutta
Construction Company, the labour contractor accused of committing the
scam in Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant.
Move
to revamp education system,
says DG (School)
Bathinda, November 15
The Punjab Government is
preparing blueprints for revamping the education system in the state
to provide quality education to students. The government had involved
a number of non-governmental organisations to make the education
system flawless.
Malhi
for international airport
Chandigarh, November 15
Mr Gurbax Singh Malhi,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Labour and third-time
member of the House of Commons in Canada, has reiterated the demand of
NRIs of Punjabi origin for an international airport in Punjab.
SYL CANAL
Punjab
may file more than one plea
Chandigarh, November 15
Punjab may prefer more than one
petitions in the Supreme Court later this month on the vexed issue of
the SYL canal. The final decision whether to prefer one or more
petitions would be taken after a group of eminent legal experts,
including senior lawyers based in Delhi, meet in the union Capital
between November 21 and 25, says Mr Harbhagwan Singh, Advocate-General
of Punjab.
MC
House meeting or sham?
Entire agenda passed without any
discussion
Patiala, November 15
The general House meeting of the
Municipal Corporation, which had been called today to discuss public
issues like the privatisation of the garbage cleaning set-up of the
city and increase in salaries of the corporators besides other items,
was nothing but a sham with the entire agenda being passed with
raising of hands by Congress corporators without any discussion on the
items.
HIGH COURT
Punjab
to file affidavit
Panchayat secretaries case
Chandigarh, November 15
Accepting the state of Punjab’s
prayer for filing a fresh affidavit in the panchayat secretaries
selection case, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
today ruled that the government, it was expected, would categorically
give details of its stand regarding alleged irregularities in the
selections and its decision to fix responsibility of senior officers
indicted in a report submitted in the matter.
Kanwaljit
to attend inter-faith meet
Chandigarh, November 15
SAD General Secretary and former
Finance Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, will be the guest of honour
and deliver the key note address at the inter -faith meet being
organised in connection with the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev
at Chennai on November 18.
Use
of cost-effective drugs stressed
Amritsar, November 15
Emphasising the importance of
cost-effective medicines, Prof Geeta Sharma, chairperson of workshop
on rational drug use and Head of the Department of Pharmacology,
Government Medical College here said, the government must play a major
role in making available cost-effective medication, especially for
tuberculosis, malaria, leprosy and AIDS.
Implement
amendment on promotions: SCs
Bathinda, November 15
The Punjab unit of the All-India
Confederation of SC/ST/BC Organisations has urged the Punjab
Government to implement the provisions of the 85th Amendment to the
Constitution, regarding the retaining of seniority of the reserved
category employees after their promotion.
2
nursing council staffers in VB net
SAS Nagar, November 15
The flying squad of the Punjab
Vigilance Bureau today registered a case against two employees of the
Punjab State Nursing Council here, on charges of corruption. Gurpal
Singh Kang, Superintendent, and Charanjit Singh, Assistant, both
residents of SAS Nagar, are at large.
Mann
gets bail in TADA case
New Delhi, November 15
The special court today granted
bail to Akali Dal (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann in an
11-year-old TADA case.
Farmers
not to pay for power: BKU (E)
Bathinda, November 15
Even as the state government has
been gearing up to start collecting power bills from farmers, the
Bharatia Kisan Union (Ekta) has decided that it will not pay for
electricity being used for agricultural purposes.
Encroachments go
Patiala, November 15
A special team of the Municipal Corporation led by its
Assistant Commissioner Bhupinder Singh conducted an anti-encroachment drive today under which encroachments by as many as 36 shopkeepers in several localities were removed and several ‘rehris’ confiscated.
Four
travel agents booked for duping
Kapurthala, November 15
The district police has
registered cases against four travel agents under Sections 420 and 406
of the IPC and Section 24 of the Indian Immigration Act on the charge
of duping two persons of about Rs 10 lakh for sending them to the USA
and Germany.
CSD
clerk held for graft
Bathinda, November 15
Pawan Kumar, a clerk of the
canteen service depot, Bathinda cantonment, was caught red-handed by a
joint team of military intelligence and Vigilance Bureau officials
while he was facilitating the supply of vehicles meant for Army
personnel to civilians in lieu of money.
Seven
held for wheat theft
Jalandhar, November 15
The district police has busted a
gang of thieves involved in wheat theft from the different godowns of
Punsup and recovered 389 sacks of wheat worth Rs 2.25 lakh from their
possession.
Teachers
await salaries
Gurdaspur, November 15
Resentment prevails among
teachers who have been sanctioned the payment of their monthly
salaries under a centrally-sponsored scheme known as “Operation
Black Board”.
Youth fest concludes
SAS Nagar, November 15
The four-day Punjabi University Zonal Youth Festival ended today with dramatic performances by students from various colleges in one-act plays, traditional costume parade and histrionics.
BSNL
mobile service from Nov 17
Phillaur, November 15
The much-awaited mobile service
of BSNL will be launched on November 17 from Jalandhar. This was
stated by the General Manager, Telecom, Jalandhar Mr K.C. Jindal, here
today.
12
shops auctioned
Batala, November 15
An auction was held here
yesterday in the office of the local Improvement Trust for the newly
constructed shops at Dindayal Upadayaye Market, Leakwala tanks here.
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