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 Test-tube
babies do parents proud at show
Jalandhar, November 30
In a unique event, as many as 100
“once infertile” couples and their test-tube babies participated
in North India’s first test-tube baby show organised by the Bombay
Infertility Research Centre (BIRC) at the local Routnda-Virk Centre
for Human Reproduction today.
A CRPF jawan holds a test-tube baby during North India's first
test-tube baby show held in Jalandhar on Saturday. —
Photo Pardeep Pandit
Ex-militant, aide arrested
Ropar, November 30
The Ropar police today arrested a former member of the Khalistan
commando force, Baljit Singh Baba, and his accomplice Sarbjit Singh, and seized two pistols and five cartridges from them at Dusarana village, near
Kurali.
Seniority
as per court decision, employees told
Chandigarh, November 30
The Punjab Government has assured
the general category employees that a decision pertaining to the
seniority of employees will be taken only as per the decision of the
court with regard to seniority and reservation in promotions of
employees.
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Indian soldiers make their way back to their base after patrolling the border area with Pakistan on the outskirts of Amritsar
on Friday. — Reuters
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HIGH COURT
Driver
let off
Chandigarh, November 30
Nearly 14 years after a truck
driver was convicted by a Judicial Magistrate for crushing a child to
death, Mr Justice Viney Mittal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
has acquitted the accused of the charges framed against him.
DE
(Telecom) granted bail
Ropar, November 30
Mr L.R. Roojam, Sessions Judge
here today granted bail to Mr Shashi Bhushan Sharma, Divisional
Engineer, Telecom, Ropar, who had been arrested on November 25 by a
team of the local Vigilance Bureau while allegedly accepting an
illegal gratification of Rs 1,000 from a businessman Kuldip Kumar for
the installation of a telephone on priority at his shop at Bela
village near Chamkaur Sahib.
Kohar’s
bail plea rejected
Jalandhar, November 30
The bail application of former
minister and SAD MLA Ajit Singh Kohar was today rejected by the
Sessions court here after hearing arguments of both sides.
326
BSF recruits pass out
Hoshiarpur, November 30
Mr S.N. Jain, Inspector-General,
Border Security Force, took salute from 326 recruits in a passing out
parade at Subsidiary Training Centre of BSF in Kharkan, 12 km from
here, today.
Farmers
seek special relief
Saidpur Kalan (Amritsar),
November 30
Even as de-mining by the Army is
going on in the border belt of the state precious time for sowing of
rabi crop has been lost. Farmers are forced to demand special
compensation for losing another crop due to mines in fields.
MC
turns a blind eye to encroachments
Patiala, November 30
Even though the Municipal
Corporation has announced umpteen times that it would remove
encroachments from the railway crossing No. 22 to the Lower Mall and
even fined some shopkeepers, including take-away joints and dhaba
owners, no step has been taken to ensure government land is not
encroached upon by the establishments.
Award for social worker from Ropar
Chandigarh, November 30
Mr Prem Singh, a resident of Ropar district has been selected for an award in the individual category by the Union Government for his work in the field of leprosy. The award will be conferred on him by the President on December 3 at Vigyan
Bhavan, New Delhi.
US
Fellowship for Punjab doc
Chandigarh, November 30
Dr Kanan Gupta, MD has been
conferred the Fellowship of the American College of Physicians (FACP).
The Fellowship is an honour achieved by those who are recognised for
personal integrity, superior competence in the field of medicine,
professional accomplishment, and demonstrated scholarship.
Lukewarm
response to Raja Poras fair
Amritsar, November 30
The Raja Poras Punjabi Mitarta
Mela which is organised every year at the Wagah border to promote
friendship between India and Pakistan today evoked a lukewarm response
on the second consecutive day as neither the chief guest, Mr Ashwani
Sekhri, state Minister for Culture, nor Bibi Jagir Kaur, former SGPC
chief, reached the venue.
5
dairies removed in 4-hr operation
Amritsar, November 30
Non-committal attitude of the
insufficient police force led to a delay and thereafter limited
operation in the clearing of dairies in the city’s vicinity which
were ordered to be shifted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
 Need
to revive Punjabi cinema: Harbhajan
Bathinda, November 30
Satisfied with the response his
debut Punjabi film “Je Ayan Nu” has received, actor and singer
Harbhajan Mann said the Punjabi cinema could be revived if such movies
were made regularly.
Harbhajan Mann with his young fans at a function at Harchand cinema house in Bathinda on Friday.
Panel
to consider ‘crippled’ kid case
Bathinda, November 30
The Punjab State Human Rights
Commission (PSHRC) has taken cognisance of the complaint filed by Mr
Pajinder Kumar, a resident of Maur Mandi town of this district where
in he had alleged that his two-year-old daughter, Jivika, had been
rendered handicapped due to the negligence of the doctors.
Five
travel agents booked
Kapurthala, November 30
The police has registered cases
under Sections 420, 406 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code against
five travel agents for duping and taking Rs 11.50 lakh from six
persons on the pretext of sending them abroad.
Gang
of thieves busted
Hoshiarpur, November 30
The police has achieved a success
in its campaign against anti-social elements when Mr Lakhbir Singh,
Station House Officer, Mehtiana, under the supervision of Mr Randhir
Singh Uppal, DSP (Rural) arrested Sanjiv Kumar alias Sanjay of
Ludhiana a member of a thieves’ gang, according to press note issued
by Mrs Gurpreet Deo, SSP, here today.
Car
thieves arrested
Bathinda, November 30
The police has claimed to have
arrested three persons who allegedly took away a car after putting red
chilli powder in the eyes of the driver. The car had been hired from
Moga. The accused were arrested within half an hour of the crime.
Railway
official held on bribe charge
Bathinda, November 30
Mr S.U. Siddqui, a CMI, with the
Indian Railways posted at the local railway station was arrested by
Vigilance bureau sleuths while accepting a bribe of Rs 500 from a
vendor.
Suicide
bid by drug addict
Bathinda, November 30
An old destitute suffering from
paralysis died at the local railway station this morning. The deceased
could not be identified. The police handed over the body to a local
NGO the Sahara Jan Seva, which cremated the body as there was no
claimant for it.
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