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 Blair
to visit Golden Temple
Amritsar, December 4
Spiritual leader of the world’s
20 million Sikhs has urged Mr Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom, not to go to war against Iraq.
GND
varsity expels 3 students
Throwing of student from
hostel balcony
Amritsar, December 4
An emergency meeting of Guru
Nanak Dev University, presided over by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr S.P.
Singh, expelled three students from today hostel while five other
students were banned from entering the varsity campus after the
incident of throwing of a student from a hostel balcony.
Cong
men leave for Gujarat
Chandigarh, December 4
Senior Congress leaders led by
PPCC President H.S. Hanspal today left for Gujarat to campaign in the
Assembly elections.
Cong
factions bury hatchet
Phagwara, December 4
The rival factions of the
Congress headed by the local MLA, Mr Joginder Singh Mann, and Mr
Balbir Raja Sodhi, PPCC member, tonight buried their hatchet, clearing
the hurdle in the way of a consensus candidate for the election to the
office of president of the nagar council slated for tomorrow.
Letter
to CM on illegal constructions
Bathinda, December 4
Some residents of the city have
urged the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to order an
enquiry into the allegations that a number of buildings were under
construction in different parts of the city without getting site plans
and maps sanctioned.
MC
‘apes’ scheme to check monkeys
Ropar, December 4
If the monkeys have become a
menace in your area and all physical measures to control them have
failed a novice method used by the Nangal Municipal Council might
prove a solution to your problem.
More
challan papers given to Tota Singh
Ropar, December 4
The court of the Special Judge
here today supplied remaining copies of the documents of the challan
to former Punjab Education Minister Tota Singh. The challan was
presented against him on October 26 in a case registered against him
under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC, and the Prevention of
Corruption Act.
Photo
of Panjrath bowing to Ashutosh distributed
Patiala, December 4
The Akali Dal (Amritsar) today
released photographs showing Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
Executive Committee member Joginder Singh Panjrath paying obeisance
before a photograph of Baba Ashutosh, head of the Divya Jyoti Jagriti
Sansthan at a function held in Patiala.
60
HIV cases in Hoshiarpur dist
Hoshiarpur, December 4
As many as 60 persons have been
identified as HIV positive in the district. This was disclosed by Mr
Paramjit Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner, while presiding over a
function organised by the district Health Department in connection
with the AIDS awareness week at the Zila Parishad hall here today.
Land
grab case: notice to ex-minister
Bathinda, December 4
The PUDA authorities have served
a one-month notice on former Punjab Law Minister, Mr Chiranji Lal Garg,
for the alleged encroachment on land and have asked him to evacuate
it.
Minister
earns workers’ ire
Bathinda, December 4
The General Category Welfare
Federation has condemned the Punjab Welfare Minister, Chaudhary Jagjit
Singh, for his efforts in getting the 85th Constitutional Amendment
implemented in Punjab.
Widow
alleges harassment by sons
Mansa, December 4
A 90-year-old widow, Jaspal Kaur
of Mansa, has in a complaint made to the Punjab State Human Rights
Commission (PSHRC) alleged that she had been neglected by her two
sons, Harcharan Singh and Gurcharan Singh and that she had been beaten
and thrown out of house by her sons and grandsons.
Food,
water samples bad
Patiala, December 4
The Health department has found
as many as 27 food samples and 52 water samples not up to the mark
during a recent drive conducted by it.
Deserted
by kin, cremated by NGO
Bathinda, December 4
Dheer Singh (name changed) who
died at the local Civil Hospital last night would never have thought
that for want of Rs 1000, he would be cremated by an NGO though
several of his relatives reside in the city.
Jail
inmate dies at PGI
Bathinda, December 4
Amarjit Singh of Bhucho Mandi
area, who was undergoing 20-years’ imprisonment in connection with a
murder case died at the PGI in Chandigarh yesterday.
Milling
of govt paddy stopped
Kapurthala, December 4
The rice millers of the district
have stopped milling government paddy from today in protest against
the Food Corporation of India deciding not to accept levy rice from
millers.
2
more held for stealing coal
Ropar, December 4
The local police arrested two
more persons for stealing coal from railway wagons at the Railway
station here. Finno, a (old woman) was arrested last night while
Balwant Singh, owner of a tractor-trailer and brick-kiln was arrested
today.
NRI,
brother booked for fraud
Gurdaspur, December 4
The police has booked a
Canada-based NRI Hardev Singh, his brother Bakshish Singh and Sawroop
Singh for allegedly taking Rs 5 lakh from Nirmal Singh of Peerdi Sain
for sending him to Canada.
315
kg poppy husk seized
Mansa, December 4
The Sadar Mansa police is
reported to have seized 315 kg of poppy husk from Prem Singh of
Narinderpura village in the district yesterday. However, two of his
accomplices escaped.
60
dental students allowed to take exam
Chandigarh, December 4
Taking up an application seeking
directions to Baba Farid University of Health Sciences at Faridkot for
allowing 60 candidates of first year BDS course to appear in the
examinations, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
has directed that the students admitted by Muktsar’s Desh Bhagat
Dental College and Hospital in June this year would be allowed to
appear in the examinations on provisional basis.
Rare
honour for Bathinda students
Bathinda, December 4
Two students of a local school
have won the third prize at a national-level competition conducted by
the National Foundation of Indian Engineers at New Delhi.
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