SGPC
moves HC on panel members
Chandigarh, December 5
In an application filed before a
Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Shiromani
Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee on Thursday sought directions for
restraining Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission members from
functioning.
Additional
PPCC list released
Chandigarh, December 5
The PPCC today announced an
additional list of office-bearers on the intervention of the party
high command. Earlier, a list of 45 office-bearers was announced last
week. The new office-bearers are
Mr M. M. Singh Cheema, (vice-president), Mr Parminder Singh (General
Secretary).
BJP
to contest MC poll with SAD
Chandigarh, December 5
At an emergency meeting held here
today the BJP discussed the issue of elections of municipal committees
and nagar panchayats and decided to contest them jointly with SAD. The
meeting was held under the chairmanship of Mr Brij Lal Rinwa,
president of the Punjab unit of the BJP.
Mann
criticises Atal, Putin
Ropar, December 5
The Akali Dal (Amritsar) has
condemned the statement of Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani calling
Pakistan to fight a fourth direct war with India instead of engaging
in proxy war. In a press statement issued yesterday, Mr Simranjit
Singh Mann, President of the Akali Dal (A), said his party had also
taken a serious notice of the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s
statement that more temples would be attacked by militants.
Dairy
owners stone MC staff, 7 hurt
Amritsar, December 5
Seven persons, including the
Medical Health Officer of the local municipal corporation and the
gunman of the Additional Commissioner of the corporation, were injured
when the families of two dairy owners pelted workers of the
corporation with stones here today.
A traffic policeman explains a point to students of various schools at a camp held at Traffic Training Park
in Bathinda on Thursday.
— Tribune Photo Kulbir Beera |
Class
discrimination in BBMB alleged
Nangal, December 5
Wards of the Class III and Class
IV employees of the Bhakra Beas Management Board and activists of some
local social organisations today held a rally in front of the office
of the Chief Engineer (Irrigation), BBMB, alleging discrimination
against the employees belonging to these classes and their wards by
the officers of the organisation.
Plea
to stop promotion on caste basis
Bathinda, December 5
Members of the General Categories
Welfare Federation, Punjab, have demanded that no employee should be
promoted on caste basis and the reservation system in promotions
should be done away with.
Employees
seek release of DA
Chandigarh, December 5
On a call by the Punjab
Subordinate Services Federation, Punjab employees held a protest rally
in Sector 17 here today, demanding the release of 3 per cent DA
instalment from July 1, 2002 besides implementation of other demands.
Cheaper
technique to treat hernia
Nawanshahr, December 5
Guru Nanak Mission Hospital,
Dhahan Kaleran (Nawanshahr) run by an NRI-sponsored charitable Guru
Nanak Mission Medical and Educational Trust, has started Liechtenstein
(mesh) repair of Inguinal hernia - Day Care surgery. It is cheaper
than routine surgery of hernia. It does not require admission of the
patient and drip application.
HIGH COURT
School
buildings
Chandigarh, December 5
Taking up a petition on the
conditions of schools and colleges, a Division Bench of the Punjab and
Haryana High Court on Thursday directed the appointment of local
commissioners for inspecting buildings in the state of Punjab.
17
admitted to de-addiction centre
Bathinda, December 5
Seventeen drug addicts have been
admitted to the deaddiction centre at the local Civil Hospital, most
of the them being motivated by various social workers and NGOs of the
city.
Workshop
on neonatal care held
Nawanshahr, December 5
The local Paediatrics Forum, as
part of the “New-born week celebrations” by the Punjab unit of the
National Neonatology Forum of India, on the theme of ‘Give a breath,
save a life’, to create awareness among doctors, paramedical staff
and midwives about the latest techniques to check pre-natal deaths,
organised a workshop here today at Doaba Club.
Drive
to collect Flag Day funds
Ropar, December 5
The Deputy Commissioner, Mrs
Seema Jain, today launched a campaign for collecting funds in
connection with the Armed Forces Flag Day. The Deputy Commissioner
donated Rs 500 while launching the campaign in her office. Children of
ex-servicemen pinned a badge on the Deputy Commissioner’s coat.
‘Ensure
supply of desi ghee to shrines’
Chandigarh, December 5
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder
Singh today directed the Milkfed Managing Director to ensure
uninterrupted supply of ‘desi’ ghee to Harmandar Sahib and other
Sikh shrines under the SGPC control.
National
award for Red Cross Society
Faridkot, December 5
The Central Government has
honoured the District Red Cross Society with a national award for its
services. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 25,000, a citation and
a certificate.
Rs
104 cr for police welfare
Moga, December 5
The Punjab government has
allocated Rs 104 crore for various welfare schemes of the police
department in the current year.
5
held for assault on dentist
Barnala, December 5
Five persons, including a woman,
have been booked by the Barnala police for allegedly assaulting Dr
Mahavir, a dentist, at his private clinic in the local Handiya Bazar
on Wednesday evening.
‘Tantrik’
held for torturing youth
Gurdaspur, December 5
The police today arrested Dharam
Pal Tantrik of Rasulpur under police station Purana Shalla who claimed
that he had shamanistic powers to cure mentally retarded persons
giving information, the SSP, Mr Varinder Kumar said that Ashwani Kumar
(22) of Ramnagar Bhoon near here was mentally upset and his father Mr
Charan Dass, who got a clue that the accused had these powers to cure
such cases took him to his village for treatment.
Wife,
paramour held for murder
Gurdaspur, December 5
The police has arrested Sudesh
Rani and her paramour Dharminder Singh, alias Rupi of Dorangala, for
murdering Balbir Chand of Maglani on the night of October 25. Mr
Varinder Kumar, SSP, today said that the wife of the deceased after
strangulating him with the help of her paramour had reported to the
police that her husband had got electrocuted.
Gang
of extortionists busted
Moga, December 5
The police claimed to have busted
a gang of criminals responsible for one of the biggest extortion, in
which the ransom amount was received through hawala transaction in
Canada. The gang members were also involved in many murders, robberies
and other incidents of snatching of vehicles.
Probe
ordered into sodomy case
Moga, December 5
A local court has ordered a probe
into the complaint of a minor, who had alleged sodomy by a jail inmate
when he was lodged in the jail in a theft case.
Two
arrested for graft
Bathinda, December 5
Viresh Kumar, Octroi
Superintendent, Municipal Council, Mansa, and his tout were caught
today while taking a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a local electronic goods
dealer.
Varsity
students boycott exams
Violence in campus, 8 booked
Amritsar, December 5
Students of B.Tech (Electronics),
Fourth Year, Guru Nanak Dev University, today boycotted their
examinations in protest against the registration of cases against
eight students who were allegedly attacked by their fellow hostlers.
One student was allegedly thrown from the balcony of a hostel.
Entry
tax on yarn, paper to be cut
Jalandhar, December 5
Partly acceding to the demand of
industrialists and business community to abolish the entry tax system,
the Punjab government has finally decided to considerably reduce entry
tax on yarn and paper.
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