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Doctors refuse to hand over undertrial to police
Patiala, December 13
The Government Rajindra Hospital authorities today refused to hand over an undertrial who had been awarded a police remand by a local court to the police authorities, saying he had severe injuries on his lower abdomen and other parts of the body, including the private parts.
 Panchayat
secretaries lathicharged
Patiala, December 13
The local police today
lathicharged suspended panchayat secretaries when they tried to take
out a procession to the residence of state Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh, after organising a protest meeting at Nehru Garden
here.
Suspended panchayat secretaries being lathicharged by the police in Patiala.
— Photo Subhash Patialavi
DIG asked to probe DSP’s conduct
Patiala, December 13
In an unprecedented step, the Patiala Zone Inspector General of Police has “advised” a Deputy Superintendent of Police
(DSP) to vacate rented accommodation in his possession besides ordering the Patiala Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) to hold an inquiry into the conduct of the DSP within a fortnight.
Horse
on the run in Punjab
Chandigarh, December 13
Punjab now has an animal breeding
policy prepared by Dr P.N. Bhat, Chairman, Working Group on Animal
Husbandry and Dairying for the Tenth Plan in the Planning Commission.
Tehsil
complex awaits VIP
JALALABAD: The
newly built tehsil complex here has been awaiting a VIP for its
inauguration for the past three month. Constructed at a cost of Rs 4.5
crore, the huge building has sufficient space for accommodating all
tehsil-level offices.
HIGH COURT
University
told to reconvene process of counselling
Chandigarh, December 13
Allowing a bunch of eight
petitions filed by students seeking admission to medical courses, a
Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ruled that
the claim of the petitioners for being considered for admission to
Bachelor of Dental Surgery cannot be denied merely on account of the
fact that they did not indicate the course as one of the preferences
while filling the application form.
One
gets police remand in Langah case
Kharar, December 13
Mr Roshan Lal Chouhan, Judicial
Magistrate, today sent to police remand till December 16 one Sudarshan
Kaura in connection with the Sucha Singh Langah case.
No
action on Sanitary Inspector’s plea
Ropar, December 13
The Nangal police has failed to
register a case against safai karamcharis of the Nangal council, who
allegedly beat up a Sanitary Inspector and threw dirt in front of the
residence of municipal council president.
Encroachments
bane of upcoming colony
Bathinda, December 13
Encroachments on more than 90
acres of land of Phase III Colony of the Punjab Urban Development
Authorities (PUDA), worth crores of rupees, seem to have come in the
way of developing basic amenities for the plot holders.
Work
on railway line from next year
Tarn Taran, December 13
Work on the Tarn Taran-Goindwal
Sahib rail line will be started from the next financial year and the
preliminary steps have been taken in this regard.
Dental
health fortnight ends
Hoshiarpur, December 13
A dental health fortnight, which
started in the state from November 20, and was extended to December
12, concluded at Dasuya, today.
One
dead, 12 hurt in bus mishap
Mansa, December 13
A private bus of Garg Transport
Company, Patran, Patiala district, on its way to Mansa met with an
accident near Kot Lalu village at 6 p.m. today.
BJP
men seek report
Abohar, December 13
The city unit of the BJP today
urged the SMO of the Civil Hospital here to immediately send the
detailed medico-legal report to the city police regarding the injuries
caused to Congress worker Dev Raj Ahuja.
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farmers get notices for land sale
Bathinda, December 13
The District Primary Agriculture
Development Bank (PADB) authorities of Bathinda have served the first
notice regarding the sale of agriculture land to those farmers, who
had not repaid the instalments of the loan taken from its branches
about two years ago.
6
farmers’ bodies to hold rally
Jalandhar, December 13
To oppose the “anti-farmers”
policies of the state and Central Government, six farmers’
organisations have decided to hold a protest rally at Patiala on
December 20.
Inter-state
meeting of cops held
Gurdaspur, December 13
An inter-state coordination
meeting comprising police officials from Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and
Kashmir and Punjab was held here today at Madhopur.
Food
Dept staff threaten stir
Bathinda, December 13
Mr Gurjant Singh Grewal, Acting
President, Punjab State Ministerial Services Union, today said that
the union had been time and again urging the Chief Secretary, Punjab,
to make arrangements for conducting an inquiry into the misdeeds of a
senior official of the Food and Civil Supplies Department while he was
posted at Bathinda, but without any success so far.
Encroachments
removed
Nangal (Ropar), December
13
The district administration today
removed encroachments in the town. The police swung into action at
about 4 a.m. today and cordoned the entire area around the PTDC
tourist complex here.
MC
to defy order on octroi
Abohar, December 13
The municipal council here today
unanimously resolved to defy the directions given by the Regional
Deputy Director, Local Government, Ferozepore, regarding the auction
of octroi posts.
Funds for development works
Kharar, December 13
Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, MP from the Ropar Lok Sabha constituency, has granted money from his MP Local Area Development Fund for various development works in
Kharar.
Six
held for stealing phones, vehicles
Jalandhar, December 13
The district police has arrested
six persons for stealing mobile phones and vehicles.
Dang
writes to CM on admission racket
Amritsar, December 13
Mr Satya Pal Dang, veteran CPI
leader has written to the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to
intervene in a case pertaining to admission racket in Guru Nanak Dev
University, which is allegedly being hushed up by some ‘high-up’
in the administration. The letter alleged that some high-ups in the
administration seemed to be determined to shield people involved in
the racket.
Pro-VC
for updating research
Amritsar, December 13
The newly appointed
Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Dr Satinder Singh,
said he would use experience for achieving excellence in academics,
update research and monitor the existing courses.
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