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Cong rift comes to fore
Dera Bassi, December 14
The simmering rivalry between three groups of the local Congressmen came out in the open after the government turned a deaf ear to the objections filed by various aspirants to the Secretary of the Department of Local Government of Punjab against the allegedly biased delimitation of wards of Dera Bassi Municipal Council by the Wards Delimitation
Committee.
Gupta dares Hoon to
dissolve unit
Phagwara, December 14
The infighting in the Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray), Punjab, deepened
further today when Mr Pawan Gupta claimed at a press conference here
that he was the president of the sena’s state unit, that there was
no ad hoc committee and that Gen P.N. Hoon (retd), sampark parmukh,
had no locus standi to dissolve the state unit.
Sena
threatens
to gherao PM
Amritsar, December 14
The All-India Shiv Sena chief, Mr Surinder Kumar Billa, has threatened
to gherao the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, if the Union
Government did not permit Hindu pilgrims to pay obeisance at temples
in Pakistan.
Water: Chandumajra
against Centre’s interference
Patiala, December 14
The Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal general secretary, Mr Prem Singh
Chandumajra, today said that the people of the state would not allow
any interference in the water distribution system by the Central
Government in the name of reforms.
Minister’s
effigy burnt
Phagwara, December 14
Activists of the General Categories Welfare Federation, Punjab,
supported by some other bodies, today took out a protest march from
Gurdwara Akalian here, burnt an effigy of Punjab Social Welfare
Minister Santokh Singh and presented a memorandum to the local
authorities against the move to implement the 85th constitutional
amendment.
Giani
Kewal
Singh case hearing on December 24
Bathinda, December 14
Giani Kewal Singh, former Jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib, failed to
secure bail today as the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Surinder Mohan,
adjourned the hearing to December 24 on the fact that it was yet to be
seen that whether the statement of the complainant, Mr Amarjit Singh,
had been recorded in the trial or not.
HIGH COURT
Disability pension claim allowed
Chandigarh, December 14
Allowing an ex-serviceman’s claim for disability pension over 20
years after his discharge due to epilepsy, the Punjab and Haryana High
Court has awarded costs of Rs 10,000 to the petitioner and held that
‘the attitude of adamant denial despite clear enunciation of the
legal position is not acceptable in a welfare state, specially while
dealing with the legitimate claim of armed forces personnel’.
Probe
killing
of Sikhs: panel
Phagwara, December 14
A four-member fact-finding panel of SAD (A), headed by party’s
general secretary Jaskaran Singh, today indicted the Jammu and Kashmir
police and criticised the government on the issue pertaining to the
killings of Sikhs in the valley.
17
couples
tie nuptial knot
Faridkot, December 14
Seventeen couples, belonging to the weaker section of the society,
from Moga, Muktsar, Ferozepore and Faridkot districts tied the nuptial
knot at a simple but impressive ceremony organised by the local Gurmat
Raagi Granthi Sabha, at the local Gurdwara Singh Sabha today.
PSEB
way
of saving energy
Bathinda, December 14
The Punjab State Electricity Board authorities today observed
Save Energy Day and held a state-level function in this connection at
the local Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant Colony. Interestingly, the
function was held in an open ground in broad daylight with
streetlights switched on.
Accused
in forgery case acquitted
Mansa, December 14
Mr Harsh Mehta, Chief Judicial Magistrate, acquitted Mr Sukhwinder
Singh, alias Sukhi, former president of the District Congress
Committee, and others in a case (FIR No 114) registered against them
under Sections 419, 467, 471 and 120-B of the IPC at Sardulgarh police
station on the complaint of Bhag Ram of Ahlupur village in the
district on November 21, 1989.
Panchayat
Secys hold protest
Hoshiarpur, December 14
Panchayat Secretaries led by Mr Rajinder Singh, Amrik Singh and Kuljit
Singh, gheraoed Ms Santosh Chaudhary, MP, and her husband Ram Lubhaya,
MLA, at Canal Rest House here today to show their resentment against
the decision of the Punjab Government to sack 909 Panchayat
Secretaries in the state.
 Ex-Punjab
Chief Secretary dead
Chandigarh, December 14
Mr Gian Singh Kahlon, ICS, former Chief Secretary, Punjab, today died
here after a prolonged illness. He was 88. He is survived by his wife,
two daughters and a son. The daughters are Ms Praneet Kaur, MP, wife
of Capt Amarinder Singh, and Ms Geet Inder Kaur, married to Mr
Simranjit Singh Mann, MP. His son Himat Singh is with UNO.
Councillors
demand EO’s transfer
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 14
At least 22 out of 27 councillors of the Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib
Municipal Council have demanded immediate transfer of the Executive
Officer of the council for allegedly promoting factionalism among
them.
Probe
into
kidney scam sought
Phillaur, December 14
Former BJP MLA Prof Lakshmi Kanta Chawla has demanded a high-level CBI
probe into kidney racket in Amritsar, Jalandhar and other places of
the state. Talking to mediapersons here today, she said CBI officers from
outside Punjab should be deputed to hold the enquiry.
Rally
against
drugs
Bathinda, December 14
Volunteers of Sankalp, an NGO dedicated to create awareness about drug
abuse, took out a rally in various bazars of the city today. Mr Anurag Verma, Deputy Commissioner, flagged off the rally and
said a special de-addiction centre had been opened at the District and
Civil Hospital and medicines were also being provided free of cost to
the needy.
Three-month-premature
infant survives
Bathinda, December 14
In a bizarre case, a baby born three months premature has won the
battle for life. The baby boy remained in an incubator for about 20
days.
BKU (E) asks
farmers not to pay power bills
Bathinda, December 14
Mr Manjit Singh, general secretary, BKU (E) Bathinda block, in a
statement here today said the state government had imposed power bills
on debt-ridden farmers under the pressure of the WTO.
More transfers
ordered
Chandigarh, December 14
The following postings/transfers were ordered in Punjab today. Mr V.N. Ojha will also be Financial Commissioner (Appeals-II); Mr
P. Ram, Principal Secretary, Welfare of SCs/BCs and in addition
Presiding Officer, Sales Tax Tribunal-II, has been given the powers of
Financial Commissioner for the purpose of deciding revenue cases.
Suicide by girl
Amritsar, December 14
A first year BDS student of the Sri Guru Ram Das Dental College and
Research Institute, Amritbir Kaur (20), committed suicide by throwing
herself in front of Chhattisgarh Express yesterday near the Vallah
bypass railway crossing.
PROPERTY DISPUTE
Man shoots at son, 4 others
Patiala, December 14
A man who had made a deal to sell off his land at Raisal village, near here, today allegedly shot at and severely injured his only son, stopping him from handing over the possession of the land to another party.
Drug
racket
unearthed
Sangrur, December 14
The district police has unearthed a racket of drug peddling near
educational institutions in Malerkotla and discovered 7.65 lakh
intoxicating tablets and capsules, besides 517 intoxicating
injections.
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