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SHSAD’s stir plan
Hoshiarpur, December 15
The Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal
has decided to launch an agitation seeking merger of Chandigarh and
Punjabi-speaking areas, left out the state at the time of
reorganisation in 1966, in Punjab, solution to river waters and other
disputes relating to the state and to oppose proposal of Central
Government to withdraw minimum support prices of farm produce.
No
hand
in booking of BJP councillor: MLA
Abohar, December 15
Mr Sunil Jakhar, MLA, has
strongly denied any hand in the registration of a case against the a
BJP councillor, Mr Satish Narang, and other party activists under
Sections 307, 323, 324, 148, 149, IPC.
Cong
to
bring new faces in MC poll
Ropar, December 15
Mr Ramesh Dutt Sharma, Minister
of State for Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, and MLA from Anandpur
Sahib, said the Congress would allot party ticket for the Ropar
Municipal Council elections to new faces and persons with clean image.
Cong
to
contest MC poll
Faridkot, December 15
The Punjab Pradesh Congress
Committee plans to contest elections in all municipal councils in the
state.
Council
poll: Cong to go it alone
Phagwara, December 15
The PPCC General Secretary, Mr
Dharampal Sabharwal, has said the Congress will contest the January 23
council poll on its own.
‘SKP
working at behest of
govt’
Amritsar, December 15
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar),
led by Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, today alleged that the Shiromani
Khalsa Panchayat (SKP) was working at the behest of government
agencies.
BJP
workers
hold dharna
Jalandhar, December 15
Hundreds of agitated members of
the district unit of the BJP today sat on dharna outside police
station no 8 for about two hours against the failure of the
authorities to arrest the three who had allegedly attacked a senior
BJP activist on November 27.
Goodbye to TB
Faridkot, December 15
The Central Government in
collaboration with the World Health Organisation has formulated a
comprehensive scheme, “Revised National TB Control Programme” to
eradicate TB in Punjab. Faridkot, Ferozepore, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar,
Kapurthala, Mansa, Moga and Muktsar districts have been selected for
the purpose.
Low-cost surgery turns lass into lad
Patiala, December 15
Life has changed dramatically for Paramjeet Kaur, a 17-year-old village girl, after she underwent a sex change operation at the local Government Rajindra Hospital, which has enabled her to become Paramjeet Singh, now proudly wearing a turban and donning a male attire.
Pure
water
for villages soon: FM
Ropar, December 15
A new era of development has
begun in the state with improvement in the financial health of the
state’s economy by the Congress government during the past nine
months. This was stated by Mr Lal Singh, Finance Minister, while
addressing a public function after laying the foundation stone of city
centre market at Morinda, 21 km from here, today.
Canada
honours Sikh scholar
Phagwara, December 15
Dr Raghbir Singh Bains, a Sikh
scholar and author of world’s first encyclopaedia of Sikhism on
CD-ROM, was honoured yesterday with Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in
Surrey, BC Canada. Dr Bains is in India for three-day World Peace
Conference starting at Jalandhar on December 19.
Red
Cross under pressure to recruit pharmacists
Ferozepore, December 15
The opening of a medicines store
in the Civil Hospital premises here took a new turn with the
Ferozepore Chemists Association demanding that the shop be not opened
due to political pressure for the appointment of a particular person
as a pharmacist.
Couple,
kin die as car falls into canal
Jalandhar, December 15
Three members of a family,
including a woman, were killed, when the car they were travelling by
fell into a canal at Kalra village near here late last night.
1 dead
as tractor rams into train
Malerkotla, December 15
One person was killed and a child
injured seriously when the tractor they were travelling by rammed into
a train going to Ludhiana at a crossing near Matoi village 4 km from
here today.
Medical
camp for cops
Bathinda, December 15
Mr Ishwar Singh, SSP, said here
yesterday that nearly 350 patients were examined at a medical check-up
camp held by Fortis Heart Institute at the local Police Lines. He said
the camp was held for the welfare of the police personnel and their
families as the police personnel did not get much time to look after
their health due to their hectic and tense professional life.
Police
officers get friendly with youth
Patara (Jalandhar),
December 15
Sports kits were distributed
among 300 youths by senior police officers at a police-public meeting
held here yesterday. The youths belonged to 30 sports clubs and were
brought on a platform by the police authorities to involve them in the
crusade against crime and drug peddling.
Seek more farm
subsidies: Johl
Jalandhar, December 15
Opposing the demand raised by
various political and social organisations asking India to withdraw
from the World Trade Organisation, terming its provisions as
anti-developing countries, the Vice-chairman of State Planning
Commission and renowned economist Dr S.S. Johl, yesterday asserted the
need to convert challenges emerging out of GATT into business
opportunities.
Training centre to be
set up at Dulwan
Kharar, December 15
The Punjab Government has decided to set up a common training centre with an estimated cost of Rs 1 crore at Dulwan village of Kharar tehsil in order to encourage animal husbandry, dairy development and fisheries.
Health services
reviewed on HC order
Amritsar, December 15
A four member team led by
Director, Health Services Union Territory, Chandigarh, Dr C.P. Bansal,
yesterday visited emergency wards run by the state Health Department
and at the local medical college. The team was constituted under the
directions of Punjab and Haryana High Court to review health services
in the states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of
Chandigarh and to present a report with its recommendations for
improving the services.
Ex-serviceman
murdered
Jalandhar, December 15
In a brutal incident an
ex-serviceman was murdered over a land dispute and the body thrown
into the Sutlej. Two persons have been arrested in this connection and
the body has been recovered.
Farm
dispute:
four booked
Mansa, December 15
The city police has registered a
case under Sections 427, 447, 506, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal
Code against Mohinder Singh, Amrik Singh, Malkiat Singh and Ashoki,
all residents of Mansa and Amritpaul Singh resident of Khiala Kalan
village in the district on a complaint filed by Surinder Singh, a
local resident.
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