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Politician
‘involved’ in kidney racket
Amritsar, January 6
CPI leader Satya Pal Dang has
alleged that the name of a senior state politician has figured in the
illegal kidney trade racket. Mr Dang, in a letter to the Chief
Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, which was released to the Press
yesterday welcomed the transfer of the IG stationed here for his
alleged attempt to protect the main culprits involved in the racket.
MC
declares 14 pvt colonies illegal
Patiala, January 6
Taking action against private
colonisation in the city, the Municipal Corporation today put up
notices at 14 places where colonisers have sold plots without sanction
from either the Municipal Corporation or the Punjab Urban and Planning
Development Authority (PUDA), warning people that building plans would
not be sanctioned in the areas.
Victims
of revenue officials’ apathy
Their Bhaike (Gidderbaha),
January 6
A section of farmers of the
village have become victims of the callousness of revenue officials
who have illegally, reduced the amount of compensation being given to
them by the state government on account of waterlogging of their land
holdings.
Sacked
panchayat secys contest govt claim
Chandigarh, January 6
Newly constituted Panchayat
Secretary Union, Punjab, has taken serious note of an advertisement
published by the Punjab Government in various newspapers today. The
advertisement has claimed that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had
directed the dismissal of panchayat secretaries.
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held for changing babies
Amritsar, January 6
The police here has launched a
massive manhunt to arrest Surinder Kaur, a resident of Goraya, who has
been selling new born babies against hefty amounts.
Two
arrested for extorting money
Gurdaspur, January 6
The police has busted a gang
involved in extorting money from people on the pretext of getting them
recruited in the Army.
TRIBUNE FOLLOW-UP
Jaundice
threat ‘still remains’
Amritsar, January 6
The Civil Surgeon, Dr K.K.
Sharma, has stated that threat of jaundice will continue in affected
areas as long as the cleaning of contaminated water and sewerage pipes
is not undertaken which was the root cause of jaundice.
Rare
surgery gives man hand back
Mansa, January 6
The team of doctors led by Dr
Pankaj Sharma, Orthopaedic Surgeon of Civil Hospital, Mansa, has
performed a rare operation on the forearm of Parma Singh (30), son of
Nek Singh of Kharak Singh Wala village in the district. The bones,
tendons, vessels and nerves of his arm had been completely damaged.
Swati
engine for Cessna aircraft sought
Patiala, January 6
The old Indian war horse, Swati,
at present grounded all over the country, may come to the rescue of
flying clubs in Punjab if the Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA)
allows installing engines of the Swati aircraft in the Cessna aircraft
used by the clubs.
Water
problem in district headquarters town
Fatehgarh Sahib, January
6
For the past 15 days the main
water tubewell of the district headquarters town Sirhind is out of
order and the residents are facing an acute shortage of drinking
water.
 Paucity
of funds ails Ayurvedic Hospital
Patiala, January 6
The 106-bed Ayurvedic hospital
located in the city, the only one of its kind in the state, seems to
have been completely abandoned by the sick looking for a herbal cure
with the institution having virtually no patients on its premises.
Vacant beds in a ward of Ayurvedic Hospital in Patiala.
— Photo Pawan Sharma
Punjab
to focus on rural uplift
Ferozepore, January 6
The Punjab Government has planned
development of state villages under which all basic amenities and
infrastructure would be provided. This was stated by Rana Gurmit Singh
Sodhi MLA, Political Secretary to the Chief Minister here today. He
said that to start with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh would
inaugurate a Rs 34 crore water supply project in Jalalabad on January
29.
SAD
welcomes decision on dual citizenship
Talwandi Sabo, January 6
The Shiromani Akali Dal today
welcomed the clearing of the proposal on dual citizenship for people
of Indian origin (POI).
Smugglers’
properties to be forfeited
Bathinda, January 6
For the first time in the state,
the district police authorities have initiated steps to forfeit
properties acquired by smugglers from the smuggling of narcotics.
Cardiac
OPDs at Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur
Chandigarh, January 6
Fortis Heart Institute and Multi-Speciality
Hospital will hold cardiac OPDs at Jalandahr and Hoshiarpur.
Tributes
paid to Indira’s assassins
Amritsar, January 6
Bhog ceremony was held and Ardas
performed for Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, assassins of Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi at Akal Takht here today.
Awareness
camp for truck drivers
Bathinda, January 6
Mr Anurag Verma, Deputy
Commissioner, said today that, according to rough estimates, as many
as 70,000 persons were killed in road accidents every year and a large
number of these could be prevented.
Road
Safety Week by police
 Patiala,
January 6
The Patiala Traffic Police
launched its 14th Road Safety Week by organising a rally in which
school children and various social organisations took pair here today.
The week is being observed with a view to creating awareness among
general public especially school children and rickshaw-pullers
regarding traffic rules and their significance.
Schoolchildren lead a procession to spread awareness on road safety in Patiala on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph
Cable
operators at loggerheads
Amritsar, January 6
Warring factions of cable
operators have been at loggerheads resulting in criminal cases being
registered against each other.
Man
kills daughter over Rs 10 theft
Gurdaspur, January 6
Buta Singh, a resident of Nanowal
Jinder, under police station Kahnuwan here has reportedly killed his
daughter Jyoti (9) with a sharp-edged weapon.
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cops held for looting 3.2 lakh
Kapurthala, January 6
Two constables of Punjab Police
posted here have been arrested for looting Rs 3.20 lakh from Mr Rajesh
Kumar, a resident of Kubari Nagar, Basti Yodhe Wala, Ludhaina, near
Feroza Sangowal village on January 1.
Robbers
posing as cops loot cash
Jalandhar, January 6
At least 10 unidentified robbers
posing as policemen reportedly looted Rs 1 lakh cash and gold
ornaments worth Rs 3 lakh from the residence of a farmer at
Parasrampur village near here in the wee hours today.
Photographer
set afire
Phagwara, January 6
An attempt to set a photographer
afire was made today near Wahdan village, 15 km from here.
Twenty-six-year-old Baljit Singh, who runs Gagan Studio at Baddon
village, Hoshiarpur district, was booked by Kulbir Singh five days ago
for a function in Amritsar. He was also given Rs 500 in advance.
Imposter
posing as Army officer held
Gurdaspur, January 6
An imposter claiming to be an
Army officer and his accomplice were arrested today from a hotel near
the city bus stand when they were accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a
villager for getting his relative recruited into the Army.
Gang
of vehicle thieves busted
Batala, January 6
The police busted a three-member
inter-district gang of vehicle thieves here today. Those arrested were
Bhupinder Singh, Sikander Singh and Gurmeet Singh. Dr Naresh Kumar,
SSP, here said two motor cycles and one scooter were recovered from
them.
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held for cruelty to animals
Gurdaspur, January 6
Six persons were arrested under
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and 18 buffaloes and six
falcons rescued by the police while the animals were being transported
to New Delhi.
School
timings changed
Bathinda, January 6
Mr Anurag Verma, District
Magistrate, today ordered a change in the timings of all schools in
the district, including private schools.
New
school timings
Amritsar, January 6
Mr Iqbal Singh Sidhu, District
Magistrate, has ordered to change the time schedule of all schools,
including privates ones in the district from January 4 to 14 from
10.30 am to 3 pm.
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