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Kidney
scam accused docs’ effigies burnt
Amritsar, January 19
Shiv Sena activists burned the
effigies of two arrested doctors in the kidney scam — Dr P.K. Sareen
and Dr O.P. Mahajan, head of the Authorisation Committee for kidney
cases — at the Putlighar crossing here today.
PPSC’s
new ‘mantras’ for transparency
Jalandhar, January 19
In an effort to rebuild its
“scandal-ridden” image and to ensure “total transparency” in
selections made by it in future, the Punjab Public Service Commission
has decided to revamp its examination system and to make it
‘‘foolproof’’ with the help of Information Technology.
Privatise
govt schools partly: Singla
Kakrala (Samana), January
19
A Punjab Government committee,
which is examining the expenditure policy on Education, has calculated
that the per capita cost of providing education to a child in the state
is Rs 662 per year with the total spending on school education itself
being Rs 2000 crore annually. It feels that the government should, on an
experimental basis, hand over the management of around 10 per cent of
schools to known charitable organisations.
TRIBUNE IMPACT
Rights
panel refers widow’s case to ADGP
Mansa, January 19
Following the news report
published in The Tribune on December 5, 2002, under the heading
“Widow alleges harassment by sons” the matter, the Punjab State
Human Rights Commission has referred the application of 90-year-old
widow Jaspal Kaur to the Additional Director General of Police, IVC,
Punjab for an inquiry into the matter and to submit the report to the
PSHRC.
Axed
panchayat secys to campaign against Cong
Chandigarh, January 19
The expelled Punjab Panchayat
Secretaries Union will launch door-to-door campaign against the
Congress in the Himachal Pradesh elections. At a meeting held here
today, the union claimed that despite the party high command’s
instructions, the Congress government in Punjab had failed to provide
justice to them.
‘Denial
of political rights of NRIs okay’
Jalandhar, January 19
Hailing the decision of the
Indian Government to grant dual citizenship to NRIs and PIOs, a Member
of Parliament of the United Kingdom, Mr Piara Singh Khabra, has
justified the stand of the government on the denial of political
rights along with dual citizenship.
Govt
delay poses danger to refugees
Amritsar, January 19
Despite recommendation by a
high-level inquiry committee to scrap a 40-year-old Improvement Trust
scheme, the government continues to withhold permission to 100 refugee
families who have sought reconstructions, additions/improvements/
renovations to their century-old perilously dilapidated buildings for
safety to their families.
DD
film on Hari Jaisingh today
Jalandhar, January 19
“Kalam Seenche Sachh”, a
half-hour-long documentary on the life and works of Mr Hari Jaisingh,
the Editor of The Tribune and the president of the Editors’ Guild of
India, would be telecast on Doordarshan’s satellite channel
“DD-Punjabi” at 10 a.m. on January 20.
Mann
for special gaushala fund
Sangrur, January 19
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, MP and
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) chief, has asked the Centre to
establish gaushala development boards at the Central and state levels
and create a gaushala development bank for providing adequate funds
for the protection of cows.
Rs
2-cr rice scam
Barnala, January 19
The Barnala police has detected a
Rs 2-crore rice scam in the city. Disclosing this here yesterday, Mr
Gurinder Singh Dhillon, SSP, Barnala, informed that the police
conducted raids at Markfed, Punjab Warehousing Corporation and Punjab
Agro godowns following a tip-off.
SYL
‘may ruin’ fruit growers
Abohar, January 19
Mr Sunil Jakhar, whip of the
Punjab Legislature Congress Party, has warned that the construction of
the SYL canal may ruin the largest fruit-growing region in the state.
Mr Jakhar said the region had been facing acute shortage of canal
water for the past one year. Tubewell water contained a lot of sodium
and was unfit for irrigation. A farmer, if deprived of regular supply
of canal water, lost one crop, but fruit growers suffered for five to
six years if irrigation was not done as per schedule.
NRI
Punjabi writers hail varsity centre
Amritsar, January 19
NRI Punjabi writers who gathered
here to participate in the two-day international seminar on
“Immigrant writers: Literature, Writing and Challenges” said the
newly established Centre of Immigrant Studies of Guru Nanak Dev
University had provided a platform to them to discuss their literary
and cultural problems.
‘Surtal’ concludes
Patiala, January 19
The three-day inter-zonal cultural festival held in the memory of the founder of Patiala, Baba Ala Singh, concluded on a vibrant note at Government Mohindra College here today evening.
Bank:
no warrants against farmers
Bathinda, January 19
Mr Nand Singh, District Manager,
PADB, has said that though the bank had issued about 15 warrants
against wilful defaulters for not paying up their loans, yet no
warrants had been issued against any farmer.
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