Children rehearse yoga skills for Republic Day parade
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Golden
Temple dossier handed over to Centre
Amritsar, January 24
A dossier for declaring the
Golden Temple a world heritage site was presented to Mr Jagmohan,
Union Minister for Tourism, in New Delhi today.
Sikh
bodies’ plea to President
Amritsar, January 24
Bhai Ranjit Singh a former Akal
Takht Jathedar today requested the German government to pressurise
India into respecting the extradition treaty with its government in
the case of Davinder Pal Singh awarded death sentence in a bomb blast
case in a bid on Maninderjit Singh Bitta.
SAJJAN’S
ACQUITTAL
Badungar
writes to Kalam
Amritsar, January 24
In a communication to the
President of India, Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar, SGPC chief, has urged
him to get the issue relating to the acquittal of senior Congress
leader Sajjan Kumar examined.
Faux
pas by Badungar
Amritsar, January 24
Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar, SGPC
chief, in the letter addressed to President APJ Kalam has committed a
faux pas. He has attributed the musings of the Prime Minister Atal
Behari Vajpayee on his recent trip to Goa.
Board told to withdraw order
Patiala, January 24
 Removal of Mr Satish Chandra, an IAS officer, who had relaxed pollution control norms, from the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) became certain today with the Punjab government directing the PPCB to withdraw orders allowing rice shellers and cupola furnace owners to install Air Pollution Control Devices (APCDs) without the clearance of the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology.
No-confidence
motion defeated
Samana, January 24
A no-confidence motion against Mr
Tarsem Singla, President of the local Nagar Council, which was moved
by his rival group on December 26, was defeated at a meeting of the
council held here today.
Karimpuri
heads Punjab BSP
Phillaur, January 24
Former BSP MLA Avtar Singh
Karimpuri has been appointed president of the state unit of the BSP.
This was stated by BSP leader Harmesh Kaul while talking to newsmen
here today.
Congress
MPs to oppose move on refinery
Bathinda, January 24
The relations between Punjab and
the Centre which had turned sour over the delay in the announcement of
MSP for paddy, in the last procurement season by the Union Food
Ministry and playing a “no positive role” in settling the issue of
the completion of SYL canal on the basis of riparian principles, are
likely to become more bitter as Congress MPs of Punjab have decided to
launch an agitation against the Centre’s move to scuttle the
Bathinda oil refinery project.
Sacked
cop in Vigilance net
Bathinda, January 24
Budh Singh, a dismissed Inspector
of the Punjab police who was allegedly involved in cases of human
rights violations, including the stripping of a woman in front of her
son at the local police station was today arrested by a team of the
Vigilance Bureau for amassing wealth disproportionate to his known
sources of income.
HIGH COURT
Tejinder
Pal told to be present in court
Chandigarh, January 24
Allowing an application, the
Punjab and Haryana High Court today asked former Chairman of Punjab
State Subordinate Service Selection Board Tejinder Pal Singh Sandhu to
be present before the trial court by February 15.
7-yr
jail term for rapist, accomplice
Patiala, January 24
A local court today awarded a
seven-year jail term to a man who had lured a young girl and raped her
several times, besides a woman who was a facilitator in the act. Two
other accused in the case were acquitted.
HC
orders stay on former VC’s plea
Chandigarh, January 24
Acting on a revision petition
filed by Punjabi University’s former Vice-Chancellor Jasbir Singh
Ahluwalia, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered a stay on
further proceedings before the trial court in an alleged harassment
case against him.
Expelled
Pak staffers leave
Wagha, January 24
The expelled staff members of the
Pakistan’s High Commission declared persona non grata (PNG) and who
were told to leave India within 48 hours along with their families,
today crossed over to their country.
88
posts of doctor vacant
Sangrur, January 24
There has been an acute shortage
of doctors in hospitals and health centres in the district for the
past one year. Besides, a large number of posts of trained midwives
and multipurpose workers (female) have been lying vacant.
Headmistress,
clerk suspended
Fatehgarh Sahib, January
24
The DPI(S) has ordered the
immediate suspension of the controversial Headmistress and the clerk
of the Government High School, Sangatpur Sodian, for their alleged
objectionable activities in the school premises after school hours.
Babbar
Khalsa activist detained
Amritsar, January 24
The police here detained a
Britain based Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) activist as part of
security measures ahead of Republic Day.
PSEB
JEs hold rally
Gurdaspur, January 24
Atleast 125 Junior Engineers
owing allegiance to the Council of Engineers, PSEB, Gurdaspur Circle,
participated in a rally held here today in front of the office of the
Superintending Engineer to protest against the PSEB’s privatisation.
Railway
official beaten up
Ferozepore, January 24
An official of the Engineering
Department of the Northern Railway, Mr S.P. Singh Batra, was thrashed
in his office today by members of the Northern Railways Employees
Union.
MC
passes resolution to rename gates
Amritsar, January 24
The local Municipal Corporation
has passed a resolution to rename two historical gates of the city.
The Chattiwind gate is proposed to be named after Jassa Singh
Ramgarhia and the Ghee Mandi gate after Jassa Singh Ahluwalia.
Mishap
due to fog kills 2
Fazilka, January 24
A collision between a jeep and a
tractor trailer near Kabulshah Khuban village this morning due to fog
resulted in the death of the jeep driver and a woman.
Villager
hurt in mine blast
Gurdaspur, January 24
A resident of the border village
Thaman, identified as Kala Singh, had his one leg blown off when he
stepped onto a landmine in the fields today.
Loan
procedure for farmers simplified
Ropar, January 24
The Punjab Government has
simplified the existing procedure for farmers, un-employed youths and
other beneficiaries to get loans from village cooperative societies,
banks and other financial institutions by mortgaging their land share
in joint land holdings without the consent of the co-sharers.
Farmers
forced to pay more for fertilisers
Bathinda, January 24
The BKU (Ekta) today alleged that
the state government had imposed a 4 per cent tax on pesticides and
fertilisers being sold in the state thereby putting an additional
burden of Rs 400 crore on the farmers.
4
dacoits arrested
Patiala
The Patiala police here today
claimed to have arrested four persons planning to conduct dacoities in
the district at Nabha and recovered two rifles and two pistols from
them besides some cartridges.
Bid
to kidnap 5-year-old
Amritsar, January 24
Three persons made a bid to
kidnap a five-year-old boy here last evening. However, quick action by
his father, Mr Hardeep Singh, and neighbours failed the attempt and
the boy was rescued. One person has been arrested in this regard while
his two other accomplices escaped.
Two
charas smugglers held
Gurdaspur, January 24
The district police has arrested
two smugglers and recovered 1 kg of charas from them.
Teachers
to get salaries after seven months
Sangrur, January 24
The Punjab Government has ordered
the payment of salaries to teachers working in the state under a
Centre-sponsored scheme, “Operation Blackboard, for the high and
primary schools”. These teachers have not received the salaries for
the past seven months.
Recounselling
for BDS courses ends
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