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Sikhs
have distinct identity: SGPC
Amritsar, January 31
Terming the statement of RSS
chief K.S. Sudarshan as uncalled for Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar,
president, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, announced that
Sikhs had distinct separate identity.
A child sleeps in a makeshift swing while the mother begs in Bathinda on Friday.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera. |
Thandal’s
house raided
Hoshiarpur, January 31
An eight-member team, including
two women constables of the Vigilance Bureau, Chandigarh, led by DSP
Tarsem Singh raided the house of Mr Sohan Singh Thandal, former State
Minister for Civil Supplies and SAD MLA, at Thandal village, near
Mahilpur, today.
Vigilance
Bureau raids 10 rice mills
Ferozepore, January
31
Vigilance Bureau sleuths, led
by DIG B.K. Uppal, today raided 10 rice mills, here as part of a
special offensive launched against rice millers amidst the
complaints of large-scale bunglings against them.
Sohal’s
remand extended
Patiala, January 31
A local court today granted a
further two-day police remand to former PSEB chairman G.S. Sohal even
as Mr Ashok Khanna, who was the purchase officer when electronic
meters were purchased by the board, was given bail in the case.
Engineer
puts PSEB to litmus test
Chandigarh, January
31
Mr Padamjit Singh, the Chief
Engineer, who had recently refused to buckle under pressure to
clear a power purchase agreement with a private firm, has put the
management of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) to another
litmus test.
New
guidelines for trust properties
Chandigarh, January 31
To check speculation and
profiteering in Imprisonment Trust (IT) properties in Punjab new
guidelines have been framed by the department of the local Government.
Punish
‘erring’ Cong samiti members
Bathinda, January 31
Even as the panchayat samiti
elections to the posts of chairman and vice-chairman in this
district have brought severe differences in Congress workers to the
fore, a senior Congress leader and former minister, Mr Harminder
Singh Jassi, today urged the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh,
and the PPCC president, Mr H.S. Hanspal, to expel those
office-bearers of the district Congress Committee and other
functionaries of the party, who had opposed official candidates in
the elections.
Public
money ‘wasted’ on sangat darshan
Gurdaspur, January 31
Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, local
Government minister Punjab today inaugurated sewerage of the town on
the G.T. Road here. He also laid foundation stone of water supply
scheme in Prem Nagar here today.
Ex-MLA
denies criticising Preneet
Chandigarh, January 31
Mr Balbir Singh Bartana, former
Punjab MLA, today denied press reports quoting him as having
criticised Ms Preneet Kaur, MP from Patiala.
 Fresh
probe into bashing of ASI
Thathi (Tarn Taran),
January 31
Terror still grips this village
even after five days of the bashing of an ASI by womenfolk.
Ms Laxmi Kanta
Chawla, a former MLA, makes inquiries at Thathi
village regarding the bashing up of the ASI.
— photo Rajiv Sharma
HIGH COURT
Hearing
on Hardeep’s plea on Feb 4
Chandigarh, January 31
A petition seeking the grant of
bail filed by former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s
officer-on-special-duty Hardeep Singh will come up for further
hearing on February 4.
Sandhu
denied pre-arrest bail
Ropar, January 31
The Special Judge, Ropar, Mr
A.S. Kathuria, yesterday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of
former Chairman of the Subordinate Services Selection Board (SSSB)
Tajinder Pal Singh Sandhu.
Akali
leader held for fraud
Bathinda, January 31
Tajinder Singh Zaildar, an
Akali leader automobile dealer has been arrested allegedly for
defrauding a Delhi bank of more than Rs 1 crore on the basis of fake
deed of land here.
Social
activist Bajaj commits suicide
Abohar, January 31
Eminent social activist Ramesh
Bajaj (57) allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his
licensed pistol here last night.
Police
leads in drug de-addiction campaign
Gidderbaha, January 31
In a unique experiment, the
local civil police, health authorities and NGOs have launched a
de-addiction campaign under the Multi-Agency Programme and
identified 225 addicts, who are being given treatment at the Civil
Hospital.
Mobile
police centres in Jalandhar
Hoshiarpur, January 31
For quick disposal of
complaints, involving panchayat and independent witnesses and to get
correct assessment of the problem, mobile police centres have been
set up in the Jalandhar police range.
Proposal
to set up special courts
Hoshiarpur, January 31
To settle cases registered by
the Punjab Vigilance Bureau under the Prevention of Corruption Act
it is proposed to set up two special courts in Punjab. This was
stated by Mr A.P. Pandey, Chief Director, Vigilance Bureau, while
talking to mediapersons today.
12
APM mines recovered
Ferozepore, January 31
The BSF thwarted yet another
attempt of the ISI to inflict loss of lives on the Indian side of
the international border.
Six
bodies’ plea on harmony
Amritsar, January 31
“Learning a lesson from
Partition, no organisation with narrow thinking should be allowed to
play with communal harmony”, this statement was made in a joint
press note by six social and cultural organisations while reacting
to a statement of the RSS and its sister organisations.
Withdraw
letter, say pensioners
MLA’s
plan on relief
Bhullar:
appeal to Amnesty
Kin
of dead farmers await compensation
Bathinda, January 31
Kin of farmers who died in
accidents while working in their fields have been finding it hard to
get compensation awarded to them by the government due to procedural
“faults”.
Contract
farming launched
Ropar, January 31
The Punjab Government has
launched Contract Farming Scheme in the district. The scheme is
aimed at motivating farmers for growing commercial crops in place of
wheat and rice.
Punjab
transfers
Romance
on phone lands man into jail
Bathinda, January 31
Romantic conversation with his
‘beloved’ on the telephone has landed Gian Chand Nath into
police custody and it has managed to trace out a blind murder of
Mahant Ram Sukh Dass Tiyagi, which took place on the night of
December 24 at Dera Baba Sandhya Dass, Ballianwali village of this
district.
PAP
employee in Vigilance net
Jalandhar, January 31
The Vigilance Bureau today
arrested an employee with PAP Lines here for amassing assets,
running into lakhs of rupees, disproportionate to his known sources
of income.
MLA’s
son held under Excise Act
Moga, January 31
The police today arrested
Kulwant Singh, alias Kanta, son of Mr Malkiat Singh Kittu, MLA,
Barnala, under the Excise Act and allegedly seized 120 bottles of
countrymade liquor from his vehicle the police said.
Three
booked for fraud
Gurdaspur, January 31
The police has booked three
persons for allegedly extorting money from persons on the pretext of
sending them to Italy.
2
held for murder
Amritsar, January 31
The police arrested two persons
in a murder case of a resident of New Dashmesh Avenue here.
Teachers
to get arrears in cash
Issue of grants referred to
panel
Phagwara, January 31
A long-pending problem of non-
government colleges has been solved much to the satisfaction of the
Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union.
VC
lays stones of hostels
Patiala, January 31
The Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi
University, Mr S.S Boparai, laid the foundation stones of two
hostels (one each for boys and girls) meant for the SC/ST students
at the university complex here today.
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