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Students
beaten up with bats?
Balachaur (Nawanshahr),
February 5
While the exact reasons behind
the sudden disappearance of 43 students of the Pojewal-based Jawahar
Navodaya Vidyalaya are yet to surface, they are believed to have taken
the “harsh” step of leaving the school due to alleged severe
thrashing by the school staff, particularly the Principal, who was
placed under suspension after the incident.
Pak
out to disturb Punjab peace: BSF
Along The Zero Line (Ferozepore),
February 5
Pakistani security agencies are
desperately trying to vitiate peace in Punjab. According to Mr I.M.
Mall, DIG, BSF, Pakistani agencies were frantically trying to push
arms and ammunition from across the border into the Indian side.
Degree
courses in polytechnics planned
Bathinda, February 5
Making a departure from the
present set-up of technical education in the state, the Department of
Technical Education has initiated steps to run Bachelor’s degree
engineering courses in its five polytechnic colleges in Punjab,
keeping the sanctity of the polytechnic colleges intact to generate
additional seats for deserving poor candidates under the free seat
category.
Felling
order ‘legal’
Chandigarh, February 5
Mr Lachhman Singh, well-known
forest contractor and former MP, today defended an order issued by the
Punjab government permitting him to undertake fresh felling of trees
in Mirzapur forest.
UK
visa centres become functional
Jalandhar, February 5
The British High Commission
yesterday formally launched the UK Visa Application Centres at
Chandigarh and here. The service being provided by the Visa Facility
Services for the UK High Commission would be of convenience to the
public of the area seeking a visa for the UK.
AITUC
blames BJP for fiscal crisis
Amritsar, February 5
Mr Gurdass Dass Gupta, general
secretary, All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) accused the BJP-led
NDA government of “selling off India’s economic sovereignty to
Western nations”. He said the Vajpayee-Advani caucus was responsible
for the economic crises being faced by India today.
HIGH COURT
Allegations
against CM ‘vague’
Chandigarh, February 5
Continuing with the arguments on
the issue of maintainability of a petition challenging the elections
of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh from the Patiala
assembly constituency, his counsel today claimed that the allegations
regarding the CM spending more than the prescribed limit were vague.
Bail
denied in custodial death case
Jalandhar, February 5
The Additional District and
Sessions Judge, Mr J.P. Mehmi, today rejected a bail application of
the co-accused, who have been arrested for their involvement in
custodial death of Chetan (8).
Pulse
polio drive: 535 camps set up
Fatehgarh Sahib, February
5
Elaborate arrangements have been
made for the successful completion of the second phase of the pulse
polio campaign in the district to be held on February 9.
3
schoolchildren die in road mishap
Phillaur, February 5
Four persons, including three
schoolchildren and a woman were killed on the spot, and two others
sustained injuries in a road mishap at Thammanwel Chowk near Bilga
this morning.
A
banker with a difference
Patiala, February 5
If you happen to travel on the
Patiala-Bassi Patana bus route chances are that you shall encounter Mr
Sat Pal Bansal who will begin to discuss his favourite topic, the need
to remove the stigma attached to blood donation.
Gram
sewak suspended
Budhlada (Mansa),
February 5
Mr Gurjant Singh, gram sewak,
Bare village, against whom a criminal case had been registered a few
months ago on a charge of fraud and bungling the rented income of
shops belonging to Budhlada village panchayat and then tampering with
the record, was today placed under suspension by the Director, Rural
Development and Panchayat, Punjab, Mr S.R. Ladhar.
‘Printed
word most credible’
Patiala, February 5
Dismissing speculation about the
future of newspapers in the face of rapid change in information
technology in the country, Mr Prabash Joshi, veteran journalist and
editorial adviser, Jansatta, said that newspapers remained the most
credible medium of news and the so-called threat to the printed word
by the television and Internet was a mere exaggeration.
Deliberate
delay in restarting sugar mill alleged
Malout, February 5
Even as the authorities concerned
have failed to start work at the local cooperative sugar mill more
than three weeks after it was stopped due to a fault in its electric
supply system, sugarcane growers of this region alleged that the
authorities had been causing inordinate delay in starting the same to
reduce its losses.
BKU
holds dharna, blocks traffic
Gurdaspur, February 5
More than 1,500 farmers owing
allegiance of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) led by its national
President and former MP, Mr Bhupinder Singh Mann, today sat on a
dharna in front of Sugar Mill, Paniar, and blocked traffic for over an
hour.
Punjab
to disburse drought relief
Chandigarh, February 5
The Punjab Government will
disburse drought relief for paddy purchased during kharif season
2002-03 through arhtias. The total amount to be disbursed is about
Rs.154 crore.
‘Fake
degree’ case against DSP reopened
Batala, February 5
The DIG (Border Range), Mr Gurdev
Singh Sahota, has reportedly sought a report from the district police
chief about the appointment of Mr Parmpal Singh Gandhi, DSP, allegedly
on the basis of ‘fake certificates’.
2
PUDA officers suspended
Chandigarh, February 5
The Punjab Urban Planning and
Development Authority (PUDA) today placed under suspension two senior
officers posted at the state headquarters in Chandigarh.
One
more held in Army job scam
Gurdaspur, February 5
The police today arrested Lehna
Singh alias Thekedar of Kotli Sainian involved in extorting money by
alluring innocent people to get them recruited in the Army. Three
members of the gang identified as Kuldeep Singh Fauji of Chhatwal,
Tara Rani of Gurdaspur and her son-in-law Kashmir Chand of Gurdaspur
have been already arrested.
5
bags of poppy husk seized, 1 held
Bathinda, February 5
Mr Ishwar Singh, SSP, in a press
note here today said that five bags of poppy husk had been seized from
a car and one of the accused was arrested while the other two managed
to escape.
Four
hurt in different incidents
Bathinda, February 5
Four persons were injured in
separate incidents in the city during the past twentyfour hours. Two
scooter-borne persons were injured when they were hit by a stray bull.
They were badly injured and were rushed to the Civil Hospital by
volunteers of a local NGO.
Rs
2.58 lakh stolen from tehsil office
Fazilka, February 5
A sum of Rs 2,58,278 was stolen
from tehsil office in court complex here last night. Some unidentified
persons broke open the lock of a iron gate of the record room and then
broke the lock of a steel almirah containing cash.
Single
exam for admission to all engineering courses
Chandigarh, February 5
Punjab has decided to hold a
single common entrance examination (CET) for the purpose of admission
to all graduate courses in engineering and technology in the state.
1000
posts of teacher vacant
Gurdaspur, February 5
More than 1000 vacancies have
been lying vacant in government primary schools in the district for
the past many years. Even the post of District Education Officer
(Primary) has been vacant since the formation of the Congress
government in Punjab.
Border
schools in bad shape
Taran Taran, February 5
The Lok Sehbhagi Sabhas, the
Mehla Shaktikaran and the Naujawan Sabhas, Punjab, working under the
Socio-Economic Development Programme (SEDP), an organisation of the
Diocese of Amritsar, in a report, has stressed the need for the Punjab
Government to provide adequate facilities in government elementary
schools in the border belt.
All
set for Brecht’s play
Patiala, February 5
“It’s not just the
production, but ambience of professionalism created around it by the
director that has impressed us all,” said a group of students of the
Department of Theatre and Television at Punjabi University working
with noted director Bhanu Bharti who has been invited by the
university to do production work with students.
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