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Village
telephones non-functional for year
Kusla (Mansa), March 28
“With the BSNL’s phone plus
service, it’s convenience beyond your imagination.” Thus reads the
slogan coined by the BSNL to popularise its basic telephone services
in every nook and corner of the country.
Kharar
MC chief poll today
PATIALA
Park
fountain network in need of immediate repairs |
Patiala, March 28
Tall promises seem to
explain the predicament of the only one its kind fountain
network installed in the Nehru Park in the city. Even though it
has been repeatedly promised since the last four to five years
that the deeply corroded fixtures would be replaced with a
musical fountain network, nothing has been done to revive the
present fixture itself.
The deeply corroded fountain of Nehru Park in
Patiala.
— Photo Subhash Patialavi |
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Sewerage
project goes to Hyderabad firm
Chandigarh, March 28
The Patiala National Capital
Region Project was today kicked off with the allotment of Rs
25.07-crore turn-key sewerage project in the municipal area of the
city to a Hyderabad-based company, M/s Ramky Engineers Pvt Ltd.
Horse
show begins today
Jalandhar, March 28
Even as the indigenous
“Marwari” and “Kathiawari” horses will delight horse lovers by
displaying delightful feats along with their riders, horse owners and
breeders from across the country will share their experiences at the
two-day state-level Equire show being organised by the Punjab Animal
Husbandry Department from tomorrow at the Shahid Darshan Singh Kaypee
Stadium here.
Artistes of the North Zone Culture
Center, Patiala, perform at Giani Zail Singh Engineering
College, Bathinda, on Thursday. — Photo Kulbir Beera |
Councillor’s
complaint lacks substance: SSP
Ferozepore, march 28
A woman councillor of the
Congress has complained to the police that her husband was taken away
by Major H. S. Bhullar, OSD to the Chief Minister, Punjab, on the
penultimate day of the election for the Municipal Committee president.
The election was slated to be held on March 22, 2003 but later it was
postponed.
HIGH COURT
SSP told
to submit report
Chandigarh, March 28
Mystery surrounding the
disappearance of a Mansa district resident’s minor daughter trudged
towards a solution with a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana
High Court directing the Senior Superintendent of Police to submit
progress report regarding the recovery of the girl.
Rail
passengers stranded
Bathinda, March 28
A large number of passengers many
of whom were going to a religious place at Sirsa, were stranded at the
local railway station this afternoon as a train bound for Sirsa was
full to capacity.
‘Give
heritage status to Durgiana temple’
Amritsar, March 28
The Durgiana Committee has
written to the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, to bestow world
heritage status on the temple befitting its ancient roots (Pracheen
Hanuman Mandir).
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gift buses leave for Afghanistan
Wagah (Amritsar), March
28
Thirty-two buses rolled onto
Pakistan from the joint check post here at 1 p.m. today for
Afghanistan. Thirty-nine persons accompanied the buses, including the
leader, Mr Mohammed Sif Dir of Mili Bus Authority Ministry of
Transport Afghanistan government, 34 drivers, three mechanics and
another staff members.
VB
raid on MC ex-chief’s house
Pathankot, March 28
Sleuths of the Vigilance Bureau
today raided three houses at Sujanpur including former president of
the Municipal Council Vinay Mahajan and reportedly seized certain
important documents in connection with the alleged job scam and other
irregularities committed during his term as president.
PSEB,
IT offices open on weekend
Patiala, March 28
The Punjab State Electricity
Board has decided to keep all its offices open on March 29 and March
30 to ensure that consumers can clear pending work, including issue of
first bill, clearance of defaulting amount, short assessment and
overhauling of accounts. A board press note issued here said all cash
counters of the board would remain open on the two days to facilitate
the consumers.
PSEB
connections: notice to Punjab
Chandigarh, March 28
Acting on a petition challenging
the decision of the Punjab State Electricity Board against releasing
connections in the periphery of Chandigarh without obtaining a
no-objection certificate from the Punjab Urban Development and
Planning Authority, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High
Court has issued a notice of motion to the state of Punjab and other
respondents for April 3.
Airport
project to be completed in December
Pathankot, March 28
The Pathankot Civil Enclave of
the Indian Air Force base, which is being developed to handle civil
traffic, would be commissioned in December. This was stated here today
by Dr Samrinder Sharma, political secretary to Mr Vinod Khanna,
Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India.
SGPC
budget today
Amritsar, March 28
The annual budget of the SGPC
(2003-04) will be presented to the general house on March 20. The
general secretary of the SGPC, Mr Hardalbir Singh Shah, in a press
release said budget proposals for Sikh gurdwaras under Sections 85 and
87, Dharam prachar, educational institution being run by the SGPC and
printing press would be discussed.
MC
passes budget of Rs 9.81 crore
Phagwara, March 28
An annual budget of Rs 9.81 crore for 2003-04 of the Phagwara
Municipal Council was passed here today at the council’s special
meeting, presided over by its president Malkiat Singh Ragbotra. All
councillors attended the meeting except Manmohan Sharma of the
Congress and Rakesh Duggal of the BJP.
Sudhir
Mittal
Case
against SAD workers ‘motivated’
Patti, March 28
The police has registered a case
under Sections 307, 332, 333, 186, 188 149 of the IPC against 33 SAD
workers who allegedly pelted a police party with stones. However,
according to Mr Rajinder Pal, DSP, no arrests have been made.
Loan
misused; 3 arrested by VB
Bathinda, March 28
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested
Mr Mukhtiar Singh, Manager, Primary Agriculture Development Bank,
Budhlada, Mr Gurpiar Singh, Sarpanch of Maghainia village of Mansa
district, and Mr Parveen Kumar, owner, M/s Shiv Shakti Dyeing and Tent
Works, Bathinda, for their alleged involvement in sanctioning a Rs
10-lakh loan to Mr Gurpiar Singh on the basis of fake documents for
setting up a tent house and later diverting the money for some other
purpose.
Addict
sets mother afire
Bathinda, March 28
Kuldeep Singh, a drug addict,
today brunt his mother Bhagwant Kaur to death at their Paras Ram Nagar
residence. The incident took place in the morning. Police sources said
Kuldeep Singh, who was addicted to petrol sniffing for the past many
years, poured the same on his mother and set her on fire. Kuldeep
Singh did this when his mother objected to his sniffing petrol.
MC
executive officer held
Tarn Taran, March 28
Jagtar Singh, executive officer
of the local municipal council, was arrested by the Vigilance Bureau
today from his office under the Anti-Corruption Act.
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