Devotees carry Sri Guru Granth Sahib from India to Pakistan
across the Wagha border post, near Amritsar,
on Friday. About 100 devotees are going to Sri Nankana
Sahib in Pakistan to participate in the Baisakhi festival.
— Reuters |
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SGPC votes made: Sehajdharis
Ludhiana, April 11
The process of the SGPC elections
came under suspicion when Dr Paramjeet Singh Ranu, president,
Sehajdhari Sikh Federation, alleged that a majority of the voters
enrolled as kesdharis we in fact Sehajdharis.
Murder
probe indicts SP, DSP
Sangrur, April 11
Mr Mandip Singh Sidhu, SP
(Headquarters), here in his revised report has recommended action
against Mr Gurkirpal Singh, SP (D), and Mr Raj Bachan Singh,
Malerkotla DSP, for alleged “involvement” in the “hushing up”
of a case of death of Santokh Singh of Dasaundha Singh Wala village
near Malerkotla. It is alleged that the police was “bribed” to
“hush up” the case.
New
law to govern immigration to Canada
Ludhiana, April 11
Cases of those seeking
immigration to Canada are being dealt under the Immigration and
Refugee Protection Act effective from April 1, said Devinder Shory, a
Canadian immigration lawyer.
Chaman
Lal flays ‘healing touch’
Jalandhar, April 11
Criticising the Jammu and Kashmir
government’s “failure” to curb militancy in the state, the Union
Minister of State for Defence, Mr Chaman Lal Gupta today said Jammu
and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Syeed’s ‘healing
touch’ policy towards militants had failed to yield tangible
results.
No
variety shows on Baisakhi mela
Talwandi Sabo, April 11
In a significant departure from
earlier trends, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has
decided not to allow anybody to organise variety (dance) shows and
circus during the Baisakhi mela to maintain its religious sanctity.
Businessman’s
murder: police in blind alley
Moga, April 11
The police so far has failed to
solve the murder case of an industrialist of Kot Kapura, whose charred
body was recovered from a field near the Moga bypass on December 10,
2002. Family members of the deceased will meet the CM on Monday to
demand a CBI inquiry into the case.
Tiwana’s
son pays homage to father
Patiala, April 11
Harpal Tiwana’s comic satire
“Mela Munda Kuriyan Da” was staged at the Central State Library
here last evening. The play written in 1978, was chosen as the launch
pad of the Harpal Tiwana Foundation because Tiwana wanted to stage the
play again but he died before that.
An
apology for a fire station
Mansa, April 11
The condition of the local fire
station is pitiable. There are three fire engines of the 1979 and 1984
models of which one is permanently off the road while another, which
had been sent for repairs last year, could not be brought back as the
municipal council has no funds to pay the repair bill.
Processions
mark Ramnavami
Hoshiarpur, April 11
Ramnavami was celebrated with
great enthusiasm here on Friday. A procession was taken out through
the main bazars of the city. A three-day annual Mahasankirtan Sammelan
by the Ram Charit Manas Parchar Mandal started at the local Shakti
temple on the occasion.
12
more rice millers booked
Chandigarh, April 11
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has
booked 12 more rice millers in four districts allegedly for
embezzlement of paddy, amounting to more than Rs 8 crore, during the
milling season 1998 to 2002.
SHO
‘thrashes’ Cong leader
Phagwara, April 11
Supporters of Mr Surinderpal
Gikki, vice-president of the Phagwara Block Congress committee, today
blocked traffic for about 45 minutes and staged a dharna and a
demonstration in front of the local Sadar police station on the Banga
road.
Kabul-bound
buses allowed into Pak
Wagah, April 11
The 25 Kabul-bound buses, which
were detained at this joint checkpost yesterday, were today granted
permission by the Pakistan Government to enter its territory.
NGOs
for cells to monitor civic bodies
Amritsar, April 11
More than six non-government
organisations demanded a probe into the local Municipal
Corporation’s working. ‘Amritsar Vikas Manch’ general secretary
Mr Kulwant Singh Sufi demanded a special team to probe corruption in
“cash-strapped” civic bodies in Punjab.
Mobile
medical help for 30 villages
Bathinda, April 11
The Elders’ Service Society,
Faridkot, in a press release here yesterday said that a project had
been launched by the society to provide medical facilities in 30
villages and in the first phase 11 villages had been adopted.
Two
of family hurt in clash
Lalru, April 11
Two members of a Bartana village
(Handesra)-based family sustained injuries in a clash here last night.
PRTC
to disband Budhlada depot
Budhlada, April 11
The Pepsu Roadways Transport Corporation, Patiala, is set to disband
its Budhlada depot, which has started showing profits. Sources
revealed that the plan was to merge the Budhlada depot with the
Barnala depot. It is also understood that the Board of Directors of
the PRTC have approved the merger.
Lakhs
looted from foreign currency exchange
Jalandhar, April 11
In a sensational daylight
dacoity, eight armed youths looted foreign and Indian currency
amounting to Rs 5 lakh from a private foreign exchange and money
transfer establishment near the busy BMC Chowk here this morning.
Girl
alleges rape in hospital
Patiala, April 11
A 17-yr-old girl today alleged that she had been raped by some class
IV employees of the Government Rajindra Hospital on the hospital
premises last night. The girl who is resident of Majri locality in the
city, however, has not got a case registered in the regard.
Undertrial
beaten up on court premises
Bathinda, April 11
Nahar Singh, an undertrial in the
murder case of senior Akali leader Teja Singh Toofan, husband of SGPC
member Darshan Kaur Toofan, was allegedly beaten up today in the
Bakshi Khana on the district court premises by members of a gang of
criminals.
Travel
agent held for duping
Jalandhar, April 11
The district police has arrested
a travel agent on charges of cheating and forging travel documents. Mr
Varinder Kumar, SSP, in a press note issued here today, said Mr Nirmal
Singh and Mr Jaswinder Singh of Balwan village in Sangrur district,
had complained that Gagan Kumar Bakshi, who is running a travel agency
here, had duped them of Rs 4 lakh on the pretext of sending their
relatives to Libya.
Nursery
owner murdered
Abohar, April 11
Sheeshpaul (40), owner of a local
nursery, was allegedly killed last night with sharp-edged weapons, the
police said this morning. Sources said Sheeshpaul, father of two
married daughters and two schoolgoing sons, had been running the
nursery behind new water works maintained by the Punjab Water Supply
and Sewerage Board near the Hanumangarh bypass here.
PTU
‘not averse’ to extending affiliations
SAS Nagar, April 11
Punjab Technical University is
not averse to providing affiliation to technical courses being run by
colleges affiliated with other universities in the state. This was
stated by Dr Y.S. Rajan, Vice-Chancellor, PTU, here today.
‘Inculcate
values in school kids’
Bathinda, April 11
Mr Bir Devinder Singh, Deputy
Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today said there a need for reforms
in the education system so that students were shaped into good human
beings and not merely literates.
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