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PHRC
nominations irk Badal
Chandigarh, May 3
The Shiromani Akali Dal
President, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, today criticised the Punjab Chief
Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, for ignoring Sikhs, Dalits and women
while making appointments to the Punjab Human Rights Commission (PHRC).
 NRI’s murder: Interpol
alerted Punjab police
Chandigarh, May 3
Missing millionaire Indian businessman Amarjit
Chohan, whose body was found floating in the sea in England on April 25, owned properties in Chandigarh and New Delhi.
An undated hand out image released on Friday showing murdered
Indian-born millionaire Amarjit Chohan (L) along with his wife Nancy
(R) and their son Devinder. Chohan, who disappeared three months ago
along with his wife, two young sons and mother-in-law, was discovered
floating in the sea near Bournemouth Pier in Dorset on April 22. The
police has named two men, Ken Regan and William Horncy, who they want
to question in relation to the murder investigation. — Reuters photo
Panchayat
poll likely on June 22
Chandigarh, May 3
The elections to panchayats will
be held around June 22 and will be a one-day affair, said Mr C.L.
Bains, Commissioner, Punjab State Elections, here today. There are
about 13,300 panchayats in the state.
Dusty
winds affect life
Bathinda, May 3
Duststorm sweeping the region for
the past three days has affected life. Even vehicles have been moving
with difficulty. In this town also a nicknamed, “Dust bowl of
Punjab” storm has given harrowing time to residents of the city.
Bhattal
exempted from personal appearance
 Chandigarh,
May 3
A corruption case filed against
Punjab Agriculture Minister, Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, pertaining to
an alleged embezzlement of Rs 20 lakh from the Chief Minister’s
relief fund was today adjourned by a local court for May 23. The FIR
in this case was registered against Ms Bhattal on May 22 last year at
Bureau’s police station in Ferozpure range on the complaint of Mr
Balwant Singh Dhillon.
Cops
in ‘satta’ racket: DGP promises action
Sangrur, May 3
More than 100 hardcore militants
were still alive. Of these only one or two might be in Punjab while
others were residing in other states of the country or in Pakistan.
Vigilance
raid on Tibri subdivision
Gurdaspur, May 3
The Additional Deputy
Commissioner General accompanied by the vigilance staff of this
district raided the Tibri subdivision of canals and sealed the record
of the subdivision.
Civil
hospital sans facilities
Jalalabad, May 3
Acute shortage of medical and
paramedical staff has crippled the working of local Civil hospital.
Amritsar
SARS suspect tests negative
Amritsar, May 3
The National Institute for
Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported that the samples of Mr
Partap Singh (65), under treatment at Kakkar Hospital, here, are
negative.
‘Sangat
Darshan funds misused’
Patiala, May 3
Punjab Finance Minister Lal Singh
today said the state government had received the report of the
irregularities committed during the Sangat Darshan exercise by the
previous Akali-BJP government.
Arms
cache seized from border
Mahawa (Amritsar), May 3
The Border Security Force today
seized a big cache of arms across the Zero Line, a little distance
from the Pakistan village of Thahpur, on a tipoff.
Contractors
flay enlistment policy
Gurdaspur, May 3
The district PWD (B&R)
contractors association at a meeting held here yesterday condemned the
new policy of the government regarding entitlement and renewal of
government contractors. More than100 contractors participated.
Rs
107 cr for uplift of poor
Phagwara, May 3
Punjab Social Welfare and Social
Security Minister Joginder Singh Mann announced today that Rs 107
crore would be spent on welfare schemes for the poor this year. He
said this while addressing public meetings at Bhanoki, Chak Hakim and
Panshta villages, according to a press note.
Akali
leader surrenders
Bathinda, May 3
Local Akali leader Kulwinder
Singh today surrendered in a local court before he was declared
proclaimed offender.
Fire
destroys wheat crop on 2000 acres
Gurdaspur, May 3
Huge stocks of wheat were damaged
when a fire broke out in the Bet area of Kahnuwan and spread to nearly
2000 acres of land in 12 villages.
HC:
illegally sacked worker entitled to back wages
Chandigarh, May 3
Twenty-six years after the
service of a Punjab Roadways employee was illegally terminated, the
Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that the official was entitled
to back wages.
Two
kiosks removed
Jalandhar, May 3
Cantonment board officials to
removed 20 kiosks allegedly raised on government land in the Sabzi
Mandi area near here even kiosk owners termed the exercise as
selective.
Two
booked for selling spurious seed
Bathinda, May 3
A case under Section 420 of the
IPC, Section 15 the Seeds Act and Section 7 of the Essential
Commodities Act was registered against Chander Bhan and Rahul Dev of
Grain Market, here for selling fake seed of hybrid cotton to farmers.
Couple
held on cheating charge
Pathankot, May 3
A couple has been arrested for
allegedly duping Mr Jagdish Raj, a resident of Gharota village, of Rs
1,80,000.
1
killed, 23 hurt in accident
Jalandhar, May 3
One person was killed and 23 were
injured in an accident at Laroha village, near Bhogpur, today. The
accident occurred in the morning when a mini bus coming from the Tanda
side rammed into a J and K-bound truck coming from the opposite
direction, police sources said.
2
die in accidents
Bathinda, May 3
Balwinder Kaur (40), a resident
of the Arya Samaj Chowk area of the city died of burns under
mysterious circumstances this evening at her home.
2
injured as truckers clash
Rampura, May 3
Tension, which has been building
in this town for the past couple of days over the election of the
president of local truck union, took an ugly turn yesterday when a
group of truck operators attacked members of other group with rods and
swords at the cattle mela ground yesterday.
Patwari
held for graft
Moga, May 3
The Vigilance Bureau today
arrested patwari Ravinderjit Singh on charges of accepting a bribe of
Rs 1,500 for entering mutation in the revenue record.
19,000
posts of teacher to be filled
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 3
The state government would fill
the 19,000 vacant posts of teacher in the state so that students did
not suffer due to staff shortage and the student-teacher ratio was
lowered.
Workshop
on TERI project
Patiala, May 3
An orientation workshop based on
green olympiad and terra quiz was organised today at Blossoms School,
Patiala. The school has been assigned a project on TERI (Tata Energy
Research Institute) under the Ministry of Environment and Forest
Department.
Industrialists’
demands ‘to be considered’
Bathinda, May 3
Mr Gurbinder Singh Atwal,
Parliamantary Secretary, Department of Industries, Punjab, said today
that demands of industrialists of the region would be considered.
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