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CPI
to expose BJP’s hidden agenda
Bathinda, May 4
The Communist Party of India
yesterday alleged that the BJP was using politics of communalism to
divert the attention of people from real issues. The CPI alleged that
the BJP and the Sangh Parivar were misusing religion for political
gains. The party leaders said they would expose the hidden agenda of
the BJP.
Village
common land encroached on
Ropar, May 4
The present and former
sarpanches, allegedly in connivance with certain influential persons,
are or have been indulging in the sale of the common lands of the
villages in the semi-hilly areas of the district in violation of the
Punjab Village Common Land Regulation Act, 1961.
Declare
Amritsar tobacco-free: Mann
Amritsar, May 4
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann,
President of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), today demanded
declaring the holy city of Amritsar as tobacco-free zone on the
pattern of Hardwar and Kurukshetra where cow slaughter was banned.
Spread
message of peace: Hanspal
Ludhiana, May 4
Mr Harvinder Singh Hanspal,
President, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee has exhorted people to
spread the message of non-violence, peace and service to the society
propounded by Lord Mahavira.
Crime
in district on the rise
Ferozepore, May 4
This district, once known as
“criminal”, is still witnessing murders in large number due to
party factions, feuds, revengeful and violent outlook of people and
negation of the spirit of “forgive and forget”.
Musharraf’s
nod to kar seva: Bhullar
Ferozepore, May 4
Pakistan President Pervez
Musharraf has given consent to the kar seva at five gurdwaras in
Pakistan. Mr Harpal Singh Bhullar, president International Bhai
Mardana Kirtan Darbar Society, said President Musharraf has conveyed
his approval to the Federal Ministry and Pakistan Kaff Board for the
renovation of Gurdwara Pehli Patshahi, Lahore, gurdwaras at birth
place of Guru Ram Dass and martyrdom place of Bhai Mani Singh in
Lahore, Gurdwara Chuhha Sahib and the gurdwara at the birth place of
Guru Gobind Singh’s mother Mata Gujri at Rohtas.
SHSAD
to raise calendar issue at SGPC meeting
Amritsar, May 4
The Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal
has decided to raise the issue of releasing of ‘Nanakshahi
calendar’ at a political stage instead of Akal Takht in the
forthcoming meeting of the SGPC, scheduled to be held on May 6 at
Anandpur Sahib.
Dairy
owners told to shift
Jalandhar, May 4
To maintain sanitation the
Municipal Corporation has asked the dairy owners of the city to shift
to the specially created Dairy Complex at Jamsher village near here.
In a press statement issued here today, the Commissioner of the civic
body, Ms Sarojini Gautam Sharda said at a meeting with the
office-bearers of the Dairy Development Association, it was resolved
that the dairy owners, who had completed construction on 300 square
yards plots allotted to them at the Dairy complex, should shift there
in a week.
Number
of traffic challans up
Bathinda, May 4
The number of vehicles challaned
for violating rules has increased in the city ever since the police
started deploying school students on “traffic duty” to make them familiar
with traffic rules.
Former
head priest freed on bail
Amritsar, May 4
Giani Partap Singh, a former head
priest of Takht Hazoor Sahib who was arrested for harbouring militants
from Nanded (Maharashtra) on December 26, 1990 has been released on
bail from Ajmer jail.
Details
on illegal immigrants sought
Jalandhar, May 4
The authorities of the Regional Passport Office have revealed that
several European and Middle East countries have sought details
regarding the antecedents of more than 1,582 illegal immigrants
through Indian Embassies in those countries.
BKU
(E) charge against agriculture officials
Bathinda, May 4
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta)
has alleged that agriculture officials were hand in glove with the
dealers of the firm selling spurious hybrid cotton seeds, fertilisers
and pesticides. The firm was raided yesterday and booked for selling
spurious agricultural inputs.
Rallies,
processions banned
Bathinda, May 4
The District Magistrate here has
banned the assembling of five or more persons at public places in the
district to maintain peace in the district. The orders, which would
remain in force till July 8, ban rallies, processions, meetings etc
without permission in the district.
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NRIs among six booked
Phagwara, May 4
The Punjab police has registered a case against six persons, including
four NRIs, on the charge of fraud, criminal breach of trust and
subjecting a woman to cruelty.
Woman
killed in mishap
Rural
poor want free education
Faridkot, May 4
Rani (25) Sarawan village, 35 km
from here, in this district is of the view that poverty in rural areas
was one of the major hurdles in promoting education in Punjab
villages. Lack of awareness about the advantages of literacy was
another factor in this regard, she said.
PCS
aspirants want more time for mains
Bathinda, May 4
As the Punjab Public Service
Commission has not announced any date for the PCS (executive and
allied services) main examination, a section of the aspirants have
urged the authorities to provide at least 100 days for preparation for
the examination.
B.Ed.
unemployed threaten stir
Bathinda, May 4
The B.Ed. unemployed have
threatened to launch an agitation if they were not given jobs or if
the government went ahead with contractual appointments of teachers in
the state-run schools.
BJP
to launch stir on fee hike
Ropar, May 4
The BJP will launch a statewide
agitation against the fee hike in government colleges effected by the
Congress Government. The leader of the BJP MLAs in the Punjab
Assembly, Mr Avinash Khanna, stated this while talking to newspersons
at Nangal yesterday. He was here to hold a meeting of the local units
of the BJP.
Rs
88.12 cr profit by coop banks
Bathinda, May 4
The Bathinda Central Cooperative
Bank Employees Union on Friday said cooperative banks in Punjab had
earned a profit of Rs 88.12 crore in 2002 which was double of the
profit earned in 2000.
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