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Hoshiarpur
boy tops Class XII exam
SAS Nagar, May 14
A student from Hoshiarpur
district has topped the science group while a student from Jalandhar
district has topped the commerce group of the Class XII examination
conducted by the Punjab School Education Board in March this year by
securing 92 per cent and 86.88 per cent marks, respectively.
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NRI’s
dream goes phut
Dismal performance by
students
Mullanpur Garibdass (Kharar),
May 14
A UK-based NRI’s dream of
providing quality education to children of his native village
appears to have fallen flat. An expenditure of over Rs 1 crore
incurred by him to provide a building and related infrastructure
to a government school notwithstanding, the performance of the
students in the recent board examinations leaves a lot to be
desired. |
INTERVIEW
Singla
strong votary of power reforms
Mr
Surinder Singla, a Congress MLA and Chairman of the Punjab
Government’s Advisory Committee on Fiscal Reforms, is an unflinching
votary of privatisation of public sector undertakings.
DEATH OF OCTOGENARIAN
WOMAN
Police
fails to reach conclusion
Ropar, May 14
The death of a local octogenarian
woman, Sharan Kaur, on November 27, 2001 remains shrouded in mystery.
Sharan Kaur had died here by sustaining burn injuries. Her body was
recovered by the police in a burnt condition from her house, which was
bolted from outside.
Theft
bid at Bibi's house
Jalandhar, May 14
Three thieves here today sneaked
into the house of a former SGPC chief and sitting Shiromani Akali
Dal(B) legislator Bibi Jagir Kaur.
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Lone
survivor of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre Shingara Singh, 107,
in front of the monument at Jallianwala Bagh on Wednesday. —
PTI
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HIGH COURT
Acquitted
in homicide case
Chandigarh, May 14
In a complete reversal of events,
a Ropar resident convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in a
homicide case was acquitted of the charges framed against him by Mr
Justice Viney Mittal of the high court.
Four
convicted
Chandigarh, May 14
Kulwant Raj, a Punsup Inspector;
Gyan Chand, a kanungo and Nirmal Singh; a PSEB lineman, have been
convicted in corruption cases registered by the Vigilance Bureau,
Punjab.
Bail
plea cancelled
Amritsar, May 14
The interim bail application of
former Akali Minister, Dr Rattan Singh Ajnala, was cancelled by Mr
M.S. Chauhan, Additional Sessions Judge, here today.
Panchayat
poll: EC bans recruitment
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 14
The State Election Commission has
imposed a complete ban on recruitments of all kinds, release of
discretionary funds and grants in any form for the development
projects with immediate effect till the completion of panchayat
elections.
Construction
work stopped
Jalalabad, May 14
The Deputy Commissioner,
Ferozepore, Mr Raminder Singh, today stopped the construction work on
the lawyers’ chambers on the premises of tehsil complex here
following reports that a few lawyers started encroaching upon the
government land in order to extend their chambers.
 LPG
dealers flout safety norms
Bathinda, May 14
Refusing to learn a lesson from
the fire incidents involving LPG cylinders, dealers and residents of
the city are stacking LPG cylinders on the roadside and in highly
populated areas. Stocks of LPG cylinders could be seen lying at
various places in the city.
LPG cylinders piled
on the roadside in Bathinda in violation of the safety norms. —
Photo Kulbir Beera
Traffic
experts keep students waiting
Bathinda, May 14
Nearly 100 students from two
schools and teachers from 10 schools were kept waiting by the traffic
police authorities at the traffic training park here today for a team
of traffic experts which failed to arrive.
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Historical
town lacks industry
FEROZEPORE:
Ferozepore cannot claim to be industrially advanced nor it
can boast of any well-established industry. The pre-eminence of
this town lies in agriculture. The genius of people did not go
towards industries before Independence and after Independence it
became a border district with the usual handicaps. |
Docs
can decide on PMC poll issue: IMA chief
Sangrur, May 14
In the wake of the controversy
over participation in or boycott of the elections to the Punjab
Medical Council (PMC), Dr R.C. Garg, president of the Punjab unit of
the Indian Medical Association (IMA), clarified the stand of the
Punjab IMA today saying that all members of the Punjab IMA were free
to decide on their own.
‘Anti-people’
policies flayed
Phagwara, May 14
As part of their district-wide
protest programme, activists of the BJP and its frontal wings today
took out a protest march from the local Gandhi Chowk to the SDM’s
office against the “anti-people” policies of the Amarinder Singh
government.
Missing
girl found
Gurdaspur, May 14
The police has recovered Manpreet
Kaur of Bajechack village. She was reported missing on November 20,
1997. She had gone to school that day, but did not return.
‘Lightning
call’
Sangrur, May 14
In a bizarre incident, a man
suffered burn injuries due to his mobile phone at Bhattiwal village
last night.
50
animals charred to death
Batala, May 14
At least 50 animals were charred
to death in a major fire that broke out at Thakar Sandhu village under
the Qadian police station today, the police said.
Arrest
culprits, demand ‘halwais’
Hoshiarpur, May 14
Local ‘halwais’ today
observed strike in protest against the alleged attack by some dairy
owners and milk vendors on Sharma Sweet Shop, located near the Chowk
Tower, yesterday.
Autorickshaw
drivers strike work
Amritsar, May 14
A strike was observed by
autorickshaw drivers here today, causing inconvenience to commuters,
especially students.
Plan
to build gallery in martyrs’ memory
Faridkot, May 14
The District Sainik Welfare Board
plans to set up a motivation and information centre-cum-gallery here
to highlight the achievements and sacrifices of gallantry award
winners and martyrs of the district.
2763
examined at health camp
Kharar, May 14
The Health Department, Punjab,
organised a medical and dental camp at Radiala village, near here,
today with the cooperation of the Lions Club, Kharar, and the
panchayat.
Mishaps
claim two lives
Bathinda, May 14
Two persons were killed and one
injured in separate incidents in the district today.
Rs
1,600 cr to be spent on roads
Sangrur, May 14
The Punjab Government will
release Rs 1,600 crore during the current financial year to improve
the condition of roads in the state.
Ahata
owner beaten up
Pathankot, May 14
The on-going tussle between
liquor contractors of the Pathankot circle and the Damtal-Indora
circle of Himachal Pradesh over the smuggling of liquor came to the
fore yesterday, when an ahata owner of the Damtal area was beaten up
mercilessly allegedly by a contractor with the help of Excise and
police officials.
Woman
commits suicide
Fazilka, May 14
A married woman, Damayanti (30),
a resident of Khipanwali village 18 km from here, allegedly committed
suicide by shooting herself with a rifle yesterday.
Varsity
starts correspondence courses
Amritsar, May 14
Guru Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar, has introduced a number of technical and professional
courses under its distance education programme.
Moga
school wins first prize
Moga, May 14
Students of D.N. Model Senior
Secondary School here won the first prize at a competition organised
jointly by the Indian Council for Child Welfare and the Delhi Council
for Child welfare at a camp “Learn to live together” at Indira
Gandhi Holiday Home in Damdama (Gurgaon), which concluded on Monday.
Expose
vested interests: assn
Sangrur, May 14
The Sant Longowal Institute of
Engineering and Technology Faculty Association has stated that due to
allegations levelled against the institute authorities by the vested
interests, the image of the institute is being tarnished.
Dates
of exams clash
Bathinda, May 14
Resentment prevails among
students of Bachelor of Management and Information Technology (BMIT)
of Punjabi University, Patiala, as Himachal Pradesh University has
reportedly postponed the date of MBA entrance test from May 18 to May
23.
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