Report
on EPF scam submitted
Ropar, July 24
The long-pending police inquiry
into the EPF scam in the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant, Ropar,
is heading towards conclusion with crime wing officials submitting their
inquiry report to the DGP. Highly placed sources in the crime branch
told this correspondent that the report had indicted many officers of
the thermal plant, besides labour contractors.
Wadala
rules out merger with new Akali Dal
Jalandhar, July 24
Ruling out any move of merging
his party with newly formed “Akali Dal” headed by former Punjab
Vidhan Sabha Speaker Ravi Inder Singh, the president of SAD
(Democratic) Kuldeep Singh Wadala yesterday hinted at joining ranks
with the former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal provided he
was acquitted in corruption cases registered against him by the
Vigilance Bureau.
PPCC
district chiefs appointed
Chandigarh, July 24
The Punjab Pradesh Congress
Committee President, Mr H.S. Hanspal, has appointed the following as
district presidents. This was stated by party’s Panchayati Raj and
Rural Development Cell Chairman, Mr Pritpal Singh Bishanpura today.
HIGH COURT
Notice
of motion on Thandal’s plea
Chandigarh, July 24
Taking up a petition by MLA Sohan
Singh Thandal seeking the grant of regular bail in a corruption case,
Mr Justice K.C. Gupta of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today
issued notice of motion to the state for August 14.
Fresh
summons to Bibi Jagir Kaur
Chandigarh, July 24
A local court today issued fresh
summons against former SGPC President Bibi Jagir Kaur on a defamation
case filed against her by Kulbir Kaur Dhami, Director, Gur Ashra
Trust, SAS Nagar. The Judicial court of the Magistrate (First Class)
has issued summons against Bibi Jagir Kaur for November 4. Meanwhile,
Jaspal Singh Dhillon was today granted bail in the case.
Improvement
Trust told to pay compensation
Ropar, July 24
The District Consumer Forum,
Ropar, has directed the local Improvement Trust to pay a compensation
of Rs 25,000 to complainant Hargovind Singh, a resident of Shaheed
Bhagat Singh Nagar, Ropar.
Kidney
scam suspect gets judicial remand
Amritsar, July 24
Gurdial Ram, a former security
officer of former IG (Border Range) Rajan Gupta, was today sent to
14-day judicial remand by the court of Ms Ranjit Kaur, Judicial
Magistrate (Class I), here. He would now be presented in the court on
August 7.
Army
claims recovery of 2-cr lost in Punwire deal
Chandigarh, July 24
The Army has filed a claim with
the official liquidator of SAS Nagar-based Punjab Wireless Systems
Limited (Punwire) to recover about Rs 2 crore which it lost due to its
failure to ensure that the now defunct company furnished bank
guarantees when it was contracted to supply communication equipment.
Schism
in zila parishad hits development
Faridkot, July 24
Rift between 10 members of the
zila parishad and two chairmen of the Faridkot and Kotkapura Block
Samiti in the Congress has marred the entire development in the rural
areas in the district. During the past over four months no development
project has come on the map.
Widows form panel to fight govt apathy
Chandigarh, July 24
Widows of deceased government employees of Punjab and Chandigarh are up in arms against the government for not giving them or their wards jobs on compassionate grounds. These women, who lost their husbands while they were in service, have been running from pillar to post for jobs, but to no avail. A letter of the Punjab Government issued on May 13, 2002 said all such posts, which fell vacant upon the death of an
employee, were to be abolished. This has spelled doom for the affected families.
SSP
asked to probe ‘false’ criminal case
Bathinda, July 24
Some persons, against whom, a
criminal case had been registered at the city police station for
allegedly making an attempt on July 6 to forcibly evict a tenant from
a shop owned by them, have urged the district police chief to get the
case investigated from a senior police official to establish the
truth. They have alleged that a false criminal case had been
registered against them.
Ex-servicemen to get tubewell connections
on priority: PSEB
Patiala, July 24
The Punjab State Electricity Board has decided to provide ex-servicemen and their dependents with tubewell connections on a priority basis. Besides, a serviceman, in his last year of service, may also apply through his Commanding Officer to the PSEB for a tubewell connection on a priority basis on production of a certificate from the Commanding Officer to the effect that the applicant is due for retirement from the Defence services within one year.
Slum-dwellers
milking PSEB dry
SAS Nagar, July 24
The Punjab State Electricity
Board, SAS Nagar circle is losing Rs 1.5 lakh per month due to the
theft of power by slum-dwellers. Power theft is rampant in the state
with a large chunk of revenue being lost due to thefts in the
industrial sector followed by pilferage in the commercial and domestic
sectors.
Errors
in certificates leave them jobless
Bathinda, July 24
Mr Gurwinder Singh’s joy
had known no bounds when he had completed the two-year course in
electronics trade from the Industrial Training Institute, Jaitu,
in Faridkot district in 1996. Seven years after he completed the
two-year course he is a disappointed man due to the apathetic
attitude of the Department of Industrial Training, Government of
Punjab. Despite his qualification he is without a job. |
CRPF
SI cremated with honours
Gurdaspur, July 24
Mr Wasakha Singh Sub inspector 121 CRPF Battalion who died fighting
Nexalites near Ranchi in Jharkhand State was given state funeral today
in his native Munan Khurd village under the Purana Shalla police
station in this district.
Privatisation
move condemned
Patiala, July 24
The Pepsu Road Transport
Corporation Workers and Employees Union has condemned the Punjab
Government’s reported move to privatise several government-owned
ventures, including the PRTC and the Punjab State Electricity Board.
4
more law officers appointed
Chandigarh, July 24
In less than 72 hours after the
Punjab Government’s Department of Home Affairs and Justice released
a list of 19 advocates appointed as law officers, two more Deputy
Advocate-Generals and an equal number of Assistant Advocate-Generals
were today added to the team.
Mandi
board DGM retired compulsorily
Rajpura, July 24
Punjab Mandi Board Chairman Sant
Ram Singla said today the board had compulsorily retired a Deputy
Geneal Manager because he was charged with taking bribe during the
Akali-BJP government.
Woman
burnt to death over property
Bathinda, July 24
Ms Bindar Kaur of Jhandu Ke
village in this district, was allegedly brunt to death by her
brother-in-law Dhute Singh, his wife Birpal Kaur and two others — Mr
Maggar Singh and Mr Kaka Singh last evening as the husband of deceased
had property dispute with Dhute Singh.
Dacoits
kill one, injure three of family
Hoshiarpur, July 24
Parkash Ram died on the spot
while his daughter-in-law Bimla Devi (40), grandson Jasbir Singh (15)
and granddaughter Paramjit Kaur (20) were seriously injured when some
unidentified persons assaulted them with sharp-edged weapons while
they were sleeping in their house at Ghumiala village near Mahilpur
last night. They looted the house and escaped.
Station
Superintendent held for bribery
Mansa, July 24
A Punjab Vigilance Bureau team
headed by Mr Vinod Kumar Chowdhary, Deputy Superintendent of Police
(Vigilance) Mansa today caught Mr Yogendra Partap Singh, Station
Superintendent of Northern Railway posted at Mansa while he was
accepting Rs 1000 bribe from Mr Ajay Kumar, salesman cum vendor at the
local railway platform.
Cancel
FIR, demand students
Malerkotla, July 24
Students of the local government
college staged a dharna outside the SDM’s office demanding
cancellation of the FIR against eight students leaders — Kuldeep
Singh Gosal, Harjinder Singh Chohan, Prince, Amandeep Singh, Kuldeep
Singh, Gurjant Singh and Gurmukh Singh Mann — registered by the
local police.
Varsity
makes examinees buy answer sheets
Amritsar, July 24
Practical examinations by
the physiology and bio-chemistry Department of Government
Medical College here, are reported to being taken on ordinary
sheets, as proper answer sheets have not been issued by Baba
Farid Medical University, Faridkot. |
Protest
by students |
Bathinda, July 24
Members of the Students
Coordination Committee today organised a protest in front of
Government Rajindra College here today to press the authorities
concerned to implement the state government decision rolling
back tuition fee hike immediately.
Students Coordinate
Committee members hold a protest in front of the Government Rajindra
College
in Bathinda on Thursday.
— Photo Kulbir Beera |
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Demonstration
by students, staff of polytechnic college
Bathinda, July 24
Hundreds of students and teachers
of Government Polytechnic College here today held a demonstration at
Bibi Wala chowk and gate rally in front of the college in protest
against the state government decision handing over polytechnic
colleges and ITIs to private hands.
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