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Bureaucrats
misled govt, say PCMS doctors
Ludhiana, July 29
Responding to the call given by the
Punjab Civil Medical Services Association, doctors of the district
observed a dharna led by state unit President, Dr Hardeep Singh ,at
Civil Surgeon’s Office here.
Hanspal justifies step on doctors’ allowance
SAS Nagar, July 29
The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President, Mr H.S. Hanspal, tonight justified the decision of the government on the withdrawal of the non-practising allowance (NPA) of doctors. He said earlier they were getting the allowance but were including in private practice secretly. And now they could do it openly.
Couple
seek quashing of FIR
Chandigarh, July 29
You would have dismissed it as
just another script fit for a soap opera. A Muslim boy falls in love
with an Arya Samajist girl. The two even tie the knot. But a social
worker, unhappy with the match, misuses some documents to file a
complaint before the Human Rights Commission alleging marriage with a
minor.
Varsity
don charged with sexual harassment
Amritsar, July 29
The Department of Physical
Education, Guru Nanak Dev University, once again has come under a
cloud due to a tussle between Department’s head Dr Daljinder Singh
Kahlon and Ms Anita Tamarkar, a lecturer.
Anti-corruption
drive to defame Akalis: Badal
Tarn Taran, July 29
Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Shiromani
Akali Dal (SAD) chief and the former Chief Minister, Punjab, has
called the anti-corruption drive of the Punjab Government an act to
defame the SAD and to take advantage of this fact in the forthcoming
Lok Sabha elections. He said all cases registered against him, his
family members and other Akali leaders were false.
SAD alleges messing up of economy
Patiala, July 29
The Shiromani Akali Dal today accused the Congress government of mismanaging the economy of the state claiming that agriculture and industry — mainstay of the economy — were showing negative growth. Even sales tax and excise collections had fallen.
Mann
flays Badal for writing letters
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 29
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann ,
President of the SAD (A), has criticised the former Chief Minister, Mr
Parkash Singh Badal , for writing letters to the MPs.
Cong has failed Punjab: CPI
Chandigarh, July 29
In a review of the performance of the Congress Government the Punjab state council of the CPI today pronounced that the state had abdicated its basic responsibility of providing social and economic services to the people.
Akal
Takht calls meeting on Romana’s removal
Amritsar, July 29
Taking exception to the removal
of Mr Mohinder Singh Romana as president, Gurdwara Management
Committee Takht Patna Sahib in violation of Akal Takht directive,
Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti has convened an emergency meeting here on
August 5.
Sub-Inspector
beaten up by DSP, SHO
Tarn Taran, July 29
Ms Balwinder Kaur, wife of Mr
Jasbir Singh, a Sub-Inspector posted at Goindwal police station, in
letter to the Chairman, Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC),
has sought legal action against the DSP and the SHO who allegedly beat
up her husband.
Attack
on priest; SHO sent to police lines
Hoshiarpur, July 29
Sita Ram, a priest and five
others — Devinder Singh, Bhajan Singh, Devinder Singh, Mohinder
Singh and Balbir Singh— were seriously injured when a group of about
40 persons led by Chatter Bhuj, a former priest of the village temple,
assaulted them at Baba Dhian Dass temple at Binjon village near Kot
Fathui ( Mahilpur ) yesterday. The injured were admitted to the local
Civil Hospital.
Streetlights
missing due to admn’s ‘indifference’
Ferozepore, July 29
More than a dozen sodium vapour
lamps, which were installed along the G.T. Road from octroi post
number 7 to the Faridkot Road chowk during 2000 are reportedly
missing, allegedly due to lack of concern on part of the district
authorities.
Board members take oath
Chandigarh, July 29
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed members of the Punjab State Subordinate Services Selection Board (PSSSSB).
CM
meets Gehlot, Jakhar today
Abohar, July 29
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot and his Punjab counterpart Amarinder Singh are expected to
discuss some important issues of common interest during their visit to
Ferozepore tomorrow. They will be joined meeting by Mr Balram Jakhar,
former Lok Sabha Speaker and chairman of the farmers and labour wing
of the AICC.
 Widow
with damaged kidney appeals for help
Patiala, July 29
A poor widow and nowhere to go,
40-year-old Manjit Kaur has now appealed to the Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh, to come to her aid. Manjit, who has a damaged kidney,
claims she has no money for the dialysis treatment and for the
subsequent kidney transplant, if she is ever to live a full life
again.
Manjit Kaur, who has no money for kidney transplant,
with her children.
Disowned
old man’s body lies unclaimed
Abohar, July 29
The body of an old man remained
unclaimed for more than six hours at the checkpost of the market
committee here today. Ants had started damaging the body by the time
the police arrived.
Woman
hit by train, dies
Bathinda, July 29
An unidentified woman died after
she was hit by a train on the Bathinda-Ferozepore rail section late
last night. She was immediately taken to the local Civil Hospital by
volunteers of Sahara Jan Sewa, where she was declared brought dead by
doctors.
High Court
Order
stayed
Chandigarh, July 29
In a petition filed before the
high court, Private Secretary to Punjabi University’s
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Pankaj Jain today alleged that he was being
victimised.
Police
remand for MLA
Kharar, July 29
Mrs Baljinder Kaur Bhatia,
Judicial Magistrate, today remanded Mr Jagdeep Singh Nakai, SAD MLA
from Joga and former Chairman of Milkfed, who was arrested by the
Punjab Vigilance Bureau yesterday, in police remand till July 31.
Pesticides
exempted from sales tax
Chandigarh, July 29
The Punjab Council of Ministers
today exempted pesticides from sales tax. An official statement said
that the Council of Ministers, which met today, approved the reduction
of sales tax on pesticides from existing 4 per cent to nil.
BJP
leader hurt in robbery
Phagwara, July 29
BJP leader and former
Vice-President, Nagar Council, Phagwara, Ram Saroop Arora was
seriously injured after he was attacked by robbers at his Model Town
residence in the wee hours today.
3
undertrials escape, cops suspended
Ferozepore, July 29
Three undertrials lodged in the
Central Jail here in different cases of theft, escaped after breaking
bars of the judicial bashikhana, the room where the prisoners are kept
during the court hearings.
Students’
union demands action against cop
Barnala, July 29
Condemning the thrashing up of
students of R.S.D. College, Ferozepore City, by Mr Satnam Singh, SHO,
City Police Station, Ferozepore, the Punjab Radical Students Union (PRSU)
today demanded the dismissal of the SHO and the registration of a case
against him for violation of human rights.
Varsity
teachers seek action against Pro-VC
Patiala, July 29
The Teachers United Front (TUF)
of Punjabi University today appealed to the varsity Chancellor and
Punjab Governor, Justice O.P. Verma (retd), to take action against the
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dr R.N. Pal, for “holding a political meeting
and press conference of BJP state president Brij Pal Rinwa” at his
official residence.
Non-teaching staff
reinstated
Chandigarh, July 29
The Department of School Education, Punjab, has reinstated members of the non-teaching staff of Government Senior Secondary School, Rattewal, Nawanshahr, who had been suspended along with the teaching staff for the alleged “absence from duty” on a day when the school was closed.
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