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Orders
to release Munir issued
Abohar, August 9
Orders for releasing Munir (13)
were received by the District Collector, Mr Ram Avtar Raghuvanshi, at
Sriganganagar, 40 km from here, last evening. A police party from
Kesarisinghpur has been asked to get Munir released from Borstal jail,
Bikaner, to take him to Rajasthan House, New Delhi, for completing
formalities to ensure that the boy is handed over to the Pakistan
Embassy for sending him back to his home through Wagah border on
Tuesday.
Gun-making
factory unearthed
Fazilka, August 9
The police here unearthed a factory
making country-made revolvers in Hanumangarh (Rajasthan) on Friday
evening and arrested six persons running the factory. Six revolvers and
four cartridges were also recovered.
Change
in Punjab Cong leadership ruled out
Amritsar, August 9
Ms Mohsina Kidwai, general
secretary, All-India Congress Committee and in charge Punjab affairs
ruled out change of state leadership over differences between state
Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal,
here today.
MC denies job to widow
Patiala, August 9
Three years after news reports detailed the tragedy which befell Sunita Devi when her husband was stomped to death by a bull and one year after the Punjab Human Rights Commission recommended that she be considered for employment by the Municipal Corporation, the widow has received a rude shock.
Thanda
matlab ganda, says forum
Phagwara, August 9
Activists of the All-India
Anti-Corruption Forum, led by its president, Mr Gurdip Kang, held a
demonstration against Coca Cola and Pepsi companies and smashed
bottles of these two brands of beverages in protest against the
alleged presence of pesticides and insecticides in these soft drinks
and 10 other brands, according to the findings of an NGO.
60,000
saplings planted
Faridkot, August 9
Under its one-day drive, the
district administration, in collaboration with gram panchayats,
non-government organisations, district departments, students of
schools besides members of senior citizen clubs, disabled children of
Umang and Ujala institutions of the District Red Cross Society and
members of the hospital welfare section, planted over 60,000 saplings
of different varieties in the district today.
Proceedings
of case against Dhumal stayed
Ropar, August 9
Proceedings of the defamation
case filed against former Chief Minister of Himachal Prem Kumar Dhumal
in a court here have been stayed by the Supreme Court.
Building
rules violated, probe sought
Jalandhar, August 9
Members of the Guru Kirpa Housing
Board Colony Association has urged the state government to order a
vigilance probe into the role of local Municipal Corporation officials
and promoters of Chadha Builders in the alleged composition fee scam
running into lakhs of rupees.
MC
to seek 3.5 cr loan from Hudco
Sangrur, August 9
The local municipal council
authorities have chalked out a plan to spend Rs 3.5 crore on various
development works to provide basic amenities to the residents of the
town.
Shopkeepers
assault Municipal Town Planner
Jalandhar, August 9
The Municipal Town Planner and
two other municipal corporation officials were allegedly assaulted by
some shopkeepers, owing allegiance to a Congress minister, to prevent
them from sealing an illegal shopping complex at the Modian mohalla,
here today.
Book
depot manager jailed for corruption
Bathinda, August 9
Amrinder Singh, a Punjab Police
constable posted in the Police Lines here, was today caught red-handed
while he was accepting bribe of Rs 5000 from Mr Ashwani Kumar, a video
parlour owner of this city for helping him in a complaint against him
to the police Mangat Rai Goyal, district manager, Book Depot of the
Punjab State Education Board, who was caught red-handed while
accepting bribe in 1993 was sentenced to jail for one year and fined
Rs 1000 as special judge, Jaspal Singh today.
Charge
sheet filed against Vinod Sharma
Patiala, August 9
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau today
filed a chargesheet against former Chief Warden (Zoos) Dr Vinod Sharma
and three others in a case pertaining to the purchase of meat for
Chhatbir Zoological Park and as recycling of tickets.
Aided
schoolteachers stage dharna
Jalandhar, August 9
Members of the Punjab State Aided
School Teachers and Other Employees Union today held dharna in front
of the residence of Punjab Revenue Minister Amarjit Singh Samra to
protest against the failure of the state government to accept their
long-pending demands.
Government
discriminating against SGPC-run institutes: Calcutta
Amritsar, August 9
Mr Manjit Singh Calcutta,
honorary Chief Secretary, SGPC, today said that the attitude of the
Congress government towards SGPC-run state institutes was
discriminatory.
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