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Magistrate,
staff booked for making bogus votes
Gurdaspur, August 13
The Batala police has booked
Subdivisional Magistrate (SDM) Parneet Bhardwaj in connection with the
enrolment of bogus votes at Khaira Kalan village in the Batala
subdivision for the panchayat poll held on June 29 last.
Punjab may
permit selective private practice by docs
Chandigarh, August 13
The Punjab Government may allow
the payment of non practising allowance (NPA) to its doctors on a
selective basis provided a formal recommendation to this effect is
made by the eight-member high-powered committee constituted today.
Akali
protest rally on August 18
Sangrur, August 13
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
will organise a big rally on August 18 at Barnala to protest against
the registration of “false” cases against Barnala MLA Malkiat
Singh Keetu by the police, especially in Barnala police district.
MLA,
minister lock horns
Fatehgarh Sahib, August
13
Differences between the MLA of
Amloh, Mr Sadhu Singh, and the Minister for Public Health and Rural
Development, Mr Jasjit Singh Randhawa, came to the fore during the
inaugural ceremony of the new building of Panchayat Samiti office in
Amloh town today.
‘Lawlessness’ in
Punjab decried
Phagwara, August 13
Prof Laxami Kanta Chawla, former MLA and senior BJP leader, yesterday decried police failure to arrest those who attacked and looted BJP leader Ram Saroop Arora here on July 20.
465
ad hoc workers not paid for 2 months
Amritsar, August 13
Even as the Municipal Corporation
has spent about Rs 25 lakh on the heritage building of the Town Hall,
which will be inaugurated on the eve of Independence Day, the salaries
of 465 ad hoc employees have not been released for the past two
months.
CM
to unfurl flag at Kapurthala
Kapurthala, August 13
State-level function of
Independence Day will be held here in Guru Nanak stadium on August 15
according to Mr Rakesh Kumar Verma, DC here. Captain Amarinder Singh
Chief Minister Punjab will unfurl the national flag and take the
salute from march past.
Surveillance
up for I-Day, says Siddiqui
Amritsar, August 13
Newly appointed DGP A.A. Siddiqui
today said the Punjab police was vigilant to tackle any terrorist
threat in the state. Talking to mediapersons at the information office
of the Golden Temple here, Mr Siddiqui said the Punjab police had
always been on alert to thwart the attempt of terrorists to create
trouble in the state.
Ex-servicemen
panel gives call to boycott I-Day
Amritsar, August 13
The Indian Ex-servicemen’s
League, Punjab and Chandigarh today gave a boycott call for the
Independence Day celebrations and asked all ex-servicemen and their
families, Army widows, families of martyred soldiers and other
ex-servicemen associations to join in the protest against the
government.
Reluctant
ticket buyer is ‘crorepati’
Phagwara, August 13
Thirtynine-year-old Jaspal Singh
Bittu, who owns a cloth shop in the local Sarafan Bazar and is a
resident of Model Town here, woke up today richer by Rs 1.5 crore.
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Staff
withdrawal from dispensary resented
Amritsar, August 13
The decision of the officiating
Civil Surgeon (CS) to relieve majority of the staff from the
government dispensary at Chheharta has been criticised by residents
and villagers from surrounding areas.
Probe
ordered against doctor
Bathinda, August 13
The state Health authorities have
started an inquiry against a doctor, practising medicine illegally and
selling medicine made by himself to the people under a particular
brand name for the past many years in violation of rules and
regulation of the Health Department.
Civic
body demands assailants’ arrest
Phagwara, August 13
The local nagar council, at a
meeting held here today, presided over by its president Malkiat Singh
Ragbotra, deplored the assault on councillor Sanjiv Bugga here
yesterday.
Rally
by rail workers’ union
Amritsar, August 13
A protest rally and demonstration
was held at the railway station by members of the Northern Railway
Men’s Union here today.
Virat
Bairagi Sammelan in Barnala
Chandigarh, August 13
The Bairagi Mahan Mandal has
begun constituency-wise meetings in Punjab with Chavinda Devi
(Majitha, Amritsar) being the starting point under the stewardship of
its state president, Mr Kishan Kumar Bawa.
SDM
ordered to probe food poisoning case
Muktsar, August 13
The Deputy Commissioner, Mrs Usha
Sharma, has directed the SDM, Malout, to probe the food poisoning case
of Makatora village.
Flight
to bring freedom fighters to Amritsar
Amritsar, August 13
The Union Minister for Civil
Aviation, Mr Rajiv Prashad Rudy, has arranged a special Indian
Airlines chartered flight to bring freedom fighters and physically
challenged children to pay homage at the Jallianwala Bagh National
Martyrs Memorial on Independence Day.
Freedom
fighter Leela Wanti dead
Faridkot, August 13
Veteran freedom fighter Leela
Wanti, widow of freedom fighter Seth Ram Nath, died of a massive heart
attack at Jaitu in the district on Monday. She was 88.
Fresh
deadline to butchers
Patiala, August 13
The Municipal Corporation has
issued notices to big butcheries in the city to shift their operations
outside the city by August 20 while allowing them sale of frozen meat
from within their premises.
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singers may be declared proclaimed offenders
Amritsar, August 13
Seven persons, including singers
Anuradha Paudwal and Narendra Chanchal, and the owners of Super
Cassette Industries, Time Magnetic Industries and Tips Cassette
Industries, are likely to be declared proclaimed offenders if they do
not turn up on November 15 at the district courts here in connection
with a case under the Copyright Act and alleged cheating filed by Brij
Mohan Bhardwaj in November, 1996.
High Court
High
Court tells Sessions Judge to hold inquiry
Chandigarh, August 13
Acting on a petition filed by
gram panchayat members alleging illegal detention, Mr Justice K.C.
Gupta of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Ferozepore's
Sessions Judge to hold an inquiry into the matter.
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Assistance to CBI
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Bail plea dismissed
DC
ticks off officials absent at open darbar
Faridkot, August 13
Mr Hussan Lal, Deputy
Commissioner, Faridkot, today sought an explanation from senior
officers of various district departments, including PSTC,
telecommunication, forest and Executive Engineer Harike division for
not attending the district-level open darbar held here today to
resolve the problems of aggrieved people in the district.
ASI
involved in bribe case surrenders
Faridkot, August 13
Punjab Police ASI Gurjant Singh
Badal today surrendered before the city police in a graft case after
20 days after registration of a case against him and two others.
2
arrested for pocketing fine
Mansa, August 13
A team of the Punjab Vigilance
Bureau, led by Mr Vinod Kumar Chowdhary, Deputy Superintendent of
Police (Vigilance), Mansa, apprehended Darshan Singh, gunman, and
Rajinder Singh, driver of the District Transport Officer, Mansa, Mr
Mohan Lal, today under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and
recovered Rs 7000 from them.
240
kg of poppy husk seized
Abohar, August 13
The sadar police has foiled an
attempt to smuggle poppy husk from Rajasthan. According to official
sources, a jeep (HR-24-C-9884), coming from Rajasthan, was intercepted
near Kular village.
Cancer
patient commits suicide
Bathinda, August 13
Inderjeet Kaur (name changed), a
resident of the Goniana area, who was suffering from cancer disease
for the past many years, today ended her life by jumping into a river.
The deceased had been getting treatment from a hospital in Rajasthan
for the past many years. But she was not aware of the disease she was
suffering from.
Prof
alleges threat to life from colleague
Amritsar, August 13
A tussle between two professors
of Guru Nanak Dev University has intensified with a professor alleging
threat to his life from the other in a complaint to the
Vice-Chancellor of the university and the SSP.
College
staff strike work over attack on Principal
Hoshiarpur, August 13
The staff of the local DAV
College observed a strike today in protest against the attack by Mr
Kamal Chaudhry, former MP and president, DAV College Managing
Committee, and his supporters on Dr Janmit Singh, Principal, and other
staff members of the college yesterday. The college remained closed
today.
Teachers
of pvt colleges observe strike
Sangrur, August 13
Teachers of private colleges in
the district today observed a two-period strike in protest against the
alleged indifferent attitude of the Capt Amarinder Singh government
towards the grievances and demands of private college teachers in
Punjab.
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