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Principal charges MP
with issuing threat
Patiala, August 14
The local Government Physical Education College Principal has complained to the state Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, that Tarn Taran Lok Sabha MP Tarlochan Singh Toor has threatened her with dire consequences in case she does not issue a character certificate of his son, who recently passed out of the college.
22-member police team for
Liverpool conference
Chandigarh, August 14
A record number of 22 officers, including the Director-General, three Additional Director-Generals and seven district chiefs, from Punjab will form a part of a 40-odd-member contingent of Indian police officers for the Indo-UK police conference at Liverpool (England) from August 30 to September 6. Never before has such a big contingent from any state gone abroad for such a meeting.
Call
for probe against Punjab Recorders MD
SAS Nagar, August 14
The MLA, Kharar, and Deputy
Speaker, Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Mr Bir Devinder Singh, today recommended
a vigilance probe into the allegations of administrative and financial
irregularities by Mr Virinder Singh, MD, Punjab Recorders, here.
Dal
(Amritsar) men protest against Kangar
Bathinda, August 14
A large number of activists of
the Akali Dal (Amritsar) today held a demonstration in the lanes and
bylanes of Kangar, native village of the Independent MLA of Rampura
Phul, Mr Gurpreet Singh Kangar, to protest against the
"betrayal" by Mr Kangar of the people of his Assembly
segment by joining the Shiromani Akali Dal recently.
Minister
hits back at Amloh MLA
Fatehgarh Sahib, August
14
The tussle between the Congress
MLA from Amloh, Mr Sadhu Singh, and Mr Jasjit Singh Randhawa, Minister
for Public Health and Panchayats further deepened as the minister in a
press release issued today, has alleged that the MLA under a well
planned deep-rooted conspiracy tried to sabotage the inaugural
function of the new BDPO building held yesterday at Amloh. CPM to hold protest march against govt policies
Ropar, August 14
The state unit of the CPM has decided to hold a march from Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar to Chandigarh in protest against the economic and foreign policies of the NDA government.
27
chosen for awards
Ropar, August 14
The district administration has
selected 27 persons and government officials for conferring honour on
the Independence Day celebration tomorrow for their distinguished
service.
PSGPC
chief expected at border
Amritsar, August 14
Mr Sham Singh, co-chairman,
Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, and Ms J. Tresler,
adviser to the Minority Commission, Pakistan are expected to arrive at
the Hussainiwala border (on the Pakistan side) on Friday.
A
deer park only panthers can save
Patiala, August 14
The fate of the local Deer Park
hangs in balance with the Punjab government neither shifting it
outside the Moti Bagh wildlife sanctuary as envisaged by it nor
upgrading it to the status of a mini zoo as decided earlier.
Community
police centre starts
Bathinda, August 14
The Bathinda police has started a
community police resource centre as per the guidelines issued by the
Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, and the Director-General of
Police, Mr A.A. Siddiqui.
Poor
maintenance of streetlights irks residents
Patiala, August 14
Residents of various localities
here are sore over the poor maintenance of streetlights in their
areas. They allege that the Municipal Corporation is not bothered
about ensuring the proper functioning of streetlights in the city.
Ministerial
staff union plans stir
Sangrur, August 14
The Punjab State Ministerial
Services Union has chalked-out an agitation in protest against the
“anti-employee” policies of the state government and
non-implementation of the already accepted demands of the ministerial
staff by the state government.
Pepsu
corporation asks govt to hike bus fare
Patiala, August 14
The Pepsu Road Transport
Corporation has urged the Punjab Government to hike its fare by 6
paise keeping in view the introduction of the special road tax and the
earlier hike in diesel rates.
Unpaid
health workers hold dharna
Patiala, August 14
The employees for enforcing the
Family Welfare and Revamping Schemes of the Health Department, who
have been working without salaries for the past nine months, today
held a demonstration in front of the office of the Civil Surgeon to
demand the immediate release of their pays.
Sainiks
protest against illegal liquor kiosks
Pathankot, August 14
Shiv Sena activists took out a
rally here today against the illegal liquor kiosks operating in the
city.
SGPC
announces Sankrant tomorrow
Amritsar, August 14
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee has announced that Sankrant will be observed on August 16,
according to the Nanakshahi calendar.
Rs
20 stood between him and Rs 1.5 cr
Phagwara, August 14
Luck had knocked on his door but
it was just Rs 20 which stood between him and the Rs 1.5 crore lottery
prize.
Insurance
company, bank to pay for deficiency in service
Pathankot, August 14
The District Consumer Disputes
Redressal Forum, Gurdaspur, has directed National Insurance Company
Limited and Punjab National Bank, here, to make the payment of Rs
19,500 along with interest and costs incurred by the complainant, Ms
Rajesh Kumari, a local resident, on the account of deficiency in
service.
HIGH COURT
Bail in
kidney transplant case
Chandigarh, August 14
Dr P.K. Sareen, an accused in the
alleged kidney transplant conspiracy case, was granted bail by Ms
Justice Kiran Anand Lall of the Punjab and Haryana High Court here
today.
Declare Bhamra PO, Vigilance asks court
Kharar, August 14
The Vigilance Bureau, Punjab has moved an application in the court of Mrs Baljinder Kaur Bhatia with a request to declare Mr Hardeep Singh Bhamra, OSD to the former Chief Minister of Punjab, as proclaimed offender. The court has fixed August 16 as date of hearing to decide about this.
3
Wimpy employees released on bail
Ropar, August 14
Three Wimpy employees Yash
Dhawan, R.K. Gupta and Suresh Kulshreshtha were released on bail today
by the Special Judge here against a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh and a
surety of Rs 1 lakh each due to the failure of the Vigilance to
produce the challan within the stipulated time.
MLA Nakai
denied bail
Ropar, August 14
The Special Judge, Ropar, today rejected the bail application of Mr Jagdeep Nakai, MLA, Joga, in Bathinda and former Chairman of Milkfed.
Release
tubewell connections, power board told
Moga, August 14
The District Consumer Redressal
Forum, on a complaint filed by farmers of Manuke and Dagru has
directed the Punjab State Electricity Board to release tubewell
connections to them within three months. It has also directed the PSEB
to pay interest on their deposits, besides a compensation of Rs 500
each to every petitioner.
Surprise
checks by DC
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 14
Mr S.K. Ahluwalia, Deputy
Commissioner during a surprise checking of the district Administrative
Complex last night found chowkidar Gurdial Singh of the Deputy
Commissioner office in a drunken state.
Escaped
undertrials arrested in Malout
Malout (Muktsar), August
14
Two undertrials from the
Ferozepore Central Jail, who escaped on the intervening night of
August 9 and August 10, have been arrested by the local police while
they were going to Rajasthan on a car stolen by them from Ferozepore
city.
2,250 kg
of poppy husk seized
Jalandhar, August 14
The Punjab Police today seized
2,250 kg of poppy husk from a truck on the G.T. Road near Goraya.
Two
hurt in clash over parking fee
Kharar, August 14
Two persons were seriously hurt
following a dispute over parking fee outside Civil Hospital here this afternoon.
Fee
of two M.Sc courses reduced
Patiala, August 14
Punjabi University today
announced reduction in the fee structure of M.Sc. courses in
biotechnology and microbial food technology courses even as it said
the recently enhanced fee of other professional courses would not be
reduced.
Institutes
abroad to get affiliation
Jalandhar, August 14
The Punjab School Education Board
has decided to give affiliation to educational institutions abroad for
diploma and certificate courses in the fields of yoga, martial art
(gatka), Gurmat Sangeet, history and culture.
Attack
on Principal flayed
Hoshiarpur, August 14
Fourteen members of the DAV
College Managing Committee here have condemned the attack on Dr Janmit
Singh, Principal, DAV College, allegedly by Mr Kamal Chaudhry, a
former MP and former president of the managing committee of the
college along with his supporters on the college premises on August
12.
Students
break Coke, Pepsi bottles
Ropar, August 13
Students of Netaji Model School
here led by Mr V.P. Saini, general secretary, All-India Forward Bloc,
today held a procession against Coke and Pepsi companies.
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