IAS officer dead
Chandigarh, September 2
The Punjab Financial Commissioner (Revenue), Mr Rajesh Chhabra, died of a heart attack at Badrinath in Uttaranchal today.
He was 58.
— TNS |
Authorities
mum on reopening varsity
Patiala, September 2
The Punjabi University
authorities today opened the hostels for a short period to facilitate
the striking students to take out their luggage.
NHRC
starts probe into dead bodies’ case
Bathinda, September 2
The National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) has started an inquiry regarding the finding of a
large number of dead bodies in the canals and distributaries of this
district.
Cong
men stage dharna
Sangrur, September 2
Congress activists from the
Sangrur and Bhawanigarh blocks staged a dharna against the alleged
“anti-people” policies of the NDA government here today.
Traders
devise way to evade tax
Bathinda, September 2
Even as the authorities,
including the sales tax enforcement wing, have started tightening the
noose around tax evaders who used to bring goods by way of road, a
large number of traders have started using passenger trains to
transport goods from Delhi and other parts of the country to this
region to evade tax.
 Efforts
afoot to trace monument’s history
Jalandhar, September 2
Efforts are on to trace the
original royal owner, who built the 150-year-old heritage monument —
The Jalandhar Division Commissioner’s palatial residence in local
Baradari since 1846 — when Sir John Lawrence, the first Commissioner
of Jalandhar Division, acquired it immediately after the first
Anglo-Sikh war.
The majestic residence of the Commissioner, Jalandhar Division, which has been declared a heritage monument.
Private
coloniser duping buyers
Amritsar, September 2
The Chairperson, Improvement
Trust, today supervised the construction of a boundary wall to thwart
the attempt by an unauthorised private coloniser to lay roads to the
adjacent 275 acres falling under New Amritsar Approved Scheme on the
Amritsar-Jalandhar road.
PUDA
to take action against illegal colonies
Patiala, September 2
The Punjab Urban Planning and
Development Authority (PUDA) has identified 250 unauthorised colonies
in Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib and Sangrur district and decided to
proceed against them by targeting both developers and buyers.
Documentary
to be shot on Malta tragedy
Hoshiarpur, September 2
G.S. Entertainment, a prominent
film company, will shoot a documentary on the Malta boat tragedy of
December 25, 1996.
2
die, 18 hurt in two road accidents
Lalru (Dera Bassi),
September 2
Two persons were killed and 18
including nine foreign nationals, were injured in two separate
accidents on the Kalka-Ambala highway in the wee hours, here today.
High Court
CBI
probe ordered into custodial death
Chandigarh, September 2
In just over three years after a
labourer’s son allegedly died in custody at Fazilka jail after being
reportedly tortured, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High
today ordered probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into
the matter.
3
get life term for murder
Barnala, September 2
The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr
Zora Singh Thind, here has sentenced three persons to life
imprisonment in a case of murder and slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on
each.
10-year
RI for two in smuggling case
Moga, September 2
Additional Sessions Judge Sukhdev
Singh has convicted and sentenced Gurjeet Singh of Moga and Nachhattar
Singh of Landheke village to ten years’ rigorous imprisonment and
fined each of them Rs 1 lakh in a case of smuggling of poppy husk in
1997.
Vet
gets bail as cops fail to present challan
Moga, September 2
Dr Vinod Kumar, a veterinarian,
who was arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the
Peoples Representation Act, has been released on bail by the
Additional Sessions Judge, Mr Jagmohan Singh Chawala, here.
Student
gets compensation
Ropar, September 2
The District Consumer Forum,
Ropar, has directed the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Institute of Information
and Technology to pay compensation to Pooja Sharma, a resident of
Panchkula.
8
undertrials escape from cell
Patiala, September 2
Eight undertrials today escaped
from a temporary cell in which they were lodged after being brought to
the District Courts complex by breaking open the gate of the cell.
Clerk
caught accepting bribe
Faridkot, September 2
The local Vigilance Department
today caught Mr Kuldip Singh, senior clerk at the District Treasury
Office, red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 300 from Mr
Pritam Singh, former Sarpanch of Machaki Mal Singh village, for
issuing him a no-objection certificate.
Rs
67,906 looted from bank
Mansa, September 2
A sum of Rs 67,906 was looted
from Central Cooperative Bank at Karungawali village of Haryana,
situated on the border of Punjab, at gunpoint yesterday.
Fake
registration of students detected
Faridkot, September 2
Mr B. Sarkar, Commissioner,
Faridkot, has taken a strong exception to fake registration of
students, particularly in elementary schools in the district.
PTU
students ask Kalam for help
Jalandhar, September 2
A section of the Punjab Technical
University students have urged the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam,
to meet students during his visit to Ludhiana on September 4.
6
city students clear talent search exam
Patiala, September 2
Six students of the city have
cleared the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) conducted by the
National Council for Education, Research and Training (NCERT).
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