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Review of
financial position on Oct 9
Chandigarh, October 2
The Punjab Council of Ministers is
scheduled to review the financial situation on October 9. This review comes at a
time when the state has just emerged from an overdraft of Rs 300 crore.
17 panthic bodies
plan meet on Oct 26
Chandigarh, October 2
As many as 17 Panthic organisations have
decided to hold a “representative gathering” of Sikhs from all over the
world here on Sikhism. Addressing a press conference today, Mr Gurtej Singh,
Professor of Sikhism; Major-Gen Narinder Singh (retd) and Mr Joginder Singh said
the Sikh convention would be held on October 26.
Punjab needs
industrial units: Kewal Dhillon
Barnala, October 2
Mr Kewal Singh Dhillon, vice-president of
the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and a renowned industrialist, was today
honoured by about 20 social, religious, educational and other organisations at
the Bansal Palace here on his first visit to the town. He belongs to Barnala
area, and his native Tallewal village is about 20 km from here.
28 injured as
buses collide
Jalandhar, October 2
Twentyeight passengers were injured when
two buses in which they were travelling collided near Adampur today.
Tohra dubs Sarna group win
unfortunate
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 2
Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, President, SGPC,
has termed the win of Congress-backed candidates in the annual elections to the
executive of the DSGMC as unfortunate.
Dullo warns
Swami not to meddle in state affairs
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 2
By making provocative statements and giving
threats to the state government, the Union Minister of State for Home, Mr I.D.
Swami, wanted to vitiate the atmosphere of the state and the Centre-state
relationship, said Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, MP, while talking to mediapersons
here on Monday.
Badrukhan accused to appear
before Takht
Sangrur, October 2
A seven-member inquiry committee led by
Bhai Mann Singh, Head Granthi, Takht Sri Damdama Sahib, Talwandi Sabo, today
asked all persons involved in holding akhand path at a samadh in village
Badrukhan, near here, to appear at Akal Takht, Amritsar, on October 8.
Speaker for
early completion of injury centre building
SAS Nagar, October 2
The local MLA and the Deputy Speaker Punjab
Vidhan Sabha, Mr Bir Devinder Singh, on Tuesday demanded the reconstitution of
the 17-member society supervising the establishment of the Regional Spinal
Injuries Centre in SAS Nagar.
Amritsar
Shatabdi may be speedier
Phillaur, October 2
The Railways may increase the speed of the
Shatabdi running between New Delhi and Amritsar from 110 km per hour to 120 km
per hour. This was stated by Divisional Railway Manager, Mr Hukam Chand Punia,
while talking with this correspondent here today.
Afghan doctors
arrive for training
Amritsar, October 2
Indian doctors in the private sector have
offered to train Afghan doctors in various superspeciality departments and
upgrade their technical skills on the latest high-tech equipments.
Training
soldiers to get jobs after retirement
Chandigarh, October 2
In the first venture of its kind, two
institutes have been established by Western Command to impart professional
training to soldiers who are about to retire so that they are better placed for
post-retirement employment in the civilian sector.
They remembered
the Mahatma the ‘right way’
Nangal, October 2
The Sutlej Club of Nangal today celebrated
Gandhi Jayanti by helping the physically challenged. In a function, the club
gave away 30 tricycles, 55 artificial limbs, four hearing-aid machines and five
pairs of crutches to the physically challenged persons of the area.
School students
remember Bapu
Faridkot, October 2
A function to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti was
held at the local Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Senior Secondary School today. More
than 2,000 boys of the school, old students, its founder members and
representatives of political parties and social organisations attended the
function.
Rs 5 lakh grant
for Valmik Chair
Chandigarh, October 2
The Punjab Government will organise a
state-level function on the occasion of “Parkash Utsav” of Maharishi Valmik
at Kapurthala on October 10.
Pak consulate
calls 8 detenues
Faridkot, October 2
Keeping in view the gesture shown by the
Government of India for the repatriation of all eight Pakistani boys under 17 to
their country (Pakistan) at the earliest, the High Commission of Pakistan has
called all of them in New Delhi tomorrow for their identification.
Roshani for
physically challenged
Rajpura, October 2
While boosting the morale of physically
challenged persons Roshani Society, a non-government organisation, pointed out
that these persons could prove more efficient if provided with sitting jobs.
Cut in contract farming area
opposed
Patiala, October 2
Farmers of Patiala and Fatehgarh Sahib, who
had decided to put their faith in the contract farming policy of the state
government, have come in for a rude shock with the Punjab Agro nearly cutting
the area under contract farming by half in the two districts for the coming
six-month vegetable season.
Strict
guidelines for paddy allotment process
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 2
Out of the total 98 rice mills in the
district, 85 have been allotted, to procurement agencies for custom milling of
paddy, whereas nine defaulter rice mills and four incomplete rice mills have not
been considered for the allotment of paddy.
Honorarium of boards, corpns
chiefs hiked
Patiala, October 2
The state government has decided to
increase the honorarium of chairpersons of various boards and corporations in
Punjab. This was disclosed by the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, while
addressing a press conference here yesterday.
Three cops booked for rape
Amritsar, October 2
The Mehta police, under Majitha police
district, has booked three policemen for allegedly raping a woman on September
24. The case was registered last evening after the woman presented herself
before Ms Shashi Prabha, SSP, Majitha.
Farmer held with
3 kg opium
Attari, October 2
A novel way of smuggling of opium and other
narcotics came to light with the arrest of Balkar Singh of Brar village near
Khasa here, who gave the police startling details of the new modes of smuggling.
Foster father
rapes, impregnates minor
Phagwara, October 2
A case of first making a minor schoolgirl
his foster-child and then raping her and impregnating her came to light today.
The rapist is a panch.
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