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PSEB holds
meeting with BKU leaders
Patiala, October 8
The Punjab State Electricity Board
Chairman, Mr Y.S Ratra, held a meeting with representatives of the Bharati Kisan
Union (BKU) to review the problems and demands of farmers at the board
Secretariat here today.
Police accused of
shielding guilty of rape and murder
Jalandhar, October 8
Parents of Ram Tirath Kaur, whose body was
found outside a computer centre in Hoshiarpur on June 22, today alleged that the
Hoshiarpur police was shielding the accused and no action was started against
them in the past three months.
One feared dead in factory blast
Ludhiana, October 8
Three persons were killed and six seriously injured in two incidents in the city late tonight.
A person was feared dead and another injured in a blast at a factory at Sunder Nagar.
No move to change CM, says
Hanspal
Phagwara, October 8
PPCC President HS Hanspal today pooh-poohed
rumors about a change of Chief Minister in Punjab. Talking to mediapersons,
here, Mr Hanspal said there was no move to install Ms Ambika Soni as the Chief
Minister of Punjab.
CPI to fight for
farmers
Bathinda, October 8
Dr Joginder Dyal, state secretary, CPI,
Punjab, said today that the entire state and district leadership of the party
had descended on Bathinda town to fight against any move of the state government
to stop people from attending the bhog ceremony of Gurdev Singh, who died after
being hit by a goods train while sitting in dharna on the Bhai Bakhtaur railway
level crossing during a “rail-and- rasta-roko” agitation of farmers on
September 30, to be held on October 10 at Maur Charat Singhwala village.
Parkash utsav of Guru Ram
Dass celebrated
Amritsar, October 8
Aeroplane showered petals on ‘nagar
kirtan’ procession (religious procession) held on the occasion of Parkash
Utsav (Birth anniversary) of fourth Sikh Guru and founder of holy city here Guru
Ram Dass. The ‘Nagar Kirtan’ was taken out from Akal Takht at noon today.
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| A Sikh youth
displays martial art during a procession on the eve of the
birth anniversary of Guru Ram Dass, in Amritsar on Wednesday.
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Children
participating in the procession.
— Photo by Rajiv Sharma |
‘Gurus’
articles shifted to Canada’
Moga, October 8
Some articles of Guru Nanak Dev and Guru
Gobind Singh have been secretly shifted to Canada from Dhilwana Kalan village in
the district about a month ago without prior intimation to the Shiromani
Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee, an SGPC member said here.
Petitioner for
CBI probe into cases against Kiran Rosy
Chandigarh, October 8
In a petition filed before the Punjab and
Haryana High Court, city industrialist Bharat Bhushan Aggarwal has sought
directions to the state of Punjab, and the Additional Director-General of
Police, besides another respondent, to hand over the probe into cases against
PCS officer Kiran Rosy to an independent agency like the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI).
Another
complaint against SDM
Amritsar, October 8
Mr Shivdev Singh Sandhawalia, SDM, Baba
Bakala, who is facing ‘corruption charges’ following the registration of an
FIR came under clout again today when a terrorist victim alleged that he (the
SDM) had demanded a bribe for clearing the compensation case despite directives
of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Bar to oppose move on dist
boundary
Bathinda, October 8
Mr Mohinder Singh Sidhu, president of the
District Bar Association, Bathinda, has said members of the Bar will oppose the
state government’s move to attach certain villages in the Rampura Phul
subdivision in the district to Faridkot district, according to a press note
issued here today.
Farmers hold protest, burn
effigies
Tarn Taran, October 8
Hundreds of farmers under the leadership of
the Kisan Sangarash Committee burnt effigies of the Union and the state
governments here today in protest against the killing of one Gurdev Singh, a
farmer at Bhai Bakhtora level crossing in Bathinda district on September 30 and
against the lathi charge on the farmers the next day.
DC’s orders on smooth
procurement
of paddy
Fatehgarh Sahib,
October 8
Mr S.K. Ahluwalia, Deputy Commissioner, today conducted a
surprise check on various purchase centres and expressed satisfaction
over the procurement of paddy.
Action against DSP
recommended
Malout, October 8
Mr Surinder Pal Singh, SSP, Muktsar, has
written to IG (Headquarter), Punjab Police for disciplinary action against DSP,
Malout, Mr Gurmeet Singh following complaints against him from the subordinate
staff, including SHO, police station, city, Babu Lal Sharma in past two days.
Probe ordered
into cops’ recruitment
Faridkot, October 8
Following a row over the recruitment of a
large number of policemen during the tenure of former Director General of Police
M.S. Bhullar in the past about one year despite a blanket ban on recruitment in
all state government departments, the Punjab government has marked an inquiry.
Lease agreement
for remodelling bus stand signed
Amritsar, October 8
A new lease agreement for the local bus
stand and its remodelling was signed at a high-level meeting presided over by
the Chief Secretary, Mr Jai Singh Gill, today.
Truck Union men clash, 9 hurt
Moga, October 8
Nine members of the Truck Union here were
injured in a clash between groups days before the union elections scheduled for
October 18.
Principal, DEO staff found
absent
Amritsar, October 8
The Principal of a government school and
many employees in the District Education Office were among those found absent
during surprise raids conducted by the officiating Deputy Commissioner and SDMs
in the district.
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