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Oct
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Sikh conference as scheduled
Chandigarh, October 13
The management committee of the
Vishwa Sikh Conference said today that the conference would be held
here as scheduled on October 26 come what may.
ST
officials
inspect godowns of traders
Sangrur, October 13
Accompanied by 40 policemen,
Additional Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Patiala, Krishan Kumar
and 50 other officials of the Taxation Department, including six
Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioners and 20 Excise and Taxation
Officers, yesterday inspected the godowns of two traders of utensils,
including Goel Metal House at Sunam 14 km from here.
Underpaid
sweepers case entrusted to
ADGP (Vigilance)
Chandigarh, October 13
Acting on the grievances of 1,400
sweepers, who are being reportedly underpaid by the Jalandhar
Municipal Corporation the Punjab State Human Rights Commission today
entrusted the case to the ADGP (Vigilance), Punjab, and directed him
to submit his report in the case.
Fearing
fraud, dept checks staff’s
papers
Bathinda, October 13
The Punjab Education Department
has ordered that the original certificates of all employees who have
obtained degrees of various courses from Maghad and Bundelkhand
universities should be submitted to the district education offices for
their verification.
Protest by Youth
Cong activists
Sangrur, October 13
Activists of the District Youth
Congress Committee, led by Mr Jagtar Singh Dhanaula, district
president, held a march here today in protest against the alleged
misuse of the CBI by the Central Government, especially in the case of
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi.
2 die of rabies; MC
squad to tackle stray dogs
Amritsar, October 13
Panic prevails in the holy city
here where two deaths due to rabies and several cases of dog bites
have been reported. In a matter of days, a five-year-old boy, Raman
Kumar of Verka, died due to rabies and Rajesh Popli of Killa Bhangian
succumbed to the killer bite even as another case of dog bite was
reported here today.
Girls perform Gidhha
on the eve of Karva Chauth in Amritsar on Monday. |
An artiste puts mehndi imprint on the
throat of a girl on the eve of Karva Chauth in Patiala on
Monday. —PTI
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MC’s
hollow promises on shifting of dairies
Patiala
Tall promises are all that
residents here have got after the Municipal Corporation announced its
decision to transfer hundreds of dairies located in residential areas
to outside the city limits nearly four years ago.
UK-Indian
mayor visits Golden Temple
Amritsar, October 13
Sikhs of the United Kingdom
followed the hukamnamas (edicts) of Akal Takht, said the Mayor of the
London Borough of Ealing, Mr Gurcharan Singh, who was here today to
pay obeisance at the Golden Temple.
Sikhs
are
unlike Hindus: Dal Khalsa
Hoshiarpur, October 13
The Dal Khalsa stated that Sikhs
were neither idol-worshippers nor they believed in 33 crore Gods and
Goddesses. Talking to the mediapersons after addressing a conference
of party activists assembled at Singh Sabha Gurdwara here yesterday,
Mr Harcharanjit Singh working president of the Dal Khalsa accused the
Sangh Parivar for spreading terrorism under the garb of so called
nationalism.
Row over
Bhagwad katha ends
Abohar, October 13
Some occupants of the Jain
Dharamshala here allegedly dismantled a pandal inside the dharamshala
and locked the entrance gate from inside to prevent the organisers
from starting the week-long Bhagwad katha yesterday.
1
killed,
14 hurt as tractor-trailer overturns
Abohar, October 13
Ten-year-old Ravi, only brother
of five sisters, was killed and fourteen others were injured as a
tractor-trailer went out of control while taking a blind turn last
evening near the Indo-Pakistan border.
One
more
dies of gastroenteritis
Patiala, October 13
With one more person dying today
of gastroenteritis, the toll following the breakout of this epidemic
in Samana has risen to four.
Bairagi
Mandal hails holiday decision
Chandigarh, October 13
The Baigragi Mahan Mandal,
Punjab, has appreciated the move to declare October 16 as a holiday
for Virat Bairagi Sammelan.
Bhattal for ridge
sowing of paddy
Patiala, October 13
Punjab Agriculture Minister
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal yesterday recommended the ridge sowing of paddy
as being superior to the traditional puddling method of paddy
cultivation whereby the whole field is kept constantly drenched with
water. Ms Bhattal made this observation after surveying the fields of
a former sarpanch in Nandpur Keshon village where paddy has been
cultivated by the ridge sowing method.
Paddy
purchased
despite ban
Bathinda, October 13
The Bathinda City Rice Millers
Association today alleged that Punjab Agro Industrial Corporation had
been purchasing paddy from the Bathinda grain market despite the fact
that this market was not allotted to it by the office of Director,
Food and Civil Supply, Chandigarh as per an October 7 order.
FCI far from
purchase targets, says minister
Patiala, October 13
Punjab Food and Supplies Minister
Avtar Henry today said the Food Corporation of India was behind its
procurement targets. Talking to newsmen here after inspecting the
local grain market, the minister said against the procurement of 32
per cent of the produce, the FCI had only been able to achieve a
target of 18 per cent.
MC
crackdown
on octroi evaders
Patiala, October 13
The local Municipal Corporation
today conducted raids to nab octroi evaders in a simultaneous action
conducted on all octroi posts in the city. Corporation Mayor Visnhu
Sharma said a penalty amount of Rs 48,000 had been realised following
the raids.
Water
project
sent to Centre
Nabha, October 13
“A Rs 2700-crore project for
drinking water and sanitation in the villages of Punjab has been sent
to the Centre for clearance.
Cops molest woman,
beaten up
Jalandhar, October 13
Two police constables allegedly
molested a married migrant woman and forced her to marry an old
widower after barging into her house at nearby Nurpur village on
Saturday. The policemen were beaten up on Sunday night by two women
social activists, who came to the rescue of the woman.
4
arrested for selling brass as gold
Bathinda, October 13
The local police has arrested
four youths for their alleged involvement in fraudulently selling to a
tea vendor a brick of brass under the garb of a gold brick for Rs 3
lakh. Mr Ishwar Singh, SSP, Bathinda, today said the accused were
arrested while they were taking the balance payment from the vendor,
Mr Sat Pal.
The four accused, who cheated a local tea vendor with a brick of brass,
being brought to the Civil Lines police station in Bathinda on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera |
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BSF
nabs
Pakistani ‘tourist’
Amritsar, October 13
Desire to see India landed
Mohmmad Saffiq (24) of Pakistan in a jail here today. He was nabbed by
the Border Security Force while crossing over to India through post
number 102 on the border.
Seven
illegal
weapons seized
Jalalabad, October 13
The police yesterday seized four
.12 bore pistols, two .303 rifles, and one .32 bore double-barrelled
pistol. All weapons were country-made but of sophisticated quality and
had ‘Made in England’ marking.
PCCTU stir from
December 5
Chandigarh, October 13
The Punjab and Chandigarh College
Teachers Union yesterday announced the second phase of its agitation.
Among its main demands are 95 per cent grants-in-aid and grant of
pension-cum-gratuity.
Teachers
of aided schools to protest
Amritsar, October 13
The Action Committee of Punjab
State-aided School Teachers and other Employees Union met under the
presidentship of Mr Teja Singh, state president decided on strike in
aided schools of Punjab on October 21.
Principal
clarifies on audit report
Sangrur, October 13
Commenting on the report of the
internal audit committee of Akal Degree College, Mastuana Sahib, Mr
Ram Singh Kular, Principal of the college, today stated that some of
the objections made in the report were wrong and this fact had been
brought to the notice of the managing committee of the college.
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