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Vigilance asks
PTU to sack 95 employees
Jalandhar, October 22
The State Vigilance Bureau has written to
the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Punjab Technical University to terminate the
services of 95 employees, employed during the tenure the then VC, Mr H.S Gurm,
allegedly without following the prescribed norms of the university.
Panchhi’s
remand extended
Jalandhar, October 22
As many as 10 more complaints today poured
in against Punjabi film singer Sukhwinder Panchhi, who was arrested on Friday
for allegedly duping innocent persons wanting to going abroad.
Mystery shrouds
hostage episode
Jalandhar, October 22
Even as it is said seven-year-old abducted
girl Ashina was rescued due to the efforts of the police, the 11-hour hostage
drama and the subsequent police operation which was carried out in the dead of
Wednesday night has left a trail of questions.
 Mukerian canal
damaged, generation hit
Tekrian (Mukerian), October 22
Damage to the Mukerian canal has hit
generation in four power houses on the canal, causing an estimated loss of about
Rs 1 crore per day to the PSEB. The generation in two hydel projects at Hajipur
and Uchchi Bassi, near Talwara, has been hit due to the damage to the canal.
Repair work in progress on the Mukerian hydel canal near Tekrian village.
— Tribune photo by Karam Singh
Ex-servicemen
denied plot notice for 15 years
Amritsar, October 22
More than 210 ex-servicemen, who were
allotted plots at Ranjit Avenue D-block under 97-acre Ajnala Road Extension
Scheme in 1988, are running from pillar to post to get the notification of their
plots. More than one and half decade has passed, they are still fighting to get
their allotted plots notified.
SPCA at loggerheads with
Health Dept
Amritsar, October 22
The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals (SPCA) is reportedly at loggerheads with the Public Health Department
over the merciless killing of dogs in Verka constituency, the death of a minor
boy and several cases of dog bites reported from this area.
Police action:
Mann complains to Speaker
Chandigarh, October 22
SAD (Amritsar) President Simranjit Singh
Mann said today that police repression had crossed all limits in Punjab.
Tributes paid to
police martyrs
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 22
The nations which forget their martyrs
cannot make any progress. We should always recognise, remember and respect the
supreme sacrifice made by the Punjab police to maintain the unity and integrity
of the country, said Mr Mohinder Pal, District and Sessions Judge, while paying
tributes to the martyrs of the Punjab police at the commemoration day parade at
the police lines here yesterday.
Sale of crackers
regularised at specific sites
Bathinda, October 22
Mr Anurag Aggrawal, District Magistrate in
his orders issued under Section 144 regularised the sale of crackers.
Rs 3 crore for
temple
Amritsar, October 22
The Ram Tirath Balmiki Temple Board today
decided to allot Rs 3 crore for a temple to be constructed in the sarovar of the
ancient Sri Ram Tirath Temple, about 18 km from here.
122 pharmacists
regularised
Chandigarh, October 22
The Punjab Government has regularised the
services of 122 pharmacists working on an ad hoc basis since June, 1997, in the
Health and Family Welfare Department, says a press note.
‘Ghadri
Babbian daa’ mela from Oct 29
Jalandhar, October 22
The 12th annual four-day fair, “Mela
Ghadri Babbian Daa”, would start on October 29 at the “Ram Mohammed Singh
Azad Nagar” set up in the Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall complex here.
Tributes paid to
Jassa Singh
Kapurthala, October 22
The three-day celebrations of the 220th
death anniversary of Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, a great Sikh general and
founder of the erstwhile Kapurthala state being organised by the Guru Ka Lal
Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Memorial Trust concluded at a gurdwara last night
with organisation of a ‘mahaan kirtan darbar’ in his memory.
Hike in water
tariff opposed
Nangal, October 22
Members of the Jan Sangarsh Committee here
yesterday burnt an effigy of the Nangal Municipal Council in protest against
hike in water and sewerage tariff.
Ex-servicemen to
get free treatment
Chandigarh, October 22
The Punjab Government has extended free
medical services to ex-servicemen and their entitled dependents at the state
government hospitals and dispensaries, including the 157 secondary-level
hospitals run by the Punjab Health Systems Corporation.
SDO held for taking bribe
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 22
The local Vigilance Department has caught
an SDO of the Punjab State Electricity Board red-handed, while accepting Rs
4,000 from a farmer for shifting his power connection.
3 die in
mishaps, suicide by woman
Bathinda, October 22
Two persons, one Sadhu and one woman, who
were riding a scooter, were crushed to death by a truck near Gurusarsainawala
village, 15 km from here, on the Bathinda-Dabwali road, this after noon.
Notice to non-teaching staff
leader
Patiala, October 22
The Punjabi University authorities today
issued a show-cause notice to varsity Non Teaching Employees Association
president Malkit Singh Meeta accusing him of spoiling the atmosphere in the
varsity by making wild allegations against senior teaching officials during the
recent student agitation.
No crackers this
Divali, say kids
Patiala, October 22
Students of various schools of the city in
association with the Punjab Pollution Control Board today organised a rally to
create awareness among schoolchildren about the hazards of playing with fire.
Students seek
refund of ‘excess’ fee
Gurdaspur, October 22
Students of B.A., B.Sc., B.Com. (Part-I)
and MA (Part-I) of Government College here today went on strike in protest
against the university authorities for not refunding “excess” fee charged by
the college at the time of admission.
Honour to
varsity scholar
Amritsar, October 22
Mr Surinderjit Singh, a research scholar at
Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Guru Nanak Dev University has been awarded
by the Indian Council of Chemists the ‘young scientist award’ for his
research paper relating to development of synthetic methodologies for novel
molecule, which can be used as building block for new pharmaceuticals.
Traders block traffic
Bathinda, October 22
A large section of traders and shopkeepers
of the city today jammed traffic for hours together in the main market and
staged a dharna in protest against the alleged high-handedness of the Municipal
Corporation authorities.
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