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Crowd
beats up 2 eve-teasing cops
Jalandhar, November 1
In the second incident within a
month, two mobile Police Control Room constables allegedly tried to
make advances to Neena (name changed) near her father’s ‘dhobi’
shop on Gulab Devi Road late last night.
UT says
no to Anand as counsel in Bhattal case
Chandigarh, November 1
The UT Administration yesterday
rejected for the third time the Punjab Government's request to appoint
top criminal lawyer and Congress MP R.K. Anand state counsel in a
corruption case registered against Agriculture Minister Rajinder Kaur
Bhattal.
Foreign
team visits policing centre
Kapurthala, November 1
With a view to having first-hand
knowledge of the public utility services provided at the Community
Policing Resource Centre land to apprise themselves of the
police-public collaborative efforts, a six-member foreign delegation
visited the centre here today.
Two NRIs join Ontario Govt
Chandigarh, November 1
Two non-resident Indians from Punjab, Mr Harinder Takhar and Dr Kuldip Kullar, have joined the Government of Ontario in Canada.
Mr Takhar is a Cabinet minister and has been given the portfolio of Transportation. Dr Kullar is a Parliamentary Assistant and has been attached to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship.
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Cops
framing BJP men at Cong’s behest, says panel
Phagwara, November 1
The three-member fact-finding BJP
panel headed by Mr Swarna Ram, vice-president of the state unit of the
BJP, yesterday indicted the police for framing party activists in
cooked-up cases to please their ruling party masters.
1
killed in mine blast
Amritsar, November 1
A mine blast took the life of one
farmer while four persons, including two BSF jawans, were injured near
Wadhwa post close to the fence on the Indo-Pak border in the Ajnala
sector, about 25 km from here today.
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NRI Sikh jathas cross
over to Pak
Wagah, November 1
Two jathas of NRI Sikhs left for Pakistan to visit Sikh shrines there and to participate in the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev to be held on November 8 at Nankana Sahib.
A jatha comprising 52 Sikh devotees from England left in the morning while the second group of over 100 Sikhs from Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Australia etc also crossed over to Pakistan later. The SGPC-sponsored jatha will leave for Pakistan on November 5.
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jatha of NRI devotees crosses over to Pakistan at international
Wagah joint check post on Saturday. The devotees will
participate in the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru
Nanak Dev to be held on November 8 at Nankana Sahib in
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Preneet
to break relay fast of apprentices
Patiala, November 1
Agitating youths who are awaiting
placement in the Punjab State Electricity Board as linemen after
having done apprenticeship announced today that Patiala MP Preneet
Kaur would formally break their indefinite relay fast following an
assurance from Chief Minister Amarinder Singh that they would be given
employment in days.
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deliver test-tube babies
Amritsar, November 1
Two women delivered test-tube
babies at Lal Hospital here during this week. The Medical
Superintendent and gynaecologist, Dr Neera Kirpal, told mediapersons
that both Mrs Binderpal and Mrs Dalbir Kaur, married for the past 14
years, could not bear children due to medical problems.
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Folk
singers flay human trafficking
Bathinda, November 1
A section of Punjabi folk singers
today condemned the human trafficking and use of nudity to “sell”
Punjabi songs.
‘Mela
Ghadri Babeyan Da’ concludes
Jalandhar,
November 1
The 12th ‘Mela Ghadri Babeyan
Da’ concluded with a colourful flag-hoisting ceremony at the Desh
Bhagat Yadgar Hall complex here today. Saluting the Ghadrites senior
Communist leader Satpal Dang unfurled the Ghadar Party flag.
World
Bank team inspects projects
Ropar, November 1
A four-member World Bank team
comprising Mr Luis Constantino, Mr Vikram Chand, Mr N.C. Saxena and
Parwinder Brar today visited and inspected various rural development
projects launched in the district. The team along with the Deputy Commissioner, Ropar, Ms Seema Jain, visited Pipalmajra village where
the wetland technology project had been launched and Sandhuwan village
where the duckweed technology has been put to use in the village pond.
Give
due respect to Punjabi, says minister
Patiala, November
1
Punjab Public Health Minister
Jasjit Singh Randhawa today claimed that Punjabis belonging to the
upper strata felt embarrassed in using Punjabi as a medium of
communication which was hampering the growth of the language.
Sarpanch
comes to rescue of man in coma
Kharar, November 1
An unidentified man lying in an
unconscious state was found at Sawara village, near here, by panchayat
members.
Assault
on advocate’s kin condemned
Patiala, November
1
The District Bar Association here
today condemned the assault on the family of a senior advocate at his
residence in the city.
Vigilance
Bureau seeks records from MC
SAS Nagar, November 1
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has
asked for certain records from the Municipal Council office here.
According to sources, a DSP of the bureau visited the council office
yesterday in connection with an inquiry ordered by the bureau ADGP
following a complaint by a group of municipal councillors against the
functioning of the council.
Farmer
killed; farm labourer commits suicide
Bathinda, November 1
Sohan Singh, a farmer of Bager
Mohobat village in the district, was murdered by some unidentified
persons late last night. His body was found from the bank of the joint
pond of Burj Sema and Bager Mohobat villages this morning.
Passport
agent held for fraud
Jalandhar, November 1
The district police yesterday
arrested Davinder Kumar, a local passport agent, for submitting fake
documents to the authorities concerned and for charging Rs 10,000 from
an applicant to get his passport renewed.
Suwinderjit
group wins varsity poll
Amritsar, November 1
Mr Suwinderjit Singh’s group
made a clear sweep in the Guru Nanak Dev University Non-Teaching
Employees Association election held here. The group won all
office-bearer seats and nine executive member seats.
Programme to
promote small enterprises
Patiala, November 1
The valedictory function of
five-day entrepreneurs development programme on tailoring and fashion
designing organised by the National Small Industries Corporation
Limited in collaboration with the National Institute of Fashion Design
was held here today.
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