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IT Dept
detects concealed transactions worth 10 cr
Bathinda, November 25
The income tax authorities have
detected concealed transactions in real estate worth more than Rs 10
crore after investigating some documents seized during raids of 10
official premises of real estate developers and agents here and
surrounding towns yesterday.
329 BSF
recruits pass out
Hoshiarpur, November 25
Mr Ajai Raj Sharma, BSF
Director-General, today took the salute from 329 passing-out recruits
at an impressive parade at the BSF Subsidiary Training Centre in
Kharkan, 12 km from here.
BSF Director-General Ajai Raj Sharma inspects parade by passing-out recruits at the Subsidiary Training Centre,
Kharkan, near Hoshiarpur, on Tuesday. — Photo by S.S. Chopra |
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20 old
candidates stage comeback in PPSC exam
Patiala, November 25
As many as 20 old candidates out
of a total of 91 of the 1998 batch were able to make a comeback in the
Punjab Civil Executive and Allied Services (reconducted) examination.
The result of which was declared by the Punjab Public Service
Commission (PPSC) today.
Mehndi’s wife pleads for cancelling proclamation
Patiala, November 25
Ms Balwinder Kaur, wife of Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi, today filed an application in a local court, pleading for cancelling of proclamation issued against her in the case of alleged cheating and forgery registered against her and her husband besides others.
CM resorting to
divide-and-rule policy, says BJP
Chandigarh, November 25
The President of the Punjab unit
of the BJP, Mr Avinash Rai Khanna, said today that the Punjab Chief
Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, was resorting to a divide-and-rule
policy. This policy would not work in the state.
CM
leaves for Rajasthan
Chandigarh, November 25
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh, today left along with the Punjab Pradesh Congress
Committee President, Mr H.S Hanspal, for Rajasthan to campaign for
Congress candidates in the ongoing Assembly elections, according to a
press note.
Social activists
greet Pak juvenile detainees on Id
Faridkot, November 25
Mr P.H. Vaishnav, president of
the Aruna Asif Ali Memorial Trust has underlined the need to accept
the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir as the border to normalise
relationship between India and Pakistan. He charged the Pakistan Army
with disturbing the peace on the border and in India to meet its own
needs.
Amarinder
extends Id greetings
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 25
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today extended warm greetings to all Punjabis, especially the Muslims, on the eve of
Id-ul-Fitar. He said this festival symbolised love, sacrifice, goodwill and tolerance. He appealed to the people to celebrate the festival collectively. |
Pak
artiste for promoting cultural ties
Faridkot, November 25
Renowned solo, qawwali and
musical artiste of Pakistan Javed Bashir Khan has called upon Indian
and Pakistani governments to promote exchange programmes of cultural
and musical troupes between the two countries on a regular basis. This
will help in maintaining good relations between the two countries, he
said.
Anandpur
Sahib - Nangal road in bad shape
Nangal (Ropar), November
25
The 20-km stretch of the state
highway linking the historic Anandpur Sahib with Nangal has been in a
pathetic state. The entire stretch of the said road is dotted with
pits posing threat to the life of commuters.
General
category staff threaten stir
Bathinda, November 25
Mr Harbans Singh Sidhu, district
president, the General Categories Welfare Federation, said yesterday
that a section of the employees of the general categories were being
discriminated against, as the seniority of the reserved category
employees was not being modified in accordance with the Punjab
Government guidelines.
No
officers, politicians in hawala racket, says ED
Jalandhar, November 25
An interesting situation was
created here today when the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Zonal Office
here today said that there was no involvement of top bureaucrats and
politicians in a multi-crore money-laundering racket based on hawala
operations.
Takht
panel can be challenged,
says Justice Kuldip Singh
Amritsar, November 25
The seven-member committee
constituted by Akal Takht to bring about rapprochement between the two
warring groups of the Chief Khalsa Diwan seems to be in the doldrums
even as one of its members, Justice Kuldip Singh (retd), Chairman of
the Delimitation Commission, yesterday said that such an effort on the
part of the Sikh clergy could lead to legal complications.
IAF
recruitment rally on December 2
Chandigarh, November 25
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will
conduct a recruitment rally for the youth of Sangrur, Ropar, Mansa,
Bathinda, Ludhiana, Ferozepore, Faridkot, Muktsar, Fatehgarh Sahib,
Patiala, Nawanshahr and Moga districts of Punjab, at Polo Ground,
Patiala from December 2 to 6 for selection of candidates in technical
and non-technical trades in the IAF.
Ruhani
satsang held
Bathinda, November 25
People from Punjab, Haryana and
Rajasthan thronged the town to attend the Ruhani satsang organised by
the Dera Sacha Sauda, here today.
HIGH COURT
SP challenges remarks
Chandigarh, November 25
If allegations in a petition
filed before the High Court are to be believed, then adverse remarks
were entered in the annual confidential report (ACR) of a
Superintendent of Police (SP) after he submitted an affidavit against
another officer.
10
held, remanded in judicial custody
Sangrur, November 25
The Dhuri police today arrested
10 persons in connection with a case registered against them following
an alleged clash between the Dalits and zamidars of Hasanpur village,
near Dhuri, in the village on November 11 last over a piece of
“shamlat” (common land), Twenty persons of both sides were injured
in the clash.
Companies refuse to
buy basmati
Bathinda, November 25
A section of basmati growers
under the contract farming scheme of the state government are not
finding any buyers as most of the companies which had entered into a
contract with them refused to purchase their produce at the promised
prices.
Delimitation work
to start after getting census report
Amritsar, November 25
The process of the delimitation
of the parliamentary and Assembly constituencies in the country has
been held up in the wake of the new guidelines which have asked the
Delimitation Commission to conduct the work on the basis of the census
report of 2001. This was stated here today by Justice Kuldip Singh,
Chairman, Delimitation of Commission India.
POSTINGS/
TRANSFERS
4 DIGs, 10 SPs
transferred
Chandigarh, November 25
The Punjab Government today
ordered the transfers of 14 officers — four DIGs and 10 SPs.
1 killed in road accident
Kharar, November 25
One person was killed when he was
run over by a truck near Mundi Kharar here this evening. According to
the police, Gurdev Singh, a resident of Majri Jattan village under
Sadar police station, Ropar, was going on his scooter from the Mohali
area towards Ropar when the accident took place. It is learnt that
when he collided with a vehicle he fell down on the road.
4 held
on charge of robbery
Ropar, November 25
The police has arrested four
persons on the charge of robbing a liquor vend last evening. In a
press note issued here today, the police authorities said four
persons, who had come in a car, looted two cases of liquor and Rs
2,000 at gunpoint from a liquor vend located near Rasoolpura village
near Morinda.
Burglar
arrested
Zirakpur, November 25
The police has arrested Vijay
Kumar, from his rented accommodation in Burail village in Chandigarh,
and seized four gold rings, two colour television sets, a deck and
cloth worth Rs 5000, today.
Youth fest at Mata
Gujri College
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 25
The state government would
recommend to the UGC to give Mata Gujri College Fatehgarh Sahib the
status of a deemed university on the eve of tricentenary celebration
of the supreme sacrifice of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh, who were
bricked alive and Mata Gujri.
Rajindra
College wins quiz contest
Bathinda, November 25
The local Government Rajindra
College got the first prize and Government Rajindra College, Faridkot,
the second prize in an inter-college quiz competition in chemistry
here today.
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