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Sacked
officer tops PCS (Judicial) exam
Chandigarh, November 26
Mr Shatin Goyal, one of the sacked PCS judicial officers, is back again, this
time with flying colours. He has topped the list of 48 successful candidates in
the examination of four combined batches of 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 conducted
by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the result of which was declared
yesterday.
Hope
to bear child after 32 years of marriage
Jalandhar, November 26
Ms Savinder Kaur is aged 54 and has been married for 32 years, but it is only
now that her desire to be a mother seems to be bearing fruit. This, after she
had lost all hope of ever giving birth to a child.
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BSF
acquiring thermal imagers
Jalandhar, November 26
With a view to check infiltration more effectively, the Border Security Force (BSF)
has decided to acquire about 400 thermal imagers — a sensitive electronic
device which has already proved to be a potent weapon for the Indian Army in its
drive against militancy in Jammu and Kashmir — under the BSF’s ongoing Rs
2,300 crore modernisation programme.
Id
celebrated with fervour
Malerkotla, November 26
Large groups of people offered Id-ul-Fitr prayers in several mosques here today.
The biggest congregation was witnessed at the local Idgah, where about 1 lakh
people offered “namaz” and greeted each other on the occasion.
Trust
to be set up in memory of Bindrakhia
Bindrakh (Ropar) November 26
The Punjab Government has decided to set up a trust named after famous Punjabi
singer from Ropar Surjeet Bindrakhia.
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Revitalise advisory body:
ex-soldiers
Chandigarh, November 26
Retired soldiers in Punjab have sought the revitalisation of the state’s
Ex-servicemen’s Advisory Committee to sale guard the interests of
ex-servicemen.
Pak hurdles
leave 35 trucks stranded
Wagah (Amritsar), November 26
Pakistani continues to create technical hurdles in getting clearance to 35 Tata
trucks donated by the Government of India to Afghanistan in spite of a thaw in
Indo-Pak relations.
Censor Board
certificates found forged
Bathinda, November 26
The issue pertaining to the cancellation of licences of two cinema houses here
by the district magistrate, Mr Anurag Aggarwal, few months ago for allegedly
screening X-rated films, took a new turn when it was found that certificates of
the Censor Board to screen the films produced by the cinema operators before the
Principal Secretary (Home), Punjab, Mr S.K. Sinha, had been forged.
Tractor-trailers’
parking near village resented
Phagwara, November 26
Annoyed with the parking of sugarcane carrying tractor-trailers, residents of
Palahi village today threatened direct action if it was not ended forthwith.
Former Sarpanch of the village Jagat Singh Palahi today alleged that the
cane-loaded trailers bound for Phagwara Sugar Mill line up to two kilometres
from local Hoshiarpur road bypass to Palahi village at night for their turn of
supplying cane to the Mill.
Misbehaviour by
Civil Surgeon: threat
to move court
Amritsar, November 26
The issue of alleged ‘misbehaviour’ by the Civil Surgeon (CS) took a new
turn with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) threatening to take legal action against
Dr Yashpal Singla for using ‘derogatory’ words against a Dalit driver of the
Health Department if the latter did not tender an apology.
Girl escapes
from flesh traders
Amritsar, November 26
A girl of Modhe village who was allegedly sold in the flesh trade escaped after
many months and lodged an FIR against five persons.
PRTC to get 100
more buses
Patiala, November 26
The Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) has been given clearance for adding
another 100 buses to its fleet even as its Chairman has advocated taking the
corporation out of the list of organisations slated to be put up for
disinvestment by the state government.
Bus from Samana
to Delhi flagged off
Patiala, November 26
The PRTC Chairman, Mr Ved Parkash Gupta, flagged off the first bus carrying
passengers for Delhi via Pehowa and Kurukshetra here today.
Speaking on the occasion Mr Gupta said the people of Samana had been
demanding a bus service from Samana to Delhi via Pehowa and Kurukshetra.
Encroachments
removed from trust land
Pathankot, November 26
Officials of the Pathankot Improvement Trust and the local police demolished
more than 100 unauthorised huts built on land belonging to the trust at the CIA
Chowk here today.
Probe sought
into allegations against Nihang chief
Amritsar, November 26
Coming in favour of Nihang chief Ajit Singh, Puhala, Bibi Amrik Kaur Bhullar,
recipient of the President’s Shaurya Chakra, along with five panches of Puhala
village in Tarn Taran yesterday alleged that some family members of terrorists
were conspiring against the Nihang chief.
H.S. Sohal for
Philippines
Chandigarh, November 26
Mr H.S. Sohal, a former Chief Wildlife Warden of Chandigarh, and at present an
Associate Professor at Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy in Dehra Dun, has
been selected to represent India in a six-week programme on trainer’s training
on gender issues in forestry and participatory forest management.
ITI student ends
life
Pak child arrives for treatment
Heritage festival from Dec 2
Call SSP on radio today
Seminar on cotton cultivation
Bathinda, November 26
The Punjab Mandi Board yesterday organised a seminar on cotton cultivation and
marketing (Technology Mission on Cotton) where experts spoke on the latest in
the cotton cultivation, marketing and worldwide situations.
Drive against speeding
vehicles
Lalru, November 26
Alarmed at the high rate of accidents on the Kalka-Ambala National Highway No.
22, the police today started a challaning drive against speeding vehicles. The challaning drive was launched to minimise the death rate and make driving
on the congested Zirakpur-Jharmari stretch of the highway smooth. Violations
have resulted in number of accidents for the past couple of years.
MC Commissioner
shifted
Patiala, November 26
The Punjab Government has dealt with the intense wrangling between
Municipal Corporation Mayor Vishnu Sharma and its Commissioner Sanjay Kumar by
transferring the latter out of the city and posting a PCS officer in his place.
Dacoits confess to murdering
6
Kapurthala, November 26
Two members of a “Kale Kachhenwala” gang, arrested by the city police a few
days ago, have confessed to having committed six murders and more than 24
robberies and dacoities in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
Cops suspect
relatives behind triple murder
Patiala, November 26
The local police has decided to focus on close relatives and associates of
commission agent Rimmi Gupta who was murdered alongwith his wife and
five-year-old son on November 24. This is being done because the killers did not
take away any valuables and it seemed to a case of professional killing.
Police looking
for Siti Cable MD
Jalandhar, November 26
The police is looking for the Siti Cable managing director and his associates,
who have been booked by the police for allegedly beating up and injuring two
workers of the rival Win Cable with sharpedged weapons when they were laying
cables in Shiv Nagar area yesterday.
Three arrested
for stealing vehicles
Bathinda, November 26
The district police has arrested three persons allegedly involved in stealing
vehicles in the district. Two motor cycles and one double-barrelled gun were
seized from the accused.
7 held under
Immoral Trafficking Act
Amritsar, November 26
Four women and three men were arrested from Partap Nagar area under the Immoral
Trafficking Act late last night.
Another recruitment scam
alleged in college
Bathinda, November 26
Even as the district administration has been conducting a probe into the alleged
senior technician recruitment scam in the local Giani Zail Singh College of
Engineering and Technology, the recruitment of seven employees by the college
authorities in the recent past without following proper procedure has also
raised many eyebrows.
YOUTH FEST CONCLUDES
Mata Gujri College wins overall trophy
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 26
The three-day Youth Festival of the Ropar Zone of Punjabi University, Patiala,
being held at local Mata Gujri College concluded here today. Mata Gujri College
Fatehgarh Sahib, won the overall trophy, while Government College, Mohali, will
the runners up.
Organisation
formed to teach for slum children
Patiala, November 26
A group of spirited individuals have joined hands to form a voluntary organisation named the Kalyan Sewa Samiti which will impart education to children living in slums.
Bank to offer loan for
purchasing tractors
Patiala, November 26
In order to provide credit to farmers for purchasing tractors and equipment, the
State Bank of Patiala has tied up with Eicher Tractors to offer a concessional
rate of interest of 11 per cent with 12 months gestation period under the
scheme.
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