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3 held for killing youth CBI may probe ‘misuse’ of Jallianwala Bagh funds Victim of rape suffers police apathy CM’s gifting away state’s assets opposed |
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Only DGP, ADGP can grant security to VIPs
Board not to change exam system Mrs Narinder Kaur, Controller, Examinations, Punjab School Education Board has ruled out any change in the present system of providing five kinds of question papers in annual examinations.
SAD, Cong men join
SAD(A)
Deprivation behind terror, says Nayar Noted journalist Kuldip Nayar said today that deprivation was the source of terrorism in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Naxalite movement in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. Mr Nayar, who was speaking at seminar on “Fundamentalism and Terrorism—a threat to Human Rights,” organised at Doaba College here today, said deprivation of people of elections in Jammu and Kashmir in one or the other form, led to the emergence of insurgency in the valley. Cancel
licences of cinema houses, says rights panel The Punjab Human Rights Committee today urged Home Secretary of Punjab Government, Mr S.K. Sinha and concerned authorities to cancel licences of two cinema houses and register cases against operators concerned for the allegedly forging Censor Board certificates allowing screening of x-rated films. CPI demands Rs 3,500 as minimum wage The Punjab unit of the Communist Party of India today demanded Rs 3,500 per month as minimum wage for Daily-paid staff and class IV employees, in place of Rs 2150 per month, in the state. It also demanded monthly unemployment allowance for the unemployed youths and filling of 30,000 posts of teacher in Punjab. Tight security for President’s visit Security has been tightened here in view of the visit of President of India APJ Abdul Kalam as Chief Guest of “Colour Presentation Ceremonies” of 86 Armoured Regiment, scheduled for December, 1 at Mamoon cantonment. Pak theatre group presents ‘qawwalis’ Aabshaar, a local literary and cultural society, in collaboration with the South Asian Fraternity organised “Sham-e-Qawwali” on the occasion of Id-ul-Fitr here late last night. Fraud charge against finance company A delegation of depositors in Jan Raksha Green Forest Company today met DSP S.S. Cheema and alleged that it had been defrauded of over Rs 50 lakh by the company with a promise of doubling their amount. Kidnap attempts alarm residents Panic prevails among parents over the reported attempts to kidnap school- children during the past 48 hours here. The Principal of the oldest model school here has brought the matter to the notice of the DSP, who has promised to look into the matter. Marriage palaces nuisance for students, residents This may be the time for many to wear their dancing shoes with marriages being held all over the city keeping with the “favourable time” prescribed by astrologers, but schoolchildren and residents living close to three marriage palaces on the Bhupindra Road are having a difficult time to cope with noise emanating from these places.
PSEB clears backlog of applications Hundreds of bank employees, belonging to different employees association, here today staged a dharna in front of the office of the Union Bank of India. They also held a rally under the banner of the Punjab Bank Employees Federation to lodge their protest against “anti-people policies” of the government.
62 panchayats seek relocation of judicial work
Morinda mills start
crushing operations
Cong worker expelled on charge of involvement in flesh trade Dalit-landlord clash: 1 more held
Lack of ‘scaling’ favours sciences The lack of any scaling under which the choice of subjects may be considered to ensure that candidates picking more scoring subjects did not get an undue advantage resulted in an inordinately large number of candidates with science subjects getting through the reconducted Punjab Civil and Allied Services Examination, the results of which were declared two days back. Lecturers’ interviews
rescheduled The Punjab Public Service Commission has decided to reschedule the interviews for the recruitment of lecturers in various colleges of the state. The interview for the subject of English which was earlier scheduled for December 8 to 12 would now be held from January 12 to 16 next year.
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