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Sonali
charmed by Punjabis
Jalandhar, December 16
“I love Punjab, Punjabis and
the Punjabi food. It is wonderful to be here . It is nothing short of
a homecoming as I am married to a Punjabi,” says Bollywood actress
Sonali Bendre. “It is wonderful. Punjabi food is fabulous. I was
tired after the long journey from Mumbai, yet I savoured the food last
night said Sonali while admitting that most of her films were flops.
Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre who was in Jalandhar on Tuesday.
— Photo by Sukhwinder
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Chohan asks
militants to return, expose govt
Jalandhar, December 16
The president of the Khalsa Raj
Party and Khalistan ideologue, Dr Jagjit Singh Chohan, yesterday said
the Sikh militants, who had been residing abroad for the past more
than a decade, should return to their motherland to inform the people
about the forces responsible for the decade-long turmoil in Punjab.
Vijay Divas:
veterans feel let down
Bathinda, December 16
Gurnam Singh (94), a veteran of
World War II, who has faced all odd situations in different countries
bravely from 1939 to 1947, has been finding himself defeated in the
evening of his life.
Brig Jatinder Singh, Station Commander, Bathinda Military Station, listens to grievances of war veterans on Tuesday.
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Heroes
of 1971 war remembered
Khasa (Amritsar),
December 16
Major-General B.S. Nagal General
Officer Commanding (GOC) of Panther division today laid a wreath to
pay tributes to the martyrs of 1971 Indo-Pakistan war at the
“Dograi’ War Memorial to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of
‘Vijay Divas’ here. The jawans drawn from different regiments
reversed arms to pay tributes to their comrades-in-arms who laid down
their lives during the Bangladesh liberation war and defending the
western borders.
Jor
Mela to be a sombre affair
Fatehgarh Sahib, December
16
The four-day annual Shaheedi Jor
Mela at Fatehgarh Sahib scheduled to start from December 24, would be
different from the previous years as the martyrdom of younger
sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh, would be commemorated strictly in a
religious spirit this year.
Amarinder
to visit native village today
Mehraj (Bathinda),
December 16
Even as uncertainty over the
visit of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to his ancestral village
tomorrow, came to an end this afternoon, senior civil and police
officials from Bathinda descended here to make foolproof security
arrangements.
DC’s
help sought on zamindar, Dalit issue
Sangrur, December 16
On behalf of the zamindars of
Hasanpur village, near Dhuri, a five-member deputation comprising Mr
Jhanda Singh, district president of the BKU (Rajewal), Mr Kesar Singh,
sarpanch of Hasanpur, Mr Satwant Singh Punia, district president of
the BJP, Mr Jeet Singh Alloarkh, district president of the SAD (A);
and Mr Sher Singh, district vice-president of the BKU (Rajewal), today
met the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Sarvjit Singh, to get the dispute
between Dalits and zamindar settled soon.
Concern
over declining sex ratio
Amritsar, December 16
Expressing concern over the
alarming decrease in the sex ratio, particularly in Punjab, the
president of the All-India Women Conference (AIWC), Dr Aparna Basu,
said in the holy city of Amritsar the sex ratio had declined from 861
to 783 against the all-India figure of 934 per 1,000 males, which was
shameful.
Shifting
of vegetable mandi stalled
Amritsar, December 16
Senior officers of the Punjab
Mandi Board, who had been camping here for the past three days,
returned to Chandigarh today after having failed to persuade
commission agents to shift to a new mandi site. A senior officer,
speaking on the condition of anonymity, said fruit and vegetable
licensees, who had come to know about the proposed shifting yesterday,
managed to stall it by launching an agitation.
Police
clueless about attack on bank manager
Amritsar, December 16
Even after more than 10 days the
police is clueless about the attack on Mr S.P.S Bains, Zonal Manager
Punjab and Sind Bank. Mr Bains was injured seriously in an assault by
six persons armed with hockey sticks, iron rods etc a few metres from
his residence in Akash Avenue on the Fatehgarh Churian road on
December 6.
Hundreds turn
up for recruitment rally
Bathinda, December 16
Hundreds of youths from Bathinda,
Mansa, Faridkot, Ferozepore, Moga and Muktsar districts came to try
their luck at the sports ground of the local Government Rajindra
College where the recruitment for the Army is under progress.
A youth gets his chest marked
after performing the "beam" exercise during a
recruitment rally of Indian Army at Bathinda on Tuesday, in
which youth from six districts participated. — Photo by Kulbir
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Check
drug abuse, says judge
Fatehgarh Sahib, December
16
Mr Mohinder Pal, District and
Sessions Judge, in a function held here today released the second
issue of “Yuva Chetna”, a magazine published by the District
Hospital Welfare Section. The magazine aims to create awareness about
social evils and this issue of focussed on drug abuse.
Kicked
out of job, Dalit woman appeals to CM
Patiala, December 16
A local Dalit girl Krishna Devi,
whose services as a clerk with the Punjab School Education Board have
been recently terminated along with nearly 133 others, has appealed to
the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, for help.
Two
brothers die in accident
Hoshiarpur, December 16
Sohan Singh (55) and Amrik Singh
(60), both brothers of Krishna Nagar Mohalla here died on the spot
while Jagtar Singh son of Sohan Singh and Rajwant Singh of Nawanshahr
were injured seriously when their car (No. PB-10AN-5453) in which they
were travelling was hit by a tractor trailer at Chack Gujran village,
6 km from here on the Hoshiarpur-Jalandhar road last night. Both
injured were admitted in local Civil Hospital.
13
couples tie the knot
Amritsar, December 16
Thirteen marriages were
solemnised at a marriage function organised by the Rotary Club,
Amritsar Midtown, at S.L. Public School here today.
High
Court
Akali worker’s plea for
case against SSP
Chandigarh, December 16
In just over a fortnight after
the Punjab police cane-charged Akali workers marching towards Ropar
the day former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir
Badal were to appear before a court, a party supporter today sought
directions for registration of an attempt-to-murder case against
Senior Superintendent of Police Surinder Pal Singh and another
official for beating him.
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Kuka movement
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Ad hoc employees
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Markfed Chairman
Shamsher
Mehndi files counter complaint
Patiala, December 16
The prime accused in the human
trafficking case, Shamsher Mehndi, today filed an application in a
local court against Bakshish Singh, complainant in the case as well as
some of the other accused who were earlier his clients, claiming all
of them had implicated him in a false case.
Kisan Sabha
convention on December 19
Jalandhar, December 16
The Punjab Kisan Sabha has
decided to hold a state-level convention at Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall
here on December 19 on “failure” of the state government to
implement already accepted demands.
Farmer murdered
over water dispute
Muktsar, December 16
Mohinder Singh, a farmer of
Lakhewali village in the district, was murdered last night by another
farmer, Balkaran Singh, and three others while he and his nephew were
working in a field.
VC fires another
salvo against Pro-VC
Patiala, December 16
Punjabi University
Vice-Chancellor Swarn Singh Boparai has asked the university
Chancellor and Punjab Governor, Justice O.P. Verma, to “expedite”
action against the institute’s Pro Vice-Chancellor, Dr R.N. Pal, on
the basis of a report sent to him earlier which called for the removal
of Dr Pal from the post of Pro-VC.
Conserve
water sources, says Dr Sidhu
Patiala, December 16
The Department of Geography,
Punjabi University, organised a lecture by Dr Kirpal Singh Sidhu,
Department of Occupational Environmental Sciences, Wayne State
University, Detroit, Michigan, USA, on the topic “Role of
pollutants, environmental and social factors” in the Senate Hall of
the university here today. Vice-Chancellor Swarn Singh Boparai,
presided over the lecture.
Education
Minister fails to keep appointment
Faridkot, December 16
Infighting among senior Congress
leaders cast its shadow in Punjab on silver jubliee celebration
function of the Saint Marys Convent school here yesterday. Mr Khushal
Behal, Punjab Education Minister who was to preside over the function
did not turn up and the programme was cancelled a few minutes before
the function.
Lyallpur
Khalsa College tops NAAC evaluation
Jalandhar, December 16
The 77-year-old Lyallpur Khalsa
College, Jalandhar, has topped the Grade-A plus list of the National
Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous body of the
University Grants Commission.
Plea to declare
thermal plant area prohibited
Patiala, December 16
The Punjab State Electricity
Board (PSEB) Vigilance Department has recommended that Lehra Mohabbat
thermal plant site in Bathinda district be declared a prohibited place
besides police verification of all contract workers working in the
plant.
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Chandigarh, December 16