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AWAKE
DEARS! Volunteers take out a traditional Jaago
ceremony, urging everyone in Bathinda to get their kids
below the age of 5 immunised against polio, on Tuesday.
— Photo by Kulbir Beera |
State
Cabinet defers toll policy
Chandigarh, December 30
Due to differences among the
ministers, the approval of the toll policy for roads and bridges in
Punjab to be effective from April 1, 2004, was today deferred by the
Council of Ministers.
Homecoming
leaves Om Puri nostalgic
Patiala, December 30
It is a homecoming that has left Om
Puri fraught with emotions. As the car approached the “tonga” stand
in the sleepy little town of Sanour, near here, the actor forbade his
co-passengers to point out the way to his school, insisting that he
would figure it out himself.
Actor Om Puri with wife Nandita
and son Ishann at Harpal Tiwana’s house in Patiala. |
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Blind Chandu Lal Aggrawal and his family members at their house in Jalandhar on Tuesday.
— Photo by Sukhwinder |
Defying all odds in
life
Jalandhar, December 30
He has virtually been defying
blindness for over 59 years by striving to lead a near normal life and
by attaining a height in business like any other normal businessman.
Now when he is 64, Chandu Lal Aggrawal has exhibited an inimitable
zeal for life by making an effort to overcome his heart ailment by
undergoing a complex heart operation.
State
policy on compassionate appointments
Chandigarh, December 30
The Punjab Council of Ministers
today condemned concerted attempts at the national level, the NDA
government, to destabilise constitutionally elected governments and
create impediments in the functioning of the Congress-ruled states.
Court orders to
shift dairies
Jalandhar, December 30
The Punjab and Haryana High Court
has ordered the dairy owners in Jalandhar to shift their dairies to
the Jamsher Dairy complex by January 6. Talking to reporters here
today, the Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Ms Sarojini Gautam
Sharda, said the Dairy Development Association had filed a public
interest writ petition in the high court to delay the shifting of
dairies on account of the non-provision of proper facilities at the
Jamsher Dairy complex.
Punjab issues 2
million birth certificates to children
Chandigarh, December 30
As part of the nationwide
campaign to issue birth certificates to all children aged less than 10, Punjab has taken a lead by distributing more than 2 million
certificates in just a-month-and-a-half.
Ex-Improvement
Trust officer in the dock
Amritsar, December 30
A former Additional Executive
Officer of the Improvement Trust, Mr Rooplal Bhagat, is again in the
eye of a storm. The trust has sent a detail note to the Punjab
Government levelling charges against Mr Bhagat for alleged acts of
omission and commission in cases of sale agreements.
Rs 14
cr for Chamkaur Sahib roads
Ropar, December 30
In view of the forthcoming
tercentenary of the martyrdom of Sahibzada Ajit Singh and Sahibzada
Jujhar Singh, the Punjab Government would spend Rs 14 crore to widen
and strengthen all approach roads leading to Chamkaur Sahib.
FLASHBACK
‘03: Crime in Punjab
Trust statistics,
corruption is on decline in Punjab!
IF
statistics are to be believed, corruption, in spite of the sensational
cases registered against the Badal family and Daler Mehndi this year,
has been on the decline in Punjab. Against 104 cases registered under
the Prevention of Corruption Act in 2002, only 78 cases were
registered in 2003, to give credence to the impression that
statistics, manipulative as they are, seldom reflect the true picture.
Police
claims decrease in crime
Hoshiarpur, December 30
Mr Lok Nath Angra, SSP,
Hoshiarpur, claimed yesterday that crime remained under control in
2003. In 2002, 31 cases of murder were registered compared to 38 in
2003. There was slight increase in murder cases yet all cases (except
2) were traced and there was decrease of 16 cases in attempt to
murder.
3 held
for missing girl’s death
Fatehgarh Sahib, December
30
A sensational case of
“murder” of BA-1 student, Sonia (17), has come to light. The girl
was missing from her residence at Mandi Gobindgarh since May 5.
According to Mr Shiv Kumar, SSP, Mr Bhoj Raj, a peon in the Mandi
Gobindgarh Municipal Council, along with his wife and relatives, had
met him regarding the disappearance of his girl.
Varsity to set up
centre for development of Punjabi
Patiala, December 30
Punjabi University has decided to
establish a Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi Language under
which facilities will be provided for learning Gurmukhi anywhere in
the world besides making research material in Punjabi available on the
Internet.
Notice
issued to Punjabi University
Chandigarh, December 30
Taking up a special leave
petition filed by a Patiala resident, Dr Inderjit Singh against
Punjabi University, the Supreme Court of India has issued notice to
the varsity authorities. He had challenged the judgement and order of
the Punjab and Haryana High Court pronounced on September 2 regarding
filling of a post in the Forensic Science Department.
Principal
faces charges on retirement eve
Faridkot, December 30
A function organised by the
Parent-Teacher Association Brijindra Manch and the Old Students
Association to honour Mr Harcharan Singh Punia, Principal of the local
Government Brijindra College a day before his retirement today, took a
controversial turn when 10 professors and three council members of the
institution staged a dharna in protest against the alleged indifferent
attitude of the Principal towards the teachers.
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India expects Pakistan to take
positive steps to combat terrorism and declare its resolve to do so,
remarked Mr D. Shashank, Foreign Secretary, who crossed over to Pakistan
today to attend a meeting of the SAARC standing committee starting
tomorrow in Islamabad. He said two important agreements on social
reforms and industrial growth were likely to be signed at the
forthcoming summit.
In video: Folk enthusiasts
come together to promote Malwai Giddha.