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Bhattal designated Deputy CM
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Chandigarh, January 20
 Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal was today designated as the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab. Following approval by the Governor, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh cleared her file this morning.

Upset, Amarinder calls off Pak visit
 Chandigarh, January 20
 Upset over the “negative attitude” regarding the clearance of his foreign visits by the Union Government, the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, late this evening dropped his proposed visit to Lahore in the last week of this month.

Resolve rows, US Sikhs urges Vedanti
 Amritsar, January 20
 Expressing complete confidence in the authority of Akal Takht, Mr Yadvinder Singh, president, American Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (AGPC), urged Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti to help in resolving disputes of gurdwaras in America through arbitration.

Rights body points at mafia-police nexus
 Amritsar, January 20
 The Punjab State Human Rights Organisation (PHRO) today released the fact-finding report on the alleged mafia-police and administration nexus.



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Daler case: clean chit to wives likely
 Patiala, January 20
 The Patiala police is likely to give a clean chit to the wives of pop star Daler Mehndi and his brother Shamsher Mehndi with district police chief A.S. Rai maintaining that they seemed to be innocent.

PSEB employees hold demonstrations
 Jalandhar, January 20
 Hundreds of PSEB employees today blocked traffic on the GT road here for about two hours in protest against the move of the state government to trifurcate the board.


 PSEB employees protest against the privatisation of the power board in Amritsar on Tuesday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma		 PSEB employees protest against the privatisation of the power board in Amritsar on Tuesday.

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Highlighting agony of Partition in verse
 Indo-Pak mushaira today
 Patiala, January 20
 Their poetry is almost a living testimony to the intense pain of Partition which lacerates their hearts with every breath they take. “We are Indian Pakistanis”, these poets from Karachi insist.


Poets from Karachi, who are in Patiala for the Indo-Pak mushaira to be held on Wednesday.		 Poets from Karachi, who are in Patiala for the Indo-Pak mushaira to be held on Wednesday

POLITICS

NCP leader’s plea to maintain unity
 Bathinda, January 20
 Mr Amrit Pal Singh Brar, General Secretary and spokesperson of the NCP, Punjab, today appealed to the party leaders, including Mr P.A. Sangma and Mr V.C. Shukla, to avoid taking steps which could cause a split in the party and cause a major setback to the secular front.

Dal Khalsa not to contest LS poll
 Jalandhar, January 20
 The Dal Khalsa has decided not to contest the Lok Sabha Elections. Instead it will concentrate on the Panthic affairs.

Punjab BJP creates new party districts
 Chandigarh, January 20
 To strengthen its base, the Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to create eight more organisational districts by dividing the existing districts of Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Patiala, Gurdaspur, Sangrur and Bathinda, Prof Rajinder Bhandari, general secretary of the party, said today.

COMMUNITY

Punjab to install 4,595 hand pumps
 Chandigarh, December 20
 The Punjab Government has decided to install 4,595 modern hand pumps in 1,189 villages of the state that are yet to be provided piped water. The project will be completed at a cost of Rs 16 crore by March 31.

Thousands of farmers from nearly 43 villages near the border sector of Ajnala take off their shirts in Ajnala district
Thousands of farmers from nearly 43 villages near the border sector of Ajnala take off their shirts in Ajnala district near Amritsar on Tuesday to express resentment against the Forest Department that has asked them to vacate about 20,000 acres they claim they have been cultivating for the past 50 years. The farmers want a suitable compensation. — Photo by Sawinder Singh

Tributes paid to Sewa Singh Thikriwala
 Thikriwala (Barnala), January 20
 “Shardhanjli samaroh” held in the memory of Shaheed Sewa Singh Thikriwala, a pioneer of Praja Mandal Movement, and attended by leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal, SAD (A), Akali Dal (Ravi Inder Singh) and the Lok Bhalai Party (LBP), virtually turned into a political function.

2 cops suspended for beating up student
 Jalandhar, January 20
 Two Punjab Police personnel were suspended for mercilessly beating up a student, who allegedly tried to flee after seeing the former checking documents of passing vehicles.

Custodial death: body cremated
 Sangrur, January 20
 Ravinder Singh (25), a resident of Kala Bula village, near Sherpur, who allegedly died in the custody of Sherpur police on January 18, was cremated at Kala Bula village after the assurance from police that the alleged “guilty” policemen will be arrested soon.

Need to develop ‘national ethos’
 Patiala, January 20
 A panel discussion on “Media and National Integration” was held today at Punjabi University on the second day of the All-India National Integration Camp organised here.

1 killed in accident
 Phagwara, January 20
 In separate accidents, a school head teacher, Gurdas Ram, was killed while four others were injured in and around Phagwara during the past 24 hours.

COURTS

Sidhu to be out of jail today, claims lawyer
 Patiala, January 20
 Ousted PPSC Chairman Ravinderpal Singh Sidhu will step out from the Central Jail tomorrow after being incarcerated there for 22 months with his lawyer saying that sureties to secure his bail would be furnished in the district courts tomorrow.

Scribe’s release sought
 Jalandhar, January 20
 After finding journalist Baljit Brar “innocent” in its investigation in the much-publicised ‘Kabootri’ case, the Jalandhar police has urged a local court to discharge Mr Brar in its application submitted before the court today.

HIGH COURT
Notice issued
 Chandigarh, January 20
 Taking up a petition filed by Jalandhar-based distributor of Siti cable Sanjeet Singh, seeking protection, Mr Justice Jasbir Singh of the high court on Tuesday issued notice of motion for January 27.
ADMINISTRATION

SSP moots web conferencing in courts, jails
Patiala, January 20
 Taking handcuffed undertrials to courts on a daily basis may become a thing of the past if the Punjab police agrees to the proposal of the Patiala SSP, Mr A. S. Rai, to create web conferencing facilities in courts and jails in the state.

CRIME

Insurance employee held for cheating
 Jalandhar, January 20
 The police today arrested an employee of an insurance company who concocted story of being robbed of about Rs 85000 in order to sail through his financial crisis.

DRO held taking bribe
 Moga, January 20
 Punjab Vigilance Bureau today arrested Mukhtiar Singh, District Revenue Officer, Moga, while allegedly accepting illegal gratification of Rs 10,000 from a resident of Khalsa Kotla village in this district.

Robbery case solved, 5 lakh recovered
Patiala, January 20
 A police party searched two youths carrying a gunny bag here last night and found it stacked with Rs 5 lakh currency notes. The money belonged to a local resident from whose house Rs 10 lakh in cash and gold ornaments had been stolen in a robbery an hour earlier.
EDUCATION

Strike by college teachers today
 Chandigarh, January 20
 After holding two meetings with the Punjab Chief Minister over the issue of restoring 95 per cent grant-in-aid and other demands of the teachers of non-government aided colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh, the Punjab and Chandigarh Teachers’ Union (PCCTU) today said it would observed a one-day strike tomorrow.

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