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No LS nominee to
be changed: Badal
Warns rebels to fall in line or face
expulsion
Chandigarh, February 19
SAD President Parkash Singh Badal said
today that none of the candidates named for the Lok Sabha elections would be
replaced and those who were opposing the official candidates faced expulsion
from the party. The party would not tolerate any indiscipline, the SAD chief
added.
Four cops
suspended for escape of undertrial
Hoshiarpur, February 19
Four Punjab Police personnel were today
suspended following the escape of an undertrial from their custody at Chandigarh
bus stand on January 16.
Rs 200-cr corpus
for farm varsities mooted
LUDHIANA: A one-time cess to
raise a Rs 200-crore corpus for state agricultural universities has been mooted
by PAU Vice-Chancellor K.S. Aulakh. The proposal will come up for discussion at a
two-day conference of the Vice-Chancellors of the agricultural universities
which began in Delhi on Thursday.
PCS officers
shuffled
Chandigarh, February 19
The Punjab Government today ordered the
following postings and transfers. Mr Mandeep Singh has been appointed Special
Secretary, Elections, in addition to being the Special Secretary, Coordination
and Jails.
23 hurt in
accident
Hoshiarpur, February 19
As many as 23 passengers, including 11
women and six children were injured when a private bus (PB-07F-5696) collided
head-on with a Mahindra Jeep (HR-09-5696) near Ghasipur village on the
Hoshiarpur-Dasuya road today.
Take NGOs’ help to tackle
female foeticide: PHRC
Chandigarh, February 19
The Punjab Human Rights Commission has
asked the state government to take the help of NGOs and other social workers to
tackle the growing problem of female foeticide which was resulting in a skewed
male:female sex ratio in the state.
Gender
sensitisation conference held
Fatehgarh Sahib, February 19
To boost the interest of women
entrepreneurs in establishing their own businesses by accelerating the flow of
credit and giving training to them in various disciplines like finance and
marketing, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard)
organised a gender sensitisation conference here today. Mr.S.K. Ahluwalia,
Deputy Commissioner, inaugurated the meet.
Dang writes to
CM on favouritism in transfers
Amritsar, February 19
A number of transfers and appointments had
been made at the ‘behest’ of legislators and other VIPs of the ruling party
causing injustice and harming public interest, said Mr Satya Pal Dang, senior
CPI leader in a letter to Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. He cited a
case of ‘dislocation’ of Dr Jagjit Kaur a handicapped woman doctor a year
before her retirement.
Rail mishap:
panel submits report
Phagwara, February 19
The three-member Railway Panel set up to
probe causes of rail accident in Santokhpura level crossing killing five
persons, including three of a family, on February 2 has reportedly submitted its
report holding gateman Balwant Singh negligent.
SGPC to release
coin on Guru Angad Dev’s
birth anniversary
Amritsar, February 19
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
has decided to release a special souvenir and commemorative coin on the 500th
birth anniversary of the second Sikh Guru, Guru Angad Dev.
Cancel auction
of plots: transporters
Bathinda, February 19
Owners and employees of different goods
transport companies lodged a protest with the local Improvement Trust when
auction of plots in the Transport Nagar started today.
Pak national shot
Amritsar, February 19
An unidentified Pakistan national was shot
when he allegedly tried to infiltrate into Indian territory from the Rorawala
side on Tuesday evening. The Gharinda police has registered a case.
Animal welfare
camp held
Dera Bassi, February 19
More than 200 animals received treatment at
an animal welfare camp organised under the Adarsh Pashudhan scheme at Himayunpur
Tisambli village near Lalru here today.
 Zila follows in father’s
footsteps
Patiala, February 19
When Ustaad Vilayat Khan named his daughter
after Amir Khusrao’s raag Zila Kaafi, little would he have known how prophetic
the name would turn out to be, for Zila Khan, daughter of the internationally
acclaimed master of the sitar, is every bit as melodious as her namesake.
Zila Khan
Sikhism
discussed in context of Buddhism
Patiala, February 19
On the second day of the international
seminar on “Guru Granth Sahib: unique status and place among scriptures”,
Prof Sanghasen Singh presented his paper on “Sikhism and Buddhism: different
perspectives” here today.
HIGH COURT
Permanent absorption
Chandigarh, February 19
On a petition filed by five police officers
challenging “permanent absorption” of para military personnel in the Punjab
Police, a Division bench of the high court on Thursday directed that permanent
absorption against the existing cadre shall remain stayed.
Stay on
reversion of sportspersons vacated
Chandigarh, February 19
Taking up a petition filed by officials
recruited in the Punjab Armed Police on the basis of outstanding achievements in
sports, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today vacated
earlier orders, passed by another Bench, staying the reversion of the
petitioners. The officials were seeking the quashing of show cause notices
issued to them in this regard.
154 cases
settled at ‘khula darbar’
Batala, February 19
Mr Harjit Singh, Deputy Commissioner,
Gurdaspur and Mr Ashwani Sekhri, Tourism and Culture Minister Punjab, at a khula
darbar today at S.L. Bawa DAV College here heard grievances of urbanites and
villagers.
Non-bailable
warrants against bank officer
Amritsar, February 19
Mr Pushwinder Singh, Judicial Magistrate
here has issued non-bailable warrants against Chief Regional Manager (CRM), of
the United Bank of India, Delhi in a case of fraud under Sections 420, 409, 467,
468, 471 of the IPC.
Burail jail
conspirators in judicial custody
Fatehgarh Sahib, February 19
Mr Narain Singh Chaura and Baljit Kaur,
both alleged conspirators in the Burail jail break case, were presented in the
court of Mrs Neelam Arora, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Fatehgarh Sahib, and
remanded to judicial custody.
e-governance net for all
offices of DCs
Chandigarh, February 19
All offices of district commissioners in
Punjab are to being brought under the e-governance net. Stating this while
inaugurating a conference on “e-Security, Cyber Crime and Law” here today,
the Chief Secretary of Punjab, Mr Jai Singh Gill, said already a “fair
amount” of e-governance was functional at the district level.
Malaysian expert
to prepare report on
elevated bridge
Amritsar, February 19
A senior construction consultant from
Malaysia, Mr Bani Hussin, has offered to prepare a report on the construction of
an elevated bridge connecting the G.T. Road with the Golden Temple Complex.
Custodial death: SHO,
constable arrested
Sangrur, February 19
The Barnala police has arrested Kulwinder
Singh, SHO of the Sherpur police station, and Sohan Singh, constable, of the
same police station, for the death of Ravinder Singh (25), Kala Bula village,
near Sherpur, on January 18 allegedly in the custody of Sherpur police, the
Action Committee, formed in connection with this alleged.
Liquor
contractor Bajakhana shot
Rampura, February 19
Mr Darshan Bajakhana, a known liquor
contractor of the region, was shot dead by four car-borne unidentified
assailants in broad daylight here this afternoon. Mr Bajakhana was going to
Bajakhana town from here after lunch at his rented house, located in the Janata
locality, when the incident took place.
Fake recruitment
racket busted
Pathankot, February 19
The local police claims to have busted a
fake recruitment racket by booking three persons, including a couple.
One killed, 3
injured in mishaps
Bathinda, February 19
Mehta Singh, of Bambiha village of this
district died and his associate Mr Balwinder Singh was injured severely when a
stray animal hit their scooter near Gill Patti village on Bathinda-Goniana road
while they were coming to the city from Jaitu town of Faridkot district today
afternoon.
Woman’s body
found on roadside
Police suspects rape, murder
Anandpur, February 19
In a suspected case of rape and murder, the
body of an unidentified woman was recovered near the Dasgraih bridge on the
Anandpur Sahib-Nangal road this morning. It was found lying in the fields by
some villagers, who informed the police.
Rs 22 lakh
hawala money seized, six arrested
Ludhiana, February 19
The district police today recovered nearly
Rs 22 lakh hawala money from six persons operating through three shops in Shiv
Market in the Division No. 6 area here. The arrests were made late tonight and
the accused were handed over to the Income Tax Department officials.
Vedic institute’s centenary
celebrations
Hoshiarpur, February 19
On the completion of the hundred years of
its formation Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute (VVRI) Sadhu Ashram
Hoshiarpur, is celebrating its centenary from February 27 to February 29 here.
Students burn
VC’s effigy
Jalandhar, February 19
Hundreds of students of different
engineering colleges affiliated to Punjab Technical University (PTU) today
participated in a rally in front of the university office here demanding
revocation of the 24 credit system in the examination.
Minister gives
grants to schools
Fatehgarh Sahib, February 19
To provide better infrastructure and
facilities to students as well as teachers, the state government has initiated
“Sarv Sikhya Abhiyan” scheme and Rs 5 crore has been earmarked for the
purpose out of which Rs 2 crore had already disbursed , said Dr Harbans Lal,
MLA, Sirhind, while addressing a function at Government Girls Senior Secondary
School, Bassi Pathana, today.
Seminar held
Malout, February 19
Scientists from India and abroad
participated in a two-day seminar on “Photonic: Emerging Science and
Technology”, organised at the local Guru Teg Bahadar Khalsa Institute of
Engineering and Technology.
50 students
examined by psychologist
Zirakpur, February 19
More than 50 students from Chandigarh,
Panchkula, Zirakpur and surrounding areas were examined in a free intelligence,
performance and personality evaluation programme by Dikshant International
School, Zirakpur, here today.
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