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Officials of the
administration work out the arrangements for the Lok Sabha
poll. Refresher training in operating electronic voting
machine was also imparted to the
Returning Officers. — Photo by Sawinder Singh Amritsar |
PM to
address rally in Patiala on March 18
Chandigarh, March
9
Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee will kickstart the election campaign of the Shiromani Akali
Dal-Bharatiya Janta Party (SAD-BJP) combine in Punjab on March 18 by
addressing a rally at Patiala, the home town of Chief Minister
Amarinder Singh.
Neglecting
Kambojs may cost parties dear
Ludhiana, March 9
The ire of the Kamboj community
over their continued neglect in the political arena in Punjab will be
faced by the major political parties during the Lok Sabha elections.
The 32-lakh-strong secular community, comprising the Sikhs, Hindus and
Muslims, constitutes 13 per cent of the total population of the state,
has a dominating presence in 25 out of the 117 Assembly constituencies
in the state.
Punjab
RS poll on March 26
Chandigarh, March
9
The Election Commission of India
today issued the schedule for holding the Rajya Sabha biennial
elections from Punjab.
BJP to
announce candidates by March 15
Phillaur, March 9
The Punjab BJP will finalise
recommendations for BJP candidates for three seats of Lok Sabha
Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Hoshiarpur by 13 and the panels of candidates
would be send to BJP high command which would announce BJP candidates
by March 15.
Bhai
Ranjit Singh to campaign for SAD (A)
Bathinda, March 9
Former Jathedar of Akal Takht
Bhai Ranjit Singh, while accusing former Chief Minister Parkash Singh
Badal of harming interests of Sikhs by playing into the hands of the
RSS, today said he would campaign for SAD (A) candidates in the
forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Beware
of touts, cautions PPSC chief
 Chandigarh, March 9
When a Tribune team met Lieut-Gen
Tejinder Singh Shergill (retd.), the new Chairman of the Punjab Public
Service Commission (PPSC), at Shivalik Retreat in the Western Command
headquarters this morning, he was helping wife Rindy pack bags to
leave for Patiala. She looks forward to a ‘’more challenging’’
job that her husband has been assigned with.
Synthetic
milk racket busted
Basic supply from UP
Rajpura, March 9
The district health authorities
today destroyed 1,000 litres of synthetic milk seized in a raid on a
plot in the factory area here today. Apart from ingredients like
detergent and urea, it also had flies and other foreign particles in
it.
Assembly session from March
15
Chandigarh, March 9
A two-day brief session of the Punjab Assembly will commence here on March
15. On the opening day, state Governor O.P. Verma would present his address which would be followed by obituary references, Assembly Secretary N.S. Mavi told reporters here today. Mr Mavi said the next day, according to the tentative programme, vote-on-account would be presented.
— PTI |
Turban issue:
Mann’s poser to Dhindsa
Sangrur, March 9
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann,
president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), today asked Mr
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister and Mr Tarlochan Singh,
Chairman, National Commission for Minorities, to clarify whether they
misled the Sikh community or French Foreign Minister Dominique de
Villepin misled them over the issue of a ban on turban by the
school-going Sikh children in France.
A vendor sells posters of cricketers in Amritsar on
Tuesday. — PTI |
Sikh
judicial panel’s notice to Tohra
Amritsar, March 9
The Sikh Gurdwara Judicial
Commission (SGJC) today issued notices to Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra
SGPC chief to reply to allegations made by Mr Baldev Singh, a member
of the Dugri Panchayat, in the case of allotment of prime land on
lease, at cheap rate to a confidant of the SGPC chief.
Spokesman
Editor may be ex-communicated today
Amritsar, March 9
The Sikh clergy is likely to
excommunicate Mr Joginder Singh, Editor monthly Spokesman from the
Sikh Panth tomorrow.
‘Akal
Purukh di Fauj’ to educate 10,000 youth
Amritsar, March 9
As part of the 500th birthday
celebrations of Guru Angad Dev, the ‘Akal Purukh di Fauj’ has
decided to arrange for the education of 10,000 youth from 98 villages
in the Khadoor Sahib subdivision in the 15-35 age group.
Panthic board to
organise Khalsa march
Panthers
Party condemns J&K Bill
Ludhiana, March 9
The Punjab unit of the Panthers
Party has condemned the decision of the Jammu and Kashmir Government
to divest women of their residency rights in case they marry
outsiders.
Ex-servicemen
hold rally in city
Bathinda, March 9
More than 400 former servicemen
of the district today held a rally and took out a march in the city to
lodge their protest against the non-acceptance of their demands by
successive governments at the Centre.
1
student killed in mishap
Fatehgarh Sahib,
March 9
A student of Baba Banda Singh
Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, was killed while four
others were seriously injured in a road accident near Peerjain village
on the Sirhind-Chandigarh road, today.
One
killed in cylinder blast
Batala, March 9
Mangal Masih (45), a resident of
Shastri Nagar, was killed and six others injured when an LPG cylinder
exploded in a house in the Gobindgarh mohalla here this morning.
2 killed in mishap
High
Court
Arbitrator
appointed
Chandigarh, March 9
Acting on a petition filed by a
Mohali-based builder, a Division Bench of the high court has appointed
Justice A.L. Bahri as arbitrator. In his petition, Dhandi Builders
Limited had earlier sought directions to the state of Punjab and other
respondents for quashing an order passed by an executive engineer with
the Punjab Police Housing Corporation regarding the construction of
certain house at Jalandhar.
- Refixation of pay scales
- Officers’ list
Scrap income
support scheme, says BKU (Rajewal)
Sangrur, March 9
The Bharatiya Kisan Union
(Rajewal) today asked the Union Government to scrap ‘Income support
scheme’, if it was sincere to the welfare of the farmers as this
scheme is thoroughly “defective” and would “ruin” the farmers.
Clerk suspended for
bid to frame officer
Bathinda, March 9
Mr Bal Krishan Bali, a clerk in
the SDM office at Rampura Phul, is in trouble for making an attempt to
frame up district revenue Officer (DRO), Bathinda, D.R. Virmani into a
false case of corruption by getting a raid of Vigilance Bureau
conducted on his office today afternoon.
Contractor’s
blacklisting ordered
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 9
The Punjab Government has
directed the Executive Officer of the Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib
Municipal Council to initiate the process of blacklisting octroi
contractor Kirpal Singh and Company.
Improvement
Trust budget passed
Amritsar, March 9
The local Improvement Trust
budget of Rs 69.64 crore dipped by nearly Rs 17 crore from last
year’s budget of Rs 86.43 crore. A major part of the revenue would
go towards the repayment of loans.
Woman kills lover
Moga, March 9
Ranjit Kaur, alias Jiti, a
resident of Mandi Ahmedgarh, was today arrested along with her son and
paramour, for her alleged involvement in kidnapping and murder of a
commission agent, Mohinder Pal Aggarwal, on March 2.
Missing
newly married woman found, alleges rape
Moga, March 9
A newly married woman, who went
missing under mysterious circumstances from Amritsar in January this
year, has been traced by the Maharashtra police and was brought back
yesterday, a senior police official said today.
Miscreants
fire at rest house, DTO safe
Hoshiarpur, March 9
Some miscreants fired at the
Forest Rest House located near the Tanda bypass bridge here early this
morning. Mr Chander Gaind, District Transport Officer, who was staying
there, came out along with his security guard. But by then, the
miscreants had vanished.
Two
shops burgled
Kharar, March 9
A shop dealing in watches and
electronic items and a tea shop were burgled here last night.
Suicide
by two girls
Hoshiarpur, March 9
Two village girls, aged 19 and 14
years, allegedly committed suicide by jumping into Mehngarowal check
dam last evening.
Two
held for robbery
Jalandhar, March 9
The police today arrested two
robbers and recovered a motor cycle, which was recently snatched by
them at gunpoint.
Liquor shops’
auction fetches 134.28 cr
Ferozepore, March 9
The auction of the liquor shops of the Ferozepore circle were carried out amidst tight security
arrangements today.
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