Nomination of SGPC chief after April
18
Amritsar, April 7
The nomination of the SGPC chief would be made in the third week of this month. The decision in this regard would be taken at the forthcoming SGPC meeting of the executive committee to be convened after April 18 — the 500th birth anniversary of Guru Angad Dev.
SAD seeks transfer of Home Secy
Chandigarh, April 7
A deputation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today demanded the transfer of Punjab’s Home Secretary S.K. Sinha, along with certain other officers, after meeting the Election Commission.
Rice scam being probed, says Henry
Jalandhar, April 7
The Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Minister Mr Avtar Henry, today revealed that inquiry into Rs 625-crore rice shellers scam was on while 773 shellers, who were alleged to be involved in the scam, were not allotted paddy for milling to ensure a fair and impartial inquiry.
Liquor price war hots up on Punjab, HP border
Ropar, April 7
With rival contractors winning the bids across the borders of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, the price war of liquor has started in the border areas of the district. The price war has led to sharp fall in the prices of liquor in border areas of the district.
Students of six dental colleges to get refund
Mohali, April 7
Students of six dental colleges in the state will get around Rs 80000 each student, as refund of a part of the fee they paid to the college authorities during admission.
Anti-quota front announces candidates
Amritsar, April 7
The Anti-Reservation Front today announced the names of three candidates for the Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Phillaur Lok Sabha seats.
Election office opened
Bathinda, April 7
The main election office of Ms Paramjit Kaur, who has been nominated the
SAD(B)-BJP candidate for this reserve parliamentary constituency as an alliance candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha poll, was opened here.
Ex vice-chief of DCC joins SAD
Ferozepore, April 7
Former vice-president of the DCC and senior Congress leader Sukhdarshan Singh
today left the Congress and joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in presence of
its President, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, in Nihalsinghwala village here today.
BHEL gets Lehra Mohabbat project
Patiala, April 7
PSEB Chairman Y.S. Ratra said today the board had awarded the Lehra Mohabbat Second Phase thermal power project to BHEL on a turnkey basis.
Khadoor Sahib Gurdwara
being decked up
Amritsar, April 7
Six beautiful gates have been erected for the 500th birth anniversary celebrations to be held at Khadoor Sahib from April 13 to 18.
Deputy Commissioner Raminder Singh, at a meeting held to chalk out the details
of the function last evening, said that a new bus stand and sports stadium were
nearing completion.
Workers give final touches to Khadoor Sahib Gurdwara for the 500th birth anniversary of Guru Angad Dev to be celebrated from April 13 to 18. |
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24 injured as bus overturns
Jalandhar, April 7
As many as 24 passengers, including three women, were injured when a private bus, they were travelling in, overturned near Nangal Shama village on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur road here today.
Tension mounts at Ram Tirath Temple
Ram Tirath (Amritsar), April 7
Tension mounted at this ancient temple as police reinforcements were intensified here today following a call by Balmikis for a “large-scale kar seva” on April 9 at the temple despite a stay order till April 20.
Bank employees observe strike
Jalandhar, April 7
Hundreds of employees of Central Co-operative Bank here and its branches in the entire district today observed pen-down strike against the recent decision of the Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Punjab, to unilaterally amend service and promotion rules.
Taps go dry in Kharar
Kharar, April 7
With the mercury hovering around 37°C and peak summers yet to come, residents of the town are already in the throes of a serious water crisis.
Love plug for hole in the heart
Patiala, April 7
When children his age gather together to play, nine-year-old Krishan can only sit and watch. He dare not join them for the little boy was born with a congenital defect - a hole in the heart, a condition, which in the absence of immediate corrective surgery, may turn fatal any moment.
Krishan, the boy with a hole in the heart with his mother Sunita at Badungar in Patiala.
— Photo Rajesh Sachar |
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Ghee unit clogs air
Kharar, April 7
Residents of Khanpur village, adjoining Kharar, have complained to the Punjab Pollution Control Board to take action against a ghee-manufacturing unit in the area which was creating pollution.
Councillors seek action against officials
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 7
A tussle between the Municipal Councillors, President and officials of Municipal Council, Sirhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, has erupted over the recording of the proceedings of the meeting held on March 19.
Patiala Diary
Preneet banks on development
SPECULATIONS are going on in the city over the poll result of Patiala parliamentary constituency —from where state Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s wife Preneet Kaur is again in the fray to retain the seat.
Woman in illegal police custody rescued
Amritsar, April 7
A warrant officer of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today found Nirmal Kaur of the Gobindpur locality in the illegal custody of the police.
Dharna by Punjab employees
Chandigarh, April 7
Employees of the offices of the Financial Commissioners in the Punjab Civil Secretariat today held a dharna in front of the office of the Principal Secretary (Finance), Mr
B.R. Bajaj, for about two hours in protest against the non-payment of salary to them.
Army takes up proxy voting issue with EC
Jalandhar, April 7
The Army Headquarters authorities have taken up the issue pertaining to the inclusion of those wives of jawans and officers within the purview of proxy voting with the Election Commission (EC), who were presently not entitled to vote by proxy.
Farmers’ unions threaten to intensify stir
Bakipur (Amritsar):
Farmers under the banner of the Kisan Sangharash Committee and Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta) today decided to intensify their agitation from May 7 three days before the parliamentary elections.
(From right) Amarjeet Kaur and Gian Kaur, widow and mother of Angrej Singh, at the bhog ceremony at Bakipur village in Tarn Taran on Wednesday.
— Photo by Rajiv Sharma
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Judicial probe into police firing on farmers sought
Bathinda, April 7
The Judicial Accountability and Human Rights Promotion Organisation (North India) today demanded a judicial inquiry into police firing on the protesting farmers at Manawala Railway station in Amritsar district in the recent past. It also demanded that police involved in the same be booked for murder.
Harvesting of wheat at night banned
Amritsar, April 7
District Magistrate Raminder Singh here yesterday banned harvesting of wheat by combine harvesters in the district. The step has been taken to reduce chances of moisture in the grain .
FCI staff meeting on April 10
Bathinda, April 7
The FCI Executive Staff Union will hold its two-day national convention at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh on April 10 and April 11 to discuss the employees’ problems and evolve the strategy to solve them.
In-laws’ demand ‘forces’ man to end life
Kapurthala, April 7
In a bizarre incident, Dalbir Singh, an NRI settled in Italy, on his failure to take back his wife and daughter with him, committed suicide in his in-laws’ house in Bhadas village of this district on Monday.
Police told to look into sarpanch’s complaint
Malerkotla, April 7
Justice N. C. Jain, Chairperson of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC), in his orders yesterday evening directed the SSP, Sangrur, to look into the complaint of Ms Jull Kaur, sarpanch of Sadatpur village, in Malerkotla tehsil, in which she alleged that Mann Singh, son of Mr Diwan Singh, former sarpanch, had abused her.
Husband, wife arrested for cheating
Phagwara April 7
Travel agent couple Balwinder Singh alias Billa and his wife Davinder Kaur of Phillaur were arrested by the police the here remanded in police custody till April 8, it was learnt yesterday.
Rs 5,000 stolen from temple
Phagwara, April 7
A burglary took place in Shiv Bhagwati mandir of Chak Prema village on Monday night.
Engg college fest ends
Bathinda, April 7
A two-day festival of the local Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology concluded here today.
Mr K.A.P. Sinha, Deputy Commissioner, who was the chief guest, lauded the
excellent show put up by the students. Mr Sinha said that job security and
securing government jobs had become a thing of the past.
Students of Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology present a skit during a two-day college festival at Bathinda on Tuesday .
— A Tribune photograph |
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MA, M.Sc exams from April 10
Amritsar, April 7
Annual theory examinations of MA and M.Sc of Guru Nanak Dev University will commence from April 10. In a pressnote here yesterday Dr R.S. Bawa, Registrar, stated that the theory examinations of MA -I-II and M.Sc chemistry and mathematics part-I will start on April 10 while examination of M.Sc chemistry and Mathematics part-II would commence from April 12.
Students donate blood
Ropar, April 7
The NSS unit of the Rayat Institute of Engineering and Information Technology today organised a blood donation camp in the campus to mark the World Health Day. The camp was inaugurated by the Deputy Commissioner, Nawanshahr, Mr H.I.S. Grewal. The camp was organised under the aegis of the PGI, Chandigarh, and 350 students and teachers of engineering college donated blood.
School launches Eco Club
Patiala, April 7
The local Blossoms School launched its Eco Club by taking out a rally on awareness for environment protection here today.
Promise of pole-free Patiala
Patiala, April 7
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today asserted to make the whole Patiala National Capital Region (NCR) Town a pole-free city by introducing five-pair distribution points and five-pair cables by the year-end.
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