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Sonia
to visit state on May 3
Phillaur, April 25
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
President H.S. Hanspal has described the Moga incident as unfortunate
and alleged that Akalis hatched a conspiracy to disturb Moga rally of
the Congress held yesterday.
Sanjay
Dutt to campaign for Atal, if invited
Pathankot, April 25
The star-studded campaign in the
Gurdaspur constituency today gave a boost to electioneering of Vinod
Khanna, Minister of State for External Affairs, when Sanjay Dutt
organised roadshow for him here.
Congress
violates SC order, campaigns on air
Ropar, April 25
CDs containing the campaign of
the Congress went on air today in the district. The campaign was
telecast on the local City Cable network. Nangal City Cable was the
first to relay it. When contacted on the telephone, Nangal City Cable
personnel said the CDs had been sent to them through couriers from
Ludhiana.
Voter
appears to be indifferent this time
Chandigarh, April 25
Punjab goes to the Lok Sabha
polls on May 10 when its financial economy is hostage of political
populism, its image of prosperity is dimming and its social sector
performance is at ground zero. An overview of all the13 constituencies
shows that political parties are not concerned with all this.
Talhan
residents with Congress
Jalandhar, April 25
Talhan village, which witnessed
caste clashes between Dalits and Jat Sikhs last year over the issue of
control over the management of a Gurdwara, today declared its support
to the Congress nominee from the Jalandhar constituency, Rana Gurjit
Singh.
Cong
govt committing atrocities, says Kanwaljit
Patiala, April 25
Capt Kanwaljit Singh, former
Finance Minister and SAD nominee from Patiala, today accused Capt
Amarinder Singh’s government of committing atrocities on the people
of Punjab.
Order to despatch
postal ballot papers
Faridkot, April 25
Mr Hussan Lal, District Returning
Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, has directed all Assistant Returning
Officers of nine Assembly segments, Faridkot, Kotkapura, Panjgrain,
Muktsar, Malout, Lambi, Gidderbaha, Moga and Baghapurana falling in
the Faridkot parliamentary constituency, to post the postal ballot
papers to 1,563 services voters by May 3.
ASI
Gurjit reinstated
Dera Bassi, April 25
One month after the attack on a
The Tribune team for highlighting the role of the
“police-politician” land mafia, the Punjab Police has reinstated
the controversial ASI Gurjit Singh. In fact, the ASI has been given a
plum posting and appointed as Additional SHO at the Lalru police
station.
‘False’ case:
SSP to conduct probe
Amritsar, April 25
Mr Paramjit Singh Gill, DIG,
today asked the Senior Superintendent of Police here to conduct an
inquiry into an allegedly false case registered against one Avtar
Singh Bhalla, a resident of Rup Nagar area, his wife and other family
members.
Plea
to back gurdwara corridor plan
Amritsar, April 25
The Sangat langah Kartarpur, an
action committee set up for garnering support for a corridor to
Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib located on the Indo-Pak border, has made an
appeal to all candidates to take up the issue if they win the
elections.
9
Punjabis in Baluch jail
Amritsar, April 25
Nine families whose boys are
lodged at the Mach jail in Baluchistan province of Pakistan, narrated
their woes here today.
Eight
‘Birs’ damaged in fire
Bathinda, April 25
Eight ‘Birs’ of Guru Granth
Sahib were burnt in a fire due to short-circuit in Baho Sivian village
15 km from here, today morning.
Multi-speciality
camp at Rajpura
Patiala, April 25
A team of five doctors from
Fortis Heart Institute Mohali, organised a free multi speciality
health camp at Simrita Nursing Home, Rajpura, today.
2,41,041 mt of
wheat procured
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 25
The process of wheat procurement
at different purchase centres of the district is going on smoothly.
Till today, at all centres, 2,41,041 metric tonne of wheat had been
purchased by various government purchase agencies as well as private
traders, said Mr S.K. Ahluwalia, Deputy Commissioner.
Refused presents,
eunuchs abduct child
Abohar, April 25
A police party from Haryana visited different localities here
yesterday and questioned some persons who claimed to be eunuchs.
Sources said some “eunuchs” had gone
to the residence of Mr Partap Singh in Bhatha Sukhchain village in
Sirsa district last week in his absence and demanded Rs 501 from his
wife Kailash Rani as she had delivered a child seven months back.
Theft
at BJP leader’s shop
Abohar, April 25
Three hundred silver coins and Rs
5,000 were reportedly stolen by some unidentified persons from a
commercial establishment owned by BJP leader Satish Narang, Municipal
Councillor, in the timber market area here last night.
Murder
suspect held
Jalandhar, April 25
The district police has arrested
a proclaimed offender. He is a suspect in the murder of a teacher
couple in Bhogpur, about three years ago.
Experts discuss
development of Punjabi computer
Nawanshahr, April 25
Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial
College, Mukandpur, organised a seminar on ‘Technical development of
Punjabi language in computer’ on the college premises here
yesterday.
Check
number of school drop-outs, says group
Nawanshahr, April 25
The Global Campaign for
Education, state Working Group for Global Action week interacted with
450 persons from different sections of society here on Friday to know
why 100 crore children in the world (most of them in Asia, Africa and
Latin America), were deprived of education.
Dual-degree
programme in colleges soon
Jalandhar, April 25
The University Grants Commission
has decided to introduce a dual-degree programme in colleges to make
education more job-oriented. This was stated by Prof Rajesh Anand,
Joint Secretary, UGC, while presiding over the proceedings of the
annual convocation of Hans Raj Mahila Mahavidyalaya here yesterday.
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