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May
10 is closed day
Chandigarh,
April 28
The Punjab Government
yesterday declared May 10 as “closed day” for all shops
and commercial establishments in the state to enable the voters
to exercise their franchise during the Lok Sabha poll. |
Pollution
board asked to keep check on effluent water
Chandigarh, April 28
The Punjab State Human Rights
Commission has asked the Punjab Pollution Control Board to keep a
check on discharge of effluent water by industrial units pollutants
into the open land.
BSF
jawans rescue Rangers from fire
Fazilka, April 28
BSF jawans rescued some Pakistani
Rangers who got trapped in a fire that had broken out in the Pakistan
territory on the zero line in the Fazilka sector yesterday evening.
Kar
seva to desilt sarovar ends
Water treatment plant
inaugurated
Amritsar, April 28
The kar seva for desilting the
Golden Temple sarovar concluded today with the inauguration of a
water treatment plant. The kar seva was launched amid much
fanfare on March 25.
A view of the holy sarover of Golden Temple after the completion of Kar Sewa and installation of water treatment plant.
— Tribune photo by Rajiv Sharma
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Narcotics smuggling
shoots up in district
Bathinda, April 28
With Sabha elections round the
corner, the smuggling of narcotics and illicit distillation of liquor
in the district has shot up. The police, which has been keeping a
close watch on activities of unscrupulous elements, managed to seize
4.220kg of opium in the past 60 days while only 9.400 kg was seized
last year.
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undertrials held for drug smuggling
Bathinda, April 28
The local Central Jail
authorities managed to unearth a unique mode of smuggling of
intoxicant tablets into the jail by its inmates and arrested two
undertrials, along with a brother of an accused, today.
Jammu-Udhampur
rail line gets green light
Phillaur, April 28
Much awaited 53-km long
Jammu-Udhampur Railway line has been laid. It will be inaugurated in
the middle of May, Chief Railway Safety Commissioner G.P. Garg has
completed inspection of this section and gave clearance certificate
yesterday.
DC
refutes allegations on lowest sex ratio
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 28
Taking strong exception to the
allegations levelled by certain organisations that the district had
the lowest sex ratio in the country, Mr S. K. Ahluwalia, Deputy
Commissioner, refuted these allegations.
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firms selling same drug at different rates
Sangrur, April 28
Can any drug manufactured by a
company be sold at different rates by different pharmaceutical marketing companies? The answer is “Yes”, as is clear from the
facts gathered by Dr Surinder Singla, a member of the Central Working
Committee of the Indian Medical Association.
Tubewell
borehole drilled without approval
Amritsar, April 28
Work of drilling for a tubewell
in grain market Dhab Wasti Ram area without tenders has created a
controversy. Tenders for this work and 132 other works worth Rs six
crore by the operation and maintenance (O&M) cell of the Punjab
Water Supply and Sewerage Board were cancelled on February 16, 20 and
23 by Municipal Commissioner K.S. Kang.
PSEB
staff protest against privatisation
Barnala, April 28
Activists of the local Punjab
State Electricity Board (PSEB) Technical Services Union (urban and
rural) staged a protest flag march at Sanghera yesterday to make power
board employees and others aware of “adverse effects of the
implementation of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) policies.”
The march was organised in response to a call given by the Punjab
Technical Services Union.
High
Court
Notice issued
Chandigarh, April 28
Taking up a petition filed by
Kuldip Singh and some other Junior Engineers (JE) of the Irrigation
Department, Punjab, seeking directions to the government to give them
benefits in lieu of services rendered by them on work-charge basis,
the High Court issued notice of motion for July 20.
Breach in sub-canal
hits cotton sowing
Abohar, April 28
A breach in the Malookpura
sub-canal today affected cotton sowing in 35 villages of the
subdivision. Hundreds of acres were flooded due to the 65-ft-wide
breach. Fortunately, farmers had already taken harvested wheat crop to
the purchasing centres.
Sainik Welfare
Board official suspended
Faridkot, April 28
The Punjab Government has
suspended Mr Dalit Singh Brar, Deputy Director, Sainik Welfare Board,
Mansa, for allegedly committing irregularities during his posting
here.
Surprise
raid on circus
Moga, April 28
Mr Sandeep Kumar Jain, an
executive member of the Animal Welfare Board, Union Ministry of
Environment and Forests, today conducted a surprise raid at a show of
Raj Kamal Circus here and found various irregularities and violations
under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act and the Performing
Animal Registration Rules.
Ban
imposed on sale of uncovered eatables
Patiala, April 28
The district administration has
directed the health authorities to impose a ban on the sale of
uncovered eatables to prevent the spread of any epidemic in the
district.
Fake currency
racket unearthed
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 28
The district police claimed to
have unearthed a racket of fake currency with the arrest of one Dr
Arjan Singh, the kingpin of the racket, along with his two partners,
who used to sell fake currency notes by bringing these from other
states. The main accused, who supplied the fake currency in the entire
state, is at large. The police has recovered fake currency notes worth
Rs 66,000 from them.
Minor
Dalit girl raped
Chowk Mehta, April 28
The rape of a minor Dalit girl
(14) by two youths yesterday, one of them a close relative of the
Shiromani Akali Dal’s circle president, took a political turn when
senior leaders of the Congress and representatives of many social
organisations today decided to show "black flags" to the
SAD-BJP candidate during electioneering.
Ayurvedic college
struggles for existence
Patiala, April 28
The local Government Ayurvedic
College, affiliated to Baba Farid University, Faridkot, the only
state-owned ayurvedic college in Punjab, is struggling for existence.
As many as 35 out 61 sanctioned teaching posts have been lying vacant
for the past 20 years.
Patiala, April 28