J&K
students visit Golden Temple
Amritsar, June 11
Mohammed Din (16), class XI
student of Senior Secondary School in Sunderbans, terrorist-infested
border district of Rajouri in Jammu sector, is thrilled by the first
outing in his life. He has never seen anything like the Golden Temple.
He feels no fear here.
Schoolchildren from Jammu and Kashmir at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Friday.
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I did
not want to die, says granthi’s son
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 11
“I did not want to die and was
at my wits end when my parents asked me to jump into the canal”,
says 11-year-old Paramjit Singh who along with his mother was rescued,
after a family of seven jumped into the Bhakra canal near Sonda
village near here yesterday.
Paramjit Singh at a neighbour’s house at Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib on Friday.
— Photo by Rajesh Sachar
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2 of
missing family found dead
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 11
The bodies of two members of a
family, which had gone missing on June 3, have been found from the
Bhakra canal. The entire family of the younger brother of Jaspal
Singh, sarpanch of Nogawan village in the district, comprising Kulwant
Singh (42), his wife Harjit Kaur (40), daughter Ramandeep Kaur (17)
and son Arvinder Singh (14) had been missing, since June 3 under
mysterious circumstances.
Rape
case: woman alleges police inaction
Faridkot, June 11
A woman employee of the local Government Guru Gobind Singh Medical
College and Hospital who belongs to Vimukti Jati, has charged the
Faridkot police with adopting an indifferent attitude in arresting an
employee of the district Public Health Department here despite the
fact that a case was registered against him at Kotwali under Sections
376, 452 and 506 of the IPC on April 28.
Balance
your goals, says expert
Bathinda, June 11
Happiness is a state of mind
which one can find within oneself. This was stated by behavioural
therapist Bharath Chandra while delivering a lecture on personality
development in the city yesterday.
Rajesh
Pilot’s death anniversary observed
Patiala, June 11
The fourth death anniversary of
senior Congress leader Rajesh Pilot was organised at Ram Bhavan near
Sanauri Adda here today. Paying tribute to the departed soul the state
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mr Ramesh Chand Dhogra, asked
people to come forward and contribute to the development of the
nation.
Cong
leader denied anticipatory bail
Chandigarh, June 11
An anticipatory bail plea moved
by the Moga district Congress president, Dr Tara Singh Sadhu, accused
of bigamy, has been rejected by UT District and Sessions Judge H.S.
Bhalla.
Zila
Parishad Budget passed
Patiala, June 11
The annual budget of the Zila
Parishad, with an expected income of Rs 67.88 lakh and expenditure of
Rs 62.99 lakh was passed by the authorities concerned here today.
Development
plan sent for approval
Muktsar, June 11
The District Planning and
Development Board, Muktsar, has sent a plan of Rs 96.68 crore for
various developmental schemes for 2004-2005 to the state planning
board for approval. This was stated by Punjab Animal Husbandry and
Sports Minister Jagmohan Singh Kang while presiding over a meeting of
the district planning board here yesterday.
SE, EO
asked to explain auction cancellation
Amritsar, June 11
Taking serious view of a lapse on
the part of two senior officers of the Improvement Trust here, the
Chairperson, Mrs Ratna, yesterday sought an explanation from the
Superintending Engineer and Executive Officer, who were allegedly
responsible for the last-minute cancellation of the public auction of
commercial sites on the basis of a fax message received from
Chandigarh.
Four
arrested for kidnapping businessman
Ferozepore, June 11
The police has arrested four
persons for alleged involvement in the kidnapping of Mr Darshan Lal
Arora, an Army contractor of the town. The Beopar Mandal here today
gave an ultimatum to the district civil and police administration to
trace the victim by Monday evening.
420
bottles of liquor seized
Kharar, June 11
The police seized 420 bottles of
liquor that was being smuggled from Chandigarh during a naka set up
last night. Two persons were later arrested in this regard. According
to a press note released by the police, a naka had been set up near
Mundi Kharar by ASI Sham Singh, Excise Inspector Kuldeep Singh, along
with police personnel. A Maruti car coming from Chandigarh was
signalled to stop.
One
held for smuggling poppy husk, car impounded
Moga, June 11
The police yesterday overpowered
an alleged smuggler after an encounter. The police denied the
encounter but identified the person as Chamkaur Singh alias Bhola, of
Chak Bajeka Rai Kot of Jagraon district.
BDPO
caught accepting bribe
Patwari
arrested for taking bribe
Vigilance
probing bogus transfers of teachers
Chandigarh, June 11
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has
launched an inquiry into bogus transfers of school teachers in the
state. The bureau has also booked Moga District Education Officer
(Secondary) Parkash Kaur in a corruption case on the charge of
accepting money from newly selected teachers under the garb of
donations.
Opening
of more petrol stations flayed
Jalandhar, June 11
Terming the ongoing race among
major oil marketing companies to open hundreds of new retail outlets
in the state allegedly without considering viability of the trading
area as a disastrous step for oil business, the Punjab Petroleum
Dealers Association today demanded a Vigilance Bureau probe into the
grant of no objection certificates by different state government
departments to the new petrol stations in violation of the prescribed
norms.
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