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Rise
above party politics to solve SYL issue: Gill
 Chandigarh, June 12
Just one look at his resolute
eyes peeping from behind the glasses is enough to tell you that
country's former Chief Election Commissioner-cum-Member of Parliament
M.S. Gill has a solution to the water dispute between Punjab and
Haryana. But the bureaucrat-turned-politician is careful with words as
he simply mutters, "Rajasthan is getting substantial share of
Punjab's water... It should be looked into".
Chief
Secretary seeks records of govt men in BBMB
Ropar, June 12
The Punjab Chief Secretary has
called for the record of Punjab employees working in the BBMB. Sources
available here state that the Chief Secretary has written to the
Personnel Department, Punjab, to provide him the above record. The
department has further written to the BBMB to provide the
department-wise record of the Punjab employees working there.
Call to
boycott Chandok for honouring Tytler
Amritsar, June 12
 Giving a call for social boycott
of Mr Parhlad Singh Chandok, president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara
Management Committee, for allegedly honouring Mr Jagdish Tytler, Union
Minister (his name had figured among those who allegedly engineered
the anti-Sikh riots in 1984), Mr Gurcharn Singh Babbar, today
criticised the Jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti,
and Mr Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal, for their
silence on this issue.
Students
resent delay in announcing exam date
Jalandhar, June 12
Resentment prevails among
hundreds of students aspiring to take admission in MBA or MCA courses
in various colleges of Punjab Technical University over delay on the
part of Punjabi University in announcing the date of entrance
examination.
Notorious
smuggler held
Bathinda, June 12
The Rampura police today arrested
an inter-state smuggler, Raj Moddar, under the National Security Act
on the orders of the Additional Secretary, Department of Home, Punjab.
The order was issued on June 9, after taking permission from the
Governor of Punjab.
Cancel
Pakhoke’s candidature, says KMC
Amritsar, June 12
The Khalra Mission Committee in a
letter to the Jathedar, Akal Takht, today sought the cancellation of
the candidature of Mr Alwinder Pal Singh Pakhoke and Mr Sucha Singh
Langah for the coming general election of the Shiromani Gurdwara
Parbandhak Committee.
Muktsar, June 12
Contrary to its claims, the
district administration has failed to do anything to ensure proper
disposal of rainy water. As far as the town is concerned, no work has yet been started for
the desiltation of manholes and drains on the Abohar road by the
Municipal Council and Public Health Department.
A resident crosses a lane of Gandhi Nagar in Muktsar on which sewerage water has accumulated.
— Photo by Kulbir Beera |
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Badal
all set to be re-elected SAD chief
Amritsar, June 12
Mr Parkash Singh Badal is all set
to be re-elected president, Shiromani Akali Dal, at a session to be
held at Teja Singh Samundari Hall.
Jahajgarh
made temporary bus stand
Amritsar, June 12
Mr Raminder Singh, Deputy
Commissioner, has ordered the use of Jahajgarh (Patakha market) as
additional temporary bus stand due to traffic pressure on the Amritsar
— Jalandhar road.
Residents
fear threat from phone towers
Barnala, June 12
Shopkeepers and residents of the
local Sadar Bazar are apprehending threat to their lives and property
from private cellphone companies base transreceiver station (BTS)
towers after one such tower fell due to a storm on June 7 near Chhatta
Khoo Morcha of the bazar, injuring a few persons and damaging two
vehicles.
Issuing
of SC certificates to be simplified
Kapurthala, June 12
The students seeking admission in
professional colleges. Can get domicile, SC/BC certificate and birth
certificate made in less than two days through the Suvidha centre.
Mini-secretariat
staff apprise DC of problems
Bathinda, June 12
A delegation of the district unit
of the Punjab State Ministerial Service Union today met Deputy
Commissioner K.A.P. Sinha and urged him to solve the problems being
faced by employees working in the local Mini-Secretariat.
Sirhind
financier murdered
Wife injured; servant’s
hand suspected
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 12
Sirhind town plunged into gloom
when the news of the heinous murder of Kulwant Mehta, 70, a leading
financier of the town and secretary of the local Ashoka Educational
Trust, spread in the town this morning. His body was found lying in a
pool of blood in his bedroom, while his wife Kusam Mehta, 65, was
found in a critical position in the lobby.
Chit
fund firm owner booked for fraud
Amritsar, June 12
Following pressure from investors
and an inquiry, the district police chief yesterday issued direction
to register an FIR against Sublime Chit fund company owner Kulwant
Singh Nagi for duping public to the tune of Rs 60 crore.
3 held
for abducting minor girl
Phagwara, June 12
The local police has arrested
three out of seven youths booked under Sections 363, 366,506, and
120-B of the IPC on the charges of inducing, intimidating and
abducting a minor girl of nearby village Chak Hakim, it was learnt
today.
Narcotics
worth Rs 6 cr destroyed
Amritsar, June 12
The district police yesterday
destroyed narcotics worth over Rs 6 crore — seized since 1996 and
dumped in the Malkhana as evidence in 275 cases — at the Police
Lines here.
3
women held, 100 kg poppy husk seized
Bathinda, June 12
Three women and a man were
arrested by the Talwandi Sabo police for alleged smuggling of
narcotics in this region. More than 100 kg of poppy husk and one kg of
opium was recovered from them.
Centre
for Guru Granth Sahib Studies set up
Jalandhar, June 12
Lyallpur Khalsa College has set
up the “Centre for Guru Granth Sahib Studies” on its premises to
spread and preach the thoughts enshrined in Guru Granth Sahib by
encouraging the youth to take up research projects to improve the
moral structure of the society.
Protest
against hiring teachers on contract
Faridkot, June 12
Unemployed elementary trained
teachers from different parts of the state took out a protest march
through the main streets of this town today in protest against the
Government’s policy to fill the ETT posts on contract basis,
depriving the unemployed ETT teachers of permanent jobs.
PRTC
to induct 200 new buses
Patiala, June 12
The Pepsu Road Transport
Corporation will induct 200 more buses during the current financial
year and build two new bus stands at Patiala and Phagwara besides
strengthening its long-route and night services.
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