Punjab
plan to make jails more secure
Chandigarh, June 23
In an attempt to make the jails
more secure, the Prisons Department of the Punjab Police is
identifying and transferring officials posted at the same jail for
over five years. Though the officials in the Punjab Police
Headquarters are maintaining strict silence over the issue,
the sources claim that the process of transferring jail
wardens in the state has been initiated.
A view of the Bostal Jail, Ludhiana.
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Magistrate, revenue officials assaulted
Nangli (Amritsar), June
23
A loan defaulter and his family
members today assaulted and injured the visiting
Tehsildar-cum-Executive Magistrate, Dr K.S. Randhawa, revenue
officials and the District Manager of the Khadi Board when they
reached their home to collect the loan, here today.
Dr K.S. Randhawa, Tehsildar-cum-Executive Magistrate, who was assaulted by members of the family of a loan defaulter at Nangli village in Amritsar district on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph
Punjab
to conduct PMET on July 25
Ludhiana, June 23
The Punjab Government has issued
a notification for conducting the Pre-Medical Entrance Test (PMET)
2004, for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS and BHMS courses in government
and private medical institutions of the state. The PMET will be
conducted by the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot on
July 25.
CBI
charge sheet against 12 steel mill owners
Patiala, June 23
The CBI has filed a charge sheet
against a dozen rolling mill owners of Mandi Gobindgarh who have been
accused of selling adulterating furnace oil received from major oil
companies in the black market.
24 candidates left
in SGPC poll fray
Bathinda, June 23
As many as 24 candidates,
including five women, are in the fray for the eight seats of the
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee of this district after the
withdrawal of nominations closed today.
Badal
failed to get BJP support on SYL, says Mann
Patiala, June 23
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
President Simranjit Singh Mann today said the SAD (Badal), despite its
avowed stand on the Satluj-Yamuna Link canal, had failed to elicit the
support of former Prime Minister and NDA head Atal Behari Vajpayee on
the issue.
Whip
issued to Cong MLAs, ministers
Chandigarh, June 23
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh denied in a statement issued here today that the
ministers would be asked to submit their resignations at the dinner
scheduled for June 24. Such reports were ''misconceived, politically
motivated and factually incorrect''.
Film to portray
Baba Deep Singh’s valour
Amritsar, June 23
A group of young Sikhs has
ventured into projecting the sacrifice made by a Sikh warrior, Baba
Deep Singh, on the celluloid. Addressing a press conference, the young
director from Mumbai, Jaswinder Chahal, said he felt sad that in the
powerful world of media had not been used to project the supreme and
unparallel sacrifices made by the Sikh Gurus and their followers in
the course of protection of their religion and country.
Govt
apathy forces commuters to face risk everyday
Patiala, June 23
For hundreds of commuters, who
use the dilapidated bridge on the Bhakra canal near Bhadson here,
every day poses a fresh risk to their lives. The bridge, which has
been declared unsafe for the past more then two years, is on the verge
of collapse.
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A Tamil devotee pierces a nine-foot-long trident through her mouth during their "Shitla Mata Utsav" in Patiala on Wednesday. — PTI
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Residents
come to blows at police station
Jalandhar, June 23
Two groups of residents of Kishan
Nagar here clashed at the Division 3 police station over a dispute
pertaining to a bid by one of the groups to construct a temple on a
vacant plot in the locality.
Death
of birds not by eating jamun: DC
Faridkot, June 23
Mr Hussan Lal, Deputy
Commissioner of Faridkot, has said the death of nearly 20 various type
of birds like parrot, sparrow and cuckoos was not caused by eating
jamuns from trees sprayed with a poisonous material or a chemical in
the Mini-Secretariat here on June 18.
Prime
Kharar land goes to govt as heirs not found
Kharar, June 23
More than 4 kanals of prime land
in Kharar was mutated in the name of the Punjab Government by the SDM,
Mr Sukhvinder Singh Gill, here this evening as no legal heir to the
property could be traced. It is learnt that the piece of land
measuring 4 kanals and 2 marlas had been lying unclaimed since 1947.
Cultural
programme organised
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 23
The District Cultural Society
yesterday organised a colorful cultural programme of the poems and
songs of Sham Singh, a poet-cum-journalist. Mr R.D. Kaley, a renowned
Punjabi folk singer along with Komal Chugh enthralled the audience by
singing the songs and ghazals written by Sham Singh.
No
bonded labour case in dist, says DC
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 23
No bonded labour case has been
reported in the district, said Mr S.K. Ahluwalia, Deputy Commissioner,
at a meeting of the Bonded Labour Security Committee here today.
Interim bail for PCS
officer in bribery case
Ropar, June 23
A local court today granted interim bail to a lady Punjab Civil
Services officer Kiran Rosy, who had been booked by the Punjab
Vigilance Bureau for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate
to her known sources of income.
Police
custody for tainted official
Kharar, June 23
The District Media Education and
Information Officer, who was arrested from the Patiala Civil
Surgeon’s office yesterday on a charge of accepting a bribe of Rs
20,000, was remanded in police custody till June 25 by a court here
today.
Tribune
Impact
2 PSEB men
suspended
Malout, June 23
Two PSEB employees have been
suspended for providing more power to several villages falling under
the Aulakh sub-station of the Malout subdivision in Muktsar district.
They were suspended on the spot during a raid by a team of PSEB
officials, including enforcement officers.
CBI registers case
against 25 income tax officials
Patiala, June 23
The CBI has detected 25 more
cases in which candidates have submitted false document to gain
employment in the Income Tax Department, North-West region,
Chandigarh.
Gang
involved in flesh trade busted
Operation under garb of dance
group
Bathinda, June 23
The police yesterday busted a
gang which was involved in the sale of innocent and unsuspecting minor
girls of rural areas. The gang was operating in this region under the
garb of a musical and dance group.
Cops
‘fleece’ train passengers
Ludhiana, June 23
A migrant labourer couple from
Orissa and a student from Jammu were today fleeced by four Railway
Police personnel, aboard coach S-7 of the Malwa Express. In the
incident, which took place in front of this reporter, the four
policemen, two of them carrying Sten guns, started taking a round of
the coach after boarding the train at Chakki Bank.
Two
quacks booked
Amritsar, June 23
The district health authorities
rescued two women from a private nursing home, allegedly run by two
quacks at Gahri mandi, around 15 km from here today.
IGNOU exams from
July 1
Ludhiana, June 23
Practical term-end examinations
of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), for students of
Punjab & Chandigarh, have been scheduled from 1st July to 14th
July, 2004.
Schools
to have ‘Green Brigades’
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 23
The district Forest Department,
under the farm forestry scheme, has launched a drive to plant saplings
on 125 hectares of government land 350 hectares of private land in the
district.
Workshop
on computer lab at Punjabi University
Patiala, June 23
The UGC has recommended that a
computer laboratory, based on FORTRAN, be made a regular feature of
under-graduate and post-graduate teaching in physics at Punjabi
University.
Ropar
students for conference in USA
Ropar, June 23
Seven students of the Sahibzada
Ajit Singh Academy, a residential school of Ropar, will represent
India at an international conference in the USA.
Banda
Bahadur students excel in B.Tech exam
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 23
Three students of Baba Banda
Singh Bahadur Engineering (BBSBE) College are among the top 10
positions of Punjab Technical University’s BTech (Ist semester)
(Group A) examination.
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