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Badal
seeks Amarinder’s dismissal
Chandigarh, June 27
SAD President Parkash Singh Badal
today demanded the dismissal of Capt Amarinder Singh for plunging the
state into a grave constitutional crisis on the SGPC election issue.
Old NCERT
books: Rahi may move court again
Chandigarh, June 27
Punjab and Haryana High Court
advocate M.S. Rahi, who is counsel of the Guru Nanak Universal
Brotherhood Society, is getting ready for yet another legal battle
against the Union Government and the National Council for Education
Research and Training.
Mayors
yet to quit
Patiala, June 27
None of the Mayors in Punjab have
submitted their resignations to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and some
chairmen of boards and corporations have also not submitted their
resignations.
Sangrur,
Amritsar students bag most top positions
Mohali, June 27
Students from Sangrur and Amritsar
have scored majority of the top positions in the Punjab School Education
Board matric examination. The merit list consisting of the top 27
positions shared by 227 students was released by the board here today.
Gaganpreet
tops Class X exam in Patiala
Patiala, June 27
Gaganpreet Kaur of Guru Harkrishan
Public School here has topped the district in the Class X examination
results of which were declared today. She has stood tenth in the state
ranking.
Class X examination (Punjab School Education Board) Patiala topper Gaganpreet Kaur being congratulated by her school Principal, Ms Jaswinder Kaur
Dardi, on Sunday. — Photo by Rajesh Sachar |
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Jigar’s
disappearance still a mystery
Patiala, June 27
“Zindagi sabse bada inaam hai,
ise sar ankon pe rakha keejiya”, was a favourite couplet of noted urdu
‘shayar’ Jigar Jalandhari who had made Patiala his home. This
couplet, alongwith hundreds of others which were full of life make it
difficult for Jigar’s fans to believe that he could have ended his
life exactly one year back.
Protests over
Kainth’s expulsion held
Hoshiarpur, June 27
Supporters of the expelled BSP
leader Satnam Singh Kainth today demonstrated against Kainth’s
expulsion from the party. They also raised slogans in the meeting of
the district unit of Bahujan Samaj Party held at local Ravi Dass
Gurdwara, Bassi Khwaju.
Hanspal
forms 3 byelection panels
Chandigarh, June 27
The PPCC President, Mr H.S.
Hanspal, today constituted three committees for the upcoming
byelections to the three Assembly seats, necessitated by the election
of the present MLAs to the Lok Sabha in May.
Battling for
disability pension
Chandigarh, June 27
After spending years closeted in
smokey engine rooms, a former Navy sailor is now waging a battle on
two fronts. He has been struggling to get his disability pension for
the past 10 years and despite clearing interviews for three different
government jobs, he has been awaiting appointments letters for the
past several years.
From
‘purdah’ to smuggling of narcotics
Bathinda, June 27
About four decades ago, women of
the Malwa region, particularly of this district, were considered most
backward as they would hardly get any opportunity of getting formal
education.
Nangal
canal flows into 50th year
ROPAR:
The
Nangal hydel canal is set to complete 50 years. The 31-feet deep canal
continues to flow since its completion on July 8, 1954. A symbol of
high standards of construction and design the canal flows away from
the Sutlej at the Nangal Dam. A power house was built on it at
Ganguwal, near Anandpur Sahib. It has an installed capacity of about
77.65 MW.
‘Phariwalas’
have their way as officials look away
Jalandhar, June 27
Hundreds of consumers are being
fleeced in ‘apni mandis’ here, which have virtually been usurped
by ‘phariwalas’ in the absence of any check by the Punjab Mandi
Board. Officials of the board have turned a blind eye to the plight of
consumers amid allegations of corruption and malpractices.
Demolition
has ended, but questions remain
Jalandhar, June 27
The sudden abandoning of the
demolition drive of the local Municipal Corporation here has raised
many questions. These include whether the drive was left midway under
political pressure and why more than 100 illegal commercial buildings
were allowed to come up in different posh areas of the city.
AWWA
adventure camp
FEROZEPORE: With
an inspiring credo of “Asha, Vishwas, Astha” to motivate its
members, the Army Wives Welfare Association has been ensuring that the
soldier does not have to worry about his family when he goes to the
front.
Change
of investigating officer sought
Bathinda, June 27
Mr Niranjan Singh Sidhu, a
resident of California, USA, has urged the district police
authorities to change the station house officer, Raman Mandi who was
investigating into a case registered there following an attack on his
aged sister living in Sukhladi village.
Rice
millers, agents donate motor cycles to police
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 27
A police-public meet was
organised here today which was attended by prominent citizens,
industrialists, traders and representatives of social organisations.
Mrs Surinderjit Kaur, SHO, Bassi Pathana police station, called upon
the people to cooperate and provide information about anti-social
elements to the police.
Gurdwara
‘kar seva’ draws crowd
Dera Bassi, June 27
A large number of devotees today
turned up to participate in a week-long 'kar seva' at 'Guru Ka Mehal',
a complex within the premises of Bunga Nihal Garh Sahib Gurdwara,
located on the Dera Bassi-Barwala road in Saidpura village, near here,
today.
Devotees perform ‘kar seva’ at ‘Guru Ka Mehal’, a complex within the premises of Bunga Nihal Garh Sahib Gurdwara in Saidpura village, near Dera Bassi, on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan |
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Complaint
lodged against octroi contractor
Faridkot, June 27
The Municipal Council will pass a
resolution on June 30 demanding action against an octroi contractor
who was allegedly issuing fake receipts, the MC president, Mr
Gurcharan Singh, said yesterday.
Lightning
strikes factory; Rs 8 lakh loss reported
Faridkot, June 27
A cement manufacturing factory
located near Chahal village, about 7 km from here, suffered a loss of
about Rs 8 lakh after being striken with lightning in the wee hours
yesterday. However, no loss of human life was reported.
500
attend yoga camp
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 27
In the present set up of society
every one has madly joined the race for amassing as much wealth as he
could forgetting all values of life resulting in tension, depression
and violence.
CPI
decries closure of passport office
Amritsar, June 27
The Communist Party of India has
decried the closure of the passport collection office here, stating
that though the office was collecting Rs 80,000 daily, it was spending
a measly amount on its upkeep. The closure was due to some vested
interests, it alleged.
3 held on charge of
selling girls
Pathankot, June 27
The Gurdaspur police has arrested
three persons allegedly involved in sale of girls in the area. The
poor girls were mainly brought from Bihar. The district police
‘chief, Dr Narinder Bhargav, said today that on June 25, Sunita of
Ludhiana reported that her sister Usha of Baroli in Chhapra district
of Bihar was staying with her.
BJP
leader’s ex-PA booked for cheating
Phagwara, June 27
The local police has booked Sodhi
Ram, a former PA of a former Punjab minister and senior BJP leader,
for defrauding a bank of millions of rupees. It was learnt from
reliable sources today that Sodhi Ram had been booked under Sections
420, 466, 467, 468, 471 of IPC on charges of cheating and forgery.
One
crushed to death by Canter
Bathinda, June 27
Mr Kuldeep Singh, who was
returning to Chandigarh along with his family members after his
betrothal ceremony from Gidderbaha town, was crushed to death by a
speeding Canter while coming out of the car, in which he was
travelling.
2 protesting
students write to DC in blood
Jalandhar, June 27
Two of the 400 students
protesting against the cancellation of their degrees by organising a
dharna in front of the PTU campus here, wrote a letter in blood to the
Deputy Commissioner and urged him to intervene.
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