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World-class
roads in Punjab soon
Ludhiana,
September 4
Punjab will soon boast of world-class facilities in terms of road
infrastructure. The Minister of Finance and Planning, Punjab, Mr
Surinder Singla, has promised industrialists that the dream will be
realised within three months. The state government, he said, had
identified 18 corridors for first-class highways that would make
Punjab the best physically connected state in the country.
Resentment
over auction at throwaway prices
Amritsar,
September 4
An auction of medical instruments in Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in
Government Medical College here has caused resentment in the medical
fraternity, as these were reportedly disposed of at throwaway prices.
CPI
demands early poll for local body
Bathinda,
September 4
The city unit of the Communist Party of India (CPI) today urged the
Punjab Local Bodies Minister, Mr Jagjit Singh, to make arrangement for
holding the election of Municipal Corporation immediately.
BJP to
announce candidate for Garhshankar seat soon
Jalandhar,
September 4
The Bhartiya Janata Party is likely to announce its candidate for the
Garhshankar Assembly byelection during next week.
Embezzlement
detected in govt school
Fatehgarh
Sahib, September 4
During a surprise check of schools in the district, Mr S.K. Ahluwalia,
Deputy Commissioner, and Mr Daya Singh, DEO(S), has detected
embezzlement in school funds of Government Senior Secondary School
(Boys), Bassi Pathana. The Deputy Commissioner has deputed Mr Darshan
Singh, tehsildar, along with DEO office staff to scrutinise the school
funds and accounts.
Portugal
Ambassador pays obeisance at gurdwara
Fatehgarh
Sahib, September 4
Mr Joaquim Ferreira Marques, Ambassador of Portugal in India, along
with his wife and daughter, paid obeisance at Gurdwara Shri Fatehgarh
Sahib today.
Rally on
SYL canal held
Ramgarh
(Chamkaur Sahib), September 4
The Dal Khalsa, a Sikh hardliner group, today launched an agitation
against the move to construct the remaining portion of the Sutlej
Yamuna Link canal in Punjab stating that Haryana and Rajasthan were
not riparian states and did not have right to get water from the
rivers passing through Punjab.
Bank
employees’ strike on Oct 5, 6
Ludhiana,
September 4
Demanding immediate conclusion of the eighth bipartite settlement,
bank employees and officers throughout Punjab will observe a strike on
October 5 and 6.
SPICMACAY
team leaves for Pak
Amritsar,
September 4
A 12-member delegation of SPIMACAY, headed by its founder of youth
movement, Dr Kiran Seth, left for Pakistan yesterday to explore
possibilities of opening its chapters in the neighbouring country.
Another
post-mortem conducted
Hoshiarpur,
September 4
On a demand of residents of Kahri village, the police got a fresh
post-mortem of the body of Jatinder Singh, a youth of the village,
conducted by a board of four professors of Medical College, Patiala.
Gurbani
exponent enthrals gathering
Amritsar,
September 4
Bhai Baldeep Singh, the 13th generation ‘Gurbani kirtan’ exponent
enthralled the gathering during the UGC-sponsored seminar on classical
music organized by Khalsa College for Women here yesterday.
Sikh
priest escapes attack by thief
Amritsar,
September 4
Giani Mohan Singh, additional Head Granthi, Golden Temple, had
miraculous escape today when one of the thieves, who had broken into
his house in broad daylight, tried to attack him with Giani Mohan
Singh’s sword only.
Punjab to
be greener
Sangrur,
September 4
As much as 18 per cent area of Punjab will be brought under forests by
2014 as against only 6 per cent at present.
Earring
removed from throat of one-year-old
Nawanshahr,
September 4
Doctors at Guru Nanak Mission Hospital, Dhahan Kaleran, here saved the
life of one-year-old Simran, daughter of Mr Ranjit Kumar of Talwandi
Jattan village, by conducting a surgery to remove an earring of 2-cm
radius from her throat yesterday.
Rare
surgery performed
Nawanshahr,
September 4
A rare surgery, ‘Revision Tympanomastoidectomy’, was performed on
an NRI, Ms Sandeep Kaur (18), here for reconstructing her hearing
ossicular chain.
Rs 45,881
lakh disbursed under priority sector
Sangrur,
September 4
A meeting of the Sangrur District Consultative Committee was held
under the chairmanship of Mr Husan Lal, Deputy Commissioner, here
yesterday.
Cultural
show
Kharar,
September 4
Teachers are builders of the nation and they have contributed to the
welfare of society in a big way.
Doctor
cremated
Hoshiarpur,
September 4
A young woman doctor Kiran Tuknayat, who was working as a Medical
Officer at the Lachowal village dispensary, and allegedly committed
suicide by jumping into Bhakra Canal near Gangowal Power Station on
September, 1, was cremated here today. Hundreds of citizens, including
her doctor colleagues, attended the funeral.
Missing
woman rescued
Kapurthala,
September 4
A 38-year-old woman, who had been missing for the past two years, was
found with a tantrik by the district police here today.
Summary
revision of electoral rolls
Patiala,
September 4
The district administration today released special summary revision
list of electoral rolls.
VIPs call
on Baba Virsa Singh
Rajpura,
September 4
Scores of followers, including top Punjab bureaucrats and political
leaders gave a warm welcome to Baba Virsa Singhji during his 45-minute
halt at a restaurant, on the Rajpura-Ambala road, this evening.
Man gets
life term for killing wife
Faridkot,
September 4
The judge of the District Fast-Track Court, Mr Hardayal Singh, has
sentenced a person to life imprisonment and fined Rs 1,000 for killing
his wife.
Multiple
agri-goods licences to go
Bathinda,
September 4
In a decision that could have far-reaching consequences in the
agriculture sector, the state government has initiated steps to cancel
the additional licences of those pesticide, fertiliser and seed
dealers who have more than one licence for one premises to prevent the
sale of spurious agricultural items.
ST team
raids chemist shops
Pathankot,
September 4
Sales Tax Department officials today raided the premises of local
wholesale and retail chemists. The police sealed the records of Arora
Medicos and Arora Jaysons. The raiding team took with it the books of
the said firms and CPU of their computers.
Cheating
case against travel agent
Hoshiarpur,
September 4
Four youths of this district — Mr Harwinder Singh, Mr Manwinder
Singh, Mr Kehar Singh and Mr Jasbir Ram — were imprisoned in
Pakistan after being cheated by travel agents. However, on
intervention by the Indian Government, Mr Harwinder Singh, Mr
Manwinder Singh and Mr Kehar Singh managed to secure their release in
August, 2003, but Mr Jasbir Ram is still imprisoned in Queta jail.
Singer
accused of human trafficking
Patiala,
September 4
Noted Punjabi singer Sukhi Brar is now wanted by the police in a
“kabootarbazi” case. The Patiala police today handed over a
complaint received against her to the Economics Offence Wing.
2 fake
wrestlers booked for fraud
Phagwara,
September 4
Two fake wrestlers have been booked under Sections 420, 406, 120-B,
IPC, and Section 24 of the Immigration Act for duping Navdeep Singh of
Jhikka Ladhana village of Rs 5 lakh on the pretext of sending him to
Canada in 2000. Navdeep had later died.
Intoxicants
seized in raids
Sangrur,
September 4
During raids on a shop of an unregistered medical practitioner and a
medical hall here today, a two-member team comprising Mr Sanjiv Kumar,
Drug Inspector, Sangrur, and Dr Makhan Singh, Medical Officer, made a
big haul of intoxicants and drugs.
Woman
dies in road mishap
Sangrur,
September 4
Kiranjit Kaur (24), a resident of Balian village, near here, was
killed while her one-year-old son, Kulwinder Singh, suffered injuries
in a road mishap, which took place near Ghabdan village, about 8 km
from here on the Sangrur-Patiala road yesterday.
Civil
Hospital doctor caught taking bribe
Bathinda,
September 4
Dr Ramesh Maheshwary, Medical Officer in the local Civil Hospital, was
caught by a team of Vigilance Bureau led by the DSP, Mr Ashutosh
Kaushal, while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 from a medical
representative.
2050
schools without heads
Fazilka,
September 4
A large number of posts of school head have been lying vacant in
senior secondary and high schools of the state. According to the
figures, out of 1,304 senior secondary schools of Punjab, 1050 (80 per
cent) are without regular principals. Similarly, out of 1,742 high
schools, around 1,000 (about 60 per cent) are without headmasters.
Teachers
demand elections to PUTA
Patiala,
September 4
Various teaching factions of Punjabi University today got together to
demand immediate elections to the Punjabi University Teachers
Association (PUTA), even as they alleged the university authorities
were not conducting the elections on “lame” excuses.
PTU not
to open new distance education centres
Pathankot,
September 4
Punjab Technical University (PTU) has decided not to open any new
distance education centre and will try to consolidate and improve
standard of education in the existing distance education centres. The
Vice-Chancellor of the PTU, Mr S.K. Salwan, gave this information
while talking to mediapersons here today. He was here to preside over
the annual function of the Shri Sai Institute of Engineering.
GCWF to
contest PU Senate poll
Bathinda,
September 4
The General Categories Welfare Federation (GCWF), Punjab, has fielded
its candidate for the coming Senate elections of Panjab University,
the polling for which would be held on September 19.
PAU holds
training camp on pest control
Abohar,
September 4
Punjab Agricultural University organised one-day training programme at
the Regional Fruit Research Station here under the IRM project. The
project sponsored by the Union Ministry of Agriculture has been
initiated in 28 districts of North India to design new strategies to
combat insecticide resistance in insects which ensure effective pest
management and profitable cotton production.
Markfed
celebrates golden jubilee
Chandigarh,
September 4
It came into being with three employees, one bicycle, 13 members and a
capital share of Rs 54,000. Fifty years later Markfed has the
distinction of being Asia's largest marketing cooperative.
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