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Kaypee supporters burn effigies of Jagjit, Mayor
Jalandhar, October 11
The simmering differences between Punjab Transport Minister Mohinder Singh Kaypee and Punjab Local Bodies Minister Jagjit Singh came to the fore today, when a group of Congress councillors and their supporters, owing allegiance to the former, burnt effigies of the latter and Mayor Surinder Mahey at the municipal corporation complex.
Congress councillors and workers owing allegiance to Transport Minister Mohinder Singh Kaypee burn an effigy of Mayor Surinder Mahey in Jalandhar on Monday.
— Photo by S.S. Chopra
PSEB unable to transport fly ash to brick-kilns
Patiala, October 11
Utilisation of fly ash produced by the three thermal power stations in the state has come unstuck with the Punjab State Electricity Board conveying to the government that it is not in a position to transport fly ash to brick-kilns within 100 km of its plants.
Rights panel orders payment of compensation
Chandigarh, October 11
The Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) has ordered payments of Rs 20,000 as interim compensation to a complainant in a case of police harassment.
In its order, the Commission also directed that the money be recovered from Inspector Paramjit Singh Buttar, one of the main accused in the complaint.
Water samples from 31 schools found contaminated
Ropar, October 11
Hundreds of schoolchildren in over 31 government and privates schools in the district continue to drink water found unfit for human consumption.
The Health Department collected water samples from 31 schools, a majority of which get water supply from hand pumps.
Laboratory tests confirmed that the samples taken during the month of September
were not fit for consumption.
Schoolchildren drinking contaminated water at one of the senior secondary schools of Kurali.
Man kills wife to get remarried in lust of son
Attempts to poison two daughters
too
Mansa, October 11
To fulfil his lust to get a son by getting remarried, Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Hariaao village of Sangrur district, today murdered his wife Sarbjit Kaur in Kot Dharmu village of this district and made an attempt to kill his two daughters by poisoning them.
Duped by travel agents, harried youth returns from Malaysia
Verka (Amritsar), October 11
Lure of dollars and green pastures made Ranjit Singh, a resident of
Verka, endure inhuman conditions in Malaysia. He has recently returned after going through a nightmarish experience during his stay in Malaysia, where he along with some other Punjabis landed in jail and lived in camps.
Resource crunch threatens Khalsa Heritage Complex
Anandpur Sahib, October 11
The prestigious Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex at Anandpur Sahib is in serious jeopardy. Almost all three agencies implementing the project have threatened to withdraw from the project due to paucity of funds.
The basic structure of the Khalsa Heritage Memorial complex at Anandpur Sahib.
— Photo by Subhash Sharma
Pak General ‘blames’ India for blasts
Wagah, October 11
The outburst of Major-Gen Hassan Mehdi, Director-General, Pakistan Rangers, Punjab (Western), virtually blaming India for a series of bomb blasts in Multan, Sialkot, Lahore and other parts of Pakistan today set the tone and tenor of the coming high level bi-annual meeting with the BSF, proposed to be held in Chandigarh tomorrow.
Over 1.5 lakh given polio drops
Faridkot, October 11
Around 80,000 children were administered polio drops during the first phase of Pulse Polio drive in the district today. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Alok Shekhar, launched the drive at Government Harindra Elementary School, Ambedkar Nagar.
Singers promoting addiction, violence
Talwandi Sabo, October 11
Bhai Balwant Singh Nandgarh, Jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib, today urged the people to avoid calling those Punjabi singers in the social functions who had been indulging in the promotion of addiction and violence through their songs.
Poohla dined at his dera in police custody
Amritsar, October 11
Col G.S.Sandhu (retd), president Poohla Eviction Committee, has alleged that Nihang chief Baba Ajit Singh Poohla, who has been facing numerous criminal charges, was allowed to dine and meet his men at his dera at Baba Bakala by the police party instead of taking him straight to Ludhiana jail after appearing in the court of the Judicial Magistrate, Patti, on October 9.
Tihar trainees pass out from jail school
Patiala, October 11
The Additional Inspector-General of Prisons (Delhi), Mr Gyanendra Srivastava, today presided over the passing-out parade of a batch of trainees from the Tihar jail at the Punjab Jail Training School here.
Mediapersons hold protest march
Fazilka, October 11
On a call of the local Press Club over 100 mediapersons of the Fazilka, Abohar, Jalalabad, Guruharsahai, Ladhuka and Ghubaya areas held a procession in protest against the arrest of Surinder Chugh, chairman of the club, allegedly on a false FIR.
Protest against newspaper
Jalandhar, October 11
Hundreds of members of the Hindu Dharam Suraksha Samiti today held a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here to protest against a local Hindi daily which had published some defamatory feature against Devi Chinpurni.
One killed in road mishap
Bathinda, October 11
One person was killed and four others were injured in three separate road accidents during the past 24 hours.
Balwinder Singh, a resident of Burj Hari Ke of Faridkot district, died when a speeding car hit him.
2 minors drowned
Jalandhar, October 11
In a sensational incident, two minor sons of a BSF personnel died after drowning in a swimming pool inside the PAP Complex on Sunday.
Market fee, sales tax on cotton being evaded
Bathinda, October 11
Market fee and sales tax worth crores are allegedly being evaded by unscrupulous traders and ginning and pressing mill owners as they have been making huge transactions in cotton purchase by not bringing the same on the official record of different grain markets in the cotton belt of Punjab.
3 youths held with pistols
Moga, October 11
The CIA staff today arrested three local youths and seized two pistols and a knife.
They were arrested near Sem Nullah at Bahona village while planning a criminal activity.
Principal of Khalsa College sent on leave
Amritsar, October 11
In a bid to buy peace, the management of Khalsa College today sent the Principal, Mr J.S. Dhillon, on three months’ leave.
However, Mr Charanjit Singh Chadha, vice-president of the college management, said the governing body of the college had sanctioned three months’ “study leave” to Mr Dhillon after he applied for it. Mr Chadha said the students’ strike against the Principal had been called off.
Probe against school principal begins
Kotkapura (Faridkot), October 11
The District Education Officer today started a probe into a case in which the girl hostellers of Chanda Singh Marwah Senior Secondary School were allegedly kept without food by their principal because they had protested against the fee hike.
Union seeks release of teacher’s salaries
Bathinda, October 11
The Government School Lecturers Union, Punjab, today demanded that the salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff working on plan posts in the state should be release at the earliest. They were paid their last salaries in May.
National group song competition
Bathinda, October 11
As many as 13 junior and six senior teams of local schools and colleges participated in a national group song competition organised by the Bharat Vikas Parishad at SSD Girls College.
DAV-Amritsar win youth fest trophy
Amritsar, October 11
DAV College, Amritsar, bagged the A Zone Overall Trophy while SGAD College, Khadoor Sahib, lifted the B Division Championship at the Zonal Youth Festival of Guru Nanak Dev University, which concluded here today.
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The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, said today that his government was committed to give free power to farmers in the state.
“As and when the financial position of the PSEB improved, farmers would get
free power as promised by my party in its election manifesto released before the
last Assembly elections”.
Kapurthala,
October 11