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Amarinder’s
bullet-proof car for Badal’s security
Chandigarh,
June 23
Two days after former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
created a furore over his security, the state Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh, has decided to make available one of the bullet-proof
cars from his fleet for his arch- political rival.
Shyama
Prasad Mukerjee remembered
Lakhanpur,
June 23
A state-level rally of the BJP to commemorate former president
of the Jan Sangh Shyama Prasad Mukerjee turned out to be a
bashing exercise of the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder
Singh.
BJP president L.K. Advani addresses a rally at Lakhanpur on Thursday.
— Photo by Jangi |
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Mystery
shrouds Bride’s death
Parents allege dowry demand
Jalandhar,
June 23
Mystery shrouds the death of a young bride, found dead by her
Ludhiana-based parents in the house of her in-laws in Preet Nagar
locality here early this morning.
Punjab guards for Ranjit Chautala
Chandigarh, June 23
“We have provided security guards from the Punjab police to Mr Ranjit Singh Chautala, brother of former Haryana Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala,” says Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, denying reports that guards were being provided to Mr Abhay or Mr Ajay Chautala.
A
philanthropic NRI
Phagwara,
June 23
NRI Surinder Singh Nijjher, UK-based owner of a huge construction
company, whose native village is Domeli in the Phagwara block, has
floated an NGO called Photel Aids.
3 die
after drinking sweetened water
Sangrur/Chandigarh, June
23
Three persons, including two women, died on Tuesday while 50 have been
reported to be suffering from gastroenteritis at Pandori Kalan village
on the Barnala-Raikot road, about 15 km from Barnala. All had
reportedly drunk sweetened water from a “chhabeel” at the village
on June 21.
Villages
face power, water crises
Bathinda,
June 23
With increasing power cuts, the drinking water supply in a number of
villages in the district has virtually collapsed.
MC men
barge into Press Club, lift goods
Jalandhar,
June 23
“Vandalising” of the Punjab Press Club building here allegedly by
officials of local Municipal Corporation this morning can put
Jalandhar Mayor Surinder Mahey in a tight spot as on the one hand the
journalists were holding him “responsible” for this misadventure
and on the other timely intervention of the office of the Punjab Chief
Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, into the matter and forced the MC
officials to return the goods lifted from the place.
SAD
(Longowal) seeks White Paper on petro prices
Sangrur,
June 23
In view of the hike in the prices of petroleum products on regular
intervals during the past some years in the country, SAD (Longowal)
here today asked the government to release a “White Paper” on the
prices of petrol and diesel in the country.
Unscheduled
power cuts irk residents
Phagwara,
June 23
Residents of Phagwara are reeling under a heat wave these days on
account of the failure of the PSEB to maintain regular supply of
power.
Dalit
girl row takes new turn
Moga, June
23
The controversy surrounding shearing off the hair of a Dalit girl by a
son of the Samalsar village sarpanch, Angrej Singh, and his aides has
taken a new turn with one of the accused in the case today alleging
that the girl’s brother had raped his niece.
55-member
kar seva jatha leaves for Pak
Amritsar,
June 23
A 55-member kar seva jatha left for Pakistan in the Samjhauta Express
here today. The jatha would undertake kar seva at Gurdwara Guru Ram
Dass at Chuna Mandi, Lahore, besides at Nankana sahib.
CBI
summons hotel record in sex scandal
Amritsar,
June 23
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today summoned room booking
records of several city hotels including Star Hotels, in the infamous
Siti Cable sex scam which rocked the city two years ago.
Vigilance
to question VC, Registrar
Chandigarh,
June 23
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau will soon question the Vice Chancellor and
Registrar of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, as
part of its investigation into the PMT-question-paper leak case.
Two
mutilated bodies found
Rajpura,
June 23
Two mutilated bodies were found on the Ambala-Amritsar railway line
near the Shambhu Barrier here this morning. The bodies were noticed by
some passerby and subsequently the railway police was informed.
Rs 24
crore for new roads
Rajpura,
June 23
To improve the inter-village connectivity and road network for the
benefit of residents of Ghanaur assembly constituency, the government
has decided to spend Rs 24 crore. Apart from this, Rs 3.52 crore would
also be spent on the repair roads that were damaged during floods in
the Ghanaur assembly.
Admn to
hold ‘lok suvidha camps’
Fatehgarh
Sahib, June 23
To provide on-the-spot ser- vices to the public at their doorsteps and
to get feed- back from them on the bottlenecks in delivery of various
services, the district administration will start “lok suvidha
camps” in the district.
DC
reviews flood control preparations
Ropar,
June 23
With a view of controlling flood-like situation during the monsoon,
the Deputy Commissioner, Mr H.I.S Garewal, along with officials of the
Irrigation Department, today visited several places in the district to
check preparations. During the visit, Mr Garewal inspected the bridge
Patiala ki Rau, Thaska, the Majri bridge, Macchibra, the Chamkaur
Sahib drain.
2 held
for fraud
Pathankot,
June 23
The Vigilance Bureau yesterday arrested two persons on the charges of
preparing fake papers and obtaining a loan from a bank. The arrested
were Paramjit Singh, a resident of Narot Jaimal Singh son of a bank
manager, and Narinder Kumar.
Punjabi
University results today
Patiala,
June 23
The results of B.Sc (Agriculture) Part IV, M.A (Social Work) Part-I
and Part-II, M.A. (Anthropological Linguistics) (Part-I), Master of
Journalism and Mass Communication (Part-I), M.A (Psychology) Part I
and Part-II and M.A (Education) Part-II examination conducted by
Punjabi University in April/May 2005 will be declared on June 24.
Mobile
revolution sweeps Punjab
Chandigarh, June 23
Call it a menace or a blessing,
mobiles in Punjab are here to ring not just in the cities, but the
countryside too. After the green revolution, it is a mobile revolution
in Punjab.
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