Trying times for farm sector
Chandigarh, February 11
Punjab is slowly walking into the trap of an “environmental suicide”. The agrarian economy of the “food bowl” of the country is in for trying times ahead with a blind following of the American pattern.
Capt Kanwaljit Singh, a former Finance Minister of Punjab, interacts with Mr Devinder Sharma, chairman of the Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security, during a seminar on “WTO ministerial in Hong Kong and after” at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Saturday.
— A Tribune photograph |
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Ex-BJP MLA booked for backing slum-dwellers
Pathankot, February 11
The anti-encroachment drive of the Pathankot Improvement Trust took a political turn today. The local police booked former BJP MLA Ram Lal for obstructing government officials from performing their duty.
Patiala Heritage Festival
Basant celebrated to mystic music
Patiala, February 11
Mellifluous strands of our vast sufi and bhakti music range set a melodious opening tune at the Patiala Heritage Festival here today. The warm tidings of the ‘Basant’ were celebrated as strains of mystic music wafted around in the air.
Aspirant cops allege bias
Bathinda, February 11
Even as a large number of youths are queuing up for application forms for 675 posts of constables in the Punjab police, a section of the aspirants today alleged that cops were being favoured in the disbursal of forms.
Bindra’s jatha leaves for Pak
Wagah, February 11
With the motive of lifting the morale of the Indian team who lost the Test series and the first ODI to arch rivals Pakistan, as many as 167 cricket enthusiasts left for Pakistan here today to witness the third ODI to be played at Lahore on February 13.
8 passenger trains cancelled
Phillaur, February 11
The Railways today cancelled eight passenger trains to provide extra coaches to special trains which were being plied to facilitate the candidates appearing in the Railway Recruitment Board examinations.
Torch march by rly staff
Pathankot, February 11
Members of the Northern Railway Employees Union organised a torch march last evening to press their demands. Hundreds of railway employees gathered at the Pathankot railway station late in the evening. Carrying torches in their hands, the employees carried out a march through the town raising slogans against the Union Government.
Social worker Dhuria dead
Abohar, February 11
Mr Rakesh Dhuria, founder president of Yuva Beopar Mandal here, died today. The 50-year-old firebrand worker, breathed his last at his residence in Nai Abadi locality at 4 am, family sources said.
He had led many agitations against victimisation of traders and faced court cases. All shops in the main bazaar remained closed today.
All set for Hola Mohalla
Ropar, February 11
The district administration is all geared up for making arrangement for the annual Hola Mohalla fair to be held between March 10 and March 15 in Kiratpur Sahib and Anandpur Sahib here.
Judicial custody for 3 in SMS case
Bathinda, February 11
A local court today sent three persons to judicial custody till February 25 in the case of an objectionable SMS relating to a religious personality. Those sent to judicial custody were Malkit Singh, Jagjit Singh and Inderjeet Singh, alias
Bablu.
Woman nabbed with heroin worth Rs 3 cr
Jalandhar, February 11
In a startling narcotics seizure case, a 40-year-old Amritsar-based woman has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for reportedly possessing 3 kg of heroin worth about Rs 3 crore in the international market.
Jailer, 3 guards arrested
Abohar, February 11
Mr Chimna Ram, Jailer, and three security guards, Mr Jitender Kumar, Mr Krishan Lal and Mr Madan Lal, posted at the Nohar jail in the neighbouring area of Rajasthan have been arrested for facilitating the escape two notorious criminals, sources said. All were produced in a court, which remanded them in judicial custody today. The jail staff had sought to propagate that Baljinder Singh, alias Badshah, and Jagdish Bawri, had scaled the boundary wall to escape from jail on January 27 but the SP, Ms Vineeta Thakur, had not only rejected it but suspected that the jailer and others conspired with the culprits.
4 die in truck-bus collision
Hoshiarpur, February 11
Four persons, including two women, were killed and 22 injured when the TATA-407 truck (PB-12B-3779) that they were travelling in collided head-on with a bus (PB-07-3779) of a private transport company at Badesron near Garhshankar on the Hoshiarpur-Chandigarh road, 38 km from here, this afternoon.
Farmer commits suicide
Moga, February 11
A farmer hailing from Tarewala village committed suicide after being duped of his land by a person from whom he had taken a loan.
Sources said Nachhatar Singh, father of the deceased, had taken a loan of Rs 6 lakh from Mukhtiar Singh of Moga, for sending his grandson abroad.
Degrees conferred upon 800 DAV students
Jalandhar, February 11
Postgraduate and graduate degrees were conferred on 450 postgraduate and 350 graduate students at the Dayanand Vedic College (DAV) convocation held at the college auditorium today.
Students of DAV College, Jalandhar, at their annual convocation function on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma |
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Teachers to be recruited within 3 months
Fatehgarh Sahib, February 11
The state government has started the process of recruitment of ETT and B.Ed teachers.
The advertisement for recruitment will be issued within a week and the process completed within three months.
Traders granted refund
Sangrur, February 11
Under the Punjab VAT system the Excise and Taxation Department, Sangrur, has granted refund of Rs 3.34 crore to 94 traders of this district so far during the current financial year.
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