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SAD workers hold protest rally
Gurdaspur April 25
Workers of the Youth Akali Dal today organised a protest rally against the alleged discrimination against farmers in Punjab. The workers organised a march through Gurdaspur town raising slogans against the state government and later organised a rally in the grain market.

SAD workers hold a protest march to press for the acceptance of the demands of farmers in Gurdaspur on Tuesday. — Photo by Jangi

Aiyar upset over affairs of local bodies
Bathinda, April 25
The Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Youth Affairs, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, today came face-to-face with the harsh reality of empowerment of Panchayati Raj institutions at Buladhewala village, near here, where the district administration was ill at ease explaining how much grant the village had received under various schemes.

Wheat bonus: traders make fast buck
Chandigarh, April 25
The Union Government's delayed announcement with regard to bonus on wheat has put the government procurement agencies in trouble in the region.

False report: suitable action against SI recommended
Chandigarh, April 25
For allegedly implicating a Gurdaspur district family in a dowry harassment case, a Punjab Police sub inspector (SI) not only “fabricated a false report”, but also “destroyed” another report initially prepared in the matter.

Merit overlooked in selection of teachers!
Ludhiana, April 25
If the manner in which the Punjab Public Service Commission has been sitting over the selection of Associate Professors in the government- run medical colleges is any indication, it can be safely concluded that in the process of recruitment, the merit has been given a go by and it is the will of the political leaders that matters the most.

Retired DSP plays conman at exam centre
Helps undertrial nephew in copying
Amritsar, April 25
A retired Haryana Police DSP and his younger brother, a drawing teacher with the Punjab School Education Board, who posed as an Assistant Sub Inspector, created ruckus in the examination centre at Khalsa College here today.

POLITICS

SAD (A) to back Haryana Sikhs
Amritsar, April 25
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) announced that it would support Sikhs of Haryana in protesting against SAD Chief Parkash Singh Badal’s arrival to inaugurate the SGPC-constructed Miri Piri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research at Shahabad Markanda (Haryana) on April 26.

BSP seeks resurvey of BPL families
Sangrur, April 25
A deputation of the Bahujan Samaj Party, led by Mr Ran Singh Mehlan, general secretary, Punjab unit, today met the Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.R. Ladhar, and submitted a memorandum of demands to him.

COMMUNITY

Thermal units’ closure worsens power crisis
Ropar, April 25
A major power cut was today imposed in Punjab as the four units of the three thermal plants in the state, including two in the Super Thermal plant, Ropar, one in Lehra Mohabbat and one in Bathinda remained closed.

Forest cover only 6.33 pc: Joshan
Chandigarh, April 25
The Forest Minister, Punjab, Mr Hans Raj Joshan, here today inaugurated a two- day national seminar on “Trees outside Forest”. The seminar is being organised by the Department of Forest and Wildlife Preservation.

CBI raids office, house of Excise official
Ludhiana, April 25
A 25-member team of the CBI today raided the residence and office of Assistant Commissioner Central Excise V.M. Verma today. The CBI officials were silent about the raid and the documents recovered. The raid was on till the filing of the story.

Members of a CBI team guard the entrance to the residence of Mr V.M. Verma, Assistant Commissioner Central Excise, in Atam Nagar, Ludhiana, on Tuesday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

3 hurt in accidents
Kharar, April 25
Three persons got injured in separate accidents around Kharar here today. Jagdeep Singh got injured when a collision took place between his Indica car and a tractor-trailer near Basanwali Chungi.

CRIME

Rs 4.4 lakh robbed from SBI branch
Muktsar, April 25
Three armed robbers today struck at the State Bank of India branch at Bam village located on Muktsar-Abohar road, 15 km from here, and fled with Rs 4.4 lakh after injuring the cashier with a gunshot.

18 persons rounded up in murder case
Amritsar, April 25
The district police has rounded up 18 suspects for questioning in the sensational Sunil Bhatia, a goldsmith, murder case. The police continues to be under a lot of pressure from the agitating goldsmith fraternity which had downed their shutters for the past four days.

Five held for cheating
Hoshiarpur, April 25
On the intervention of local persons, the Dasuya police has arrested five members of a gang of cheaters, including their leader Jasbir Singh of Uchhi Bassi, for duping Sohan Singh of Kalran village of Rs 25,000 in the name of getting his son Gurpreet Singh recruited in the Army.

EDUCATION

Engineering students given farewell
Rajpura, April 25
The Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology bid adieu to its first batch of engineering students on its campus at Jhansla village here.

2,141 teachers promoted
Chandigarh, April 25
The Punjab Government today promoted 2,141 ETT and JBT teachers to the master cadre which includes 214 teachers of mathematics, 412 of science, 271 of Punjabi, 303 of Hindi and 881 of social studies, a press note issued by the government said.

All girls’ school band makes debut
Chandigarh, April 25
As the resounding thuds of hoof beats receded, the melodious notes of “Rajasthani” filled the air with pipers, drummers and buglers attired in green checked skirts marched down the dusty tracks.




The all girls’ band of Kirpal Sagar Academy performs at the Chandigarh Horse Show in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photo