Post office in damaged building
Bathinda, June 8
The Sirki Bazar sub-post office has been operating from a single room since Monday after the roof of the office building partially caved in, damaging its entire front portion.
Sources said the roof caved in on Sunday night causing damage to the furniture and front office counter.
A view of the Sirki Bazar sub-post office where the roof caved in on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera
Rs 990 cr for water, sewerage, says minister
Hoshiarpur, June 8
A sum of Rs 990 crore was being spent on providing potable water supply and sewerage facilities in all 124 Municipal Councils in Punjab.
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Police ‘releases’ truck impounded by excise officials
Patiala, June 8
The age old adage of “Might is Right” proved to the hilt when the Patiala police allegedly facilitated the escape of a private truck, which was impounded by the local enforcement wing of the Excise and Taxation Department for evading sales tax, from the premises of the CIA police station here today.
Commissioner, Mayor tiff hits development work
Patiala, June 8
The tiff between Mr Vishnu Sharma, Mayor, and Mr S. K. Alhuwalia, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, which has been going on for the past many days over certain issues, seems to have forced Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to jump into the scene for setting things right.
PSEB imposes weekly off on industry
Patiala, June 8
Keeping in view the increase in demand of electricity due to the supply of power to agriculture sector, the Punjab State Electricity Board has decided to impose compulsory weekly off for one day on all industries being fed through urban pattern supply feeders from June 10.
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Road blocked over petrol price hike
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Rajpura, June 8
Activists of the Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) today blocked traffic on the Patiala-Rajpura road in protest against the hike in the prices of petrol and diesel by the Congress-led UPA government.
Hundreds of vehicles and commuters were put to a lot of inconvenience
as they were stranded on the road in the sweltering heat.
Workers of the SAD (B) block the Patiala-Rajpura road to protest
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Children’s quarrel turns ugly
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 8
A quarrel between two children took a ugly turn as parents of both the children indulged in a free-for-all, leading to serious injuries to one of the children, Gurpreet Singh, who had to be admitted to Civil Hospital here.
Badal to lead jatha to Pak
Amritsar, June 8
SAD chief Parkash Singh Badal, will lead the jatha of Sikh devotees to participate in the nagar kirtan procession to Pakistan. According to information the procession will visit Lahore on occasion for 400th martyrdom day of the fifth Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Arjun Dev.
BKU activists hold dharna
Abohar, June 8
Hundreds of farmers carrying banners of the BKU today held a demonstration in front of the house of Mr Parkash Singh Bhatti, Congress MLA from the Balluana constituency.
The police cordoned off the house, but the BKU activists, including women and
children, managed to get past it.
Traffic blocked against DC’s ‘behaviour’
Hoshiarpur, June 8
Hundreds of activists, including women and children, of the Christian Front Punjab, led by its president Lawrance Chaudhry, general secretary Haleem Nathri and Sant Sunder Lal from the Pastor Association Punjab, blocked vehicular traffic in front of mini secretariat for more than two hours here this afternoon.
MC gets regular president after 14 months
Sangrur, June 8
Following the election of Ms Simrat Rana Punia, an Independent municipal councillor, as President of the local Municipal Council today, the council will now have a regular chief after a gap of more than 14 months.
