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Cong leader asks govt to pay income tax of staff
Patiala, June 18
In a significant move that could have far-reaching consequences, a senior Congress leader and chairman of the Pepsu Township Development Board, Mr Prem Gupta, today urged the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to make arrangements for payment of income tax of the employees of the state government and its different agencies, boards and corporations on the same pattern, which had been applied to ministers and MLAs.
Pak woman awaits reunion with sons for 56 years
Gurdaspur June 18
The tragic story of Bashaira, alias Lajwanti, a Pakistan resident in papers, can prove as a perfect plot for a Bollywood potboiler. The boundaries drawn by men separated Lajwanti from her family.
For more than 56 six years she remained trapped in a foreign country.
She returns to her country as a foreign tourist but is waiting for the
past five years to join her family in Ramdass village on border.
Lajwanti, alias Bashaira, at her rented house in
Damtal.
— Photo by Jangi
Plea to buy wheat from domestic market
Chandigarh, June 18
The Union Government should immediately float tenders to purchase wheat from the domestic market.
Demonstration by BJP, BSP activists
Phillaur, June 18
Hundreds of activists belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party along with residents of nearby Atta village held a noisy demonstration against the Goraya police’s inefficiency and carelessness and blocked vehicular traffic for more than two hours on the national highway near the bus stand at Goraya in Phillaur subdivision on Sunday afternoon.
Irrigation Dept sleeps as level rises in Sutlej
Ropar, June 18
Despite the fact the water level of the Sutlej passing through the district has increased more in the past two weeks, the Irrigation Department yet to wake to take precautionary measure to cope with the floodlike situation. The water level of the river is on the rise following high discharge of water from the Bhakra Dam and contribution of the water from the seasonal rivulet.
Illiteracy behind human rights violations
Patiala, June 18
Mr S.K Ahluwalia, Commissioner, Patiala Municipal Corporation, on Friday said violation of human rights could be curbed if people belonging to all walks of life started performing their duties honestly.
Khadi board to disburse loans worth 40 crore
Ropar, June 18
The Punjab Khadi and Gram Udyog Board has planned to disburse loans worth Rs 40 crore to generate self-employment opportunities among the youth in rural areas, said the Chairman of the board, Mr Charanjit Singh Walia, during an awareness camp here yesterday.
Lending voice to unemployed
Patiala, June 18
The Protection of Human Rights Dal (Punjab) on Friday while claiming that safety and security of the common man in Punjab was in peril, alleged that neither the Central government nor the state government had been taking corrective steps to set things on the right track.
Self-defence camp for girls
Abohar, June 18
As many as 175 girls/women participated in a self-defence camp organised under the banner of Durga Vahini, a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) outfit, at Arorvansh Dharamshala here recently.
Participants at a self-defence camp held in Abohar. — Photo by Raj Sadosh
Truck operators’ show of
strength today
Ropar, June 18
The Punjab Truck Operator president Tarlochan Singh said today that they would prove the strength of truck operators in support of Magar Singh tomorrow and would establish that he was the president of the truck operator union, Ropar.
Tributes paid to Surinder Kaur
Patiala, June 18
Members of the Punjab Writers and Cultural Forum, led by its founder president Ved Parkash Gupta, paid tributes to Surinder Kaur, the doyen of Punjabi singing, who died in the USA last week.
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