SAD, BJP leaders meet
Chandigarh, September 16
A meeting of the Coordination Committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP was held here tonight.
Education Dept staff sans salary
Sangrur, September 16
As many as 2,000 employees of the Punjab Education Department, including principals, lecturers, masters, DPEs, Class III and Class IV employees, working in various senior secondary and high schools, have been waiting for salaries for the past two-to-four months as their posts have not been revived by the government so far.
Employees’ bodies divided over increase in retirement age
Chandigarh, September 16
A divided opinion has emerged with regard to various demands of the Punjab Government employees.
Maize crop failure in 100 villages
Govt agencies blamed for poor quality seeds
Ropar, September 16
Farmers of over 100 villages in Nangal and Nurpurbedi subdivision of the district have suffered heavy losses due to failure of maize crop allegedly due to supply of lower quality seeds to farmers by government agencies. The situation aggravated as most of them were debt-ridden and hoping for good yield of crop this time to repay loan.
CPI rules out pact with Cong
Chandigarh, September 16
The CPI has ruled out any poll alliance with the Congress in Punjab in the coming Vidhan Sabha elections. In the last Assembly elections, the CPI had an electoral alliance with the Congress in the state.
Villagers allege pact violation by SGPC chief
Amritsar, September 16
The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) president, Mr Avatar Singh, allegedly allocated shops to his close relatives at Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research at Vallah, thus violating the written agreement between former SGPC president late Gurcharan Singh Tohra and the sarpanches of Vallah, Qila Jiwan Singh and Hotian villages.
Marriage row: DSGMC not to issue certificate
Amritsar, September 16
Even as the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has decided not to issue a marriage certificate to the Sikh couple who entered wedlock in alleged violation of the Anand Marriage Act at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj, New Delhi, the Gurmat Parchar Jatha and family of the couple are in no mood to succumb to the pressure of Sikh clergy or Sikh organisations who have declared the marriage null and void.
Death of Dalit boy in police custody alleged
Sangrur, September 16
The death of a 20-year-old Dalit boy, Balwinder Singh, alias Ballu Singh, resident of Chathe Sekhwan village, near here, today confused mediapersons as Gurpal Singh, elder brother of the deceased, said his brother had died in police custody while the police claimed that he had fled from the fields where he had been taken for the recovery of the money which he had allegedly stolen from the shop of a person of the same village.
9 councillors demand MC’s dissolution
Batala, September 16
Nine Municipal Councillors, talking to mediapersons here today, demanded the dissolution of the council and sought a CBI inquiry into the misappropriation of fund for development work undertaken by the council recently.
CM promotes honest ASI
Patiala, September 16
Honesty does pay. And ASI Karnail Singh learnt it today when the Punjab DGP, on instructions from the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, promoted the police official to the rank of a Sub-Inspector keeping in view the fact that Karnail Singh had once returned an amount of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of an accident victim.
Protest against demolition of temple wall
Hoshiarpur, September 16
On a call of the local Maharishi Balmik Society, shopkeepers of Garhdiwala town, 28 km from here, observed a complete bandh today.
Brahma Kumaris’ team gets rousing welcome
Abohar, September 16
Residents of border villages here accorded a rousing reception yesterday to the Swarnim Bharat Yuva Padyatri team of 31 persons, led by Brahma Kumaris Kamlesh and
Prashanti, both hailing from Mumbai.
Brahma Kumari Kamlesh from Mumbai, leader of the Swarnim Bharat Yuva Padyatri team, presents a pack of fruits to Border Security Force officials near the Sadaki Indo-Pak border post, in Sulemanki sector, on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph
Army to probe digging up of road
Chandigarh, September 16
The Army will investigate the circumstances under which a road made by the civil authorities in Batala was reportedly dug up by Army personnel, leading to a loss of Rs 15 lakh.
9 panchayats back move to ostracise woman
Phillaur, September 16
Nine more panchayats of nearby villages have supported the stand of Atti village panchayat led by Sarpanch Rajwinder Kaur to ostracise Rupinder Kaur from the village for her alleged involvement in flesh trade. A mahapanchayat of 10 villages jointly passed a resolution to announce her social boycott for trying to involve village girls, including her daughter, in the trade.
Chandigarh, September 16
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