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BJP seeks relief for hailstorm-hit farmers
Chandigarh, October 12 Mr Grewal said the state government was sleeping over the matter. The crop on 35,000 acres was damaged because of the hailstorm and untimely rain. Expressing concern over cases of suicide by farmers in the state, Mr Grewal said the previous SAD-BJP government had made a provision of Rs 2.5 lakh for giving relief to next of kin of each farmer who had committed suicide because of debt. “ We informed the Governor that the present state government has not given this relief to the kin of any deceased farmer”, he added. He said farmers should be given relief by waiving their loans and the pattern devised in this regard by the late Sir Chhottu Ram should be implemented. Interestingly, the BJP delegation also sought the setting up of the Farmers Commission in Punjab on the pattern of the National Farmers Commission. It appears that the BJP leadership is not aware of the Farmers Commission in Punjab working for the past one year under the chairmanship of Dr G.S.Kalkat, former Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University. The delegation also sought round-the-clock power supply to farmers and the introduction of an insurance scheme by considering the field owned by a farmer as the unit. The government should pay the premium for insurance. It also asked for clearing of the pending cases of power connection for tubewells. Farmers should be given the minimum support price of foodgrains by linking it to the price index. Other members of the delegation were Bibi Gurcharan Kaur, former member of the Rajya Sabha, Mr Satwant Singh Punia, Mr Surjit Kumar Jiani, Mr Mansa Ram Kantiwal and Mr Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal.
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Coal shortage at thermal plant
Ropar, October 12 The GGSSTP is one of the major contributors of the power supply. It meets 30 per cent needs of power in Punjab. — TNS
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Kang launches cleanliness drive
Ropar, October 12 Mr Kang said the idea was to create awareness among people about the need of cleanliness not only in their houses, but also all places around them. It had become more important these days keeping in view the outbreak of dengue at various places, he added.
— TNS
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‘Yoga can’t rid people of spectacles’
Bathinda, October 12 Dr Sethi said yoga was a way of life and he wasn't against it, but it had been proved beyond doubt that it could only rectify muscle imbalance and improve eye coordination. He said there was no medicinal treatment of refractive error in eyes and it could be corrected either with spectacles or Lasik surgery. He said avoidance of injuries, balanced diet and regular check-up could help prevent any eye ailment to a large extent. Refractive errors, cataract, glaucoma, injuries and diabetes were common causes of preventive blindness. He said every child should have an eye check-up before the start of schooling to check any refractive error at the right age. He said while cataract was caused due to over exposure to ultraviolet rays, glaucoma had almost vanished in the last 20 years. He said every individual above the age of 40 should go for a regular eye check-up, especially diabetics need to be more cautious about it.
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Charges framed against ex-TB officer
Amritsar, October 12 The CJM charged three accused, including Dr Devgan, for forging house job certificate and tampering with his service book with an intention to support his claim for an advance increment.
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Babaehali to be back as chairman
Gurdaspur, October 12 The sources here told that decks for appointing Mr Babaehali as the chairman were cleared after the term of nominated Chairman of the Milkfed, Mr Harpratap Singh Majail, ended. The decision to appoint Mr Gurbachan Singh on the post would be taken in a meeting of board of directors of Milkfed tomorrow. The file in this regard has been cleared by the minister for cooperative Mr Amarjeet Samra and the Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh, the sources told.
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2 sentenced to life for taxi driver’s murder
Sangrur, October 12 Karamjit Singh and Avtar Singh were also ordered to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years each and pay fine of Rs 1,000 each under Sections 201 and 34 of the IPC. Both sentences will run concurrently. According to the prosecution Ramesh Kumar murder victim plied a Maruti car from taxi stand, (Moonak) Khanauri village. On November 30, 2004 Ramesh Kumar with his car went to the Khanauri, taxi stand, but did not return home that night. His family searched for him, but to no avail. On December 3, 2004 Ram Lakhan, an uncle of Ramesh Kumar, told Rakesh Kumar, a brother of Ramesh Kumar, that he had seen Ramesh Kumar on November 30 filling oil in his car at a petrol station at 8 p.m. near Khanauri bus stand. Ramesh Kumar told his uncle that he would return home after dropping the passengers — Karamjit Singh, Avtar Singh, Bhagwan Dass and Mohan Lal, sitting in the car. Complainant, Rakesh Kumar, believed that four persons kidnapped his brother along with car to kill him. After some days Karamjit Singh was produced before the police by a BSP leader. During interrogation Karamjit Singh disclosed that he and Avtar Singh had strangled Ramesh Kumar, driver of the taxi, and threw his body into Bhakra canal. Later the police received a telephonic message that body of Ramesh Kumar had been found at a bridge of Bhakra canal at Harigarh Gehlan village. Then the police pulled the body of Ramesh Kumar out from the canal.
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PTU to close down underperforming learning centres
Pathankot, October 12 The faculty, results and the facilities being provided by these centres would be evaluated under the proposed criterion that is likely to be implemented from the next academic session. The centres that are not performing well would be closed. Vice-Chancellor of the PTU S.K. Salwan gave this information while talking to The Tribune here today. He was here to preside over the cultural function organised by the SAI college of engineering in Bhadani. He said there were 347 distance education centres of the university in the region. Out of these, about 100 have already been closed down due to poor performance. He informed that the PTU was in the process of introducing a few professional courses from the next academic session. Initially the university had planned to start courses for medical laboratory technician, masters in pharmacy and B.Sc in media technology. In addition, popular courses that are in demand in today’s market scenario would also be introduced. The colleges affiliated with the university are also being directed to lay special emphasis on improving the faculty.
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