Amarinder to inaugurate Kathlore bridge today
Gurdaspur, October 24
The Punjab Government has decided to inaugurate the Kathlore bridge on October 25. A decision to this affect was taken yesterday after The Tribune reported regarding the inconvenience faced by people allowed to use the bridge just because it has not been inaugurated.
A large number of policemen deployed at the Kathlore bridge that the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, will inaugurate on Tuesday.
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Farmers’ indebtedness issue may take centrestage
Chandigarh, October 24
The issue of indebtedness — one of the main reasons behind suicide by farmers in Punjab — is expected to take the political centre stage in the state.
SAD, BJP legislators denied Sept salary
Chandigarh, October 24
The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, and several other Shiromani Akali
Dal(SAD) MLAs, including Mr Balwinder Singh Bhunder, Mr Manpreet Singh Badal and Capt Kanwaljit Singh, have not been given their salary for September. The BJP MLAs have also not got salary, it is learnt.
Custodial death figures alarming in state
Chandigarh, October 24
Haunting facts about custodial deaths in Punjab: Every year on an average as many as 75 persons die in custody. Out of the total, 66 per cent of the deaths are eventually attributed to natural causes.
‘PM may announce package for Punjab’
Rajpura, October 24
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, is likely to announce a package for Punjab during his visit next month, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Chief Parliamentary Secretary (Sports and Youth Affairs), Punjab Government, said at Kami Kalan village, near here, today.
Singla defends giving of ads
Chandigarh, October 24
The Punjab Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today said the government was well within its constitutional rights to come out with advertisements in newspapers highlighting its performance.
Criminals in politics worry YC chief
Hoshiarpur, October 24
Mr Vijay Inder Singla, president of the Punjab Youth Congress, expressed anguish over criminals entering in politics.
Suspended Cong leaders reinstated
Chandigarh, October 24
The brother of Congress leader Jagmeet Singh Brar and his three loyalists, who were suspended from the Congress party at one point of time, were today given prime posts in the
PPCC.
Mann lashes out at Cong, BJP
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 24
SAD (A) president Simranjit Singh Mann has urged the people to strengthen the third front, if they wanted to save Punjab from the clutches of the Congress and the SAD.
ASI suspended for thrashing journalist
Abohar, October 24
The Shiromani Akali Dal has condemned the police action on Jagdish
Thind, president of the Journalists Union, Guruharsahai.
Inclusion of Raikot in Barnala opposed
Raikot, October 24
The reports about the inclusion of Raikot subdivision of Ludhiana into Barnala, the proposed 20th district of Punjab, has met with vociferous protests not only from residents but also from the Congress leaders of the town, who have decided to fight the issue tooth and nail.
Baba Budha’s fifth birth centenary today
Amritsar, October 24
Even as Mr Navjot Singh Sidhu, a Member of Parliament of the BJP, is unlikely to participate in the fifth birth centenary of Baba Budhaji , first head granthi of the Golden Temple at Kathunangal tomorrow, the SGPC and SAD (Badal) have deployed the Task Force (of the Shiromani Committee) and youth Akali activists to meet the challenge thrown by the SAD (Amritsar), which had threatened to stop Mr Sidhu and Mr Om Parkash Chautala, former Chief Minister of Haryana, from ascending the stage at there.
SAD demands probe against DTO
Hoshiarpur, October 24
Mr Sohan Singh Thandal, MLA, Bibi Mohinder Kaur Josh, a former minister, Mr Jatinder Singh Lali Bajwa, president of the SAD district youth wing, along with other local SAD leaders, condemned the Punjab Government and the district police for not taking any action against Mr Chander Giand, District Transport Officer, Hoshiarpur, allegedly for demanding Rs 20,000 from Mr Harvinder Singh Lally, a transporter, who had recorded his conversation on a tape with the DTO in this regard and filed a complaint with the SSP.
Federation for increase in retirement age
Chandigarh, October 24
The Federation of Punjab Government Engineers, Doctors and Officers here today held a meeting under the chairmanship of its president, Mr D.S. Longia, to discuss various demands.
Protest held against police excesses
Barnala, October 24
Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta (Ugrahaan) activists led by its president Joginder Singh Ugrahaan today blocked traffic for four hours at Tin Koni Bhadaur, about 25
km from here.
2 killed in road mishaps
Rajpura, October 24
Two persons have been killed in road accidents near here. In the first
accident, Gurmukh Singh, an employee of the Punjab State Electricity Board
(PSEB), was killed on the spot when his moped was hit by a car near Bathonia
village.
