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Chief Minister opens bridge
No scent of bomb in govt school
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Rush for forms at St Joseph’s
Panchayati union protest
Plays on social evils
Girl abducted
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Chief Minister opens bridge
Nawanshahr, November 18 The bridge has been constructed at a cost of Rs 33 crore. It would shorten the distance to New Delhi via Khanna–Samrala by about 65 km. The construction work of the 19-km-long and 50-ft-wide Nawanshahr by-pass would be started within one month. About 228 acres of land would be acquired and farmers would be paid according to the market price. Capt Amarinder Singh, while talking to mediapersons said the next phase of ‘Vikas Yatra’ would start from November 22 in the Majha region. It would reach all the Assembly segments, covering 5800 km before the next Assembly elections. The CM reiterated that Chandigarh belonged to Punjab as it was set up by late Chief Minister Partap Singh Kairon. Haryana should set up its own capital, like Himachal Pradesh. He also reiterated that Punjab had no surplus water for neighbouring states. Water in the rivers as well as underground water table had depleted, hence the state could not spare water for other states. Capt Amarinder Singh, while answering a question said there was no ban on the recruitment in the state. The state government had recruited 70,000 employees in different departments while the previous SAD-BJP government had recruited only 32,000 employees, he said adding that in the present era of globalisation the recruitments were being done on contract basis in all the states, including Punjab. He said pension and gratuity scheme for the employees of government aided colleges would also be implemented soon. The Chief Minister also met deputations and heard their grievances. Senior Congress Leader from Balachaur, Mr R.P. Singh Advocate, submitted a memorandum demanding re-inclusion of 16 villages from the Kandi area.
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No scent of bomb in govt school
Jalandhar, November 18 The Headmistress, Ms Manoranjan Kaur, received a call at 11:55 am and informed the police. The police officials took their own time and reached the school premises at 12:30 pm. The search for the explosive proved futile. Students had no knowledge of the search and classes went as usual. The Headmistress said she did not want to create panic in the students though many opined that the building should have been evacuated for the safety of 490 children studying there and 220 students in the adjoining Government Elementary School. After 1 pm, a dog squad arrived at the campus. It was then that the girls were told to come out in the verandah, just outside their classes, so that the school bags too could be checked. The SSP, Mr Ishwar Singh, confirmed that it was simply a hoax call and efforts were being made to trace the caller. |
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Rush for forms at St Joseph’s
Jalandhar, November 18 Even as the school authorities had notified that the admission forms would be available from 8:30 am onwards, the parents had started queuing up before midnight as they had learnt that only a limited number of forms would be distributed. The first 15 parents in the queue said that they had lined up at 11:45 last night. “I had come here with my family last night simply to take a round, when I saw six to seven parents standing outside the gate forming a queue. I immediately dropped my family home and came back to see that three to four more parents had lengthened the queue,” said the father of a candidate. Eyewitnesses said that by 2 am there were 45 parents; at 7 are 500. Seeing the rush, a few parents voluntarily distributed paper tokens for orderly distribution of forms. At 8:30 am when the school gates were opened, there were more than 600 parents who formed a queue right till the Defence Colony traffic lights near Sadar Police Station. Those who arrived late (but even two hours before the school’s schedule) had to go back home disappointed as only 350 forms were
distributed. Police personnel had tough time managing traffic outside the school. |
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Panchayati union protest
Jalandhar, November 18 The 909 panchayat secretaries on contract demanded a running scale and a regular post, besides a raise in salary from Rs 5,000 to Rs 7,000. |
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Plays on social evils
Jalandhar, November 18 Teams from various colleges of Jalandhar, Phagwara and Kapurthala participated in the festival. Contests for mime, western solo and group song, music instrumental (percussion and non-percussion) and skits were held today. The skits covered various issues concerning social life including female foeticide, corruption and yellow journalism. The function began yesterday with giddha competition where girls from nearly 15 colleges in bright, colourful suits and lehngas with traditional saggi phul and parandas danced to a fast rhythm with bolis.
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Staff hold rally
Jalandhar, November 18 They raised slogans against the government for not fulfilling promises related to release of gazette notification pertaining to pension gratuity scheme, release of 95 per cent grant, 5 per cent interim relief and increase of medical allowance from 250 to 350.
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Girl abducted
Hoshiarpur, November 18
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