Vikas Yatras: Cong High Command happy
Ludhiana, December 17
The Congress High Command is reported to be happy with the turn of events in Punjab and is planning a strategy so that the party can retain power in the state.
According to sources close to the Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, reports
coming from Punjab show much improvement for the Congress during the past three
months and the organisation is geared up for the ensuing elections to the Punjab
Vidhan Sabha.
CM gave undue benefits to Kewal Dhillon: Sukhbir
Chandigarh, December 17
The general secretary of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, today alleged that the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, passed on undue benefits to senior Congress leader and close friend, Mr Kewal Dhillon, in approving a series of mega projects for the latter’s company, Messrs Silicon Construction.
Triangular contest in Delhi gurdwara committee elections
SAD to contest all seats
Chandigarh, December 17
There will be a triangular fight in the elections of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee
in New Delhi. The main parties in the contest will be the Shiromani Akali
Dal headed by Mr Parkash Singh Badal, the Delhi Shiromani Akali Dal headed by Mr Paramjit Singh Sarna and a joint front set up by Bhai Ranjit Singh, Mr Manjit Singh and others.
PM’s visit: Akalis ‘misguiding’ people
Lalru, December 17
A day after the senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Capt Kanwaljit
Singh, objected to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s proposed Punjab
visit, a senior Congress functionary today accused the Akali
leadership of the “misguiding” people on the visit.
BJSP may have poll pact with SAD
Mohali, December 17
Uma Bharti’s Bhartiya Jan Shakti Party is looking to form an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal in the coming Assembly elections in Punjab.
Mr Vishav Nath, general secretary of the All-India Bharatiya Janshakti Party, addresses a press conference in Mohali on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Badal lying: Dhillon
Chandigarh, December 17
Reacting to allegations levelled against him by Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, Mr Kewal Dhillon today said, “It is a political propaganda and based on falsehood as all concessions are within the parameters of the existing policy”.
Dams out of bounds for visitors
Gurdaspur December 17
Security around the dams in the state has been tightened after intelligence inputs of terrorist threats on vital installations in the country. The visitors have been totally banned from visiting inside the Ranjit Sagar and Bhakra dams the two vital irrigation and power projects of the state.
Commutation of pension rate cut only on paper
Gurdaspur, December 17
The failure of the Department of Finance to make any policy for giving commutation of pension has left many pensioners in the dark.
The commutation is a part of total pension paid in advance to its employees by
the government at a nominal interest rate.
Love okay, but ‘no unification’
Ludhiana December 17
For a while last night, the Indo-Pak bonhomie over the growing 'people to people' relations appeared to turn sour, when a former Pakistan ambassador to Norway and Thailand, Mr
Ata-ul-Haq-Qasmi, objected to the observations of the Minister of State for Cultural Affairs, Punjab, Ms Gurkanwal Kaur, that the two countries (India and Pakistan) should ultimately
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| Ms Gurkanwal Kaur, Minister of State for Cultural Affairs, presents Sahir Award to Ata-ul-Qasmi in Ludhiana on Saturday.
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RSS organises “samajik ekta sammelan”
Tarn Taran, December 17
A largely attended social unity sammelan, dedicated to the first birth centenary of the RSS second chief, Rao Golwalkar, was organised here today.
The programme was organised by the local Sri Guruji Janam Shatabdi Samaroh
Samiti headed by Mr Amir Chand Sood.
