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Transfer of 3 engineers: Has PSEB violated code?
Patiala, January 5
Has not the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) authorities violated the election code of conduct by ordering transfer of three engineers.
Student battling for life; police yet to file challan
Amritsar, January 5
The police has been delaying the presenting of the challan in the attack on an MBBS student, Pawaneet Singh, who is battling for life as he suffered paralysis on the right side of the body due to a head injury. This was alleged by Dr Avtar Singh
Riar, father of the victim.
Student found dead in hostel room
Faridkot, January 5
A 21-year-old engineering student of Adarsh College of Engineering and
Technology, Surjit Singh, was found dead in his hostel room on the college campus.
Cong leaders scramble for ticket
Ropar/Kharar, January 5
Scramble among the Congress leaders of Anandpur Sahib, Chamkaur Sahib and Kharar Assembly constituencies came to fore on the last day of filing claims for party ticket. Many claimant-leaders of the district after filing documents in the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
(PPCC) office in Chandigarh, even left for Delhi to prove their credentials to the Congress high command for ticket.
Revolt in Gurdaspur against Raghunath Sahai
Gurdaspur, January 5
In a setback to Transport Minister Raghunath Sahai Puri, around 35 Congress leaders from his constituency have appealed to the party high command against re-nominating him from the area.
Randhawa gives jolt to AISAD
Amritsar, January 5
The All-India Shiromani Akali Dal (AISAD) led by Mr Jaswant Singh Mann suffered a jolt when Mr Kuljit Singh Randhawa, member of the Zila
Parishad, president of the Dera Bassi truck union and a staunch Congress leader, today said he had never applied for the ticket of the
AISAD.
Poll: MC removes hoardings
Abohar, January 5
Complying with the orders passed by representatives of the Election Commission, officials of the panchayat samiti and the municipal council today removed the hoardings displaying the photographs of political leaders and their supporters.
Commercial hoardings at important crossings pose a threat to motorists in Abohar.
— Photo by Raj Sadosh
Tension over election offices in shop
Sangrur, January 5
Tension gripped Dirba town today as supporters of Mr Baldev Singh Mann, SAD candidate from the Dirba Assembly constituency, and supporters of Mr Surjit Singh Dhiman, MLA from
Dirba, clashed with each other on the issue of opening of election offices in a shop in the New Grain Market.
Chandumajra’s loss may be Bhattal’s gain
Sangrur, January 5
The announcement by senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Naranjan Singh Bhutal to contest as an Independent candidate from the Lehra Assembly constituency against official SAD candidate Prem Singh Chandumajra may benefit Rajinder Kaur
Bhattal, prospective Congress candidate from Lehra, in the Assembly elections to be held on February 13.
Indecision on ticket gives sleepless nights to aspirants
Nabha, January 5
With the Assembly elections nearing, the political equations are touching new lows everyday. SAD candidate Raja Narinder Singh’s position is said to be stronger with the entry of three more congress party ticket seekers apart from present MLA Kaka Randip Singh.
Political parties briefed on poll code
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 5
Mrs Jaspreet Talwar, Deputy Commissioner-cum-District electoral Officer, yesterday held a meeting with representatives of all political parties to
apprise them of the election code. She gave detailed information to them about the poll code and what they can and what they can’t do.
CALL OF FAITH: Devotees throng Harmandar Sahib in Amritsar to pay obeisance on the birth anniversary of the Tenth Sikh Guru on Friday. — PTI |
2 brothers burnt to death
Hoshiarpur, January 5
Two children were burnt to death and two received serious burn injuries when a fire broke out in the Jhuggi of Raja Ram, a migrant labourer, at village Jahan
Khelan, 8 km from here, last night.
Ludhiana to host key conference of surgeons
Chandigarh, January 5
Ludhiana will host the prestigious conference of the Association of Surgeons of
India(ASI) in 2008.This was decided at the general body of the ASI at Varanasi
recently. Dr Kuldeep Singh, who heads the northern chapter of the ASI, said this conference would be held in northern India after more than 30 years.
Cracked track disrupts rail traffic
Phillaur, January 5
The Saharasa-bound Garib Rath Express had a miraculous escape when it passed through the cracked portion of the track near Jassian between the Phillaur and Ludhiana section this morning. Railway sources said the cracks had also developed in up line tracks between Chiherru and
Jalandhar-Cantonment. No passenger was hurt.
Cotton perishes in fire
Bathinda, January 5
Around 22 quintals of cotton was gutted at the local market today. The fire reportedly broke out due to a short-circuit. This was the second such incident at the cotton market in less than a month.
A farmer shows cotton destroyed in a fire caused by a short-circuit in a market in Bathinda on Friday.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera
Groundnut, maize stocks gutted in fire
Abohar, January 5
Huge stocks of groundnuts, maize, etc. were gutted in fire in the wee hours of today, reportedly due to a short circuit.
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