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A probing Q, a phone-sack and then back
Ludhiana, January 27
A reporter of a vernacular daily lost his job for “asking inconvenient questions” at the press conference of the Chief Minister here
today. The journalist was, however, reinstated following vociferous protests from fellow colleagues.
Badal: Bid to muzzle press
Chandigarh, January 27
The Shiromani Akali Dal and the its alliance partner, the BJP, have come out strongly against the incident in which the reporter of a Punjabi daily was allegedly threatened at Ludhiana.
In Tarn Taran, it’s about missing kids
Buchar Kalan ( Tarn Taran), January 27
Everyone in the border village of Buchar Kalan knows Shamsher Singh’s house. But no one is really familiar with his whereabouts.
As you ask the quaint villagers about the location of his quarters
somewhere along the road leading to the international boundary, they
look at your face weirdly, and hopefully, as if you are about to solve
the mystery shrouding his movements.
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Waiting for their voices to be heard over the election din, Manjit Kaur, mother of missing five-year-old Sheru, and another relative in Buchar Kalan village in Tarn Taran district.
— Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma
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They have ID-cards, but can’t vote
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Bathinda, January 27
Many of them have been residing in Ward No.10, Beant Nagar, for the past about two decades and were taken aback when they did not find their names in the fresh voter list.
Upset over the denial of voting rights in the Assembly poll, they
accused the staff involved in the preparation of electoral rolls of
misguiding them.
Beant Nagar residents show their voter identity cards in Bathinda on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera
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Price hike will prove Cong’s undoing: Jaitley
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Gurdaspur, January 27
The BJP general secretary, Mr Arun Jaitley, today managed to get disgruntled leaders campaigning for the party.
Mr Jaitley, along with the Gurdaspur BJP MP, Mr Vinod Khanna, held a meeting with BJP workers in the Pathankot and Sujnapur Assembly constituencies.
Cricketer-turned-politician and BJP candidate for the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat Navjot Singh Sidhu addresses a press conference with party leader Arun Jaitley in Amritsar on Friday.
— PTI
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The Lalls and Lallis of the state
Chandigarh, January 27
If Haryana boasts of several Lals as political heavyweights, Punjab has its own share of Lals and
Lallis. The difference, if any, is in connotation of the word Lal or Lalli or Lalji...
parallel economy
Corporates decide to please all
Chandigarh, January 27
With campaigning gathering steam, it is not just the fortunes of politicians and political parties, but also that of big corporates, at stake.
294 papers rejected in 17 dists
Chandigarh, January 27
Nomination papers of 294 candidates in 17 of the total 20 districts were rejected during scrutiny today.
Twentyeight nominees, the largest number, were rejected in Jalandhar district.
Parliamentary Secys resign
Chandigarh, January 27
Almost all Chief Parliamentary Secretaries and Parliamentary Secretaries in Punjab have submitted their resignations as a precautionary step to guard against disqualification in the Assembly elections. The resignations have been accepted.
Phagwara: Old rivals to slug it out
Phagwara, January 27
Both Mr Joginder Singh Mann of the Congress and Chaudhury Swarna Ram of the BJP, candidates for the Phagwara
(SC) seat, are trying to get credit for the Satnam Pura railway over bridge, the construction of which is under way.
Triangular contest in Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur, January 27
The Hoshiarpur Assembly segment is witnessing a triangular contest among the Bharatiya Janata Party-SAD alliance, the Congress and the Bhaujan Samaj Party. The BJP has fielded Mr Tikshan Sood, who won the two previous elections.
Security breach: Home Dept ‘jittery’ over information
Amritsar, January 27
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs appears jittery over supplying information, relating to alleged security breach of senior politicians including former Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana, sought under the Right To Information (RTI) Act, 2005.
‘Human rights mean right to life’
Nabha, January 27
Mr B. C. Rajput, a member of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission addressing students of the Punjab Public School, Nabha said Human Rights mean right to life, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed in the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Civil & Cultural Rights adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations of the December 16, 1996.
Sacrifices of martyrs recalled
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 27
Republic Day was celebrated with enthusiasm in all the towns and subdivisions of the district. The district-level function was organised at the grounds of MG College, Fatehgarh Sahib. Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Deputy Chief Minister unfurled the National flag and took the salute from contingents of Punjab Police, Home Guards and NCC cadets.
Four printing presses sealed
Sangrur, January 27
Four printing presses have been sealed by the district administration for violating the Representation of People Act-1951.
Mr S.R. Ladhar, District Magistrate said here today, printing presses J.R.
Printing Press, The Bhagwant Printing Publisher and Stationery Workshop
Co-operative Industrial Society New Rainbow Printing Press, and Jagga Printing
Press had been sealed for violating the guidelines, issued for printing presses
under Section 127-A of the Representation of People Act.
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