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Father-in-law
of Chahal’s son questioned
Chandigarh, March 21
The father-in-law of B.I.S.
Chahal’s son, was questioned by a team of the Punjab vigilance
bureau at his home in Daad village in Ludhiana tonight. A team of the
bureau led by a DIG-level official visited the house of Jagdish Singh,
whose daughter is married to Bikram Singh Chahal.
Cop who probed Badal may probe Chahal, others
Chandigarh, March 21
In what may be a surprise, Surinder Pal Singh, former SSP of
Ropar, who, in his capacity as SP, economic offences wing of the vigilance bureau, was the investigating officer in the cases of corruption against Parkash Singh
Badal, continues with his posting in the VB.
Punjab formulating state forest policy
Chandigarh, March 21
Punjab is in the process of formulating the State Forest Policy to achieve its target of bringing 15 per cent of its area under forests by 2017.
Currently the state has only 6.33 per cent area under forests.
Pakistan contemplates curbing human organ trade
Amritsar, March 21
Lahore for Indian kidney patients is likely to be out of reach since organ transplant has become costly these days.
Moreover, the government of Pakistan is contemplating an ordinance to curbing
human organ and tissue trade following pressure from human rights organisations
in the country. GND varsity honours
Khush, Ganguly with honorary degrees
Amritsar, March 21
Guru Nanak Dev University today honoured international rice breeder and Padmashree recipient, G.S. Khush of the University of California, Davis (USA) and an eminent medical scientist,
N.K. Ganguly, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, with Doctor of Science
(honoris causa) degrees in the Faculty of Life Sciences at its 33rd annual convocation here. |
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| Punjab Governor and Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Gen S. F. Rodrigues (retd), confers degree of doctor of science (honoris causa) on G.S. Khush at the 33rd convocation of the university in Amritsar on Tuesday.
— Tribune
photo by Rajiv Sharma |
Naresh Gujral promises to lobby for state in Delhi
Jalandhar, March 21
"Parliamentarians from Punjab need to participate in a debate for the betterment of the state. I feel Punjab is in need of a great degree of lobbying with various ministries in New Delhi for the solution of various long-standing problems and issues. But to achieve this goal, we have to do a lot of networking in the Capital." These are views of Naresh
Gujral, the newly elected Rajya Sabha member from Punjab.
Cong
MLAs meet Governor over Bill
Chandigarh, March 21
Led by Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, a group of Congress legislators
presented a memorandum to the Punjab Governor, Gen S.F Rodrigues
(retd), to protest against the repeal of the State Vigilance
Commission Bill, 2007.
New model of Durgiana temple to be installed at airport
Amritsar, March 21
Ending the controversy of model of Durgiana Temple put up at Rajasansi international airport, which could not be traced after the shifting of the terminal to new building, the airport authorities here today said a move was on to install a new model, matching with look of the new terminal.
Residents of Patiala wait for their turn at a municipal
corporation water tap in Abhlonwal, Patiala, on the eve of World Water Day on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Rajesh Sachar |
Common man still ‘ignorant’ about RTI Act
Sangrur, March 21
Though the Centre enacted the Right to Information (RTI) Act-2005 to bring transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority but the Punjab Government has not initiated sufficient and effective programmes for the promotion of the Act and enable common
people to get information from various government departments in public interest in an effective manner.
Ophthalmic officers condemn DHS’s attitude
Nabha, March 21
An emergency meeting of the Ophthalmic Officers Association condemned Director Health Services (DHS) Sukhdev Singh for his dictatorial attitude towards the members of the association.
SGPC meeting put off
Amritsar, March 21
The meeting called by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to counter the move of the Haryana Government to set up a separate gurdwara parbandhak committee for the state will now be held on March 29, instead March 24, as was announced earlier.
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Another book on ‘Operation Bluestar’ released
Chandigarh, March 21
Reiterating All-India Sikh Students Federation‘s
(AISSF) panthic agenda, firebrand leader Bhagwan Singh Sandhu today said the federation was about to launch state-wide agitations. The purpose of agitations, he said, was “consolidating the youth of the state, raising the demand for Punjab’s self determination and demanding the rights of Sikhs”.
Dr Bhagwan Singh Sandhu on the occasion of his book's release. |
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Quake rumours create panic
Chandigarh, March 21
Panic gripped the people following rumours of a possible earthquake in Punjab and Chandigarh late last night.
An old man prays outside his home following rumours of an earthquke in Patiala on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph |
2 pilgrims killed in road accident
Gurdaspur, March 21
Two pilgrims, including a 2-year-old boy, died and five others were injured seriously when a car in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck on the Gurdaspur-Amritsar highway in Mahadev Khurd village ,near here, in wee hours of Monday.
Two youths crushed by speeding train
Malout, March 21
Two youths of Burja Sindwan village,7 km from here, were crushed to death by a speeding train at an unmanned
railway crossing situated on the outskirts of the village today.
Drive to make Fatehgarh Sahib green
Fatehgarh Sahib, March 21
The District Environment Protection Society, in collaboration with district forest department, observed World Forest Day by holding a function at Aam Khas Bagh,
Sirhind, today.
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