Reshuffle of babus after session: CS
Patiala, March 24
Major reshuffle in Punjab administration will take place after current session of Assembly is over. Chief Secretary Punjab Ramesh Inder Singh stated this to a query from newsmen here today.

Superstitions, blind faith rules
Patiala, March 24
Superstitions, myth and blind faith were the order of the day at the Kali temple, here on Saturday.

POLITICS

Govt will remove corruption: Sukhbir
Rajpura, March 24
Fighting with his back to the wall in the disproportionate assets case, working president of the Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Badal yesterday reiterated the commitment of the SAD-BJP alliance to the eradication of corruption from the state.

Sukhbir Badal and Capt Kanwaljit Singh talk to reporters in Rajpura on Friday. — Tribune photo by J.S. Virdi

SAD meetings on March 30
Chandigarh, March 24
Acting president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Sukhbir Singh Badal has convened meetings of the general council and the working committee of the party here on March 30.

COMMUNITY

Working tirelessly for a noble cause
Patiala, March 24
“Blood donation is simpler than giving someone water to drink.” These words of Sat Paul Bansal (58), a regular blood donor and social worker, rang a bell in many-a-ear and left us wondering if it is actually that simple. Says Bansal: “It takes just 10 minutes to donate one unit of blood. The only thing required is motivation, which sadly, is lacking.”

Two cops guard cricketer Harbhajan Singh’s house in Jalandhar after India’s defeat in the World Cup, on Saturday. — Photo by Pawan Sharma

Committed to reviving algoza
Patiala, March 24
“The algoza is a dying art and I want to revive it; not only in Punjab but also all over the world,” says Jaswinder Singh (27), a young artist from Patiala, who plays algoza with a lot of passion.

20 lakh TB cases in India, says doctor
Sangrur, March 24
Since the inception of revised national TB control programme (RNTCP) in January 2003 in the district, more than 45,000 persons suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis have availed the benefit of free sputum examination. Besides this, 10,000 persons have taken advantage of free treatment during the past four years in the district.

‘Superstition’ behind son’s murder
Rajpura, March 24
A local court today remanded Rajinder Singh, accused of murdering his 11-year-old son, in police custody till March 28.

Campaign on environmental issues
Patiala, March 24
The department of social work of Punjabi University, organised a one-day national environment campaign in village Sehra of district Patiala, here today. The basic purpose was to sensitize villagers, farmers and rural population on environmental issues.

Train engine catches fire passengers, unharmed
Ferozepore, March 24
Passengers on board a DMU train had miraculous escape after its engine caught fire on the Ferozepur-Jalandhar section this afternoon, Assistant Divisional Railway Manager R.S Ghera said here.

Chaudhary cautions against troop withdrawal
Hoshiarpur, March 24
The PDP’s demand for withdrawing armed forces from Jammu and Kashmir should not be accepted till the restoration of peace in the state. Former MP and member of the SAD political affairs committee Kamal Chaudhary expressed these views here today.

COURTS

Foundation stone for judicial complex laid
Ferozepore, March 24
“To expedite the filling of posts of judge in lower courts, talks are going on with the state government to bring the recruitment of judges out of the ambit of the PPSC Punjab Police Services Commission so that the judges were recruited by directly by the high court,” stated Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Vijender Jain.

CRIME

Police beats up widow, husband for remarrying
Tarn Taran, March 24
A widow who has re-married recently, was allegedly beaten up by the police in Sarhali village in the presence of village elders. Widow Paramjit Kaur, a complained to the police against her first husband’s parents and members of her own family, alleging they had misbehaved with her as they objected to her remarriage.

Two pilgrims killed in road accident
Bathinda, March 24
When Jagatar Singh, a resident of Gulabgarh village, left the historical Maiserkhana temple after paying obeisance along with his kin, little did he realise that a tragedy was waiting for them near their home.

EDUCATION

300 species of moth identified
Patiala, March 24
Under a project allocated by the Ministry for Environment and Forests, researchers from the Department of Zoology of Punjabi University have identified about 300 species of moth across the state including many reported for the first time. These include about 50 species in fast-decaying Shivalik Hills in Punjab.

DIG exhorts teachers to fight social evils
Amritsar, March 24
Exhorting students and teachers to launch a crusade against social evils like female foeticide, dowry, drug addiction that has been plaguing the society, DIG (jails) Kunwar Vijay Partap said these problems were interrelated and NGOs should come forward to uproot them.

PTU to open coaching centres in rural areas
Pathankot, March 24
To promote technical education and hunt for talents, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, will open coaching centres in rural areas. The two weeks coaching would be provided free of cost. This will help students in preparing for combined entrance tests to be conducted by the university for seeking admission in different courses offered by various technical institutes affiliated to the university.

Call to produce quality food
Sangrur, March 24
The two-day national conference on ‘Food and Nutrition Security: Food and Biotechnologies Interventions’ concluded at the Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, 20 km from here on Friday.