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City Centre Project
Amarinder, others got 100-cr kickbacks: FIR
Ludhiana, March 26
Kickbacks worth at least Rs 100 crore had allegedly been received by former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh along with ex-minister Jagjit Singh, ex-PPCC president H.S. Hanspal and former chairman of the Improvement Trust, Ludhiana, in the controversial City Centre Project, the FIR lodged by the vigilance bureau states.
Unauthorised zoo poses bird flu threat
Patiala March 26
The unauthorised zoo in Baradari Gardens here poses bird flu threat. About 50 exotic birds, mostly pheasants, are being kept in enclosures constructed by the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA) here in violation of norms.
An exotic pheasant being kept in an unauthorised zoo in Baradari Gardens in Patiala.
— Tribune photo by Rajesh Sachar
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Balle-balle, from UK to Jalandhar
Amritsar, March 26
A team of senior functionaries of the UK police arrived here today. No, it's not an official visit but the wedding of the son of their Punjabi colleague that has brought them here.
Officials of the UK police, along with their families, who are in Amritsar to
attend a wedding. — Tribune photo by Rajiv Sharma |
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Boy’s murder
Tantrik’s disciple arrested
Rajpura, March 26
Rajinder Singh, accused of strangulating his 11-year-old son Arshpreet to death inside Dalima Vihar Gurdwara in the wee hours of March 23, allegedly "sacrified" his son to cure his ailing wife.
Sanskrit seminar
Amritsar, March 26
The Department of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit of Guru Nanak Dev University will organise a one-day national seminar on "Description of Punjab in Sanskrit literature" on March 29 at the conference hall.
Record of 3 Pak women’s visit may yield valuable information: Bitta
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Amritsar, March 26
The record maintained by CRPF personnel who allegedly accompanied Capt Amarinder Singh, former Chief Minister, and his three Pakistani women friends to New Delhi, Jaipur and Ajmer Sharif is likely to yield valuable information in the coming days.
All-India Anti-Terrorist Front president M.S. Bitta displays a photograph of the former Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, with Baba Harnam Singh Dhumma, chief of the Damdami Taksal, in Amritsar on Monday.
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Parents want coach arrested
Death of state-level gymnast
Amritsar, March 26
The death of state-level gymnast Manpreet Kaur, a student of plus two of Government Senior Secondary School, The Mall, who was found hanging from the ceiling fan in the hostel here on January 17, today took a new twist when her parents alleged that their only daughter was killed by someone.
Treat girl child on par with male, says CJ
Faridkot, March 26
Mr Virender Jain, Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court here today called upon the judiciary to play active role in the elimination of social evils specially female foeticide. He was here to preside over a seminar organised by Baba Farid Law College on “female foeticide”.
Who will bail out PSEB?
Patiala, March 26
The Punjab State Electricity Board is going to seek a steep hike in power tariff to tide over the financial crunch. The board is in dire straits as far as finances are concerned to buy power from other states this summer.
Demand to withdraw ‘kar sewa’
Amritsar, March 26
In a petition filed before the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission, Baldev Singh Sirsa, a resident of Khanwal village near Ajnala in Amritsar, has demanded that the 'kar
sewa' work in gurdwara Sahib Talab Baba Kishan Kanwar, along with samadhs and Gurdwara Shri Hargobind Sahibji and ‘tap asthan’ allotted to Bhagwant Bhajan Singh should be withdrawn.
Implement mega projects, says Badal
Chandigarh, March 26
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today instructed the principal secretary, industries, to ensure the implementation in a stipulated period of all mega projects which were approved strictly according to the industrial policy by the previous government.
Sex ratio: aid for villages
Patiala, March 26
The department of public health and family welfare has decided to provide financial incentive to villages achieving parity in sex ratio. The district health department has provided cheques worth Rs 3 lakh each to five village panchayats of the district for achieving sex ratio of 1,000 or above in favour of women.
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