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State of Finances
Baba Farid University of Medical Sciences
This university gets no government grant
Chandigarh, April 28
The Baba Farid University of Medical Sciences (BFUMS), Faridkot, has 73 medical and nursing colleges under it. But it runs on a meagre budget of Rs 7 crore with zero per cent grant from the Punjab government.

Farm loans
NABARD starves state of funds
Chandigarh, April 28
Punjab is in a bind as the national bank for agricultural and rural development (NABARD) has not provided funds to advance loans in the farm sector.

Illegal immigration
Five Punjabis deported to India daily
Jalandhar, April 28
Despite the catastrophic consequences for many as the infamous Malta boat tragedy, illegal immigration of Punjabis is on the rise.

VB after ex-Cong MLA for ‘helping’ brother

Amritsar, April 28 The Vigilance Bureau has tightened the noose around the neck of former Congress MLA and ex-chairman of the Improvement Trust Jugal Kishore Sharma for allegedly helping his elder brother in getting the plan of a multi-storeyed building on a prime commercial land near Town Hall here passed during the Congress regime. The controversial multi-storeyed building belonging to former Congress MLA on prime land near Town Hall in Amritsar. — A Tribune photograph

Chemical lab functions sans infrastructure
Patiala, April 28
The chemical laboratory is the only facility in the state where medical evidence in nearly 2,500 cases of poisoning and 600 of rape from the state is verified annually. Besides, the narcotics seized by the police are also tested at the same laboratory. However, its condition illustrates the apathy with which the criminal justice is being handled.



A chemical analyst works in the open at the backyard of the laboratory in Patiala on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Rajesh Sachar

 

COMMUNITY

Bhog of Dimpa’s father
Senior Congress leaders absent
Amritsar , April 28
Second rung leaders of the Congress today criticised senior party leaders for absence at the death anniversary of the father of former Congress MLA Jasbir Singh Dimpa at his Lidher village near Rayya , today.

BRAVING THE HEAT: Girls carry umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun in Patiala. — Tribune photo by Rajesh Sachar

Govt to engage PR companies
Chandigarh, April 28
The Punjab government will frame a policy to provide recognition to public relations companies and private public relations (PR) men to ensure their involvement in some ongoing government PR activities, under public-private partnership .

Thermal plants in pvt sector opposed
Talwandi Sabo, April 28
The plan of the Punjab government to set up two thermal power plants in this and Nabha area by private parties may run into rough weather as two employees’ unions of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) have started opposing the same and demanded that projects should be executed by the department.

Banks’ panel reviews govt schemes
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 28
To review the progress of various government-sponsored schemes for the agriculture, industrial and weaker sectors of the society, Mahesh Inder Singh Thind, ADC(D), presided over the meeting of the consultative committee of various banks, organised by the State Bank of Patiala, here yesterday.

Retirement benefits for Home Guards sought
Amritsar, April 28
Former MLA Satyapal Dang has made an appeal to Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal to give retirement benefits to Home Guards in acknowledgement of their services during the days of militancy.

Travelling in AC buses may go cheaper
Patiala, April 28
Travelling in air-conditioned buses in the state is likely to become cheaper. The government is considering the proposal, submitted by the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC), to reduce the tax levied on the air-conditioned buses.

‘Traders should seek X-ray machine’
Amritsar, April 28
Even though there is a pressing need for installing an X-ray machine at the Air Cargo Complex of the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) at Rajasansi International Airport, the CWC authorities maintain that any proposal in this regard will be finalised only after traders make a formal demand.

Taz of Stereo Nation to act now
Patiala, April 28
“It is good to experience the flavour of everything,” said Taz of Stereo Nation, while interacting with media persons here on Saturday.

Badal case hearing on May 19
Ropar, April 28
A local court today posted the hearing of a disproportionate assets case against Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his MP son, Sukhbir Singh Badal, to May 19.

Supreme Court senior advocate Shushil Kumar representing Parkash Singh Badal and his family come out of the court after hearing in the disproportionate assets case in Rupnagar on Saturday. — PTI

 

AGRICULTURE

Ways to raise milk yield discussed
Amritsar, April 28
At the state-level function organised to celebrate World Veterinary Day here today, veterinarians warned against the wait-and-watch strategy in dog-bite cases. They advised the victims to keep the dog under watch for eight to 10 days and recommended anti-rabies shots only if it developed symptoms.

CRIME

Three quacks arrested
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 28
During a campaign against drug sellers and quacks, the district police nabbed three quacks in the district and registered cases against them. While talking to media persons, Samsher Singh Boparai, DSP(D), said on the directions of SSP Nilabh Kishore, the police had launched a campaign to nab drug sellers and quacks who were running clinics in rural areas without registration.

EDUCATION

3 front-runners for post of PAU VC
Chandigarh, April 28
A meeting of the board of directors of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, will be held on Monday (April 30) to appoint its vice- chancellor.