Disproportionate assets case
Suspects stay away from probe
Chandigarh, April 29
Apprehending arrest and harassment, some of key persons accused along with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his family in the Rs 78 crore disproportionate assets case, have been staying away from the investigations.

 

POLITICS

Badal unleashing ‘politics of vendetta’
Chandigarh, April 29
Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Congress MLA from Bholath, today accused the Parkash Singh Badal Government of allegedly unleashing "politics of vendetta" against opponents.

Amarinder likely to be PCC chief
Ludhiana, April 29
The All-India Congress Committee (AICC) seems to have little option as far as appointing the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president is concerned. The choice might ultimately fall on former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh who is scheduled to return to the state on May 2 after staying in Delhi for about three weeks.

BJP seeks Dy CM’s post

Chandigarh, April 29 The newly appointed chief of the Punjab unit of the BJP Rajinder Bhandari today demanded that the BJP deserves the post of Deputy Chief Minister. The Punjab BJP, which won 19 of the 23 Assembly seats it contested in alliance with SAD, is ‘hopeful’of getting the post, he said.   Rajinder Bhandari (centre), chief of the Punjab unit of the BJP who took over office in Chandigarh on Sunday. On the left is Manoranjan Kalia, minister for industries, while on the right is R.P. Singh, party’s central leader. —A Tribune photograph

COMMUNITY

Panic over 4 jaundice deaths

Amritsar, April 29 Jaundice has spread in the slums here and it is feared it may spread to other areas of the city if preventive measures are not taken. Four persons have been reported dead in the past four days and 125 cases were detected in the past 48 hours and admitted to private and government hospitals of the city for treatment. Surinder Kumar and his mother Darshan Rani of Krishna Nagar in Amritsar.—Tribune photo by Rajiv Sharma

Disability centres face closure

Patiala, April 29 The district disability and rehabilitation centres (DDRCs), established by the District Red Cross societies in the state, are facing closure. The centres have not received any grant from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for the past one year. A view of the DDRC office in Patiala on Sunday. Tribune photo by Rajesh Sachar

Yoga has cure for all diseases: Ramdev
Patiala, April 29
Reacting to the ongoing controversy about his claims of having a formula for producing male child, religious guru Baba Ramdev has clarified that it is just a medicine for curing infertility.

 

ADMINISTRATION

Govt clips wings of revenue officials
Chandigarh, April 29
The Punjab Government has decided to clip the wings of the revenue officials. In a significant decision that may benefit lakhs of property owners and land developers, the Punjab Urban Development Authority(PUDA) has clarified that "khasra nos" are no longer required to be entered in the execution of the sale deed of the plots purchased and sold in the approved PUDA colonies.

‘Large-scale corruption’ in Irrigation Department
Chandigarh, April 29
Large-scale corruption in the Punjab Irrigation Department is mainly responsible for water not reaching the tail-end of various water channels and distributaries in the state.

CRIME

Massive hunt for missing poppy husk
Bathinda, April 29
The police has launched a massive hunt to seize a few dozen poppy husk bags which have reportedly disappeared under mysterious circumstances even before the two trucks transporting the same from Jaipur to this district were impounded by a special team at a naka laid down in the Nahianwala police station area on Friday.

Widow kidnapped, raped
Tarn Taran, April 29
A widow residing with her parents at Jalalabad village here was allegedly kidnapped and raped by three persons of the same area. However, the incident came to light when a case was registered under Sections 363, 376, 506 and 34, IPC, at the Verowal police station here last evening.

3 held for making spurious cold drinks
Patiala, April 29
The local police arrested three persons allegedly for making spurious cold drinks at Gajukhera village in the district today.

EDUCATION

Kanwaljit opens school’s block
Tarn Taran, April 29
Though the financial condition of the state was pitiable even then the state government was doing its best to provide every possible facility to residents. This was stated by minister for co-operation Kanwaljit Singh while addressing a rural gathering at mand area of Johal Dhai Wala village, 30 km from here.

STFI garners support for teachers’ demands
Nawanshahr, April 29
The School Teachers Federation of India (STFI) has launched a signature campaign for sending a memorandum to the President of India in order to urge the Centre to enact the law to ensure education upto 14 years of age as a Fundamental Right, controlling commercialisation of education, accelerating the process of pay commission and other teachers related demands.