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Nearly 100 PCS officers needed
Chandigarh, May 12
The Punjab government is facing
a shortage of officers for field posting.
Residents could taste freedom for two days only
Ludhiana was fined Rs 55,294 for revolting in 1857
Ludhiana, May 12
Residents of Ludhiana district suffered a fine of Rs 55,294 for participating in the 1857 revolt. Common citizens, including migrant tribes, could, however, taste freedom for two days only.
Glory of once flourishing trade centre to be
revived
Tourism dept plans to break the jinx of Jajon
Patiala, May 12
The jinxed town of Jajon in Hoshiarpur district might see the hustle and bustle it was used to in the last century. The department of
tourism,Punjab, will send a proposal to the Centre to revive the town from the tourism angle.
The ruins of palatial houses that were once the glory of the forbidden city of Jajon.
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BJP releases office-bearers’ list
Chandigarh, May 12
President of the Punjab unit of the BJP Rajinder Bhandari today announced the list of party office-bearers for the state.
Front condemns move against minorities
Amritsar, May 12
The Indian Minorities and Dalit Front has here today condemned the reported move of the union government to make amendments in the Constitution in order to deprive the minorities in the country of their legitimate status.
Women opposing female foeticide to get protection
Bathinda, May 12
Health minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla has urged women “not to serve” their addicted kin at home. She also announced that any schoolchildren, who would provide information about smugglers and persons involved in female foeticide, would be given education free of cost for one year.
* Free education for children informing about smugglers, foeticide cases.
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‘Officials shielding culprits’
Bathinda, May12
Around 20 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have alleged that officials of the health department have been shielding the persons involved in the practice of female foeticide. These NGOs have demanded legal action against the officials.
Biggest-ever seizure of intoxicants in Mansa
Mansa, May 12
In its campaign launched against the sale of drugs, the district police achieved a major success when it managed to make biggest-ever seizure of intoxicants to the tune of about 10 lakh tablets in a one-day operation in this town that came to an end late last night.
Single-handedly he is erecting Anglo-Sikh War memorial
Pamal (Ludhiana), May 12
Successive governments in the state could not do anything to preserve the memory of the historic Anglo-Sikh War, fought 162 years ago, but a retired Army officer of Pamal village has taken the task of erecting a memorial to pay tributes to scores of unsung heroes.
Capt Amarjit Singh Sekhon (retd) in front of a memorial constructed by him to commemorate the Anglo-Sikh War in Pamal, Ludhiana, on Friday.
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Govt to fill 32,000 posts of teacher
Amritsar, May 12
The Punjab government will soon start the filling of 32,000 posts for teachers in the state to ensure that the quality of teaching did not suffer in the government schools due to the shortage of teachers.
Art of Living camps for students
Abohar, May 12
The Art of Living Foundation will organise camps exclusively for students in educational institutions and at common places during the summer vacation to tell them that life is much more than daily routine...that it is more than just eating, drinking, sleeping, working and chatting.
Gauri Sharda, senior trainer of the Art of Living Foundation, at a camp in Abohar on Saturday.
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Torture: Protesters seek doctor’s arrest
Phillaur, May 12
Protesters, including the relatives of one Harajinder Singh, son of a cop of
Phagwara, held a demonstration and ransacked the Punjab Drugs-De-Addiction Centre, Goraya, in Phillaur subdivision on yesterday
afternoon. The demonstrators alleged that Harajinder died on March 25 due to the inhuman attitude and torture given by doctors of the centre. They were demanding the immediate arrest of the doctor.
Passengers seek CM’s intervention
Abohar, May 12
The Railway Passengers Association (North Zone) has urged the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to get all hurdles removed in the construction of the 42.5-km Abohar-Fazilka rail
line. The delay caused a heavy loss to the exchequer, besides dissatisfaction for the passengers who had been excepting relief for past 20 years.
102 donate blood
Rajpura, May 12
As many as 102 persons donated blood at a camp organised in the memory of journalist Bhola Nath Masoom by the Rajpura Press Club here today.
Volunteers donate blood at a camp organised by the Rajpura Press Club at Rajpura on Saturday.
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Women block road
Sangrur, May 12
In a protest against the non-supply of drinking water to their houses, a number of women of the local Mandir Santoshi Mata Wali Gali, near Dhuri Gate, blocked the road in the main bazaar today afternoon.
Man drives car into shamiana; 15 hurt
Ludhiana, May 12
Around 15 Christian devotees were injured, two of them seriously, when a man, apparently learning to drive a car in a vacant ground at Issa Nagar, drove into a
shamiana. The victims had gathered there for a religious programme.
Man ‘set on fire’ over land dispute
Ludhiana, May 12
A dispute over the ownership of a piece of land in Bank Colony,
Haibowal, took a grim turn when a middle-aged man, Rakesh Mohan, was allegedly set on fire by his neighbours late this evening.
BKU to hold rally
Barnala, May 12
The BKU Ekta (Ugrahan) will organise a state-level rally tomorrow at Fatehgarh Channa village to protest against the 376 acres of acquired land falling across the three villages of Fatehgarh
Channa, Dhaula and Sanghera.
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