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SAD, Cong leaders appeal for peace, trade charges
Chandigarh, May 15
While making appeals to the people of the state to maintain peace and communal harmony, senior leaders of two major political parties --- the SAD and the Congress --- have blamed each other for disturbing the hard-earned peace in the state.
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Badal urges parties to cooperate
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Dullo says govt a failure on all fronts
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Bhattal says Badal has failed to maintain law
and order
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Avtar Singh blames Cong
Seed Scam
VB ex-chief had shut inquiry
BKU for reopening of the case
Ludhiana, May 15
Former chief of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau A.P. Pandey had shot down the move of conducting a high-level regular inquiry in the controversial PAU seed scam case, even as officials, including SSP, vigilance, Ludhiana, DIG and joint director-prosecution had in their investigation and analysis found enough evidence for further investigation.
98-yr-old widow on fast for pension
Chandigarh, May 15
After trying her best to prove her entitlement to freedom fighters’ pension and having failed, Gurnam Kaur (98) resorted to an extreme step this morning. The widow of Tara Singh Brar, honoured with Tamra Patra in 1972, started indefinite fast
to secure pension.
Gurnam Kaur (right), widow of freedom fighter Tara Singh, on an indefinite fast near the DC’s office in Moga on Tuesday. |
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Cong activists raise slogans
Hoshiarpur, May 15
Activists of the District Youth Congress, led by their president Arun Dogra, raised slogans against Simranjit Singh Mann, SAD (Amritsar) chief, and burnt his effigy at the local Prabhat Chowk today for hanging a portrait of Dilawar Singh, an assassin of Beant Singh, on the statue of former Chief Minister, at BMC Chowk, Jalandhar.
Cong MLAs to meet on May 18
Chandigarh, May 15
Leader of the opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal has convened a meeting of Congress MLAs here on May 18.
50 structures razed
Pathankot, May 15
Following directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the local administration launched an anti-encroachment drive and razed over 50 structures, which had come up illegally on the Amritsar-Pathankot-Kullu road, here today.
Illegal structures being razed during an anti-encroachment drive on the
Amritsar-Pathankot-Kullu road on Tuesday. — Photo by N.P. Dhawan |
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Harassment to Transporter
PSHRC orders action against cops
Chandigarh, May 15
Taking a serious note of a case of police highhandedness, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) has recommended appropriate action against the guilty cops who not only harassed a transporter but also extracted money from him.
Baba Jiwan Singh Memorial: File goes missing
Amritsar, May 15
In a new turn to the controversy over the setting up of the Baba Jiwan Singh Memorial in Ranjit Avenue, executive members of the Baba Jiwan Singh Memorial and Research
(BJSMR) Trust here today claimed that the deed for the land identified for the memorial could not registered because the Improvement Trust had misplaced its file.
Shaheed Sukhdev’s centenary observed
Ferozepore, May 15
Events, including cycle rally, blood donation camp, declamation and painting contests were organised to mark the birth centenary of Shaheed Sukhdev, who, along with fellow comrades, smilingly embraced gallows for the sake of freedom.
Human Trafficking
Process initiated to declare travel agent PO
Kapurthala, May 15
Amidst intelligence reports of the fleeing of Paramjeet Kaur’s agent Joginder Singh to Toronto, the district police has initiated the process of declaring him a proclaimed offender (PO) and, subsequently, attaching his property.
Delay in MC president poll resented
Hoshiarpur, May 15
Naresh Thakur, former minister and a senior Congress leader, sharply reacted over the failure of Congress municipal councillors in electing the president of the Municipal Council (MC), Hoshiarpur, despite a majority in the House.
Special kids get hearing aids
Ropar, May 15
At least 131 special children were given tricycles, wheelchairs, clutches and hearing aids at a function organised under the Sarv Sikhya Abhiyaan at Government Senior Secondary School (boys) here, today.
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