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Sikh devotees take part in kar sewa for the construction of a corridor around the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday. — PTI |
SGPC acting as tool in hands of SAD: Cong
Chandigarh, May 24
Demanding a judicial probe into incidents in Punjab in the past few days, the state Congress attacked the SGPC for levelling allegations against Sonia Gandhi and blamed the SGPC and the ruling SAD for the present crisis in the state.
Addl SHO booked
IG's brother flees from police custody
Amritsar, May 24
Rakesh Sharma, brother of inspector-general of police, today fled from police custody in alleged connivance with his younger brother Sandip Sharma, a PPS officer, posted as assistant commandant, 5 Battalion,
Bahadurgarh, and an additional SHO, Civil Lines, Vivinder Kumar.
Job-for-Cash Scam
Fresh probe into missing Rs 2 crore likely
Ludhiana, May 24
More than five years after the multi-crore job-for-cash scandal, involving former PPSC chairman Ravi
Sidhu, the state vigilance bureau is likely to initiate an investigation into the alleged disappearance of Rs 2 crore from one of the lockers of
Sidhu.
Bathinda girl tops in class VIII examination
Mohali, May 24
Amanjot Kaur of Government Senior Secondary School, Rajgarh Kube (Bathinda ) has topped in the middle standard examination conducted by the Punjab School Education Board even as the pass percentage in the examination has come down by nearly 10 per cent compared to last year.
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150th year of Kuka movement
Major celebrations on the cards
Chandigarh, May 24
The Punjab government will celebrate 150th year of the Kuka movement in a big way. In a high level meeting chaired by chief secretary recently, it was decided to set up state and district level committees to commemorate the first call of Independence given by Satguru Ram Singh of the Kuka movement and build a memorial at Bhaini Sahib, from where the call was given.
Two brothers drown
Bir Talab (Bathinda), May 24
Tragedy struck on the family of Tarsem Singh when his two sons drowned in a canal on Wednesday evening.
A pall of gloom descended on the village after the news of death of the two
teenagers spread like wild fire. According to information, 11-year-old Deepu was
taking a bath sitting on the stairs of the canal.
Demolition drive
More
structures razed
Pathankot, May 24
The local administration today intensified the drive against encroachments and removed these on the Sailli road here.
Nine illegal structures, including a shop which had encroached
upon government land, were demolished with the help of JCB
machines.
A JCB removes encroachments on the Saili road in Pathankot.
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BOT roads
Company allowed to collect toll
Hoshiarpur, May 24
Instead of providing relief to the inhabitants of Hoshiarpur, the state government through the executive engineer, construction division No.2, PWD (B&R) branch,
Hoshiarpur, has allowed the toll-plaza company, P.D. Agarwal Infrastructure Limited, to collect the toll on build, operate and transfer on the Hoshiarpur-Tanda road.
Police to replace CISF at secretariat
Chandigarh, May 24
The Punjab government has conveyed to the state police that the security arrangements at the Punjab civil secretariat here will be handed over to it.
The government plans to remove the central industrial security force as it is
charging Rs 40 crore per annum for security duties at the secretariat.
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