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Akal Takht stance reasonable, says Punjab govt
New Delhi, May 29
Feeling relieved over Akal Takht’s “reasonable stance” on the apology tendered by Dera Sacha Sauda, the Punjab government said today that the directive takes the issue from the level of physical opposition of the deras to an ideological plane of a campaign against
“deraism”.
Faculty Shortage
Ayurvedic college faces disaffiliation
Patiala, May 29
After medical colleges, the only Government Ayurvedic College of the state based at Patiala faces disaffiliation due to shortage of staff. The Central Council of Indian Medicine has threatened to stop admissions in the college for the current academic year.
Amritsar boy tops in region with 98.6 per cent
Amritsar, May 29
Paras Mohindroo of Springdale Senior Secondary School has bagged the first position in Punjab region by securing 98.6 per cent marks in the matriculation exams conducted by the
CBSE, the results of which were declared today. He set a record of
sorts by securing 100 each in maths and social studies, 99 each in
science and industrial IT computers and 95 in English.
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Tension over digging up of graveyard
Pathankot, May 29
Tension prevailed today at Manwal village of Sujanpur over the digging of a graveyard allegedly by certain perons of the Rajput community.
The incident occurred at about 11.30 am when certain persons along with the police reached the village and demolished a boundary wall of the graveyard belonging to Muslims of the village.
Green Campaign
Sidhu pledges own savings
Amritsar, May 29
Navjot Singh Sidhu, BJP MP, today pledged his personal resources to launch a “go-clean green” campaign in the holy city. Wresting the initiative from government
organisations, Sidhu planted a sapling at the Circuit House complex to set the ball rolling for the launch of the campaign.
Police highhandedness
Bazigars block highway in protest
Rajpura, May 29
Thousands of commuters and motorists had a harrowing time following the blockade of the Rajpura-Sirhind stretch of the GT Road by members of the Bazigar community protesting against the alleged police highhandedness late last night.
Do not touch ‘beris’ at Golden Temple
Amritsar, May 29
Devotees visiting the Golden Temple should refrain from touching the three ‘beris’
(jubube trees), particularly Beri Baba Budhha Sahib and Dukh Bhanjani Beri inside the shrine with their ‘ghee’-smudged hands, as these 415-year-old trees are begining threatened by insect and fungal attacks.
Sikh leaders detained, let off
Amritsar, May 29
Hardline Sikh leaders Kanwarpal Singh and Jasbir Singh Ghumman of the Dal Khalsa were stopped at a police naka near the Golden Temple when they were going to their office after meeting Sikh clergy today.
Budget session from June 19
Chandigarh, May 29
The Budget session of the Punjab Assembly will begin from June 19, it
is learnt. It will last for 10 days and be extended if the Opposition asks for it.
The regular Budget will be passed in the session.
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