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47 years after, govt yet to fulfil Kairon’s dream
Fruits, vegetables worth Rs 70,000 crore wasted every year
Pathankot, June 17
The dreams of former Chief Minister (joint Punjab) Pratap Singh Kairon to declare this belt as a fruit zone has not been fulfilled by the state government for the past 47 years.
Due to this, fresh fruits and vegetables worth Rs 70,000 crore are going waste
every year in this belt comprising Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Hoshiarpur and Jasur, a
part of Himachal Pradesh.
‘Is apna desh still the same?’
Amritsar, June 17
In what could be a scene straight from Yash Chopra’s “Veer-Zaara”, Bibi Ghulam Fatima, who migrated to Pakistan during Partition, has sent her grandson to find out if Amritsar, her native city she fondly refers to as “apna desh”, has changed over the years or not.
Youth Cong may gherao Punjab Assembly
4,000 cases registered against Congressmen by Badal govt, says PYC chief
Sangrur, June 17
In protest against the alleged politically motivated cases against Congress leaders and workers by the SAD-BJP government in the state, the Punjab Youth Congress (PYC) may gherao the Punjab Assembly or hold a big demonstration in front of it during its ensuing session to express solidarity with ‘innocent’ Congressmen.
State not to widen Ldh-Malerkotla road: Dhindsa
Hoshiarpur, June 17
The Ludhiana-Malerkotla and Khurala-Tapla roads will neither be strengthened nor widened under the build operate and transfer (BOT) system as these roads come under the World Bank-aided
projects. Therefore, no toll will be charged from those commuting on these.
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Sunita, we are with you |
Students of Nusrat-ul-Islam madarsa of Imam Nasir Jama Masjid pray in Jalandhar on Sunday for Sunita Williams’ safe return. — PTI |
No Cabinet nod to N-plant, says Sekhon
Ferozepur, June 17
Irrigation minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon today denied that the proposal to set up a nuclear power plant in the state had been given approval by the Cabinet. However, the government was contemplating on the issue but no decision had been taken so far.
400 acres washed away as Beas changes course
Kapurthala, June 17
Residents of Baghuwal village, falling under Sultanpur Lodhi subdivision, had in recent past lost about 400 acres of their agricultural land which was washed away after the Beas changed its course.
Quacks: Centre asks states for strict action
Hoshiarpur, June 17
Taking notice of an increase in the incidents of cruel treatment of innocent mentally ill persons in the name of exorcising evil spirits from them by the so- called tantriks and quacks etc, the Government of India recently issued instructions to all state governments and union territories in the country to take strict action against them.
Hansi-Butana Canal
Khaira flays Badal for
his silence
Chandigarh, June 17
Congress MLA from Bholath Sukhpal Singh Khaira has criticised the Badal government for its silence with regard to the statements given by the Haryana irrigation minister Ajay Singh about the construction of the
Hansi-Butana canal to take water from the Bhakra canal to the southern parts of Haryana.
Lovers commit suicide
Hoshiarpur, June 17
A married man and his beloved committed suicide by swallowing poison here.
Blast: Army responsible, says union
Amritsar, June 17
The Cantonment Board Employees Union today held the Army authorities responsible for negligence that resulted in the blast near the cantonment garbage dump on the Amritsar-Wagah bypass road here yesterday injuring four board employees, two of them seriously.
No ‘naam charcha’ allowed at bhog
Sangrur, June 17
As Jarnail Singh, a follower of Dera Sacha Sauda, neither succeeded in getting Guru Granth Sahib from the village gurdwara nor could hold “naam
charcha” for the bhog ceremony of his wife at Bahadurpur village, near here, today, he along with his family performed the rituals by paying obeisance to Guru
Ravidass.
‘Construct Kanshi’s memorial in Chandigarh’
Amritsar, June 17
The Bahujan Shakti Party, the splinter group of the BSP, today demanded to set up a university in the name of Sikh warrior Baba Jeevan Singh in Punjab besides including his life story in the school syllabus.
Ex-DSGMC chief returns from Pak
Amritsar, June 17
Officials of the Pakistan government, Sikh scholars and Wakf board authorities have mutually agreed to establish a university in the name of Guru Nanak Dev at Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. This was revealed by former DSGMC president Harvinderpal Singh Sarna, who returned today after attending the meeting under the leadership of Waqf Board chairman Zulfikar Ali Khan.
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The Cooperative Department has launched an insurance
scheme, Barish Bima Yojna, for saving farmers from scanty rainfall.
