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Budget: Govt to woo mega firms
Chandigarh, June 20
The SAD-BJP government will facilitate the entry of mega-corporate entities to modernise the marketing of the agriculture produce.

Cong MLAs stage walkout

Chandigarh, June 20 Congress MLAs today staged a walkout from the Punjab Vidhan Sabha when their demand for a discussion on the law and order situation was rejected just before the budget was to be  presented.

Congress MLAs walk out of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, in protest against the policies of the SAD-BJP government, in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Outlay for power sector up
Chandigarh, June 20
Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, who presented the state budget today, has enhanced the outlay for the power sector to Rs 1,062 crore from Rs 924 crore last year. He said that efforts were afoot for bidding in the case of the thermal power projects at Talwandi Sabo and Nabha with a capacity of 3,000 MW.

 

 

POLITICS

Dera Row
Khalsa panel adamant on June 24 march
Amritsar, June 20
Various Sikh bodies, including the SGPC, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) and a section of the Sant Samaj, have been making all-out efforts to resolve the Sikh-Dera Sacha Sauda row and the meeting of the Sikh clergy may be delayed because Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, jathedar, Akal Takht, has gone abroad. 

‘Powerless’ Chahal may face theft charges
Patiala June 20
Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, former media adviser to Capt Amarinder Singh is in for more trouble. He is likely to be booked for power theft. The PSEB authorities had recently confiscated three power meters installed at the palatial residence of Chahal at the Tawakli Morr area of Patiala. All three meters were in the name of Chahal.

COMMUNITY

Now, it is ministers’ turn to become charitable
Chandigarh, June 20
Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal today announced that all ministers would have contribute Rs 1,000 per month from their salary for the health insurance scheme to be launched for 4.45 lakh below poverty families living in the state.

Guru Granth Sahib removed from dera
Moga, June 20
Activists of the Ek Noor Khalsa Fauj today removed Guru Granth Sahib from dera Satoana, near here, without any resistance from the opposite side.

PSEB to set up complaint centres
Patiala, June 20
Chairman of Punjab State Electricity Board Y.S. Ratra today observed that complaints with regard to breakdown, replacement of damaged distribution transformers and interruption in power supply are not attended to in a time-bound manner by some unscrupulous employees.

40 attend personality workshop
Patiala, June 20
Forty students hailing from Punjabi University and its affiliated colleges participated in the inaugural session of a seven-day personality and youth leadership camp, which was inaugurated by vice-chancellor Swarn Singh Boparai. The camp was organised by the directorate of youth welfare, Punjabi University, at its regional centre at Andretta, near Palampur, today.

CRIME

Ayurvedic doc held for selling allopathic medicines
Rajpura, June 20
The district police and the health department nabbed an ayurvedic doctor, Doctor J.S. Cheema, and his assistants Gurpreet Singh and Satwinder Singh, for selling allopathic medicines, here today.