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Suicides By Farmers In Punjab
Figures fudged to fool Centre, says NGO
Chandigarh, June 27
Inconvenient numbers are any government’s achilles’ heel. It is more so when the numbers reflect on as grave a matter as rural suicides in a state widely acclaimed for its agricultural prowess.
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Every year, monsoon cuts off 14 villages
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Bamial (Gurdaspur), June 27
Even after 60 years of Independence, monsoon still spells misery to over 14 villages located on the Indo-Pak border across the Ujj river which will be cut off from the rest of the state for the next three months.
Monsoon Misery: Residents of villages located on the Indo-Pak border across the Ujj river carry foodgrains and other essential commodities to tide over the rainy season.
— Tribune photo by writer
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Let’s talk it out, CM to Khanna
Chandigarh, June 27
Even as former president of the Punjab BJP Avinash Rai Khanna today led a protest to demand the opening of a road near the Bhakra Dam, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal made a strong political comment on the floor of the Vidhan Sabha asking a BJP MLA, “ Tell Khannaji to come and meet me, we will sort out the problem instead of sitting in
dharna.”
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Congress councillors join SAD
Chandigarh, June 27
Three councillors of the Notified Area Committee, Sahnewal,
Krishan Pal Singh, Randhir Singh, along with another councillor
Kusum Rani’s husband, announced to sever ties with the Congress
and offer their services to the SAD here today.
Barely 3, she can recognise 52 flags
Bathinda, June 27
She is yet to start going to school, but appears proficient in geography. Just a little over two-and-a-half years, Anuroop Sharma can recognise the national flags of as many as 52 countries.
“It began when she was shown pictures of a few flags at a
play-way she goes to,” her father Devinder Kumar, a local
businessman, said. “Thereafter her interest in flags increased
and she was easily able to remember the names of the countries the
flags associated with,” he added.
Anuroop Sharma with cardboard cutouts of national flags of different countries at her home in Bathinda on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera
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Review power Act 2003: Engineers
Patiala, June 27
The Northern India Power Engineers Federation has demanded the review of the Electricity Act-2003 and the unbundling of state electricity boards.
The executive committee of NIPEF held a meeting recently to study the
power scenario of the northern region.
Water connection charges halved
Chandigarh, June 27
Applying for a water connection in Punjab will cost less. Minister for water supply Bikram Majithia today told the Vidhan Sabha that the connection charges had been halved for all categories while the security deposit had been waived.
Posts Referred to UPSC
Khangura writes to Badal
Ludhiana, June 27
Kila Raipur MLA Jassi Khangura has questioned the logic of the government in referring various posts for selection to the Union Public Service Commission, bypassing the Punjab Public Service Commission.
MC chief attacks hospital authorities
Barnala, June 27
Alleging anomalies in the working at the local civil hospital, municipal committee president Makhan Sharma has sought intervention of health minister Laxmi Kanta Chawala to set the things right there.
Doctors found absent from duty
Patiala, June 27
Director research and medical education Dr J.S. Dalal conducted a surprise raid today at the local government medical, dental and ayurvedic colleges.
Society dares Pratibha Patil
Ludhiana, June 27
The divine premonition, claimed by Presidential candidate Pratibha
Patil, has raised the heckles of the Tarksheel Society of Punjab.
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