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SGPC meeting today
Sikh bodies divided over shifting of battle to Haryana
Amritsar, July 1
The executive meeting of the SGPC to be held at Fatehgarh Sahib tomorrow will discuss the call of the Sikh clergy to hold a conclave at Ratia in Haryana on July 11 even as various Sikh organisations are divided over shifting of the battle against Dera Sacha Sauda from Punjab to Haryana.
Sikh activists chase ‘premis’; no case registered
Moga, July 1
Timely police intervention today averted a showdown between followers of Dera
Sacha Sauda and Sikh activists when the dera followers were chased by the
activists in cars and motorcycles.
Two SAD workers suspended
Hoshiarpur, July 1
The on-going tussle between district president SAD (B) Thakedar Suinder Singh
Bhulewal Rathan and former minister from Tanda circle Balbir Singh Miani took a
new turn today when the former suspended Makhan Singh Meerepur, circle president
of Tanda, and Surjit Singh Jaura, both supporters of the latter, from the party
for protesting and demonstrating against him with their associates before the
district party office on June 27, 2006.
Moga bank: 92 employees in 48 branches
Moga, July 1
The woefully short strength of staff coupled with interference of politicians
has compounded the problems of Moga Central Co-operative Bank. Out of a total of
48 branches across the district, 30 are being managed by a single person, who
simultaneously dons the hats of a peon, clerk, accountant and manager.
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Bari Doab Canal getting choked
Madhopur (Pathankot), July 1
Throwing norms to the winds, scores of restaurants, dhabas and owners of other
business establishments, besides the Sujanpur Municipal Council, have been
dumping solid waste and discharging toxic and non-toxic effluents into the Upper
Bari Doab Canal (UBDC). The canal water is being used for irrigation purpose in
hundreds of villages.
Piles of solid waste in the Upper Bari Doab Canal on the Jalandhar-Pathankot-Jammu road near Pathankot.
— Tribune photo by writer
After licence, petrol station owner ‘loses’ land
Chandigarh, July 1
A Ludhiana resident faces a financial nightmare of sorts. Six months after the
Supreme Court cancelled allotment of a petrol pump to Pawan Kumar Garg, he now
faces the task of getting his prime land vacated from the oil company that
allotted him the pump in the first place.
Health minister to meet PMHEU panel on July 5
Fazilka, July 1
Ravinder Luthra, chairman, co-ordination committee, Para Medical and Health
Employees Union (PMHEU), Punjab, and Shashi Kant (Fazilka), president, Punjab
State Pharmacists Association, district Ferozepur, in a joint press statement
here yesterday, disclosed that Laxmi Kanta Chawla, health minister, Punjab, had
invited members of the committee, PMHEU, on July 5 to the office of the Punjab
Health Systems Corporation, Mohali, to discuss their long-standing demands.
Doctors demand job regularisation
Amritsar, July 1
Doctors working on contract basis under
Zila Parishads in the state, held a conference under the aegis of the
Rural Medical Services Association on the occasion of Doctors’ Day
at the Jallianwala Bagh here today .
CM, BJP leaders pay tributes to Verma
Chandigarh, July 1
Senior SAD and BJP leaders from Punjab, including members of the Parkash Singh
Badal-led cabinet, today rushed to Delhi to pay their last tributes to former
Chief Minister of Delhi Sahib Singh Verma, who died in a road accident
yesterday. Verma was in charge of BJP affairs in Punjab and had been appointed
last month.
Cycle yatra for peace
Phillaur, July 1
Mohammad Ahmed has been on a cycle yatra since 2000, touring the country to give
the message of peace and national integrity.
Traffic cops to get gloves for AIDS prevention
Hoshiarpur, July 1
On the recommendation of the Punjab State AIDS Control Society, the IG, Traffic
Punjab, has instructed all SSPs in the state to provide hand gloves to all
traffic police personnel as a preventive measure to avoid HIV/AIDS.
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Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today approved a Rs 85-crore project for the construction of embankments and widening of the Ghaggar from Khanauri to Karail in Sangrur district.
Badal said the Ghaggar caused a lot of destruction in districts of
Sangrur and Mansa, including various parts of Haryana.
Ajnala (Amritsar), July 1
