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Vacation ended, so did their life
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 2
The village wore a deserted look but people visited the houses of the victims’ families, trying to console them.Shingara
Singh (40), one of the victims, was the only breadwinner of a Dalit family. He
had stopped at the chhabeel to drink sweetened water.
Gastroenteritis
250 affected, 48 in hospital
Sangrur, July 2
Following the outbreak of gastroenteritis/diarrhoea some days ago at Badrukhan village, 2 km from here, the diseases have affected nearly 250 villagers. As many as 74 persons were admitted to the Civil Hospital here, of whom 26 patients were discharged after treatment till today. Thus, 48 patients are still under treatment at the hospital, but all of them are out of danger.
Barsat targets Dullo
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 2
Targeting the president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Shamsher Singh
Dullo, Harchand Singh Barsat, a former political secretary to Capt Amarinder Singh said, the PPCC chief was hand-in-glove with the Badals and was working against the Congress party in the state.
No action despite sangat darshan
Abohar, July 2
Hundreds of devotees are passing through a road filled with mud and water for the past few months as the authorities had been non-responsive to the complaints put up during the weekly sangat darshan programme held at the sub-divisional complex here.Madan
Lal Bhalothia, chief of the Guru Kripa Centre of Shri Ramsharnam
Mission, here said sangat darshan was just for namesake as it had so
far failed to redress the grievances of people.
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SGPC removes chief technical adviser
Amritsar, July 2
The executive committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee at a meeting at Fatehgarh Sahib today removed chief technical adviser
K.S. Gill . Before joining the SGPC, Gill had served the Punjab State Electricity Board for many years.
Punsup sleeps over appeals of staff
Chandigarh, July 2
Talk about speed, efficiency and transparency notwithstanding, there are some departments which refuse to shed their lethargy and the Department of Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited
(Punsup) appears to be one of them.
Suicide by lady officer: Parents shattered
Pathankot, July 2
A pall of gloom descended upon the Ambedkar Nagar locality this morning soon after it received the news
of the suicide by their daughter. With eyes moist and voice choked
relatives, family members and neighbours started pouring in the
house of Arun Kumar, father of Capt Megha Razdan of 113
Engineers Regiment who allegedly was forced to take the extreme
step after harassment at the hands of her senior officers in the
unit.
Mother Shailja, father Arun Kumar and younger sister with the body of Capt Megha Razdan in Pathankot on Monday.
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Pak releases one more prisoner
Wagah, July 2
About 50 fishermen who had been languishing in the Landhi jail in
Karachi returned to India after the Pakistani authorities handed them
over to the BSF at the Wagah joint checkpost here today.Two brothers
Sanjay and Mahesh of Balsar dist in Gujarat while talking to the media
said there were more than 400 prisoners in the Landhi jail who had
been languishing there for more than five years.
An Indian fisherman crosses over to India after being released by the Pakistan authorities at the Wagah joint check-post in Amritsar on Monday.
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Ajnala shootout case may be reopened
Baba Bakala, July 2
The Amritsar (rural) police may reopen the three-year-old Ajnala shootout case with a view to booking more Congress leaders and their relatives.
171-cr project to increase water for villages
Bathinda, July 2
Punjab irrigation minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon today said the state government had prepared a project of Rs 171 crore for brick-lining the Bathinda branch canal so that water could be made available to those villages, which were located at tail-ends of its distributaries.
Mega thermal plant to be set up
Chandigarh, July 2
The Punjab government has decided to set up a thermal plant of 2,000 MW in Vanawali village near Talwandi Sabo.Earlier,
there was a proposal to set up a plant of 1,200 MW. Sources said now
about 2,000 acres would be acquired for the thermal plant instead of
1,200 acres.
Widening Ghaggar will be waste of funds
Chandigarh, July 2
Widening of the Ghaggar and the construction of embankments on both sides of the river at an estimated cost of Rs 85 crore from Khanuri to Karail village in Sangrur district will not only be a waste of money but also adversely affect a large number of farmers whose land will be acquired for this purpose.
Traffic cops to get gloves
Hoshiarpur, July 2
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.
Doctors Day
Shun greed to help root out foeticide, medicos told
Patiala, July 2
The Patiala branch of the Indian Medical Association organised a seminar on the eve of Doctors Day under the leadership of its president, Dr D. S. Bhullar.
The adviser to the Chief Minister, Dr D.S.Cheema, is honoured by Dr D.S. Bhullar and Dr O.P.S. Kanday, president and adviser to the IMA, Patiala, at a seminar in
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Patiala doctor pens book on Kashmiri Pandits
Patiala, July 2
A visit to her home state Kashmir after about 20 years stirred her mind. The destruction of culture, social fabric and customs of the Kashmir valley motivated Dr Phool
Chandra, a retired professor in gynaecology from Government Medical College,
Patiala, to pen a comparison of her past memories and present experience.
Reconstructing lost
culture: Dr Phool Chandra shows her book, ‘Mera Kashmir’ in Patiala.— Tribune
photo by Rajesh Sachar
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NTAS workshop concludes
Patiala, July 2
The National Theatre Art Society (NTAS) staged two Punjabi musical plays, “Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh” and
I.C. Nanda’s “Suhaag”, produced by Pran Sabharwal and Sunita Sabharwal during their one-month production-oriented 22nd Annual Theatre Workshop 2007, which concluded at the Baradari Gardens, here today.
NRI accuses cops of registering false case
Chandigarh, July 2
A Canada-based NRI yesterday alleged that he had been falsely booked by the Punjab police, while the police denied the allegation saying inquiries had been conducted and the
NRI, Bal Karan Singh Bhullar, along with 13 others had been found to have committed fraud in the purchase of property.
‘Wrong policies making PSEB poor’
Patiala, July 2
Hitting out at state government, the PSEB Engineers’ Association said the present financial distress of the board was due to the postponing of power reforms because of the advocacy of privatisation of the board by the state government, the spokesperson of the association said, here today.
PSEB Darbar
50 complaints disposed of
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 2
Around 50 complaints were disposed of during a “bijli darbar” that was organised at the PSEB operation subdivision, Chaurwala, for the redress of grievances of consumers.
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