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‘Congress creating tension’
Sangrur, July 22
Congress leadership, especially former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, has been creating an atmosphere of confrontation and tension in the state for petty political gains. It should avoid levelling allegations in the larger interests of the state.
Fake
Encounters
Teams to visit MP, UP to gather evidence
Chandigarh, July 22
The panel set-up by the Punjab Police to go into allegations of fake encounters by policemen during militancy in the state, has decided to send teams to Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to gather evidence regarding claims made by victims' families.
Sedition
Case
SAD (A) man Bittu held
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 22
The district police today arrested Daljit Singh Bittu, senior vice-president of the Shiromani Akali Dal
(Amritsar), who was wanted in a sedition case registered on May 31 against him and his associates for raising provoking slogans during a protest held against the chief of Dera Sacha Sauda in the district.
Restoration of power connections
Govt policy biased: Labourers
Bathinda, July 22
Resentment prevails among farm labourers of the Malwa region over the “arbitrary” approach of the state government in restoring power connections of the labourers who defaulted on bill payments.
Dal Khalsa complains against Sidhu
Amritsar, July 22
The Dal Khalsa yesterday lodged a formal petition with the jathedar, Akal
Takht, urging him to take action against cricketer-turned-politician Navjot
Sidhu, BJP MP, who attended a Rudra Mahayagya here in violation of the maryada (Sikh tradition).
Kidnap
Case
Son smells a rat in fresh probe
Amritsar, July 22
The Amritsar police (rural) has failed to arrest the culprits involved in the kidnapping of an aged woman in the border village of Mehalwala even though two months have lapsed since the incident took place.
Demand for Sikh personal law
Amritsar, July 22
In a petition to the President of India, Manjit Singh Randhawa, convener, Culture and Heritage Conservation Initiative, has urged to send a message to Parliament under Article 86 of the Constitution to consider the enactment of a Sikh personal law and Vatican-like status for
Amritsar, which have become essential to effectively defend the distinct Sikh identity.
Harassed by father-in-law, man moves rights body
Chandigarh, July 22
The Punjab State Human Rights Commission has asked the SSP, Hoshiarpur, to file a report after conducting an inquiry following a complaint filed by a Hoshiarpur resident, Varinder Singh.
Patiala
Bypass Expressway
Villagers oppose construction
Chandigarh, July 22
Opposing the construction of the Patiala southern bypass as an expressway, villagers affected by the construction have approached the Punjab Chief Minister to take up a case with the Central government to change its basic design.
Teej celebrated at Badal’s residence
Chandigarh, July 22
Surinder Kaur, wife of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, yesterday celebrated
Teej, to welcome the month of Saawan, - at her house here.The official
residence of the Chief Minister in Sector 2 here reverberated with
traditional Punjabi celebrations as Jean Rodrigues, wife of Punjab
Governor and Sneh Chautala, wife of the former Haryana Chief Minister
Om Parkash Chautala, joined in the celebrations.
Jean Rodrigues (in front) and Surinder Kaur Badal enjoy a swing ride during Teej celebrations at the Chief Minister’s residence in Chandigarh on Saturday.
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Development officer thrashed
Batala, July 22
A district development project officer (DDPO)of Gurdaspur, Ranbir Singh
Mudhal, was thrashed up by unidentified persons near Dera Baba Nanak yesterday.
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Two hurt in roof collapse
Kharar, July 22
Two persons were injured when a roof collapsed in Dashmesh market,
Balongi, here today.The incident took place around 11 am when
labourers were working on a lintel at the market.As the lintel
collapsed, two persons were injured, including a labourer,
Brahmdutt.The construction site belongs to Dr Gurnam Singh, the
sarpanch of Balongi colony.
A view of roof collapse at Dashmesh market at Balongi on Sunday. A Tribune photograph |
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Unhealthy
Scenario
One post, two occupants
Patiala, July 22
Two senior health officials are in the thick of controversy over their claims to the post of director research and medical education
(DRME) in the Government Medical College here.
BJP dharna
Ropar, July 22
The local unit of the BJP held a dharna at the Bharatgarh railway station in protest against the Bhakra Beas Management Board and railway officials for not opening unmanned level crossing for general public.
Villagers stop work on dam
Banur, July 22
Residents of over 25 villages today stopped the construction work of a dam on the
Ghaggar, near Chhat Bir, here today.
Aid for kin of home guard
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 22
The family members of Jatinder Singh, a jawan of Punjab Home Guard, who had died recently following some health problems, were today provided with a financial assistance of Rs 29,500 and Rs 31,000 by the Punjab Home Guard Department and the Punjab police, respectively.
Artistes meet Yograj Sedha
Patiala, July 22
“Choose the highest ideal and live your life up to that”, said Yograj
Sedha, a theatre and film personality at a “Roobru programme” organised by the National Theatre Arts Society (NTAS),
Patiala, at Sahit Sadan, Department of Language Punjab, here yesterday.
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