State economy in a shambles: Ex-CM
Chandigarh, August 3
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today attacked the economic policies of the ruling
SAD-BJP combine saying the state was heading for a " financial crisis".
Ruling party harassing cable operators: Cong
Patiala, August 3
The cable war in Patiala took political overtones here today. Congress MPs, including Parneet Kaur and Rana Gurjeet Singh, went to the house of Naresh Mittal, the head of the CCO cable network, to express solidarity with
him.
Shot in the arm for Cong
Pathankot, August 3
Candidate of the BSP Pooja Kumari, contesting byelection to Ward No.26 of the local municipal council, along with her supporters, today withdrew her nomination and announced her support to Congress candidate Usha
Bedi. — OC
Atta-Dal Scheme
‘Eligible persons left out’
Bathinda, August 3
The SAD-BJP alliance’s Atta-Dal scheme, to be launched from August 15, seems to have become a major source of tension for the district administration.
Rs 70-cr plan for Kali Bein
Hoshiarpur, August 3
The Punjab government has formulated a plan of Rs 70 crore to make Kali Bein pollution free. This was stated by principal secretary, technical education and industrial training, Punjab, P. Ram after inspecting it at Prempur and Thakri villages in Hoshiarpur district today.
Apathy to heritage
Ajnala, August 3
The country is celebrating the 150th year of the Gadar movement of 1857, but Ajnala’s old haveli once used by the British as tehsil office, where soldiers lost their lives in the movement lies in a state of neglect.
Round-up
MoUs
Govt to fix accountability
Chandigarh, August 3
The Punjab government has decided to incorporate a system of signing of memoranda of understanding
(MoU) between the managing directors of public sector undertakings and the administrative secretary of the department concerned.
DDPO case: Four more, including TTE, arrested
Amritsar, August 3
The police here has arrested four persons, including a travelling ticket examiner
(TTE) of the Shatabadi Express, in connection with the attack on a senior officers of the Panchayat and Rural Development at Dera Baba Nanak even as the prime accused, Block Development and Panchayat
Officer(BDPO) has fled.
SGPC chief for life term to Hawara
Amritsar, August 3
Breaking his silence on the death sentence to Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh in the Beant Singh assassination case, SGPC president Avtar Singh here today said the provocation for the attack was connected to religious and political sentiments of the people.
CM asked to snap ‘ties’ with dera
Bathinda, August 3
Sikhs today urged the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Badal to snap “ties” with Dera Sacha Sauda.
‘Book Ambedkar Sena activists’
Hoshiarpur, August 3
Activists of various Hindu organisations blocked traffic in front of the mini-secretariat for more than half-an-hour and staged dharna today in protest against the police for not registering a case against the activists of the Ambedkar Sena under Sections 295-A, 307 and 452 of the IPC for their alleged disrespect to the Hindu deities at Dera Baba Fattu Shah Bibi Sahiba temple of Sri Ramshevar
Mahadev, Rahimpur.
Notices that were not: Inquiry demanded
Kharar, August 3
The lambardar and panch of Mullanpur Gareebdas have demanded a thorough inquiry into the false show cause notices that were sent in the name of the Mohali ADC.
Akali youth leader dies in mishap
Patiala, August 3
Gursewak Singh Majri, Akali youth wing national senior vice-president, died on the spot when his car hit a JBC machine near Jhill village, here today.
Opium seized
Sangrur, August 3
Inspector Ashok Mohan, in charge of the Narcotics Cell, yesterday seized 6 kg of opium from two persons at a naka on the ITI chowk at
Sunam. Kulwant Singh of Beer Kalan village and Chamkaur Singh of Heero Khurd village
(Bhikhi) were arrested. A case has been registered. — TNS
