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COLOURS OF FREEDOM: Jagmohan Kanojia displays kites in the colours of
the national flag adorning images of freedom fighters at his workshop in Amritsar
on Friday. — AFP |
Rabies threat haunt villagers
Ajnala, August 10
Residents of the twin villages of Inayatpura and Dayalbhatti, about 35 km from
Amritsar, are living under a threat of suspected rabies. Most stray dogs are already turned carriers of the deadly disease passing it on to stray cattle in the area.
Partial use of Kandi land allowed
Chandigarh, August 10
The Punjab forest department has agreed to allow partial use of 76,000 hectares of the agricultural land in the Kandi belt that have been locked under the controversial Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900.
Cong left state poorer by 54,000 cr: Badal
 Jalandhar, August 10
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today accused the previous Congress government of leaving the state poorer by a whopping deficit of Rs 54,000
crore. The Chief Minister, accompanied by senior Akali leaders, including SAD’s PAC member Kuldip Singh Wadala and Punjab rural development minister Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, was addressing a gathering at Chak Kalan village, near Nakodar, on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of martyr Shahid Kartar Singh Babbar. He paid tributes to the martyr by garlanding his statue.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal after addressing a function at
Chak Kalan village, near Nakodar, on Friday. — A Tribune photograp
Independent for recounting
Amritsar, August 10
Bimal Arora, an Independent who fought elections from ward No. 50 against BJP district president Bakshi Ram Arora has sought recounting.
Seminar to dispel immigration myths
Chandigarh, August 10
For Punjabis, ever desperate in search of an El Dorado, illegal immigration is a misnomer. In their mad scramble for the dollar-rich West, they resort to all means, fair or foul, which take them near their dream.
Bridge fell due to illegal quarrying, say experts
Pathankot, August 10
Illegal quarrying on a massive scale on the riverbed and that too within the restricted limits was the main reason for the collapse of the Chakki bridge, said engineering experts from Himachal Pradesh and the Chandigarh-based regional office of the ministry of surface and transport, who visited the site today.
An NGO in service of rural women
Dhindsa (Lehragaga), August 10
With a view to making women of some villages of this backward area financially strong, a Delhi-based NGO, Bisnouli Sarvodaya Gramodyog Sewa
Sanstha, disbursed loans among members of its 11 self-help groups for dairy development at a function at Government Primary School here today. About 200 women from various villages, including
Dhindsa, Bhutal Kalan, Ballran and Chottian, took part in this programme.
Women of self-help groups seen with Vijay Kumar Jha and Nandita Bakshi,
president and secretary, respectively, of Bisnouli Sarvodaya Gramodyog
Sewa Sanstha, at Dhindsa village in Sangrur district on Friday.
SGPC not to allow acquiring of land
Amritsar, August 10
Harbeant Singh, secretary of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandik Committee, in a press statement issued today said the Agriculture Department of Haryana would not be allowed to the acquire the land belonging to the Gurdwara Sri Guru Granth Sahib Mission,
Shahpur, under the name of development.
Ultrasound
IMA asks DC to withdraw order
Bathinda, August 10
The IMA, Punjab branch, today urged the DC to withdraw the orders issued by him in which he had made it mandatory for pregnant women to submit their residential proof first before undergoing ultrasound test.
‘Spend money on amenities’
Bathinda, August 10
After getting fed up with poor sanitation, inadequate supply of drinking water, poor streetlight and faulty sewerage, the district leadership of the BJP has asked the commissioner, municipal corporation, to do what was needed so that basic amenities could be provided to the people at the earliest.
More Khalsa marches
Sangrur, August 10
During the sixth Khalsa march, organised today by the Khalsa Action Committee (KAC) from Cheema Mandi, near Sunam, to Mastuana Sahib, near Sangrur, in this district, convener of the committee Bhai Mohkam Singh lashed out at Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for “going slow” against the head of dera.
Conjoined Twins Can’t be separated in India: Doctor
Malerkotla, August 10
The female twins, with a common heart and liver, delivered by Sabri Begum yesterday are safe, but they cannot be separated through a surgery in India. This was stated by Dr Mandeep Kaur of Deep Hospital, Ludhiana, who has been attending upon twin’s mother, while talking to The Tribune today.
Orthopaedic workshop opened
 Patiala, August 10
An orthopaedic workshop was inaugurated by State Bank of Patiala managing director
A.C. Varma at Government Rajindra Hospital today. Varma donated a cervical traction machine and a therapy machine on behalf of the Associate Banks’ Officers Association to the workshop.
State Bank of Patiala managing director A.C.Varma inaugurates an orthopaedic workshop at Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph
Lok suvidha camp
Ropar, August 10
The district administration organised a lok suvidha camp at Purkhali village here on Wednesday. Sixty-five cases of land mutations were cleared; 104 affidavits made; and 250 certificates, including domicile and caste certificates, and 300 learning licences were issued.The market committee disbursed cheques worth Rs 1,12,500.
— TNS
4 killed in truck, bus collision
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 10
Four persons were killed and several injured as a private bus collided with a mini truck near Nagawan village on the outskirts of the district this evening.
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