Dera Role Under Scanner
5 women human bombs identified
Bathinda, August 23
The police has identified five women followers of the Sirsa- based Dera Sacha
Sauda, motivated to become human bombs.
Debate in RS
Gill questions govt funding of pilgrimages
Chandigarh, August 23
Does Constitution of the country allow the Union government to fund religious pilgrimages?
SAD (A) quits Khalsa panel
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 23
Fissures within the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) today came to fore as the party on the one hand snapped all ties with the Khalsa Action Committee, while on the other its senior vice-president Daljit Singh Bittu announced that the committee would continue with its struggle for action against the chief of Dera Sacha
Sauda.
SAD ready for mid-term poll
Muktsar, August 23
Officiating president of the SAD and MP Sukhbir Badal yesterday said the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre should make efforts to have a national consensus on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
Raninder failed to explain bank transaction: VB
Ludhiana, August 23
Vigilance officials investigating the city centre project scam said today that there was an unexplained transaction of Rs 6.52 lakh in the bank account of Raninder Singh, son of Capt Amarinder Singh.
This village prays for Nawaz Sharif
Jatti Umra (Tarn Taran), August 23
With the breaking of the news that the apex court of Pakistan has ruled that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif have an inalienable right to return and stay in Pakistan as its citizens, residents of this non-descript village distributed ladoos and danced to the tune of drums.
MC repoll counting today
Amritsar, August 23
As per directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the state Election Commission today ordered the counting of votes of polling station number 6 (Ward no. 29) and polling stations number 8 and 15 (Ward no. 40) on August 24.
Kanak-Dal Scheme
Those left told to apply before Aug 31
Hoshiarpur, August 23
With the launching of Kanak-Dal scheme from August 15, a large number of poor families who were earlier left aside, are now approaching offices of the SDMs concerned for getting themselves enrolled.
Cops to shed flab at yoga camps
Patiala, August 23
Unfit personnel of the Punjab police would now have to undergo medical tests and participate in yoga camps to shed flab. Punjab DGP
N.P.S. Aulakh has mooted the idea.
MoU controversy
Aggrieved NGO moves court
Chandigarh, August 23
The controversial MoU, which former DFO Hoshiarpur had signed with the NGO of his wife, is back to haunt the Punjab government, which had cancelled the same on July 26.
Working elsewhere, accountant draws pay from MC
Bassi Pathana, August 23
A case of highhandedness by the local bodies department has come to light at the Municipal Council, Bassi
Pathana. The council has to pay salary to an accountant who is actually working in the pension cell of the directorate of the local government in
Chandigarh. The council, which is already facing a financial crunch, is in no position to pay her salary. The interesting fact is that the council does not have a permanent executive officer, sectional officer and an accountant. Council president Sunita Malhotra has urged the secretary, local government, to depute permanent officers and staff to the council as since 2005 all officers of the council had been on deputation.
Illegal de-addiction centre unearthed
A team of the drug control department with the help of civil hospital authorities managed to unearth an unauthorized de-addiction centre running from a furniture shop of this town.
Sand mafia: Panel to meet today
Chandigarh, August 23
As the sand mafia has intensified its operations in various parts of the state to make a fast buck by illegally removing sand and gravel from various rivers and rivulets, the cabinet subcommittee has decided to hold its first meeting on Friday to discuss the framing of a policy on the auction of sand and gravel mines.
Turban: PM’s intervention sought
Amritsar, August 23
After France which had banned wearing of turbans in schools, reports of security personnel at various US airports asking Sikhs to take off their turbans for security checks have sent shock waves among the Sikhs living world over.
Pak board chief visits gurdwara
Amritsar, August 23
Pakistan Evacuee Trust Property Board (PETPB) chairman Lt Gen (retd) Zulfiqar Ali Khan visited Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru in Naulakha bazaar, Lahore, and interacted with representatives of Sikhs to resolve the issue following reports of hooliganism. The matter was already taken up on the floor of Indian Parliament.
No plan to waive stamp duty: CM
Chandigarh, August 23
A spokesman for the Punjab Chief Minister today clarified that there was no immediate plan to reduce or waive the stamp duty. The spokesman said the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had been quoted out of context in a few newspapers in this regard. The Chief Minister had merely stated that reducing stamp duty ordinarily results in more revenue collection.
— TNS
