BJP councillor elected mayor
Amritsar, September 6
Third time BJP councillor and engineer Shawet Malik was elected mayor of Amritsar Municipal Corporation here today amidst sloganeering and protests by Congress
councillors. He won mayorship, leaving behind Bakshi Ram Arora and Rakesh Gill, both senior leaders of his party.
Ajaybir Singh Randhawa was elected senior deputy mayor and Kashmir Singh was chosen deputy mayor.
The Congress councillors boycotted the proceedings of the election after staking claim to the mayor’s post as the single largest party.
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Shawet Malik
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Cong seeks apology from Sukhbir
Chandigarh, September 6
Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira today said in a statement that beating of unemployed teachers at Kapurthala yesterday was a highly condemnable act particularly when teachers had been beaten up on the day reserved to honour the teaching fraternity.
New transport policy soon
Chandigarh, September 6
The state transport department is examining ways to compensate next of kin of persons killed in accidents involving
government-operated buses in Punjab. A meeting in this regard was held here today under the chairmanship of transport minister Mohan
Lal. Talking to The Tribune, Master Mohan Lal said two options were being studied. The first was to provide insurance cover to all those travelling in these buses and the second to set up a corpus fund in this regard.
After studying the data of previous years, it had been found that on an average 32 persons were killed every year in accidents involving these buses.
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Master Mohan Lal
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‘PMO clears Mohali airport’
Chandigarh, September 6
SAD working president Sukhbir Singh Badal claimed today that the Prime Minister’s office at a special meeting gave clearance to the international airport at Mohali yesterday. He claimed the Central government had agreed share 51 per cent of the cost while the state would bear 49 per cent of the cost. The existing infrastructure of the civil-cum-defence-airport at Chandigarh would be integrated into the Mohali international airport.
Badal seeks royalty on foodgrains
Chandigarh, September 6
While Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has sought royalty on food grains procured by the Food Corporation of India( FCI) for the national pool, he has favoured the passing of the Punjab Relief From Agriculture Indebtedness Bill to tackle various issues related to indebtedness in the farm sector.
Sidhu for Canadian cell in Amritsar
Amritsar, September 6
Amritsar MP Navjot Sidhu has made a case for more legalised immigration to Canada from the region. He took up the matter with a delegation of MPs from Canada at a function organised by the Overseas East India Peace Alliance here today.
Lineman electrocuted
Rajpura, September 6
Balwinder Singh, a lineman working with the Punjab State Electricity Board
(PSEB), was today electrocuted at the Sarai Banjra feeder where he along with his assistant lineman was undertaking repair work of the high tension electric wires.
Shiva temple vandalised
Hoshiarpur, September 6
A 140-year-old Panch Mukhi Mahadev (Lord Shiva) temple, located in Misra Mohalla, was vandalised by some miscreants here this afternoon. The miscreants damaged the marble idol of Panch Mukhi Mahadev and decamped the silver 'Jlaheri' on which it was installed.
Hodson’s Horse raising day
