Need to weed out corruption from Indian system: Swraj Paul

Kapurthala, September 22 There is dire need to weed out corruption from the Indian system. This was stated by UK-based NRI Lord Swraj Paul while speaking to mediapersons after formally inaugurating the already functional Caparo PTU School of Manufacturing and Material Technology in Kapurthala district on this afternoon. Lord Swraj Paul interacts with students of the Caparo PTU School of Manufacturing and Material Technology in Kapurthala on Saturday. — Photo by S.S. Chopra

COMMUNITY

CM: Micro planning to boost development
Faridkot, September 22
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said micro-level planning was being done to carry out comprehensive development of the entire state.

Youth take out rally to remember Bhagat Singh

Amritsar, September 22 Punjab Legislative Assembly speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon today termed Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh as a symbol of courage and patriotism and emphasised the need for social transformation to create equal opportunities for various sections of the society thereby realising the dreams of the great martyrs of the freedom struggle.

Colour Me Saffron: A youth ties a basanti-coloured turban in Shaheed Bhagat Singh style to participate in a chetna march to commemorate the centenary birth anniversary of the martyr in Amritsar on Saturday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

CPI against changes in Jallianwala Bagh
Chandigarh, September 22
The Punjab unit of the CPI has warned the state government against tampering with the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in any manner.

Dalit boy attempts immolation
Gurdaspur, September 22
Forced by the village panchayat to confess stealing of a mobile phone of his fellow labourer, a Dalit teenager allegedly attempted self-immolation at Matholla village in the Shri Hargovindpur area this morning. The victim is struggling for life with 90 per cent burn injuries at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar.

Ex-servicemen to be members of panels
Sangrur, September 22
Representatives of ex-servicemen will be made members of the district planning boards and the district grievances committees in the state.

Balle, balle: Ist book on UK bhangra
London, September 22
The popularity of the pulsating, foot-tapping music of rural Punjab has been charted by a Manchester-based academic of Indian origin in the first book on British bhangra that traces its origins and spread across the country.

43 devotees injured in road accident
Amritsar, September 22
At least 43 Sikh devotees were injured when the vehicle of kar sewa belonging to Dera Baba Jagtar Singh hit a tree on the Majitha road, near here, today.

Ration for mid-day meal rotting
Ludhiana, September 22
Ration worth crores stored in various schools of the state under the Mid-day Meal scheme has been rotting in the absence of funds for cooking the food. The scheme, aimed to check the growing number of school dropouts, has been non-operational at most of the schools for nearly two months now.

Power engineers in quandary
Patiala, September 22
The recent order of the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) regarding tariff hike has left engineers of the PSEB in a quandary.

Importance of riaz emphasised
Patiala, September 22
On the concluding day of Gurmat Sangeet Competition being held at Punjabi University, a renowned musician and classical vocalist Surinder Singh delivered a discourse on shabad kirtan performance.

COURTS

HC denies relief to killer mother
Chandigarh, September 22
How would you explain the act of a mother who conspired with her paramour to kill her own children.

CJ lays stone of lawyers’ chambers
Rajpura, September 22
Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Vijender Jain laid the foundation stone of the lawyer's chamber, which is being brought up in the modern judicial complex, here today.

Man gets life sentence for murder
Ropar, September 22
In a murder case, the Court of District and Sessions Judge Rekha Mittal today awarded life sentence to one Ram Bhajan, a resident of Ahmedpur village under Sadar police station.

Lawyers accuse Bar president of acting without consent
Patiala, September 22
The District Bar Association (DBA) members held a meeting here today under N.S. Saidipur, vice president of the Association, in which the executive of the DBA alleged that Rakesh Gupta, present president of the DBA had allowed Radical Builders, a construction company engaged in various building works within DBA Complex, to lift construction material, which was lying in the complex for the past one year without the consent of the executive body and other members of the association