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8 Punjab tribes found eligible for ST status
Patiala, September 23
There is a ray of hope for the tribes of Punjab. A study conducted at the behest of the union government have found them to be having tribal characteristics that can make them eligible for reservation under the Scheduled Tribes category.
KVIC gives fillip to phulkari
Rajpura, September 23
With an aim to give a fresh lease of life to the dying art of ‘phulkari’, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission
(KVIC) has come up with a phulkari cluster in Thuha village, near here, under its scheme of fund for regeneration of traditional industries
(SFURTI).
Girls knit phulkari on the opening the Phulkari Cluster Under Sfurti at Thuha village near Rajpura on Sunday.
—Tribune photo by J.S. Virdi |
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Govt teachers not paid salary
Bathinda, September 23
Teachers of state-run schools have not been paid salary for months together. Instead of ensuring payment of salary to teachers on time, the Punjab government has been inserting advertisements worth lakhs to highlight the achievement of award of ‘No. 1 state’, rued a teacher not paid salary.
15 hurt as bus, truck collide
Rupnagar, September 23
Fifteen persons were injured in an accident that took place late last night here. A truck
(PB 23 5567) hit a PRTC bus bound from Chandigarh to Amritsar (PB 46 E 9908) head-on.
Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs
Centre assures freedom fighter status to kin
Amritsar, September 23
The union government has finally woken up to giving freedom fighter status to relatives of 464 listed martyrs who had died in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Baba Bedi quits sant samaj
Ludhiana, September 23
Baba Sarbjot Singh Bedi has resigned from the chairmanship of the Gurmit Sidhant Pracharak Sant Samaj and decided to remain aloof from Sikh politics for the time being. The samaj has failed to stand up to the pledge it took at Akal Takht to protect its supremacy and maintain the Sikh traditions set by the Gurus, said Baba Bedi while talking to this reporter on the phone from Una today.
No FIR in Dalit immolation case
Batala, September 23
Even after 24 hours of recording the statement of Sandeep Singh, alias
Sonu, a Dalit boy, in the presence of a judicial magistrate, the police still has not registered any case against the suspects who forced him to set himself ablaze in Matholla village yesterday.
Tributes paid to Major Prasad
Abohar, September 23
Col Gobind Kalwad, commanding officer of the 19 Maratha Light Infantry, and other ranks, paid tributes to Major Surinder Prasad
VrC, who laid down his life while leading his battalion in a war against Pakistan in the Khemkaran sector on this day in 1965.
Punjab to have model jails
Gurdaspur, September 23
The Punjab government has decided to shift all jails which are surrounded by residential areas in the state. The jails that will be shifted in the first phase include
Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Faridkot, said minister for jails Hira Singh Gabria.
Auckland, Amritsar should bond for tourism promotion: Majithia
Amritsar, September 23
The heritage and tourism foundations of Auckland and Amritsar together can launch a major tourism link between the two key cities of the world, suggested Bikram Singh
Majithia, minister for information and public relations, while addressing a joint meeting of tourism delegates from New Zealand and local travel agents and hoteliers here yesterday.
New labour clause to help seasonal workforce
Chandigarh, September 23
The Punjab Government will add a new clause to the Industrial Employment Rules that will secure short-term employment on a legalised basis for the unemployed while at the same time giving a “flexible workforce” to the industry.
Left adopting double standard: RSS chief
Khatkar Kalan, September 23
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief K.C. Sudarshan lashed out at Left parties for allegedly adopting double standard.
BSP holds protest rally
Bassi Pathana, September 23
The local unit of the Bahujan Samaj Party today organised a protest rally to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Puna Pact, 1932, initiated by Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar to protect human rights, here today.
Dy director, swimming coach lock horns
SSP summons coach
Patiala, September 23
In an unprecedented incident, a deputy director-rank official of the National Institute of Sports
(NIS) and a senior coach have locked horns with both filing police complaints alleging ‘misbehaviour’ on the part of each other.
Trends in wireless communications discussed
Bhaddal, September 23
The department of electronics and communication engineering of the Institute of Engineering and Technology
(IET), Bhaddal, organised a workshop on emerging trends on wireless communications on its campus yesterday.
Surgeons
for probe into suspension of medical college principal
Amritsar, September 23
The Association of Surgeons led by Dr Kuldip Singh today demanded a
high -level probe into the suspension of Dr Jatinderpal Kaur Shergill,
principal of Medical College, over the alleged removal of a kidney of
a three-year-old girl.
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