EMAAR MGF project under a cloud
Cancellation of plot allotments sought
Chandigarh, September 24
Legal clouds are hovering over EMAAR MGF’s much-touted Mohali Hills Project with a Delhi-based lawyer Samarth Raj Mehta moving the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking the quashing of all allotments made by the company with regard to Sectors 105, 108 and 109 of the project.
Website on Encyclopaedia of Sikhism launched
Chandigarh, September 24
The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism will now be available on Punjabi University’s website. It will also be available in a compact disc format.
The Punjab Governor and chancellor of Punjabi University, S.F. Rodrigues
(retd), today launched Punjabi University"s website (www.advancedcentrepunjabi.org/eos).
Punjab Governor Gen S.F.Rodrigues (retd) launches a website on the Encyclopaedia of Sikhism at Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh on Monday. On left is vice-chancellor of Punjabi University
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Job Scheme Fund Fraud
Sarpanch comes under cloud
Hoshiarpur, September 24
Misappropriation of funds of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(NREGA) at Shahpur village in Hoshiarpur district has come to light, with the sarpanch coming under a cloud.
Cong selections hailed
Bathinda, September 24
Kewal Krishan Aggarwal, secretary, Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee (PPCC), while hailing the appointmnet of Rajinder Kaur Bhattal as president of the
PPCC, said that she would infuse a new life in the party’s rank and file.
Cong pleases all segments
Chandigarh, September 24
The Congress party has played a deft stroke in Punjab. It has tried to please all possible segments in appointing its new team in the state and could have possibly ended the bitterness that had been the bane of the Shamsher Singh Dullo-Janardhan Dwivedi era in the past two years.
Amarinder congratulates Bhattal
Patiala, September 24
Former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has congratulated Rajinder Kaur Bhattal for her appointment as president of the
PPCC.
Manmohan may miss function
Amritsar, September 24
Although the Punjab government and district administration are maintaining a stoic silence over the visit of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to kickstart the year-long Shaheed Bhagat Singh birth centenary celebrations commencing from the holy city on September 28, reliable sources say that the advanced SPG team has not yet given any signal of the impending visit of the Prime Minister.
Manns draw crowds at Baba Farid Mela
Faridkot, September 24
The five-day 22nd Baba Sheikh Farid Aagman Purb Mela, organised by the district administration and Gurdwara Godri Sahib Farid Society in this town, concluded here late last night.
Sukhbir Badal, acting president of SAD (B), honours Punjabi singer Gurdas Mann on the concluding ceremony of the 22nd Baba Sheikh Farid Aagman Purb Mela at Faridkot on Sunday night. V. K. Meena, deputy commissioner, is also seen in the picture.
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Villagers hold protest against cops
Abohar, September 24
Hundreds of villagers, including women, led by former Congress MLA Parkash Singh
Bhatti, held a demonstration outside the police post at Arniwala village last evening to express resentment over harassment by cops allegedly at the behest of some SAD workers who wanted to settle old scores.
Drug addiction drive shows results
Bathinda, September 24
The drive against drugs launched at Behman Diwana village in this district to make it a drug addiction-free area by DIG, Faridkot Range, Jatinder Jain has started showing desirable results as in the past two months about 110 residents have benefited from it.
Chaotic illegal autos rule Pathankot roads
Pathankot, September 24
Throwing norms to the wind, scores of unauthorised autorickshaws are ruling the roads of the hometown of Punjab transport minister Master Mohan Lal Sharma, courtesy the Transport Department, the local administration and the civic body that have turned a blind eye to the traffic violations.
Ruling the Roads: Unauthorised autorickshaws rule the roads of
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Victory bowls over Ludhiana
Ludhiana, September 24
An India-Pakistan cricket match is a rare spectacle. And the title clash between the two archrivals of the sub-continent is the rarest of the rare occasions. When India defeated Pakistan at the summit encounter, the celebrations were expectedly beyond any comparison. No wonder more crackers were burst today than on any
Diwali.
Informers of selective foeticide to get Rs 5,000
Mohali, September 24
Laxmi Kanta Chawla Punjab health and family welfare minister, presiding over a meeting of the State Supervisory Board today, announced informers of sex-determination and sex-selective foeticide in Punjab would be awarded Rs 5,000 in cash by the Health Department.
