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Nostalgia grips Baring college
Batala, October 13
Nostalgia was the dominant emotion among more than 60 alumni of the Postgraduate Centre of Department of English, Baring Union Christian
(BUC) College, Batala, who descended on the complex today to once again listen to their favourite teacher, 78-year-old Dr Paul Love.
Dr Paul Love
Removal of SAD youth leader sought
Amritsar, October 13
Former councillor Gurvinder Singh Vicky and his mother Parkash Kaur, independent councillor from Ward No. 40, have urged Sukhbir Singh Badal to remove president of the Youth Akali Dal Gurpartap Singh Tikka for his anti-party activities. Vikky said here today that Tikka was harassing him and his family and trying to drag him in false cases.
Ayurveda varsity takes roots in state
Hoshiarpur, October 13
Punjab Ayurvedic University will be set up at Kharkan village, 12 km from here, on the Hoshiarpur-Una road. For this purpose, the draft of the Punjab Ayurvedic University Act, 2007, has been prepared and will be placed in the forthcoming session of the state Assembly for its enactment.
Bureau probes ‘benami’ land deal by Virk
Ludhiana, October 13
A 13,000 sq yard piece of land in South City, worth over Rs 1 crore, has figured in the vigilance investigations into aimed at collecting details of the property of former DGP S.S.
Virk.
Sarpanch’s sons ‘forcibly occupy’ NRI’s house
Moga, October 13
NRI Nasib Kaur has alleged that her house at Smalsar village was forcibly occupied by sons of the sarpanch here today. The Baghapurana police has registered a case against Angrej Singh and Gurnam Singh, sons of the sarpanch of the same village, and Major Singh for engineering an assault on Friday night.
CM greets people on Id-ul-Fitr
Chandigarh, October 13
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today extended warm greetings to all Punjabis, especially Muslims, on the eve of
Id-ul-Fitr.
Rs 500 cr for rural roads
Bathinda, October 13
Public works department minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa said today that Rs 500 crore would be spent on the expansion and strengthening of rural link roads.
Dhindsa said links roads, on which traffic was increasing, would be widened up
to 18 feet from the existing 10 feet.
Parminder Singh Dhindsa
SAD leader opens fire over land row
Amritsar, October 13
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Baljit Singh, who is a resident of the Baba Bakala area falling under the Amritsar (Rural) police district, allegedly opened fire in the area in the evening today. Sources said he did this due to a land dispute he was involved in.Baljit Singh is a SAD circle president.
Students raise voice against child labour
Beas, October 13
The Bachpan Bachao Andolan, an NGO, in collaboration with the Navchintan Kala Manch carried out an awareness rally against child labour here today, which had students from 40 schools taking part in it.
Gurjant’s daughter cremated
Rampura Phul (Bathinda), October 13
Twenty-year-old physically challenged daughter of Gurjant Singh Rampal Kaur today submitted a memorandum to the SDM here to be forwarded to the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Vijender
Jain.
Drug addiction: CJ for nabbing mafia
Bathinda, October 13
“The menace of drug addiction can be checked only if the administrators cut the line of supply by nabbing the drug mafia”. Stating this, Mr Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Vijender Jain said the law could help to a great extent in checking this problem.
IAF organises air show
Bathinda, October 13
To mark its platinum jubilee, the Indian Air Force (IAF) organised an air show at the Air Force Station,
Bhisiana, near here, today. Air warriors of the station took a pledge on the occasion. It was followed by an impressive static display and flypast in which MiG-21 and microlight aircraft, besides an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAV), took part.
Truck owners resent multiplicity of taxes
Jalandhar, October13
Truck owners are unhappy over the policy to be announced by the government shortly and threatened statewide agitation the day it is implemented.
President of the All-India Motor Transport Congress Charan Singh Lohara
yesterday alleged that the government had decided to levy additional taxes that
would make it impossible for them to earn a living.
All-India Motor Transport Congress President Charan Singh Lohara makes a point at a press conference in Jalandhar on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph
Accountants robbed of Rs 16 lakh
Faridkot, October 13
In a daring daylight robbery, two unidentified persons snatched a bag containing Rs 16 lakh from two accountants of a private firm at
Kotkapura, near here, today. Dina Nath and Company, Ashok Kumar and Rajesh Kumar were returning from a Punjab National Bank branch after withdrawing Rs 16
lakh.
Sale inside temple sparks controversy
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 13
Selling items inside the temple premises in the main market of the Sirhind Township here has become a bone of contention between the shopkeepers and the management of the temple.
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