Delhi panel takes back Bir consignment
Amritsar, October 16
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) had to take back a consignment of 100 Birs of the holy Guru Granth Sahib from Mumbai port, which was being sent to Canada in alleged violation of Sikh
maryada.
CPI seeks all-party meeting
Sangrur, October 16
The Communist Party of India (CPI) today asked the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the Shingaar bombing at length for maintaining communal harmony, peace, unity and integration in the country as well as in the state.
MLA Sidhu hobnobbing with BJP: Gharuan
Mohali, October 16
Launching an attack on the Congress MLA from the Kharar constituency, Balbir Singh
Sidhu, a former Congress minister, Harnek Singh Gharuan said Sidhu was allegedly getting every kind of support from an Akali party and had even fought the earlier assembly elections as a rebel.
Dalits allege attempt to grab land
Abohar, October 16
Dalit residents of Killianwali village, which is situated at a distance of 5 km from here, met DSP Parampal Singh here and faxed complaints to the deputy commissioner,
Ferozepur, today. They alleged in the complaints that some political activists were not allowing them to construct houses on the land allotted to them during the tenure of the Congress government.
MLAs in for bonanza
Chandigarh, October 16
Legislators in Punjab may be allowed more “facilities, better salaries and perks.” Yes, in these times of financial crisis, when every rupee counts, demands put forward on behalf of the MLAs in the state includes a hike in salaries and telephone allowance, doubling of travelling allowance, fresh allowance for electricity bills, provision for laptops and an increase in the quantum of fuel for vehicles, among other things.
Drug Abuse in Malwa
Drive to plug smuggling routes
Bathinda, October 16
Alarmed by a sharp increase in the incidence of drug abuse by youngsters in the Malwa region, the authorities have launched a drive to plug smuggling routes along the state’s borders with Haryana and Rajasthan.
A coordination committee consisting of district police chiefs of Sriganganagar and Hamumangarh in
Rajasthan, Sirsa in Haryana |
DIG, Faridkot Range, Dr Jatinder Jain
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Day of dharnas, blockades
Patiala, October 16
It was a day of dharnas and traffic blockades in the city here today. The field and workshop workers’ unions of the departments of water supply, irrigation, drainage and sewerage blocked traffic.
A scene of Ramlila in Amritsar on Monday.
— Photo by Rajiv Sharma |
PRTC staff seek uniforms
Bathinda, October 16
Nearly 200 employees of the PRTC protested outside the local bus stand demanding supply of uniforms to bus drivers and conductors today.
Cell to probe cases of vendetta
Chandigarh, October 16
After having faced allegations of registering police cases to target leaders of opposition parties, the Punjab Police has now appointed a DIG-level official to look into all such complaints. A formal order has been issued and the functions of the cell will be known in day or two, confirmed sources in the police.
Cops strive to identify unclaimed body
Ludhiana, October 16
Teams of the city police today visited every nook and corner of the city to find clue to the identity of one of the victims of the Shingaar cinema blast. Cops carried his picture all around the city, especially in the pockets where migrant labourers live in large numbers.
Video: Migrant
labourers scared. (
India lodged a strong protest with Pakistan at an emergency flag meeting of the BSF and Pakistan Rangers here today. The meeting was necessitated following an attempt of an unidentified Pakistani smuggler to throw 14 packets of heroin worth Rs 14 crore to the Indian side from across the border fencing. Alert BSF jawans killed the smuggler while his accomplice, who suffered injuries in the firing, escaped.
