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Despite board steps, Sutlej
gets more polluted
Patiala, October 29
Data collected by the Central Pollution Control Board under the Sutlej Monitoring Project has put a question mark on the working of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.
Industrial units continue to discharge fly ash into the Sutlej at Nangal.
— A Tribune photograph
Instructions for babus from CM
Respect SAD workers
Hoshiarpur, October 29
Addressing a rally at Dhuga Kalan village, 35 km from here, today Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has instructed all officers of the state government to listen to the grievances of the persons visiting their offices patiently and try to solve them at the earliest.
Sena for CBI probe into kidney case
Amritsar, October 29
The All-India Hindu Shiv Sena here today demanded a CBI inquiry into the kidney case, leading to death of a three-year-old girl last month. Her kidney was allegedly removed during treatment in the local Government Medical College.
Karva Chauth spirit pervades state jails
 Amritsar, October 29
It was a rare feast to the eyes for undertrials and convicts from Pakistan and Bangladesh to see Hindu and Sikh women undertrials or convicts celebrating Karva
Chauth in the Central Jail here today.
A woman, along with her child, during a special meeting with her husband on the occasion of Karva Chauth at the Central Jail in Amritsar on Monday.
— Photo by Rajiv Sharma
SGPC Poll
Another term for Avtar Singh may suit Badal
Ludhiana, October 29
The last meeting of the executive committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
(SGPC) for 2007 is being held on November 1 and the meeting for the election of office-bearers, including the president, has been fixed for November 28. The election of the office-bearers is to be held before November 30. Rumours and conjectures regarding who will be elected to head the parliament of the Sikhs are afloat.
Baba Sheikh Farid Award for VC
Amritsar, October 29
The Sufi Samvad Sanstha and Cultural Club will honour Dr Harjinder Singh Dhillon, a noted scholar of Sufism and former dean (student welfare) with the Baba Sheikh Farid Award-2007 during its second annual congregation “Ek Sham Sufian De Naam” at Punjab Naatshala here on October 31.
VC lays stress on e-journals
Amritsar, October 29
e-journals have achieved a greater importance at the global level. This was stated by Dr Jai Rup Singh, vice-chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, after inaugurating “One-day User Awareness Programme on e-resources” organised by the Bhai Gurdas Library of the University in collaboration with the Information and Library Network of the University Grants Commission, Ahmedabad.
Security gets media wary
Jalvera (Fatehgarh Sahib), October 29
The security agencies deputed for the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today remained wary of mediapersons following intelligence reports that terrorists could attack posing as media men.
2 killed, 3 injured in accident
Fatehgarh Sahib, October 29
Two persons were killed and three injured when the vehicle they were traveling in, collided with an unidentified vehicle near Pohlamajra village.
Scribe dead
Patiala, October 29
Rakesh Rishi (29), reporter with Dainik Bhaskar, died here today after suffering an epileptic attack.
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Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here today categorically denied reports that the state government was planning to disinvest some of the public sector undertakings, given the fact that this was causing a huge loss to the state exchequer.
Sangrur, October 29
