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UN officials inspect Tung Dhab drain
Ask DC to get it cleaned
Amritsar, November 7
Representatives of the United Nations Organisation, the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) and the World Wide Fund (WWF) inspected the Tung Dhab drain affecting the health of residents living near it.
Dairying is the future of state, says paper
Ludhiana, November 7
Dairying is the future of Punjab. Higher growth rate in milk production (at least 4.5 per cent annually) and better returns on investment suggest definitely that more and more farmers in the state are opting for dairying as a commercial venture.
No population panel meeting held so far
Chandigarh, November 7
Are our political executives sensitive to problems related to population? No, they are not. One can draw this conclusion on the basis of information available in this regard. Following the declaration of the national population policy in 2000, the Punjab Population Commission was set up in 2001.
Cricket part of women’s lives in rural
Attari, November 7
Vice-chairperson of the women cricket wing of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shireen Javed said here today that cricket had caught the fancy of rural women in Pakistan in a big way.
Pakistani cricket fans who crossed over to the Indian side at the Attari Wagah border on Wednesday.
— Photo by Rajiv Sharma
Power staff, farmers hold rally
Patiala, November 7
Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) employees here today held a joint rally with organisations of farmers demanding the scrapping of the Electricity Act -2003 . Power board employees from all over Punjab started reaching Patiala from morning, and by noon the stretch of The Mall outside the head office of the PSEB had thousands of farmers and power board employees. The employees and the farmers held a rally outside the board head office where leaders of the Technical Services Union of the board and
farmers’ representatives addressed the gathering.
Seminar on state’s demography
Chandigarh, November 7
The Institute of Sikh Studies will organise a two-day seminar on November 10 and 11 on the changing demography of Punjab at Gurdwara Singh
Sabha, Kanthala, near Tribune roundabout here.
Sikh student sent home for wearing ‘kara’
London,November 7
A Sikh student of Indian origin has been excluded from her school in Britain for refusing to take off her ‘kara’ ( iron bangle).
Hospital asked to put its act together
Emergency ward to be relocated
Rajpura, November 7
A day after the pathetic conditions prevailing at AP Jain Civil Hospital were highlighted in these columns, a team of senior health officials of the Punjab Health System Corporation and state health department, yesterday conducted a surprise check at the hospital after which, they directed the concerned authorities to put their house in order.
Punjab govt concedes sarpanches’ demands
Chandigarh, November 7
Conceding to the demands of the sarpanches, agitating for over a week, the Punjab government today ordered scrapping of flying squads. The government also promised to take back cases registered against three gram sevaks of Sangrur district.
Members of the JAC raise slogans to mark their victory in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Wednesday after the Punjab government conceded their demand of scrapping flying squads.
— A Tribune photograph
Blood donation camp
Chandigarh, November 7
As many as 164 units of blood were collected at a blood donation camp organised by the Bhakra Beas Management Board today to commemorate the death anniversary of late Major-Gen B.N. Kumar, a former chairman of the
BBMB.
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Working president of the SAD Sukhbir Singh Badal said here today that all was well with the SAD-BJP alliance and there was no conflict whatsoever between the two parties.
