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8 unrecognised nursing colleges allowed admissions
Ropar, November 17
Seats in many recognised nursing colleges of the state are lying vacant after counselling for admissions ended yesterday.
Council to probe
Bio-fuel soon: Capt
Batala, November 17
The government is likely to manufacture bio-fuel (ethanol) from cane sugar at cooperative sugar mills if the trade is found to be more profitable than that of sugar.
The government has chalked out the possibilities and feasibilities in this pretext, said Capt Kanwaljit Singh, cooperative minister, while addressing a gathering of cane-sugar growers at a function organised at the Batala Co-operative Sugar Mill here today.
Capt Kanwaljit Singh, cooperative minister, puts a bundle of sugarcane to kickstart the crushing of the crop at the Batala Cooperative Sugar Mill near Batala on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Punjabi taking roots abroad: Rakkar
Amritsar, November 17
Gurcharn Singh Rakkar, who owns 1,100 acres of farmland in the USA, has said after attracting people in Canada and England, Punjabi language is becoming popular in some parts of the USA.
Talking to The Tribune here yesterday, Rakkar said a Mexican girl, studying in Unified School, Kerman City, near California, topped in the optional subject of Punjabi language this year.
False cases registered: Probe
Chandigarh, November 17
In a severe indictment of “political interference” in the Punjab Police, an inquiry by an SSP-level officer has found that false cases have been registered in the state.
Plea seeking info on SGPC ads filed
Amritsar, November 17
A local leader, Baldev Singh Sirsa, has again filed an application under the Right to Information Act (RTI), this time seeking information from the SGPC about the newspaper advertisements given by it in the past 10 years.
Balancing Act
Mayor seeks to please councillors
Adjusts 46 of them in 11 committees
Patiala, November 17
Apparently bowing to the political pulls and pressures, Patiala mayor Ajit Singh Kohli has sought to perform a balancing act. He has adjusted as many as 46 of the total of 50 municipal councillors in the newly-formed committees and sub-committees of the civic body.
Orkut sos
Help pours in for the disabled
Kharar, November 17
Help has come for the Universal Disabled Caretaker Society, Padiala, after The Tribune highlighted the plight of the society in dealing with government norms.
Infiltration from Pak continues: General
Kapurthala, November 17
The Pakistan emergency has had no effect on infiltration of militants in the trouble-torn Jammu and Kashmir. It is continuing as earlier.
Kidney Removal Case
Report says girl died of disease
Amritsar, November 17
The pathologist report of Sonia, a four-year-old girl child whose kidney was allegedly removed without her parents’ consent, confirms that the cause of her death was a situation resulting from
nephroblastoma, a disease sufficient to cause death.
Protest against police inaction
Amritsar, November 17
A large number of farmers today protested in front of the Majitha police station against the alleged failure of the police to take action against a commission agent who had grabbed the mortgaged land of a farmer of Vandala village.
Doctors seek cadre review
Chandigarh, November 17
A delegation of specialist doctors of the Punjab civil medical services association yesterday met Punjab health minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla and demanded that a cadre review be carried out and that retirement age be enhanced among other issues.
Villagers get mobile dispensary
Dina Nagar, November 17
Giving a fillip to its healthcare programmes, the Bisnouli Sarvodaya Gramodyog Sewa
Sanstha, a Delhi-based NGO, launched a mobile dispensary here to cater to villagers of the block.
Residents demand resumption of train service
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 17
Residents of Bassi-Pathana have demanded that the railway authorities should resume train 1 CN that commuted between Ambala and Nangal.
Lok adalat reunites two couples
Ludhiana, November 17
A state-level lok adalat organised at the district court complex here today brought happiness to some couples.
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The poor people belonging to upper castes and religious minorities in Punjab, in particular, need to wake up and join hands with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and change the tides of power enjoyed by the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and allies since Independence.
Bathinda, November 17
Chandigarh, November 17
