UK keen on enhancing ties with state
Amritsar, November 24
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has taken up the cause of the Punjabi youth living in the UK. In an interaction with Mayor of London Kenneth Robert Livingstone here last evening, Badal suggested that retired British teachers could be involved in running a capsule course in English language for the Punjabi youth.
“It has been seen that most youth migrating to the UK suffer a major handicap due to their inability to communicate in English.
Bhattal blasts Badal on beacon issue
Chandigarh, November 24
Punjab Pradesh Congress President Rajinder Kaur Bhattal has resolved to take Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his government head on by questioning every decision that has a direct or indirect bearing on the state’s functioning.
Decision on security assailed
Chandigarh, November 24
A member of the national executive of the CPI, Dr Joginder Dayal, has criticised the government decision to provide guards to SGPC members without assessing the threat perception to them by terrorists.
Bardhan opposes unbundling of PSEB
Patiala, November 24
A. B. Bardhan, general secretary of the CPI, has opposed the proposed unbundling of the PSEB, saying that this would put an additional burden on the common man.
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Crisis over police officers’ postings
Chandigarh, November 24
A multi-faceted crisis is brewing in the Punjab Police over posting of officers.
Staff sore as pay panel terms not yet notified
Sangrur, November 24
Resentment prevails among lakhs of employees against the Punjab government for not notifying the terms and references of the Fifth Pay Commission so far. As a result, the pay commission has not been able to start functioning even after its constitution and appointment of its chairman a year ago.
Discrepancies in pension payments exposed
Patiala, November 24
During a survey conducted by the Indian Ex-services League, Punjab, it was found that ex-servicemen and widows, drawing pension directly through banks, were getting less pension in some cases because of erroneous pension revision by the concerned bank branches at various locations.
Bapu to hold katha at Kailash Parbat
Amritsar, November 24
Sant Morari Bapu, for the first time, will hold Ram Katha at Kailash Parbat in June-July next year when the yatra to Kailash Mansarovar begins and approval in this regard is being expected from the Chinese government soon.
Talking to The Tribune, he said earlier too he had visited Kailash Mansarovar but could not hold the Ram Katha there as he was not allowed to stay there for a few more days. This time, he had sought permission from the Chinese authorities to hold Ram Katha in the parikarma of the Kailash
Parbat.
Badal pays obeisance at Golden Temple
Amritsar, November 24
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, along with his wife Surinder Kaur
Badal, today paid obeisance at Harmandar Sahib and extended Gurpurb greetings to all people and Sikh community.
2-yr child deported
Amritsar, November 24
A two-year-old boy, who arrived here last night on an Uzbekistan flight from Germany, via Tashkan, with his mother and two siblings, was not allowed to get down at Amritsar because he was travelling on a Pakistani passport.
Jalvehra (Fatehgarh Sahib), November 24
