Punjab denies bias against Virk
Chandigarh, December 7
Replying to a notice by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on the issue of the suspension of former Punjab DGP S.S.
Virk, the Punjab government today denied any bias against Virk.
BJP wants Jalandhar seat
Amritsar, December 7
State BJP chief Rajinder Bhandari today said the party would demand the Jalandhar Parliamentary seat from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in the next Lok Sabha elections. He said the SAD candidate never won from the Jalandhar seat while the BJP had a strong base in that region and was able to win the seat.
Kalia not aware of Badal’s announcement
Pathankot, December 7
Minister for department of local government Manoranjan Kalia has expressed ignorance of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s announcement to form municipal corporations at Pathankot and
Moga. The sudden announcement to form the two corporations by the Chief Minister has created ripples in the state
BJP.
Stadium
Cong MLAs meet Governor
Chandigarh, December 7
Led by the president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Rajinder Kaur
Bhattal, certain Congress MLAs met the Punjab Governor today to urge him to restrain the state government from transferring 29 acres of prime land at Bathinda belonging to the regional research station of Punjab Agricultural University to the Bathinda development authority to build a cricket stadium.
Doctor pays for punishing influential pharmacist
Gurdaspur, December 7
Health services have been hit in remote areas of the state, thanks to intervention of leaders and insubordination among employees of the health department.
Building excavated
Hoshiarpur, December 7
A huge building was unearthed during the widening and strengthening of Jalandhar-Pathankot national highway, 0.5 km ahead from Mukerian town towards
Pathankot, last evening.
PAU lost 4 cr in Punwire
Ludhiana, December 7
Already crippled pension fund of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) here has further been weakened for Rs 4 crore invested from it in Punwire (Punjab Wireless Systems) during 1998 has not yielded it a single penny of interest, what to talk about the principal amount. The company closed down in 1999.
Teachers defer dharna
Chandigarh, December 7
A delegation of the Punjab Government Teachers’ Association led by Prof Jaspal Singh, president, and Prof Hardeep Singh, secretary, met Dr Upinderjit
Kaur, Minister of
Higher Education, Punjab, here today.
Amritsar trust to file affidavit
Chandigarh, December 7
Taking up a petition filed against the State of Punjab and the Municipal Council by a resident of Amritsar for quashing the change of land use
(CLU) in certain areas of the city, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Amritsar Improvement Trust and other respondents to file an affidavit.
Veterans recall battle of Laungewala
Chandigarh, December 7
Veterans of the 23rd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment gathered here to remember and pay homage to the men who had fought in the epic battle of Laungewala in 1971 and had made the supreme sacrifice.
