Chandigarh, December 24
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and local government and industries minister Manoranjan
Kalia, besides many other ministers, have in separate statements extended their warm greetings to the people of Punjab on the eve of Christmas.
Class IV employee attacks 2 doctors
Medicos go on strike
Amritsar, December 24
Doctors of Guru Nanak Dev hospital and government medical college today went on strike in protest against alleged assault on two junior doctors of the hospital by a class IV employee along with three others last night.
Manpreet for consensus on state fiscal health
Chandigarh, December 24
Finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal today made an emotional appeal in the Vidhan Sabha asking all legislators to bring the issue of fiscal health of the state on the centre stage of the politics. This is the biggest issue being faced by the state and its survival depends upon its financial health, he said.
House nod to new Police Bill
Chandigarh, December 24
The Punjab Police Bill, 2007, dominated the proceedings of the Vidhan Sabha on its concluding day today with the opposition benches being supported by some members of the Treasury Benches expressing apprehensions over what they called “sweeping powers to the Punjab Police”.
Cinema blast main suspect held?
Ludhiana, December 24
The Ludhiana police is learnt to have cracked the Shingaar cinema blast case and the Mullanpur RDX seizure with the arrest of main suspect Gurpreet Singh, a terrorist who had been on the run since September 2 when over 3 kg of RDX was recovered from his car.
A town plagued by lease problem
Residents in possession of property for over 50 years fear
Nangal, December 24
The town has been is reeling from problems of lease. The residents are engaged in nearly 1200 cases in courts with the Bhakra Beas Management Board
(BBMB) relating to market places and other lease property occupied by them for over more than 50 years. Fear of eviction from their sources of livelihood and homes haunts the residents.
Rafi’s village forgets him Varinder Walia
Kotla Sultan Singh (Amritsar), December 24
Memories of legendary singer Mohammad Rafi, seems to be fading away in his village, as nothing that belonged to him had been preserved. His ancestral house has also not been preserved.
Industry opposes PSEB proposal
Amritsar, December 24
The small and medium industry in the state have not taken kindly to the demand of the Punjab State Electricity Board to deposit two months consumption bill as security to overcome its financial crisis.
ITDC to tidy up Jallianwala Bagh for tourism
Amritsar, December 24
The Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) has decided to spruce up the historic Jallianwala Bagh memorial for tourism promotion. The ITDC will spend Rs 5 crore and has prepared a design to give a new look to the place and a presentation has been scheduled for January 15 to highlight the design details.
A view of the area adjoining the Jallianwala Bagh, which has been cleared for setting up a visitors’ facility centre, in
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Of 385 POs, police clueless about 26
Bathinda, December 24
The state police has declared 385 terrorists as proclaimed offenders (POs) and of these it has no clue about 26 POs. This is according to the information provided by the office of the deputy inspector-general of police,
crime-cum-APIO, Punjab.
Dimpa walks out of jail
Amritsar, December 24
Former Congress MLA from Beas Jasbir Singh Gill, alias Dimpa, was released from the central jail here today. He had been granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on December 19.
Soon after his release from the jail, Dimpa said the ruling SAD-BJP alliance would not be allowed to register even a single false case against Congress workers.
Supporters garland former Congress MLA Jasbir Singh Dimpa after his release from the central jail in Amritsar on Monday.
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Over 70 govt houses unsafe, residents told to vacate in 15 days
Patiala, December 24
Over 70 residents of the Rajpura colony, near the bus
stand here, have been told to vacate their government houses by the Punjab Public Works Department saying these houses were unsafe for habitation.
Road rage: Youths beat up driver of Punjab IAS officer
Chandigarh, December 24
In an incident of road rage, a driver of the official vehicle of the principal secretary, vigilance, Punjab, was thrashed by two youngsters travelling in another car.
The victim, Swaran Singh of Sector 39, said it was the timely intervention of The Tribune cameraman Vinay
Malik, that saved his life.
Swaran Singh is thrashed by a youth in Sector 40 on Sunday
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one of the suspects before he escaped from the spot |
The suspect escapes in his car. — Tribune Photos Vinay Malik |
Two die as tractor-trailer overturns
Amritsar, December 24
Two children died and three were injured when a tractor-trailer carrying them overturned on the Kathunangal-Chogawan road, 25 km from here, today.
