|
Aroosa in Moti Bagh Palace
Patiala, January 2
Capt Amarinder Singh’s Pakistani friend Aroosa today reached the Moti Bagh Palace here along with her five Pakistani friends.
Sukhbir as next Chief Minister
Decision to be taken by legislature party: Badal
Mohali , January 2
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today claimed that any decision to make the acting president of the Shiromani Akali
Dal, Sukhbir Singh Badal, the next Chief Minister of the state would be taken by the legislature party and not him.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal arrives amid tight security at the launch of
Rs 12-crore EDUSAT Project at Punjab School Education Board, SAS Nagar, on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu
NCC cadets being trained at Khalsa College during a week-long camp in Amritsar on Wednesday.
— Photo by Vishal Kumar |
Seminars During Vacations
Report sought on non-participation of teachers
Ropar, January 2
The higher authorities of the Department of Education have sought reports from respective district education officers on the non-participation of teachers in the seminars meant for the augmentation of their skills in winter vacations.
Syndicate Poll Row
Cheema backs VC
Amritsar, January 2
Controversy over election of three members to the Guru Nanak Dev University’s syndicate refuses to die down with third-time senator
M.M. Cheema, who is also a member of the finance committee, coming to the rescue of vice-chancellor Jai Rup Singh.
Information delayed under RTI for Rs 22
Chandigarh, January 2
The Punjab State Consumer Redressal Commission has found a new way of discouraging information seekers. Approached on November 16, 2007 for details of retired employees hired by it, the commission did not deliver any information.
A First for
Punjab: Dr Kuldeep Singh, professor of surgery at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, being presented the P. K. Sen Memorial Oration Award, given by the Association of Surgeons of India
(ASI), in Bhubaneswar. He is the first surgeon from Punjab to be honoured by the ASI, which comprises 15,000 members, the second largest after the American College of Surgeons Association. Dr Singh spoke on "Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - A True Transformation of New Technology”. |
Wakf Board chairperson’s resignation confirmed
Malerkotla, January 2
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today confirmed the acceptance of resignation of chairperson of the Punjab Wakf Board Razia Sultana, Congress MLA from
Malerkotla.
Militants kept cinema tickets as souvenir!
Ludhiana, January 2
The alleged group of terrorists who scripted and executed the Shingaar cinema blast had kept the tickets of the October 14 show of the Bhojpuri movie
"Janam Janam Ka Sath" as souvenir.
Traffic awareness drive launched
Amritsar, January 2
To educate people on traffic rules the police launched a week-long traffic awareness campaign from January 1.
Free Power
Engineers’ plea to PSERC
Chandigarh, January 2
Adding new dimension against power subsidy, Punjab State Electricity Board
(PSEB) engineers have petitioned the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission to ensure that the ruling
SAD-BJP regime either pays up the subsidy bill for free power or full money be recovered from all categories of consumers - the farmers and other beneficiaries.
SGPC suspends Jinda’s brother
Amritsar, January 2
The SGPC has placed assistant manager, Golden Temple, Bhupinder Singh Bhinda under suspension with immediate effect.
Avon Cycles chairman Pahwa dead
Ludhiana, January 2
Sohan Lal Pahwa, chairman, Avon Cycles Limited, died here last night after a brief illness. He was 85.
Parkash Utsav
Second half holiday today
Chandigarh, January 2
All Punjab government offices, boards, corporations and educational institutes will remain closed for the second half in Chandigarh and Mohali on January 3 to enable the employees to take part in Nagar Kirtan procession, regarding Parkash Utsav of Guru Gobind Singh.
|
