State seeks amendment to Panchayati Raj Act
Direct election of sarpanches may soon be history
Chandigarh, January 14
The Punjab government is going to reduce the number of elected representatives at the panchayat level.
The government is going to bring about an amendment to the Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, for conducting the forthcoming panchayat elections.
Buses for Punjab to start from ISBT-43
Chandigarh, January 14
A majority of buses bound for major cities and towns of Punjab will originate and terminate at the new inter-state bus terminus
(ISBT), Sector 43 here, from tomorrow.
Work in progress at the ISBT, Sector 43.
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Unsung Freedom Fighter
Playwright remembers whom SGPC, India, Kenya have forgotten
Amritsar, January 14
Makhan Singh, an unsung Sikh hero of Kenyan and Indian freedom struggles, who has been forgotten by Kenya, India and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
(SGPC), has been portrayed in a play,“Mungu Comrade” (Mungu is a Swahili word for God), by noted playwright
Atamjit.
Playwright Atamjit
Ist commercial food testing lab at Ropar
Ropar, January 14
Concerned about the quality of food products being consumed, you can now get them tested paying a paltry amount. The first commercial food testing laboratory of North India has been established by Markfed at
Ropar.
Gazi Mohammad Umair of Chandigarh who has been nominated a member of the Punjab Waqf Board |
Rich fuelling drug trade
PSHRC seeks details
Chandigarh, January 14
The Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) has taken notice of a complaint filed by a Nawanshahr resident about well-heeled people fuelling drug trade in Punjab. The PSHRC has forwarded the complaint to the director-general of the Punjab police to take action and inform the commission about it.
500 unemployed youth to get training from Feb 1
Amritsar, January 14
Amritsar MP Navjot Sidhu said here today that the first batch of 500 unemployed youth from the district would be given training under the Prakash Yojna from February 1 in the service sector. A total of 5,000 youth would be trained in a year’s time.
Jail violence: Parole record gutted
Jalandhar, January 14
The entire parole and furlough record of the prisoners were gutted in last Monday’s violence in the Central Jail as several inmates had put the record room, store, factory, library, canteen and hospital inside jail on fire.
Engineers decry privatisation in power sector
Ropar, January 14
Padamjit Singh, patron, PSEB Engineers Association, and Shilender Dubey were elected chairman and secretary-general, respectively, of the All-India Power Engineers Federation
(AIPEF) at federal council meeting held at Nagpur. M.S Bajwa from the PSEB was nominated adviser to the
AIPEF.
Padamjit Singh
Virk admitted to PGI
Chandigarh, January 14
Former Punjab DGP S.S Virk was admitted to the PGI in a critical condition today as he was suffering from large pericardial effusion.
SGPC to set up panel of NRIs
Chandigarh, January 14
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee( SGPC) has decided to set up a committee of the NRIs to advise it on religious issues and resolve religious problems faced by Sikhs settled abroad.
