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We can’t do away with ‘black list’: PM
Amritsar, March 3
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has categorically told the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh that the central government cannot completely do away with the “black list” of Sikhs amid reports that radical Sikhs in Punjab were still receiving funds from foreign countries, which may lead to the revival of militancy in the state.

Rousing reception to Jagriti Yatra
Mohali, March 3
The Guru Manyo Granth Jagriti Yatra entered Punjab today to a rousing reception. However, a 2-hour delay of the yatra forced Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to leave before he could receive the yatra.
Devotees throng the Guru Manyo Granth Jagriti Yatra in Mohali on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Kiranbir, Padiala men clash on court premises
Ropar, March 3
Supporters of Kiranbir Singh Kang, a close aide of SAD president Sukhbir Badal, today thrashed a supporter of Rajbir Singh Padiala, a SAD leader from Kharar, on the Ropar court premises today.

Loan Waiver
Badal rues exclusion of farm labour
Chandigarh, March 3
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has described farmers’ loan waiver in the union Budget as a farce, fraud and cruel joke on farmers of Punjab.

Cheated by Punjabi youth, M’rashtra woman gets son back
Sangrur, March 3
A couple of days ago she succeeded in getting her 5-year-old son back from the possession of her “husband and in-laws” with the efforts of president of the Lok Bhalai Party (LBP) Balwant Singh Ramoowalia and the Phagwara police.


Anju talks to mediapersons at the PWD Rest House at Sangrur on Monday. Also seen in the picture are her son Manraj and LBP chief Balwant Singh Ramoowalia. — Photo by writer

 

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POLITICS

BJP leaders to meet today
Chandigarh, March 3
The BJP will devise its strategy tomorrow to neutralise the impact created by the loan waiver package announced by Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for farmers.

Cong to meet today
Chandigarh, March 3
The PPCC has called a meeting of all MPs, ex-MPs, MLAs, ex-MLAs, AICC members, office-bearers and presidents of DCCs etc on March 4 to discuss the forthcoming elections to the Panchayati Raj institutions and municipal committees. — TNS

COMMUNITY

No one to take care of Kandi Canal
Hoshiarpur, March 3
The indifferent attitude of the Punjab government has forced the Punjab Irrigation Department to virtually abandon the Kandi Canal (stage-I).

A damaged portion reflects the negligence of the Punjab government towards the Kandi Canal (stage-I), which caters to irrigation of over 215 villages of the Kandi area. — Photo by writer

Kanwaljit for special plan to better farmers’ lot
Sangrur, March 3
The union government should prepare and implement a special plan for strengthening farmers economically as waiving loans alone could not solve the debt problem of farmers and the agrarian crisis.

Sidhu for streamlining loans by money-lenders
Chandigarh, March 3
BJP MP from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu today urged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to enact a law on the pattern of Maharashtra and certain states in the South to regulate the advancing of loans by money-lenders.


BJP MP from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu at a press conference in Chandigarh on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

Agreement signed for development of medical institutes
Chandigarh, March 3
An agreement was signed today between the Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation (HSCC), a Government of India enterprise, and the Punjab government for providing consultancy for the construction of buildings in Government Guru Ram Dass Medical College and Hospital Complex Amritsar and the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, here at Punjab Bhawan.

Artist Muli gives final touches to the idols of Lord Shiva and Parvati at a roadside stall in Amritsar ahead of Maha Shivratri, which falls on March 6. — AFP photo

Sultanpur Lodhi declared
holy city
Tarn Taran, March 3
The town founded by fifth Sikh Guru Sri Guru Arjan Dev has been declared holy city by the state government in the Excise Policy, 2008-2009.

Hindu jatha leaves for Pak
Attari, March 3
A jatha of 160 Hindu pilgrims left for the Shri Katasraj Temple in Pakistan from Attari International Railway Station today to celebrate Shivratri.

Power Subsidy
PSEB to meet today on loans
Ropar, March 3
The PSEB will hold a crucial meeting tomorrow to decide on the government proposal to adjust outstanding loan against subsidy for free power.

Nod to sow PUSA-1121
Chandigarh, March 3
PUSA-1121 high-yielding variety of paddy has been cleared for sowing in Punjab. Also two more hybrid varieties of Bt cotton have been cleared for sowing in the state.

House pays homage to Bularia
Chandigarh, March 3
The Punjab Vidhan Sabha paid rich tributes to Raminder Singh Bularia, MLA from Amritsar South, who died recently.

‘Obituaries list should include Padma Shris’
Chandigarh, March 3
Congress legislator from Qila Raipur Jassi Khangura has written a letter to Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon, pointing out the omission of late Padma Shri awardees from the list of obituary references in the house.