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Prisoner flees, 3 suspended
Amritsar, March 20
Three warders were suspended after a prisoner escaped from the Central Jail here today. A joint search operation by the jail
authorities and the police has been launched to nab the prisoner.
Punjab Police Act-2007
20 cops facing trial posted as SHOs
Chandigarh, March 20
Punjab government does not seem think twice before entrusting the responsibility of safeguarding life and property of people to cops facing criminal cases. The government has posted more than 20 such cops as SHOs in 288 police stations of the state.
Novelist Kanwal given DLit
Amritsar, March 20
More than 650 degrees and medals in various disciplines were awarded at the 34th convocation of Guru Nanak Dev University here today. Punjab Governor and university chancellor S.F. Rodrigues presided over the ceremony.
Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), Governor of Punjab, confers honorary DLit on Punjabi novelist Jaswant Singh Kanwal at the annual convocation of Guru Nanak Dev University on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
Amarinder ends political banwas
Chandigarh, March 20
Former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has decided to end his self-imposed political exile. After staying away from active politics for over a year, he now wants to take on his political detractors with a vengeance. “The bonhomie between the SAD and Congress leadership has led to the neglect of Congress workers and the real issues facing Punjab. I have decided to tour the state and revive the party at the grassroots level,” he said.
Rising prices: MES contractors a harried lot
Chandigarh, March 20
The sharp rise in cement, steel and bitumen prices has caused a serious security concern for the nation as the MES Builders Association of India, an all-India body that undertakes defence contracts for the Military Engineering Service
(MES) feels that many defence contracts and projects may not be completed in time.
Acquisition for Mohali Airport
Farmers to get Rs 1.5 cr per acre plus sops
Chandigarh, March 20
Mohali International Airport today moved a step closer to realisation as the Punjab government announced major across-the-board compensation to the farmers whose land would be acquired for the project.
Can prove Sarabjit’s innocence: Daughter
Chandigarh, March 20
Terming one-month reprieve to his father by the Pakistani authorities as a “ray of hope”, Swapandeep, daughter of Sarabjit Singh, today claimed that the family had enough evidence to prove his father’s innocence.
CM urges FM to slash import duty
Chandigarh, March 20
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged union finance minister P. Chidambaram to take effective steps for scrapping duty on import of scrap and imposition of 20 per cent duty on export of semi-finished steel.
Rural poll deferred
Chandigarh, March 20
Accepting the plea made by the Punjab Assembly yesterday by passing a resolution, state election commissioner A.K. Dubey today postponed the panchayat, block samiti and zila parishad elections till May 15. He said as the elections had been postponed the code of conduct would no longer be in force in the state and it would be imposed only after fresh announcement of dates for
the poll.
PSEB gets back old power house
Sangrur, March 20
Following the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a property in the Old Power House complex here was completely restored to the PSEB authorities today. The property is said to be worth crores of rupees given its location near the main bus stand and district administrative complex.
No penalty on dues cleared by March 31
Chandigarh, March 20
Punjab Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia today announced in the Vidhan Sabha that no penal interest or any other penalty would be charged in case the dues related to sewer and water charges and property tax were cleared by the person concerned in urban areas by March 31. He said the penal interest and any other penalty would be waived at the time of the depositing of the dues.
Rights panel seeks report from secy
Chandigarh, March 20
Taking cognisance of the news item on mid-day meals leading to death of two students that appeared in The Tribune columns, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission has asked the principal secretary, school education, to submit a report on the matter.
CM’s Holi greetings
Chandigarh, March 20
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today extended greetings to the people on the eve of Holi.
No hotel plan at Sainik school
Chandigarh, March 20
Responding to the issue in Punjab Assembly raised by Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, today said the government had no plan to take Sainik School Kapurthala’s land and hand it over for building a hotel. Badal said he was surprised at such reports. Khaira had stated in the House it had been reported the government wanted Sainik School to part with large chunk of the land and hand it over to Punjab government.
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An unmanned aerial vehicle of the Army got entangled in high-voltage wires and crashed in the fields near Adesh Medical College here last evening. There was no loss of life or property.
