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Armed with Rs 700-cr grant,
Kanwaljit set to revolutionise cooperatives
Chandigarh, April 4
After a sustained struggle, cooperatives minister Kanwaljit Singh has succeeded in his efforts to make the union government agree to pay Rs 700 crore to deal with the losses of the Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies, 40 per cent of which are defaulters. Most of the defaulter societies are defunct.

Innocence only can save Sarabjit: Burney
Chandigarh, April 4
Pakistan’s former rights minister and UN Human Rights Council advisory committee member Ansar Burney today made it clear that nothing much could be hoped for, if Indian prisoner on the death row in Pakistan, Sarabjit Singh, was actually involved in bomb blasts.(56k)
Pakistan’s former rights minister Ansar Burney. — A Tribune photograph

‘Ranjit Sagar may host C’wealth water sports’
Pathankot, April 4
In an effort to tap tourism potential in Dhar block of Gurdaspur district, especially Ranjit Sagar Dam, certain events of water sports of the Commonwealth Games to be held in 2010 might be organised here. 
Gurdaspur MP Vinod Khanna at Pathankot on Friday. — Photo by writer

 

POLITICS

Youth Cong ex-chief expelled
Chandigarh, April 4
The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) today expelled its former state Youth Congress president Raminder Singh Awla from the party for six years for indulging in “anti-party activities”.

 

COMMUNITY

Experts to study Golden Temple environs
Amritsar, April 4
To check rising humidity levels, that might affect Golden Temple’s sanctum sanctorum, experts from across the world will exchange views as part of an initiative taken by the state government.

This village is on mission eye donation
Bhanour (Ludhiana), March 4
This historical village, situated 14 km from Ludhiana, has become the new address of eye donation in the region and probably the country.

Waiting to meet the real one
Mohali, April 4
For a moment one feels that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is greeting you with folded hands. The similarity is so stunning. But then as one looks carefully one realises that this is an almost perfect copy of the original. Though this model can find a place of pride at the Madame Tussaud museum, its creator Parwinder Singh, who is a scooter mechanic, rues the complete lack of attention by the Chief Minister.


Parwinder Singh with the model of Parkash Singh Badal in Mohali. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Joshi, supporters lay siege to chowki
Amritsar, April 4
Ruling party MLA Anil Joshi and his “private brigade” again protested against the police over the checking of vehicles of his supporter at a “special naka”, which was laid to check the rising incidence of snatching cases.

Passengers stopped from boarding plane
Amritsar, April 4
Over 30 passengers of Air India, who claimed to have confirmed tickets of Air India’s Amritsar-Toronto flight from the Rajasansi International Airport here today, were not allowed to board the plane as the airline had reportedly overbooked the tickets.