Difficult to follow Amarinder: Lal Singh
Chandigarh, May 1
A former minister and senior Congress leader Lal Singh said today he was senior to Amarinder in politics and could not follow blindly someone who always was “changing roads”.
Seat Sharing
BJP alleges bias
Chandigarh, May 1
The BJP, which did not like the interest shown by its alliance partner, the SAD, in the elections to the municipal bodies, is now in the same position vis a vis the panchayat elections and is being given a short shrift on the issue of seat sharing.
Sangrur unit adamant
Sangrur, May 1
The district unit of the BJP said today that it would contest four Zila Parishad and 15 Block Panchayat Samiti seats at any cost as per its earlier
programme.
Harassment of Medical Students
Probe complete, tabs on Punia
Patiala, May 1
The much-talked about Government Medical College girls’ “harassment” case has drawn closer to decision stage with the completion of the preliminary inquiry into the conduct of Anaesthesia Department head T.S. Punia by the Punjab department of Medical Education and Research. The college authorities have been directed to keep a tab on the movement of Dr Punia during his duty hours.
River Pollution
Board begins quality analysis
Patiala, May 1
Waking up to river and water bodies’ pollution in the state, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has started the process of water quality analysis and the determination of pollution level of Sutlej, Beas, Harike wetland, Budha Nullah, Sirhind canal and the Rajasthan feeder.
Bypoll blessing in disguise for farmers
Amritsar, May 1
The byelection to the Amritsar South constituency has come as blessing in disguise for farmers of this region as the district administration officials are visiting grain markets to oversee wheat procurement and hear grievances of farmers.
I am reborn, says Sidhu
Amritsar, May 1
BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today returned to a rousing welcome after two months of recuperation at his ancestral house in Patiala.
Senior BJP leaders, including health minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla, information
and pubic relations minister Bikram Singh Majithia, mayor Shawet Malik, MLA Anil
Joshi, besides other leaders and workers gathered to receive him at Amritsar
Railway station.
No threat to Punjabi language: Expert
Patiala, May 1
The views and thoughts expressed during the academic session of the All-India Punjabi Conference, being hosted by Punjabi University here, witnessed a near reversal of what had happened in the inaugural session of the conference in the morning.
J.J. Singh salutes Punjabi spirit
Patiala, May 1
Paying rich tributes to Punjabis, Gen J.J. Singh, former chief of the Army, said Punjabis are a highly spirited, dynamic and vibrant community. “Nobody can stop them from excelling in whatever field they are given or they choose,” he said.
Mohali Airport
Land acquired, state tells Centre
Chandigarh, May 1
The Punjab government on Tuesday informed the Union government about having acquired the land required for converting the airport here into a modern international airport.
Rs 2.50 crore to restore Todar Mal Haveli
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 1
The SGPC will spend Rs 2.5 crore to restore Jahaz Haveli of Diwan Todar Mal. Pictures of the
haveli, clicked by a British national in 1886, will be brought from London.
This may be the beginning of the end of private coaching classes in tuition hubs of Chandigarh, Bathinda and Jalandhar, as more and more academies and private coaching institutes in the region take recourse to virtual tuitions.
