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Curbs on Basmati Rice
Farmers, politicians join hands to take on Centre
Chandigarh, May 5
Farmers, exporters of rice and pro-farmer politicians today joined hands to take on the Union government for getting removed the restrictions imposed on the export of basmati rice.
Farmers’ leader Satnam Singh Behru, BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu and president of Rice Exporters Association Vijay Setia speak to mediapersons on farm issues in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
Statement on Takht
Majithia wants Bhattal to apologise
Amritsar, May 5
Bikram Singh Majithia, information and public relations minister, today sought an apology from president, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Rajinder Kaur
Bhattal, for making “irresponsible” statements against Akal Takht.
ELECTION BAZAR: With Zila Parishad and Block Samiti election process picking up
momentum, many dealers in election material have opened shops in
Bathinda. — Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera |
BJP nominee withdraws at Mangwal
Sangrur, May 5
The BJP suffered setback with the withdrawal of nomination papers by a BJP candidate Amandeep Singh from the Mangwal Zila Parishad
(ZP) zone of this district today. However, Joginder Singh is now the lone ZP candidate of the BJP in this district, who is in the poll fray from Andana ZP zone.
Bala is secy of Sikh Educational Society
Chandigarh, May 5
President of the Sikh Educational Society (SES) Gurdev Singh Brar has appointed Col Jasmer Singh Bala
(retd) as the secretary of the SES today.
Forest fire spreads to villages
Hoshiarpur, May 5
The fire, which had been simmering in forests of scores of villages in the Talwara area for five days, last night spread to
Vankaranpur, Bazarpattu, Dhaarpur, Sandpur, Dohar, Bhera, Ram Nangal,
Fatehpur, Dohar, Behra and Vehmawa villages.
Fire rages in the Vehmova village forest area in Hoshiarpur district on Sunday night.
— A Tribune photograph
Darshan Singh not to appear before Takht Patna Sahib
Amritsar, May 5
Former Jathedar, Akal Takht , Prof Darshan Singh, has refused to appear before the Sikh clergy of Patna Sahib by the May 10 deadline to explain his position for opposing Dasam
Granth.
‘6th pay panel unacceptable’
Sunam (Sangrur), May 5
Rejecting the report of the Sixth Pay Commission, the Military Veterans of India, an organisation of ex-servicemen, said today that the commission had done “injustice” to serving and ex-servicemen in its report on several grounds. It asked the Central government to either reconstitute the pay commission or set up a review pay board with members from serving and veteran armed forces personnel to provide justice.
Road rage: SAD leaders’ wards brandish pistol
Khanna, May 5
Two boys from influential families of Khanna and related to SAD and SGPC members today had a brawl over giving passage on roads of the city.
Team abandons raid on Cong leader’s unit
Nabha, May 5
Tempers ran high among Congress workers when a team of Health Department officials raided Bittu Milk Centre in Dhingi village, about 10 km from here. The centre belongs to Balvinder Singh
Bittu, who is a Congress candidate for the Zila Parishad elections from Dulladi village, opposite grandson of SAD veteran Raja Narinder Singh.
Dalbir seeks release of jailed Pak nationals
Chandigarh,May 5
Dalbir Kaur, the indefatigable sister of Sarabjit Singh, Indian prisoner on a death row in Pakistan whose execution was stayed indefinitely by the Pakistani authorities recently, is on a new mission of getting Pakistani prisoners languishing in Indian jails released.
Sarabjit’s sister Dalbir Kaur (right) hugs his younger daughter Poonam in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
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