|
Burglary at Muthoot
Acting manager, friend arrested
Ludhiana, May 20
It was the acting manager of Muthoot Finance and his industrialist friend who allegedly stole gold worth Rs 2.82 crore and nearly Rs 3 lakh from the company office here yesterday.
The police said today that it had arrested the acting manager, Ratish
Pillai, and his childhood friend Puneet Aggarwal for the crime.
Police officials with the accused in the burglary in Ludiana on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
Nomination in PCS Cadre
Group-C employees to be eligible
Chandigarh,May 20
The group-C employees of the Punjab government will be eligible for nomination in the PCS cadre.
Official sources, meanwhile, said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had rejected the proposal mooted by the authorities concerned against the nomination of group-C employees.
Cong MLAs to hold dharna outside CM’s house
Amritsar, May 20
All 44 Congress MLAs who had presented their resignations to All-India Congress Committee
(AICC) president Sonia Gandhi, will hold a protest dharna against the large-scale rigging and irregularities in the recently held Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections.
Makkar’s notice to Bhattal
Amritsar, May 20
SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar has served a legal notice, through his counsel, to PPCC president Rajinder Kaur Bhattal for making allegations that the funds of the committee were being used by the SAD for byelection in
Amritsar.
SGPC notice to Bhattal
Amritsar, May 20
SGPC president Avtar Singh has served a legal notice, through his counsel, to PPCC president Rajinder Kaur Bhattal for making allegations that the funds of the committee were being used by the SAD for byelection in
Amritsar.
‘Disqualify Bularia’
Amritsar, May 20
In a letter to the Chief Election Commission of India , Bir Devinder Singh chief spokesman of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee today demanded that the Shiromani Akali Dal be derecognised and SAD candidate for Amritsar (South) byelection Inderbir Singh Bularia disqualified allegedly for violating election code.
For Ludhiana CPM unit Surjeet is dead
Ludhiana, May 20
Senior Communist leader Harkishen Singh Surjeet is fighting for life in a hospital in
Noida, the CPM unit announced him dead in the afternoon and sent condolence messages.
Ensuring Free, Fair Polls
Polls to 19 Panchayats deferred; 6 officers removed
Chandigarh, May 20
The Election Commission (EC) today postponed the elections to 19 Gram Panchayats in five districts, which were scheduled to be held on May 26, and ordered the removal of six election officers.
Activists of the Amritsar Rural Congress gherao the office of the ADC (Development) against the rejection of the
nomination papers of their candidates for the Panchayat polls in
Amritsar on Tuesday. — Photo by Vishal Kumar
Widows, unmarried girls put on poll duty
Sangrur, May 20
Teachers, under the banner of the Sikhia Bachao Manch, today held a dharna in front of the office of the deputy commissioner here in protest against the election duties assigned to women teachers.
EC seeks report on complaints
Gurdaspur, May 20
Taking a serious view of the complaints relating to the Panchayat elections, the chief election commissioner, Punjab, has asked the district electoral officer to submit a comprehensive report in this regard within 24 hours.
Amritsar Bypoll
Vandalism of city’s heritage a non-issue
Amritsar, May 20
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Cabinet colleagues, who camped here for more than a fortnight for electioneering, failed to notice vandalism of the walled city’s heritage.
POLL TOLL: The historical Hall Gate, which is being painted yellow. The change of colour from red to pink and now yellow has come as a shock
for heritage lovers. — Photo by Vishal Kumar
Asr Bypoll
Left boost for Cong
Amritsar, May 20
The Communist Party of India (CPI) and the CPM today announced their support to Navdeep Singh
Goldy, Congress candidate for the Amritsar (South) byelection.
Turban Row
Relief to Hindu students
Sangrur, May 20
Additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Indu Malhotra today held talks with the representatives of the management of Akal Academy,
Cheema, near Sunam, and parents of the Hindu students of the academy as part of an inquiry, which began today. Earlier, the academy had made it mandatory for all students, including Hindus, to wear turbans.
Pak to ply mini-bus
Attari, May 20
After two years of flagging off the Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus service by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation has sent a 20-seater luxury mini-bus due to continuous less occupancy.
Villagers want cases withdrawn
Hoshiarpur, May 20
A deputation of Kakon inhabitants and CPM workers led by state secretary of the
CPM, Punjab, Mangat Ram Pasla met the SSP here and demanded withdrawal of cases registered against some inhabitants of the village allegedly at the behest of a minister of the
SAD-BJP government following an alleged attempt to tamper with records of Panchayat elections by BJP leader Satish
Bawa, along with some of his supporters, at 9 pm on May 17. They also demanded the release of the arrested inhabitants of the village.
|
Video
