SAD pays for Badal’s use of car, copter
Chandigarh, May 21
A day after the Election Commission (EC) reprimanded Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for misusing his official vehicles and state helicopter for campaigning in the Amritsar bypoll and combining official tours with private visits, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today paid for the lapse by depositing Rs 19 lakh in the government treasury around 3 pm, an hour ahead of the deadline imposed by the EC.
PPCC President Seeks Action
Colour changing of historical gate triggers protest
Amritsar, May 21
The changing of the historical Hall Gate here from pink to yellow (the favourite colour of the Shiromani Akali
Dal) today triggered a widespread protest with Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
(PPCC) chief Rajinder Kaur Bhattal leading the campaign to preserve the invaluable heritage.
Moga Stripping Case
Cong leader demands action against accused
Moga, May 21
General secretary of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and president of the Women Welfare Association Malti Thapar today expressed deep concern on the plight of the Dalit woman of
Moga, who had to take the extreme step of removing her clothes under protest to get an FIR registered against those guilty persons who had been raped and thrashed brutally.
Poll Code Violation
Youth Cong activists seize slips for free atta
Amritsar, May 21
The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP today found itself in a piquant situation, when a large number of activists of the Youth Congress led by state president Vijay Inder Singla swooped at a flour mill in the local Bhagtanwala Gate area and seized a large number of “parchis” (slips) for free distribution of atta allegedly at the behest of party candidate Inderbeer Bularia .
Dal Khalsa flays BJP for supporting POTA-like law
Amritsar, May 21
The Dal Khalsa today condemned the BJP for advocating enactment of a law on the lines of
POTA. In a statement issued here, Kanwar Pal Singh, general secretary of the
organisation, said laws like TADA and POTA could neither prevent violent attacks nor succeed in deterring those elements who carried out such acts.
EC orders shifting of DSP, SHO
Chandigarh, May 21
The Punjab Election Commission (EC) today ordered shifting of DSP, Bagha
Purana, and SHO, Samalsar (Moga), immediately and postponed the general elections to seven Gram Panchayats in five districts, which were scheduled to be held on May 26 in the state. Besides this, two election officers have also been removed.
Post of sarpanch being openly auctioned
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 21
The 2008 Panchayat elections are witnessing new and disturbing trends for democracy here.
Complaints Against Gram Panchayat Polls
Hundreds flock state EC office
Chandigarh, May 21
The elections to the gram panchayats are seeing even more complaints than those witnessed during the Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections, with hundreds of people flocking the state Election Commission to seek redress from what they refer to as arbitrary decisions of returning officers.
Malerkotla leads in electing 24 panchayats
Sangrur, May 21
Two blocks of Malerkotla subdivision (Malerkotla-1 and Malerkotla-2) have taken a lead in Sangrur district in electing maximum number of panchayats unanimously and maximum number of members of panchayats
(panches) unopposed in the current Panchayat elections.
‘Hand over Pak Sikh shrines to SGPC’
Amritsar, May 21
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) today urged the Pakistan government to hand over the kar seva of historic Sikh shrines in Pakistan to it.
IMA condemns attack on doctor
Chandigarh, May 21
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has strongly condemned the assault on Dr Ashutosh of
Jalandhar, who was publicly beaten up while “custodians of law and order were silent and mute spectators”.
