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Badal writes to Centre
Corridor to Dera Sahib
Chandigarh, May 22
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged the union external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee to take up the issue of allowing a religious corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district to Kartarpur on the Pakistan side immediately with the government of the neighbouring country.
No action against hotel built on public land
Chandigarh, May 22
The Punjab government continues to be hospitable towards a Ludhiana hotel constructed illegally on public land. Though the Punjab and Haryana High Court had, on August 8, 2006, observed that the hotel had been set up on public land belonging to the Ludhiana Improvement Trust, action has not been initiated till date.
Panchayat poll violence not peculiar to state: Sukhbir
Mohali, May 22
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today stated that violence during civic body elections was common feature across the country and not unique to Punjab. “In Punjab, out of the 2,700 block samitis for which elections were held, violence was reported from only six or seven blocks,” he said.
Disqualification stares Bularia in the face
Chandigarh, May 22
As polling for the Amritsar (South) byelection ended peacefully, serious doubts are being cast over the validity of the polling with the threat of disqualification of
SAD-BJP nominee Inderbir Singh Bularia looming large. Since the byelection was held only in Amritsar (South) legal experts feel any money spent on the poll has to be considered part of election expense by the candidate.
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Water pollution: Panel seeks report
Chandigarh, May 22
Taking cognisance of a news report on polluted water, the Punjab Human Rights Commission has asked the Punjab State Pollution Control Board,
Patiala, to give a report on what steps have been taken to tackle the health hazard.
‘Set up forces Tribunal’s bench at Chandigarh’
Sangrur, May 22
In the light of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act-2007, passed by Parliament, the ex-servicemen wing of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today urged the Union government to set up a bench of the tribunal at Chandigarh for the convenience of the ex-servicemen of the Army, Navy and Air Force of Punjab,
Haryana, Himachal and Chandigarh areas.
Moga Stripping
Rights panel seeks report
Woman detained illegally for 6 hours;
scribes provoked Paramjit
to strip, says police
Moga, May 22
The Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) has taken cognisance of stripping on the road by Paramjit
Kaur, a Dalit woman, against the alleged police inaction in arresting the persons who allegedly raped and thrashed her.
Holiday on May 26
Chandigarh, May 22
The Punjab government has declared holiday on May 26 in its all offices, all offices of corporations, boards and all educational institutions in the state and in Chandigarh on account of the gram panchayat elections. An official spokesman said today it would be a holiday within the meaning of Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the state.
Singing contest for Rafi awards
Chandigarh, May 22
The Yaadgar-e-Rafi Society, Chandigarh is holding the first round of singing competition for Rafi awards on June 15, at Randhawa auditorium in Sector 16 here.
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