Prescribed form not must for RTI applications
Chandigarh, May 25
The State Information Commission (SIC), Punjab, has held that public authorities cannot reject RTI applications on the ground that the information request was not in the form prescribed by the State
Government.
Mann backs Gujjars
Chandigarh, May 25.
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has condemned firing on Gujjars in Rajasthan resulting in several deaths. Coming down on government action Mann said the Gujjars were only demanding a “small slice of the cake” being offered to many others in the country. “They only want a Scheduled Tribe status. You cannot shoot them for demanding something like this”. Mann said the government must stop atrocities on the Gujjars and ensure no precious life was wasted.
Staff despatched sans ballot papers, says Congress
Chandigarh, May 25
The Congress today alleged the SAD- BJP government’s insistence to get all ballot papers printed from a single agency in Delhi had resulted in undue delay with ballot boxes not reaching many places in Punjab today.
Land Acquisition
Govt yet to frame policy; 3 models being studied
Chandigarh, May 25
Punjab is yet to make a decision on land acquisition policy for mega and other projects. Sources said after studying several options on the acquiring of land for private and government projects, the government had shortlisted three policies draft of which would go to the Cabinet for a decision which one of the three was suitable for the state.
Nuisance of Pressure Horn
Buses, trucks flout decibel norms, cops unruffled
Ludhiana, May 25
People have to put up with the ear-piercing cacophony of pressure horns daily. Pressure horns in buses and trucks flout with impunity the permissible decibel level. The daily assault-hooters appear to be making a mockery of traffic regulations on roads of towns and cities all over the state.
Gram Sabha Polls Today
Villagers block road over nominations
Sangrur, May 25
Demanding cancellation of elections for Chathe-Nakte village panchayat, which falls in the Sunam cluster-1, residents of the village today blocked the Sunam-Sangrur road for more than an hour.
Special CL for poll staff
Tehsildar case shifted
Gurdaspur, May 25
The state Vigilance Bureau (VB) has shifted the inquiry into the Pathankot Tehsildar Yash Paul Sharma case involving property disproportionate to his known sources of income from the Amritsar to Jalandhar range.
Baba Farid varsity autonomous, VC thinks otherwise
Patiala, May 25
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences seems to be controlled by the Punjab State Planning Board if a press note of the university issued "with approval of Prof J. S.
Bajaj,vice-chairman of the Planning Board" is to be believed.
Residents protest admn apathy
Pathankot, May 25
Over nine families of ward number 19 have been on the mercy of their neighbours for many years for potable water.Their hopes to get water supply for the area soon dashed when the officer concerned suspended the work on the pipeline citing administration’s preoccupation with panchayat elections.
Defining PUSA 1121 as Basmati Variety