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Virk’s stand vindicated, gets posting
Chandigarh, May 29
Little over a year after Punjab’s former director general of police (DGP) S.S Virk was “hounded” by his own men and arrested in Delhi, subsequently leading to his suspension by the Punjab government, Virk’s stand today finally stands vindicated.

ADC chargesheeted  for misconduct
Amritsar, May 29
The Punjab government today chargesheeted Parneet Bhardwaj, additional deputy commissioner (development) , Amritsar, for visiting England in hush- hush manner, on the basis of report by additional director-general (intelligence).                       Parneet Bhardwaj

Man dead in 1-cr dacoity
Victims were returning after striking land deal in Bareta
Patiala, May 29
One person was killed and four were injured when decoits struck in this district last night near Ghulhar village at Shutrana, about 75 km from here, the police said today.

Bee-keeping: Success story of a farmers’ cooperative
Tungwali (Bathinda), May 29
Not content with returns from fields, Punjab farmers have switched to bee-keeping for good returns. Gurcharan Singh, who installed the first box for bee-keeping at his village in 1990, now has 2,500 boxes. More than 350 farmers from different parts in the region have joined to contribute to his informal co-operative.

Terrorism-hit resent govt apathy, boycott Tandon panel meeting
Amritsar, May 29
With the state government taking no notice of the dharna by the All-India Terrorist Victims Association in Pathankot for 12 days, its members boycotted meeting with the five-member Tandon committee today at Chandigarh. The BJP formed the committee last week to look into the grievances of the terrorism-hit not been paid relief by the state or Central governments.                                                                   B.R. Hastir

30,000 farmers feel cheated
PSEB suspends transformer scheme
Morinda, May 29
Avtar Singh from Tajpur village owns two acres. To get benefit from the Punjab State Electricity Board’s (PSEB) scheme, Own Your Transformer (OYT). He borrowed lakhs from Land Mortgage and PUnjab and Sind Bank. The government suddenly today suspended the scheme and Avtar Singh has become debtridden.

Farmers load poles to be taken to villages in Morinda for installing transformers. The farmers were denied benefit of OYT scheme after they invested lakhs for it. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Panchayat Polls
BJP goes rural, upbeat
Sangrur, May 29
Though the number of seats contested by the district unit of the BJP was small yet it has shown its strength to alliance partner, the SAD, in the Panchayat elections.

Villagers’ protest over result

Round-up
Committees on tobacco control
Chandigarh, May 29
With a view to evaluating the enforcement of the Anti-Tobacco Laws and anti-tabacco programmes, the government has constituted tabacco-control committees at state and district levels.

• 8th pass can get licence for transport vehicles

Cement scam: SGPC sacks 2 employees
Amritsar, May 29
The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee today dismissed two employees while two officials were suspended for bogus purchase of more than 10,000 cement bags by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) by tampering with records.