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Municipal Council Polls
SAD-BJP meeting on seat sharing today
Both parties tread cautiously
Chandigarh, June 3
Chastened by the near revolt by the BJP following breakdown of understanding during elections to the panchayati raj institutions in Punjab recently, the SAD has decided to work out much in advance the seat-sharing arrangement with the saffron party for elections to the municipal councils on June
30.
Anniversary of Bluestar Operation
SGPC chief denounces violence
Amritsar, June 3
Denouncing the cult of violence on the eve of 24th anniversary of Operation Bluestar, SGPC president Avtar Singh has said nothing can be achieved through the gun.
Ghallu-Ghara
Security beefed up
Pathankot, June 3
In view of the forthcoming Ghallu-Ghara week, the district has been put on the alert. This was stated by Lok Nath
Angra, SSP, after a meeting at Gurdaspur today with taxi operators, hotel and cyber café owners, members of rehri unions, etc. Cyber café owners and STD/PCO owners were told to keep a record of the users.
Govt for removal of clubs from Ram Bagh
Amritsar, June 3
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has pointed out that the three clubs running from the historical Ram Bagh, which was once the summer palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, will cease to function from there as soon as an alternative arrangement is found. The clubs have been in operation since the British era.
The dilapidated building of the summer palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh where the Service Club is being run in Ram Bagh gardens in Amritsar. Photo: Vishal Kumar
Anurag Singh is director of Sikh Itihas Board
Amritsar, June 3
Concerned over the controversies over the Sikh history, the SGPC has cleared the appointment of Dr Anurag Singh, a Sikh scholar, as director of the Sikh Itihas Board.
Demands: Staff ultimatum to govt
Chandigarh, June 3
A joint action group, comprising 14 government employees unions, has served an ultimatum on the government, telling it to fulfil their demands by June 30 or face an agitation.
VAT Tribunal vice-chief also quits
Chandigarh, June 3
Taking a cue from the government’s seriousness to remove him, P.S Bajaj, vice-chairman of the VAT Tribunal today submitted his resignation in response to the show-cause notice issued to him on May 29. Another member of the tribunal, Kuldip Kumar had tendered his resignation yesterday.
CM to seek package for farm labour
Hoshiarpur, June 3
Criticising the policies of the UPA government due to which inflation has broken all records, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said today that it had hit hard the common man and made his life miserable. The citizens, who have been struggling to manage their homes, do not know how to keep their kitchen going after the proposed hike in the rates of petrol and diesel, he added.
Muktsar, Faridkot, Ferozepur villages getting impure water
Patiala, June 3
People in villages of Muktsar, Faridkot and Ferozepur districts do not have access to safe drinking water as samples of rural water schemes, dependent on the Sirhind Feeder canal for supply, have been found to be contaminated by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB).
Khaira for panel on ‘political murders’
Chandigarh, June 3
Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira today urged the union home minister to appoint a commission of inquiry headed by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court to probe all “excesses committed under a well-planned political conspiracy” during the 15-month regime of the SAD-BJP coalition in the state.
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A day after the Punjab government reportedly asked Mohali SSP R.S. Khatra to proceed on leave following a spat with Kings XI owner Ness Wadia, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal claimed the SSP had gone on leave on his own.
Robbery took place 1 km away from the venue of sangat darshan being presided over by Badal
