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MC demolishes boundary wall of Ram Bagh
Amritsar, June 12
The municipal corporation today broke the wall of Ram Bagh for making a new entry to the proposed cafeteria in the Maharana Ranjit Singh Panorama from the Madan Mohal Malwia Road here.
MC employees demolish the boundary wall of Ram Bagh to construct gate for a cafeteria in Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama. A Tribune photograph

FCI to dispose of 1 lakh metric tonnes of paddy
Unfit for human consumption
Chandigarh, June 12
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has decided to dispose of over 1 lakh metric tonnes of paddy worth Rs 150 crore as cattle feed.

Paddy MSP
Farmers disappointed, want it raised: Badal
Chandigarh, June 12
Disappointed at what they described “ insignificant” and “ illogical” increase in the minimum support price( MSP) of paddy announced by the union overnment today, various farmer organisations as well as Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to “ correct the distortion” by ordering raise in the MSP of paddy. The fixing low MSP of paddy amounted to rubbing salt into the wounds of peasants, farmer organisations said.

Dowry Death
Villagers block road
Bathinda, June 12
Annoyed over the “dowry death” of newly married Kulwinder Kaur, residents of the Bajwana village in the Phul tehsil blocked the Barnala road for two days to protest against failure of the police to arrest the in-laws of the woman.
Angry villagers squat on the Barnala-Bhagta road to protest against a dowry death on Thursday. Photo: Malkiat Singh

 

POLITICS

Cong rally against police ‘high-handedness’
Fathegarh Churian (Gurdaspur), June 12
Congressmen blocked traffic at the Old Bus-Stand chowk on the Fathegarh Churian-Dera Baba Nanak road today for half an hour and held a demonstration in front of the police station here in protest against “atrocities” being committed on them by a section of police officials at the behest certain ruling politicians.

COMMUNITY

Misuse of Red Cross funds
Ex-DC Nawanshahr returns Rs 1. 32 lakh
Nawanshahr, June 12
The issue of alleged misuse of Red Cross funds by several deputy commissioners in the state, took a new turn here. Harjit Inder Singh Grewal, joint development commissioner and special secretary, rural development, turned up here on Wednesday to hand over Rs 1,32,500/ cheque to the general assistant to deputy commissioner Upkar Singh, in response to the letter from the president, District Red Cross Society( DRCS) , Nawanshahr, for the recovery of the " unjustified expenditure' made out of the District Red Cross Society funds during his tenure as deputy commissioner of the district.

Work on highway to be expedited: Sukhbir
Bathinda, June 12
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that the work on the Pathankot-Ajmer super express highway would be expedited to shorten the distance to Mumbai by 300 km.

Maadh village families refuse to return 
Amritsar, June 12
A few residents of Maadh village today arrived here to persuade the families, which had fled the village after they were allegedly threatened by Akali leader Yuvraj, to return to the village. However, they had to return disappointed.

Residents of Maadh village (left) try to persuade members of the families, who fled the village following alleged threat by an Akali leader, to return to the village, in Amritsar on Thursday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

CM lays stone of law university
Sidhuwal (Patiala), June 12
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today laid the foundation stone of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law near here. The university will come up at a cost of Rs 45 crore at this village on the Patiala-Bhadson road. Addressing the gathering, the Chief Minister said the university would have modern infrastructure to provide law education of international standards.




Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal plants a sapling after laying the foundation stone of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law at Sidhuwal village near Patiala on Thursday. Photo: Rajesh Sachar

Punjab minister pedals to work
Chandigarh, June 12
Giving security personnel the nightmare of their lives, Punjab transport minister Master Mohan Lal today rode a bicycle all the way to office to protest against the recent hike in petroleum prices.

No PSEB unbudling till Aug 31
Chandigarh, June 12
Apparently fed up with the numerous extensions given to the Punjab government for the unbundling of the PSEB, the Centre this time has put a rider with the extension till August 31.

SGPC staff pulled up for honouring Prof Geelani
Amritsar, June 12
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and SGPC president Avtar Singh have not taken kindly to the felicitation of Prof S.A.R Geelani, who has been acquitted in the Parliament attack case, and another Muslim hardliner from Kashmir at the committee’s information office here on June 4.

SGPC chief justifies appointment
Chandigarh, June 12
SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar today justified the appointment of Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia as vice-chancellor of Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University at Fatehgarh Sahib.

Army chief visits Mamun station
Pathankot, June 12
Chief of the Army Staff General Deepak Kapoor today visited headquarters of Gurj Division at Mamun military station near here. He was accompanied by wife Kirti Kapoor, who heads the Army Wives Welfare Association.




Kirti Kapoor, wife of the Army Chief, interacts with special children in Pathankot on Thursday. Photo: N.P. Dhawan