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Rain Fury
DCs of 3 border dists alerted
Chandigarh, June 16
As the flow of water in streams has been rising due to heavy rain in various parts of the state, Punjab government has alerted deputy commissioners of Amritsar, Ferozepur and Gurdaspur in case rain persists for another 48 hours. While the Ravi flows close to Gurdaspur and Amritsar, the Sutlej zigzags through Ferozepur belt.“Though there is no threat of floods in any part of the state, we have alerted the deputy commissioners in the districts having a network of rivers and other streams.

Bathinda still inundated
Bathinda, June 16
Hundreds of people in the low-lying flooded areas continued to seek succour as normal life remained paralysed for the second day in the town today.

A boy drags his bicycle on a flooded Bathinda road on Monday. —Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera

Flood-Control on Chakki
Dept to wait till monsoon is over
Saili Kulian (Gurdaspur), June 16
Though increasing level of the Chakki river continues to pose a danger to the lives and property of people living close to it, the Drainage Department is not likely to repair a damaged stud and revetment until monsoon is over. Early monsoon has caught department officials unawares and estimates of various civil works to be executed.

 

 

POLITICS

Support for Patna Takht Jathedar
Amritsar, June 16
Criticising Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar, Akal Takht, for holding a meeting on June 6 without invitation to Takht Hazoor Sahib and Patna Sahib, a meeting of the Sikh clergy at Takht Hazoor Sahib today announced that any directive or appeal, issued without the presence of Jathedars of all five Takhts could not be acceptable to the Sikh Panth.

Youth Congress to expose vendetta
Chandigarh, June 16
The legal cell of the Punjab Youth Congress decided at a meeting here today that cases of political vendetta and atrocities unleashed by the SAD-BJP government on Congress workers in the wake of the Panchayat Elections would be highlighted.

COMMUNITY

Akali MLA’s Complaint
GND varsity VC asked to submit reply
Amritsar, June 16
After forcing vice-chancellors of PAU and Punjabi University to quit, now Guru Nanak Dev (GND) University vice-chancellor Jai Rup Singh has been asked to submit his reply to inquiry officer B.C. Gupta, principal secretary, Home, on June 20 in his office at Chandigarh regarding a complaint by Akali MLA Virsa Singh Valtoha, regarding alleged irregularities in the varsity.

Martyrdom day of Guru observed
Amritsar, June 16
The martyrdom day of the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, was observed with religious fervour. Chhabeels and langers by different sabha societies and organisations were held in the city today.

Devotees throng the Golden Temple to pay obeisance on the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev in Amritsar on Monday. —Photo by Vishal Kumar

UN experts inspect historical buildings
Assess tourism potential of Patiala
Patiala, June 16
The city is likely to be on the tourism map of world shortly with United Nations’ World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) experts inspecting heritage buildings of the erstwhile princely state capital. The city has already been included in the master plan being prepared by the Punjab government for the preservation of heritage and to develop it as tourism circuit focal point of the northern region.

Members of the United Nations’ World Tourism Organisation watch a map of the Patiala heritage building in Patiala on Monday. —Photo by Rajesh Sachar

I lost sleep: Raja 
Amritsar, June 16
Overwhelmed with emotion, the Prime Minister’s childhood friend Raja Ali, could not express his feelings while returning to Pakistan today after meeting his friend. At a farewell organised by DAV Public School here, Raja said the second emotional parting from his friend had been very difficult and was an emotional upheaval for him as he was unable to sleep for a couple of days.

Raja Mohammad Ali at a farewell function at DAV Public School in Amritsar on Monday. —Photo by Vishal Kumar

High Court judge faces Moga bar ire
Moga, June 16
There is resentment among lawyers of the district courts here against Justice Rajesh Bindal, a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, who is also the inspecting judicial authority of the sessions’ division of Faridkot and Moga, following the alleged use of “aggressive words” by him against president of the district Bar Association Nasib Bawa.

Jobless teachers’ plea to CM
Chandigarh, June 16
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today directed Advocate-General Hardev Singh Mattewal to review the matter pertaining to the appointment of teachers in schools.

Homoeopathy Council reconstituted
Chandigarh, June 16
The Punjab government has reconstituted the state Homoeopathy Council, inviting criticism from a section of council members who have approached the state Election Commission (EC), asserting that this was a violation of the model code of conduct in force due to the forthcoming elections to the municipal councils.

Deletion of votes alleged
Sangrur, June 16
A member of the CPI’s district council and state joint secretary of the All-India Student Federation (AISF) Navjeet Singh alleged here today that names of many voters of the local ward No. 18 had been deleted from the voter list for the current Municipal Council (MC) elections. Navjeet urged the district election officer to order an inquiry into the matter—TNS