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Numbers game on for Sarpanches
BJP panches flee homes, SAD blamed

Amritsar, July 14 Differences have once again cropped up between the ruling alliance partners, the SAD and the BJP, in rural areas along border with both parties trying to have their own men on posts of sarpanch.

BJP panches, along with their families, who have taken shelter in Amritsar after alleged threats by an Akali MLA. — A Tribune photograph

N-Deal
Cong leaders refuse to give up on Akalis
Chandigarh, July 14
Refusing to give up hope after Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal made the categorical statement of standing by the NDA on the July 22 trust vote in the Lok Sabha, some senior Congress leaders made yet another round of fervent appeals to him to review his party’s decision. 

SAD urged to convince BJP 
Patiala, July 14
While dubbing the nuclear deal between India and USA purely as an economic issue, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) has urged the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to rise above political affiliations and show its statesmanship by convincing its alliance partner BJP to favour the deal. 

PM dared to seek fresh mandate
Ludhiana, July 14
Information and public relations, water supply and sanitation minister Bikram Singh Majithia today dared Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to step down and seek mandate on the issue of nuclear deal. 

Kiran not interested in politics
Amritsar, July 14
Setting at rest speculations, former first woman IPS officer of the country Kiran Bedi today denied joining any political party. All major political parties of the country, including the Congress and the BJP, were reportedly persuading her to contest Lok Sabha elections. Bedi, on the telephone from Delhi last night, said she had already made up her mind on this issue not to be part of any political dispensation as she was committed to uplift the down-trodden and the poor through various NGOs.

Land for Olympic Bhawan
Punjab backtracks on promise
Mohali, July 14
It seems that the Punjab government is now backtracking from its promise of allotting a two-acre plot for the construction of Punjab Olympic Bhawan opposite the PCA stadium in Phase IX here.

 

POLITICS

Letter to Sukhbir
Amritsar, July 14
Former minister Manjit Singh Calcutta today sent a letter to SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal to take a serious note of the appeal to bale out the PM during the no-confidence motion.

‘SAD reneging on promise’
Chandigarh, July 14
Punjab Youth Congress chief Vijay Inder Singla today claimed that the SAD would be reneging on the promise to people of Punjab if it voted the BJP way on the issue of nuclear deal.

COMMUNITY

Malwa set to step on gas
Bathinda, July 14
The city is all set to experience modern infrastructure with an autogas (LPG) station coming up on its outskirts. Indian Oil Company (IOC) is going to supply the region with autogas, which would approximately cost Rs 39.57 per litre, from this station.

Work in full swing at the first autogas station of the Malwa belt on the Bathinda-Chandigarh national highway near Bathinda. —Tribune photo by Malkiat Singh

Devotees reconstruct demolished temple
Malerkotla, July 14
A 100-year-old temple of Sheetla Mata, which was demolished by the local administration on Saturday, was reconstructed by devotees of the area today. The devotees collected the same demolished material from where it was dumped and started the construction.

UNDETERRED FAITH: Devotees participate in a havan after the reconstruction of the temple in Malerkotla on Sunday. —Photo by writer

Sand suppliers block road
Ajnala, July 14
Suppliers of sand blocked the main road to the town here today in protest against the district administration’s failure to check double charging for the sand by the contractor. Jatinder Singh Chinna, president, Kirti Kisan Union (KKU), said sand suppliers had been on dharna near the office of the SDM for eight days, but the administration had not resolved the matter.

Farmers threaten to gherao Ratra
Sangrur, July 14
Members and activists of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Sidhupur) staged a dharna in front of the office of deputy chief engineer, Sangrur distribution circle of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), here today to compel the authorities to accept their demands, especially the release of the tube well connections under the OYT scheme without any delay. State finance secretary of the union Hardev Singh Sakrodi led the dharna.

Left launches state rally
Amritsar, July 14
The CPI and the CPM today held a rally at Jallianwala Bagh here to protest the proposed nuclear deal with the US. Left leader Joginder Dayal said the signing of the nuclear treaty by the Central government with the US would be an attack on the sovereignty of the country. 

Activists of Communist parties organise a protest march against the nuclear deal at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on Monday. —Photo by Vishal Kumar

Victims of ’84 riots attempt immolation over houses
Ludhiana, July 14
A group of women, who are victims of the 1984 Sikh riots, attempted immolation when another group, claiming to be riots victims as well, allegedly occupied three houses in the colony meant for the victims by force here this evening. The women were saved in the nick of time by the Dugri police.