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Do justice with riot-hit: Vedanti to Manmohan
Moga, July 26
Terming the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as “Sikh genocide”, Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar, Akal Takht, has appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide relief and justice to families of riot victims.

Sarna discusses Sikhs’ demands with Sonia
Chandigarh, July 26
Sikh Marriage Act and Sikh Code Bill can give the community an independent identity and existence. The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) stated this during a meeting with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

N-energy best option:Kalam
Amritsar, July 26

People should vote for the leaders who were for development to take the country on the path of prosperity, said former President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam while interacting with the media here in the evening.
Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President, addresses the media in Amritsar on Saturday evening. — A Tribune photograph

Public participation must to check pollution: CJ
Sultanpur Lodhi, July 26

Expressing concern over increasing pollution, Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Vijender Jain said only public participation and pressure to make the environment pollution free could improve the things.

Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Vijender Jain hugs Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal at Sultanpur Lodhi on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

REGIONAL BRIEFS

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EARLIER STORIES

	Govt to provide funds to MLAs July 26, 2008
	Majithia heads panel, to report in 7 days July 25, 2008
	Bandh largely peaceful July 24, 2008
	Ladoo-time in Amritsar as PM wins trust vote July 23, 2008
	Akalis clash over sarpanch’s election July 22, 2008
	Patna clergy makes fresh appeal for support to PM July 21, 2008
	Call for bandh on July 23 July 20, 2008
	State police seals border with Haryana July 19, 2008
	Centre not to fund paddy research in state July 18, 2008
	Cabinet clears Innova vehicles for MLAs July 17, 2008

Upgradation of medical colleges in phases
Patiala, July 26
The Punjab government has planned to upgrade and expand government medical colleges and hospitals at Amritsar, Faridkot and Patiala in phases.

POLITICS

Cong to fight LS poll on power
Ludhiana, July 26
“Aap hamein vote do, hum apko bijli denge” will be the slogan of the Congress in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

COMMUNITY

Polluting Units
Gosain a saviour and complainant within a year
Ludhiana, July 26
Senior deputy speaker and BJP MLA Satpal Gosain may have acted as a saviour for Ludhiana's industry before Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal recently, but he sought action against 27 industrial units discharging harmful effluents soon after the SAD-BJP government took over.

Shops abound near monument to 1857 mutineers
Amritsar, July 26

Shops have come up along with the tehsil complex (old police station) of border town Ajnala, the protected monument where at least 200 mutineers of 1857 Revolt died of asphyxia. The rest of the mutineers were executed at the behest of then deputy commissioner Fredric Cooper. The incident dates back to June 3, 1857. Concrete shops have come up in the vicinity of the national monument at Ajnala where more than 300 mutineers of the 1857 Revolt were kept.

Concrete shops have come up in the vicinity of the national monument at Ajnala where more than 300 mutineers of the 1857 Revolt were kept. — Photo by Vishal Kumar

PSEB reopens VDS
Chandigarh, July 26
On the demand of farmers, the PSEB has re-introduced voluntary disclosure scheme (VDS) for tube well owners to get regularised unauthorised loads of higher capacity motors/submersible pump sets.

Body of Israeli accident victim taken to Delhi
Nangal, July 26
The bodies of the Israeli woman and the taxi driver were taken to Delhi today.

Runaway groom grounded
Chandigarh, July 26
For sure, this runaway groom would not get another chance to escape from matrimonial ties. Booked for rape and other offences after his refusal to marry the girl he was intimate with, he had again assured her of wedding.

Capt lauds Indian democracy

Chandigarh, July 26
“There were aberrations and mistakes in the recent panchayat elections in Punjab but the will of people by and large prevailed,” said Capt Kanwaljit Singh, minister for cooperation, Punjab, while inaugurating a one-day workshop on “Panchayat elections in Punjab, 2008” at Panjab University (PU) today. Capt Kanwaljit Singh delivers the inaugural address during the one-day workshop on ‘Panchayat elections in Punjab’ at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Saturday.

Capt Kanwaljit Singh delivers the inaugural address during the one-day workshop on ‘Panchayat elections in Punjab’ at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by
Pradeep Tewari

COURTS

Warrants against Nijjer Agro MD
Amritsar, July 26
Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Daljit Kaur has issued arrest warrants against the managing director of Nijjer Agro Foods Limited for failing to appear in a cheque-bounce case. It is one of the leading agro food processing companies of North India, supplying products to Nestle.

EDUCATION

PTU affiliation for 21 management colleges
Jalandhar, July 26
The All-India Council of Technical Education and the state government have been too liberal this time in granting approval to new colleges under Punjab Technical University (PTU). While 18 engineering and five pharmacy colleges had been granted university affiliation earlier, 21 new management colleges have got the same now.