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Amarinder to convene party meeting soon
Capt Amarinder Singh, former Chief Minister and newly appointed chairman of the Election Campaigning Committee of the PPCC, thanks his supporters at Sambhu barrier of Patiala on Friday. To chalk out plan for
organising rallies
Patiala, August 8
Capt Amarinder Singh said here today that he would convene a meeting of party leaders at Chandigarh in the coming two-three days to chalk out a plan for organising rallies and meetings all across the state.

Capt Amarinder Singh, former Chief Minister and newly appointed chairman of the Election Campaigning Committee of the PPCC, thanks his supporters at Sambhu barrier of Patiala on Friday. Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar

Former DGP Virk opened 37 bank accounts
Patiala, August 8
Former Punjab DGP Sarabdip Singh Virk, in the soup for “amassing” money running into crores of rupees, had allegedly opened as many as 37 accounts in different banks by changing the abbreviated form of his name and that of his family members to stack “unaccounted” money worth Rs. 5.15 crore in cash in these accounts.
COMMUNITY

Punjab to get centre for performing arts
CM to finance auditorium in memory of Harpal Tiwana
Chandigarh, August 8
Late Harpal Tiwana’s wife Neena Tiwana flanked by Pammi Bai (left) and Gurdas Mann at the release of his biography at a function here on Friday. Punjab is set to start a Centre for Performing Arts with friends and relatives of noted theatre artiste- director Harpal Tiwana persuading state Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to support the move to build an auditorium in his name in Patiala.
 All for a cause: Late Harpal Tiwana’s wife Neena Tiwana flanked by Pammi Bai (left) and Gurdas Mann at the release of his biography at a function here on Friday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan








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Badal calls for help to eradicate social evils
Chandigarh, August 8
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today called upon Punjabi writers, intellectuals and artists to extend wholehearted support and cooperation to the state government in eradicating social evils from the society on the one hand and promote the cause of Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiat not only in the country, but across the globe on the other.

Damdami not to
accept award 		Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal felicitates Jaswant Singh Kanwal with Punjabi Sahit Rattan Award, 2007, and (right) Fakhar Zaman from Pakistan with the Shiromani Punjabi Sahitkar Award (Videshi), 2008, at a function organised at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Friday.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal felicitates Jaswant Singh Kanwal with Punjabi Sahit Rattan Award, 2007, and (right) Fakhar Zaman from Pakistan with the Shiromani Punjabi Sahitkar Award (Videshi), 2008, at a function organised at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan

Akalis start wooing SCs
Gurdaspur, August 8
In a significant development, the SAD has started wooing members of the Scheduled Castes of Punjab to bring them into the party’s fold so as to reduce dependence over its alliance partner the BJP to prepare for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Damage control by SGPC, CM
SGPC president Avtar Singh (L) and adviser to CM Daljit Singh Cheema pay a surprise visit to the residence of Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, former jathedar, Akal Takht, at Amritsar on Friday. CM’s adviser, SGPC president visit residence
of ousted jathedar
Amritsar, August 8
As part of a damage-control exercise, SGPC president Avtar Singh and Daljit Singh Cheema paid a surprise visit to the residence of Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti who was forced to quit here today.

SGPC president Avtar Singh (L) and adviser to CM Daljit Singh Cheema pay a surprise visit to the residence of Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, former jathedar, Akal Takht, at Amritsar on Friday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

Protest in Amritsar over ‘Singh is Kinng’
Sikh activists brandish swords and sticks outside a cinema hall screening the film, “Singh is Kinng,” in Amritsar on Friday.Amritsar, August 8
The much-hyped Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif-starrer “Singh is Kinng” opened to a full house in two cinema halls here this morning, but armed Sikh youths, brandishing swords and sticks, stormed Aanam theatre in the Civil Lines area in their bid to stop the show.

Sikh activists brandish swords and sticks outside a cinema hall screening the film, “Singh is Kinng,” in Amritsar on Friday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

Sud demands Vohra’s recall
Chandigarh, August 8
Senior BJP leader and Punjab’s medical education and research minister Tikshan Sud today demanded the immediate recall of J&K Governor N.N. Vohra.

247 doctors appointed
Chandigarh, August 8
The Punjab government has evolved a massive plan to strengthen the existing health care services in the state by appointing 100 medical officers and 147 doctors of various specialisations in the state.

 
COURTS

Tytler’s plea for case transfer dismissed
Chandigarh, August 8
Senior Congress leader-cum-former Cabinet minister Jagdish Tytler’s petition seeking transfer of a defamation case against him from Ludhiana to the State of Haryana was today dismissed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Depinder wins custody battle
Chandigarh, August 8
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today gave the interim custody of the 10-month-old infant to Depinder Kaur Hundal, a Canadian NRI.

Arrest of former Akali MLA’s widow stayed
Chandigarh, August 8
Taking up a petition accusing Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development minister Gulzar Singh Ranike of harassing his sister-in-law Rajpinder Kaur Ranike, Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed her arrest.

HC panel to visit Jalandhar
Jalandhar, August 8
Members of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Building Committee will be visiting Jalandhar shortly to inspect the new judical complex, besides visiting the site selected for shifting the existing courts.

CRIME

Drugs worth Rs 3 cr seized
Mohali, August 8
Punjab’s Health and Family Welfare Department has claimed to have seized habit-forming medicinal drugs worth Rs 3 crore in the past one year.



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