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State honour for Sardar Anjum
Chandigarh, August 15
“Jis ke tufail mujhko meri zindagi mili, voh geet maine shayad ab tak likha
nahin.,” feels the legendary lyricist and thinker, Padmabhushan Dr Sardar Anjum despite being at the epitome his literary prominence.
Dr Sardar Anjum
Bhattal, Amarinder visit Lal Singh separately
Chandigarh, August 15
In what could be seen an attempt to rebuild bridges in the Pradesh Congress, newly appointed Punjab Campaign Committee chairman and former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today called on former minister Lal Singh, who is admitted in a Mohali hospital.
Akali supporters joining BJP
SAD ‘high-handedness’ in panchayat elections
Amritsar, August 15
The BJP has been making inroads into Akali pockets, especially in the border belt of Amritsar district, as its supporters are joining the BJP creating a piquant situation for the alliance partner.
Candlelight vigil for peace on Indo-Pak border
Attari, August 15
In a rare gesture of reciprocation, hundreds of Pakistani peaceniks lined up at the zero line for the first time in the past 14 years to exchange candles to celebrate the independence of India and Pakistan jointly here late last night.
Pakistani delegates, founder of Hind-Pak Dosti Manch Kuldip Nayar and BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu at the Attari-Wagah joint check-post on Thursday midnight.
— Photo by Vishal Kumar
Pak-Indian artistes enthral audience on both sides of zero line
Amritsar, August 15
History was created when the Hind-Pak Dosti Manch organised a Punjabi cultural programme on both sides of the Radcliffe Line to mark the Independence Day of both India and Pakistan on Thursday evening.
Pakistani singer Aamir Ali performs at the 14th candlelight vigil function on Thursday to celebrate the Independence Day of India and Pakistan.
— A Tribune photograph
PPSC objection on recruitment of docs
Patiala August 15
The much-publicised recruitment of 147 doctors by the Punjab Health Department virtually got a set back with the Punjab Public Service Commission
(PPSC) throwing a spanner in the wheel by raising certain major objections to the health department’s recruitment proposal.
Delay in filling promotion quota posts
Resentment among PSEB diploma engineers
Patiala, August 15
There is resentment among Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) diploma engineers against delay in filling of vacancies available in 5 per cent promotion quota for removal of under-employment among them.
Licences of 226 drug stores cancelled
Chandigarh, August 15
The Health Department has cancelled the licences of several drug stores, besides suspending the licences several such shops in the state.
Power meters selling
on black market
Patiala, August 15
With waiting period for three-phased power meters stretching to as long as six months, consumers have allegedly been forced to purchase these on black market, for
almost double the price fixed by the PSEB for it.
35 Indians freed by Pakistan
Attari, August 15
Thirtyfive Indians, including 34 fishermen, crossed over to this side of the border at the Attari Wagah joint check-post after their release by Pakistan here today.
Continuous rains worry farmers
Gurdaspur, August 15
Farmers of the district have started bearing the brunt of heavy rains, which have been lashing the area for the past three days, as standing crops in thousands of acres have suffered colossal damage so far.
Farmer washed away
Kapurthala, August 15
A farmer was washed away while he was crossing his flooded fields at Sheikhmanga village in the Sultanpur Lodhi sub-division of the district today.
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