Cong prepares for Lambi rally
Chandigarh, August 23
The Congress has begun preparations for the Lambi rally with the party high command giving the green signal to Capt Amarinder Singh to launch the party’s election campaign on September 1.
SGPC’s Haryana
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SAD rolls out figures to counter charge
Chandigarh, August 23
To counter the allegation that the SGPC is getting huge income from gurdwaras in Haryana but is spending much less in return, the SAD today released details of the income and expenditure in this regard.
SAD (A) stages dharna
Sangrur, August 23
Activists and members of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) staged a dharna in front of the police station at
Bhawanigarh, 22 km from here, yesterday in protest against the non-arrest of alleged murderers of Jaswant Singh of Kakra village, who was husband of Gian
Kaur, an SAD (A) worker. Jaswant was allegedly murdered with sharp-edged weapons on the night of August 19 and 20.
Slighted, BJP leaders create scene
Bathinda, August 23
BJP leaders of the district along with deputy mayors of the Bathinda Municipal Corporation today created a scene while SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal was holding a party workers’ meeting.
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal trying to pacify BJP leaders in Bathinda on Saturday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
NSG objections a setback: Expert
Amritsar, August 23
Former permanent representative in the UN and envoy to Geneva on nuclear disarmament Arundhati Ghose said today that objections raised by some members of the 45-nation nuclear suppliers group
(NSG) in Vienna yesterday over the one-time waiver to India is a set back for the country.
Former envoy to UN on nuclear disarmament Arundhati Ghose addresses a seminar at GND University in Amritsar on Saturday.
A Tribune photograph
Factory staff, truck operators clash
Sangrur, August 23
In a clash between agitating workers of PepsiCo Limited, Channo, near
Bhawanigarh, and members of the Bhawanigarh Truck Union, six persons, five of the PepsiCo, sustained injuries. The clash took place at Channo village, situated on Sangrur-Patiala road today.
Golden Temple to have CCTV cameras soon
Amritsar, August 23
The SGPC has decided to install CCTV cameras on the Golden Temple complex and at Fatehgarh Sahib
Gurdwara. The proposal had been mooted when Bibi Jagir Kaur was the president of the committee. According to sources, cases of pick-pocketing, garment thefts in the complex and reports of children going missing there prompted the SGPC to act on the proposal.
Sukhbir for law regulating all gurdwaras
Bathinda, August 23
The SAD will back a legislation regulating all gurdwaras in the country, but will not stand anyone dividing the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
(SGPC), said Sukhbir Singh Badal here today.
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CM greets people on Janmashtami
Chandigarh August 23
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, minister Swarna Ram have greeted people on the occasion of Janmashtami and called for strengthening the commitment to remain united in seeking to build a society based on respect for diversity.
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