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Central team arrives today
Moga, August 23
A day after Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal, SAD president, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, the Union government today constituted a five-member team comprising senior IAS officers of the Disaster Management Department to conduct a survey of the flood-affected areas of Punjab.

More breaches plugged
Ferozepur, August 23
The Irrigation Department has plugged the breaches in the Sutlej at Bogewala and Sahghera, which had caused flooding in hundreds of villages.

Floodwaters cause skin disorders
Children most vulnerable 

Moga/Ferozepur, August 23
Sheelo Devi, a resident of Kussuwala village, near here, lost her husband in the recent floods. She now lives with her six children under a tarpaulin on the embankment of the river.

Playing god: Schoolchildren dressed as Radha and Krishna on the eve of Janmashtami in Bathinda
Playing god: Schoolchildren dressed as Radha and Krishna on the eve of Janmashtami in Bathinda on Friday. Tribune photo: Kulbir Beera








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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 Outlay
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
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal trying to pacify BJP leaders in Bathinda 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


COMMUNITY

NSG objections a setback: Expert 
Former envoy to UN on nuclear disarmament Arundhati Ghose addresses a seminar at GND University in Amritsar 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.

Round-up
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.

 
COURTS

2-year jail for lyricist
Jalandhar, August 23
A court here sentenced Punjabi lyricist Almast Desharpuri to two years in jail, besides fining him Rs 2,000 in a case of cheating and breach of trust.

EDUCATION

Infrastructure in Medical Colleges
MCI gives one month to set things right 
Amritsar, August 23
The Medical Council of India (MCI) has granted a one-month reprieve to the three government medical colleges in the state facing de-recognition to improve functioning and rectify flaws pointed out by an MCI team.

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