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Central team indicates review of relief norms
To submit report in two days
Moga/Ferozepur, August 24
The Centre may review the existing norms of providing compensation to the victims of natural disasters and clear 20 flood-control projects to be executed at a cost more than Rs 400 crore, which were recently proposed by the state government.
Irrigation minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon apprises Prabhanshu Kamal, joint secretary, Centre, of the extent of flood damage in Ferozepur on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

CPI for 15,000 per acre as aid
Sangrur, August 24
Terming the recent floods in the state as “man-made” tragedy, the Communist Party of India (CPI) today asked the government to publish a “white paper” on the losses and the reasons behind the floods.

Govt seeks 500 cr
Barnala, August 24
The state government has demanded a package of Rs 500 crore for flood-affected areas. This was stated by SAD president Sukhbir Badal, who was here to mobilise Akali workers for the September 2 rally marking the inauguration of a thermal plant in Mansa. — OC

Harike dolphins safe
Harike Pattan, August 24 Dolphins in the wetland on the confluence of the Beas and the Sutlej here are safe as floods have not affected the habitat of this rare species, which is found in fresh waters.

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EARLIER STORIES

	Central team arrives today August 24, 2008
	Day II: Demands of farm labourers’ accepted August 23, 2008
	Cabinet approves land-pooling scheme August 22, 2008
	Darbari Lal, sons, former minister booked August 21, 2008
	Plugging of breaches at snail’s pace August 20, 2008
	CM visits flood-hit areas August 19, 2008
	Man washed away; villagers shift to rail tracks, roads August 18, 2008
	Swollen Sutlej wreaks havoc in villages August 17, 2008
	All flood victims will be compensated: CM August 16, 2008
	Vedanti rejects honour by SGPC August 15, 2008
	126-mm deluge chokes Amritsar August 14, 2008

PM sanctions relief to Naina Devi victims
Patiala, August 24
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sanctioned Rs1 lakh for those who were killed and Rs 50,000 each to the seriously injured in the Naina Devi stampede on August 3.

NGO sets up 200 self-help groups to empower youth
Patiala, August 24
In its endeavour to enable youngsters, specially those belonging to the underprivileged sections of the society, to be self-reliant, a Patiala- based NGO, Progressive Youth Forum, has formed as many as 200 self-help groups in Patiala and Sangrur districts. It has also set up women empowerment forums in four districts of Malwa region.

POLITICS

Kanwaljit falls back on Tohra legacy
Chandigarh, August 24
The nomination of the SAD candidate for the Patiala Lok Sabha seat will set the tone of politics in the district with a senior Akali leader, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, keen to protecting, what has been perceived to be his home turf, from Prem Singh Chandumajra, who has the blessings of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal.

LS Polls
SAD to play economy card
Sangrur, August 24
In an effort to provide people contamination-free water, the government will install reverse osmosis (RO) systems in all villages and towns of the state in the next four years.

Don’t befool Sikhs, Cong tells SAD
Chandigarh, August 24
The Punjab Congress today claimed that SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal was raising a demand for a law to regulate all gurdwaras in the country forgetting that his party had twice failed to give its comments on the proposed draft Bill to enact an All-India Gurdwara Act.

COMMUNITY

200 youth get employment at CII fair
Dinanagar (Gurdaspur), August 24
At least 200 candidates were offered jobs and over 450 shortlisted on the concluding day of the two-day career and job fair organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at the Swami Sarvanand Institute of Management and Technology here today.

Overweight persons prone to arthritis: Experts Neurologist Dr Satwant Sachdeva during a seminar on joints pain and its management in Patiala on Sunday.
Patiala, August 24
A seminar on “Joints Pain and its Management” was organised by the Senior Citizens Welfare Association at the Central State Library, here today.

Neurologist Dr Satwant Sachdeva during a seminar on joints pain and its management in Patiala on Sunday. Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar

Pollution board told to explain
Hoshiarpur, August 24
Chairperson of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) Justice R.S. Mongia recently directed the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to send comments on the rejoinder of August 7 submitted by activist of the Human Empowerment League of Punjab (HELP), Nawanshahr, Parvinder Singh on September 7 as the latter had shown dissatisfaction over the report of the PPCB following his complaint.

PSEB to strengthen transmission lines
Patiala, August 24
In order to reduce system losses and to provide reliable and better quality of power supply in the state, the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) will now be laying special emphasis on strengthening its transmission system.

COURTS

CBI plea to close banker murder case rejected
Amritsar, August 24
The court of special magistrate of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has declined the CBI plea to close the decade-old murder case of a bank manager Naresh Mahajan, thus, paving the way for the reopening of the case.

AGRICULTURE

4-year-old relay fast by farmers ends
Mohali, August 24
The four-year-old relay fast strike by farmers demanding more compensation for their land was called off today. The fast was led by the Kissan Hit Bachao Committe at Sohana.

Punjab cooperation minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh with striking farmers in Sohana on Sunday. A Tribune photograph

Govt urged to frame rice export policy
Amritsar, August 24
Tinkering with the rice export policy was fraught with dangerous consequences for the farmers and the traders.

CRIME

2 years on, murder case filed in medico’s death
Amritsar, August 24
After 21 months of the death of a final-year MBBS student Shashi Bhushan, the police has registered a murder case against unidentified persons based on the second post-mortem report, which was conducted in Delhi.