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Indictment of Amarinder by House Panel
Bhattal, Kaypee leave for Delhi
to seek ‘guidance’
Chandigarh, September 8
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appears to be pushed into a corner with the chairman of the Vidhan Sabha Committee having indicted him for exempting 32.10 acres from acquisition in Amritsar, claiming he could be disqualified for six years even as senior Punjab Congress leaders left for Delhi to apprise the party high command of the entire affair.

Respect govt, Badal tells bureaucrats
Chandigarh, September 8
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal yesterday
warned bureaucrats and officers disregarding
government directions.

Govt asks farmers to collect J-form
Chandigarh, September 8
The Punjab government today appealed to farmers to obtain J-form from commission agents in support of having sold their produce to agents.

Ads make ground for Harsimrat’s
‘political debut’
Jalandhar, September 8
Has the Badal family started preparing ground for Harsimrat Kaur’s contest of the Lok Sabha elections either from Bathinda or Khadoor Sahib?

PU decision on distance M Phil hits many
Bathinda, September 8
Many lecturers await their fate after being suspended in the wake of Panjab University’s decision against granting recognition to M Phil degrees done through distance education programmes of certain universities.

4 injured as sect followers clash
Bathinda/Malout, September 8
At least four persons were injured in a bloody clash between followers of the Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan and Sikhs, here this evening.


Agitators brandish firearms in Malout, where they clashed with followers of the Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan on Monday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh

COMMUNITY

Canadian paper gives hope to kids of drug addicts
Amritsar, September 8
The Parvasi, a Punjabi media group of Canada, has done a yeoman’s service in the eradication of drug addiction among the Punjabi youth there and won accolades from India and abroad.

Rajinder Saini, editor-in-chief of Canada-based Parvasi Radio and Publication.

Rights panel office-bearer seeks compensation
Amritsar, September 8
Kripal Singh Randhawa, deputy chairman of the Punjab Human Rights Organisation, has served a legal notice on the state government and the Police Department for allegedly framing him in a false rape case.

5-FOOT MARVEL: Foreign tourists look at a big Punjabi jutti at a shop in Amritsar on Monday. — PTI photo

Helping addicts lead normal life
Gurdaspur, September 8
Surmukh Singh (name changed), a 13-year-old boy of Tibbar village of this district, who had remained hooked to drugs for a year, ultimately rid himself of the addiction at the local Red Cross De-addiction and Rehabilitation Centre here.

SGPC panel accused of maryada violation
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 8
Special hospitality being accorded to members of an interim committee of the SGPC by the management committees of gurdwaras during official meetings has invited criticism from religious and political circles.

BSP to go alone in LS polls
Tarn Taran, September 8
Predicting an early election for the Lok Sabha, the BSP has decided to go all alone and field its candidates for all 13 seats in the state.

Babe da viah concludes
Batala, September 8
The three-day celebrations of 521st marriage anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev concluded with a nagar kirtan (religious procession) at Dera Sahib Gurdwara here late last night.


Devotees participate in a nagar kirtan marking the end of Guru Nanak Dev’s marriage anniversary celebrations in Batala on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Departmental recruitment of doctors opposed
Chandigarh, September 8
The senior Punjab Civil Medical Service Association (PCMSA) yesterday welcomed the unanimous Assembly resolution to pass the Punjab Protection of Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions Bill.

Award for Tribune journalist
Chandigarh, September 8
Staff correspondent of The Tribune Kulwinder Sandhu has been selected for the International Achiever’s Award in journalism.

Punjab to have surplus power by 2011: Sukhbir
Mohali, September 8
The Akali government is committed to make Punjab a power-surplus state. By 2011, the state would have the capacity to provide around 25,000 MW of power.

COURTS

High Court
Inspection of ayurvedic colleges scanned
Chandigarh, September 8
The inspection of ayurvedic colleges in Punjab has come under the Punjab and Haryana High Court scanner.

ADMINISTRATION

7 IAS, 1 PCS officers transferred
Chandigarh, September 8
The Punjab government today transferred and posted 7 IAS officers and one PCS officer, a spokesman of the government said.

CRIME

Two held with fake currency
Tarn Taran, September 8
Acting on a tip-off, the district police today seized fake currency of Rs 85,000 from two persons identified as Balkar Singh of Dhianpur and Yadwinder Singh of Khalchian.