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Amarinder Singh returns from UK
Chandigarh, September 28
Former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
returned from London early this morning.
He is likely to meet top Congress leadership
in New Delhi during the next two days before
coming back to Punjab.

Ex-CM wasted public time on luxurious life, says Badal
Patiala, September 28
Hitting out against his arch-rival Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has accused Amarinder of wasting time as a Chief Minister in leading luxurious life and indulging in his “controversial escapades” to Dubai, Pakistan and Canada.

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at a sangat darshan in Patiala on Sunday. Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar

Sangat darshan tough for common
man, media
Patiala, September 28
The sangat darshan may not be a smooth affair for common people or even mediapersons all the time as they can also face numerous hurdles created by security persons around the Chief Minister at one or the other point.

SAD gears up for ‘Patiala bypoll’
Patiala, September 28
Regardless of the legal status whether a byelection to the Patiala Assembly constituency can be held or not immediately after the expulsion of Capt Amarinder Singh from the Vidhan Sabha, the ruling SAD is seemingly hell bent upon wresting the seat from Amarinder.

POLITICS

N-deal will not help country: Rajnath
Jalandhar, September 28
BJP President Rajnath Singh has said his party disagrees with the government stance in signing the nuclear deal with the US since it will not help the country in the way the UPA is projecting it will.

SAD campaign to target print, electronic media, NRIs
Chandigarh, September 28
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will launch a massive publicity campaign targeting not only the domestic print and electronic media, but also the Punjab diaspora throughout the world through Internet and foreign newspapers to boost the image of the party ahead of the Lok Sabha poll.

COMMUNITY

Peasants cash in on labour shortage in Malwa
Bathinda, September 28
Though reports on cotton yield are sounding good this time, the problem of labour shortage is worrying Malwa farmers. Facing a shortage of labour to pick cotton, farmers have to bow to their demands.

A peasant family, along with their household articles, being transported to cotton fields by a farmer in Muktsar on Sunday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh

A peasant family, along with their household articles, being transported to cotton fields by a farmer in Muktsar on Sunday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh

Superfast train to link Gurdaspur with Delhi
Gurdaspur, September 28
To fight terrorism and control the prices of essential commodities remains the top priority of the Congress-led UPA government, stated Union minister of state for industries Ashwani Kumar here today.

BSF steps up vigil with ‘boat nakas’ in riverine gaps
Dhinda (Gurdaspur), September 28
Even as Pakistan Rangers have been
carrying out unprovoked firing on the
India-Pakistan border in Jammu sector
to facilitate infiltration, the BSF has
stepped up vigil in Gurdaspur sector.
BSF personnel guard India-Pakistan border in the Jalalia river area in Gurdaspur district. Photo by writer

Dal Khalsa founder sets terms for return
Amritsar, September 28
Founder of the Dal Khalsa, Gajinder Singh, whose name has figured on
the list of 20 most-wanted Indian terrorists following an attack on
Parliament House in December, 2001, has said he is ready to come
back to India on certain conditions.
                                                                             Gajinder Singh

Balloon leads to alert
Amritsar, September 28
A balloon that came from across the border with a message written in Urdu at the Indo-Pak border fence here today is shrouded in mystery even as the BSF has been put on high alert.

Whopping increase in VAT collection
Chandigarh, September 28
Punjab has achieved a whopping increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) and Central Sales Tax (CST) collections during the ongoing current year, thereby establishing a prime position as compared to other states.

NZ co. to improve state roads
Chandigarh, September 28
The state government will soon engage services of Opus International Consultants Ltd (OPUS), New Zealand, to devise a strategy for the future implementation of output-and-performance-based road contracts (OPRC) to rehabilitate/improve, maintain and manage a portion of its road network of about 650 km in southern districts through the Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board.

Punjab MLAs to canvass for Indian-Canadians
Chandigarh, September 28
After the tumultuous monsoon session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha which saw the expulsion of former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, a number of Punjab legislators are now heading for British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario provinces in Canada to canvass for Indian-Canadian candidates for the House of Commons elections to be held there on October 14.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper greets party candidate Nina Grewal at an election meeting in Surrey, BC. Other candidates can also be seen in the picture.

Rajesh Pilot’s statue installed
Patiala, September 28
The statue of former Union Minister Rajesh Pilot was installed near the local bus stand here yesterday evening.

Magician educates jail inmates on TB
Sangrur, September 28
It was a unique occasion for inmates of the local district jail when they saw a magician performing tricks to educate them on tuberculosis (TB) in the jail complex here yesterday.