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Kidney Donation to ADC
Donor disappears, family moves court
Amritsar, October 1
Members of the authorisation committee, who had cleared the case of kidney donation by an unrelated donor to the additional deputy commissioner (ADC), are in a fix even as the parents of the prospective donor have filed a case in the civil court, alleging that their son was lured by the ADC to donate his organ without their knowledge.

MoU signed for Punjab Di Train
Chandigarh, October 1
The state government today signed an MoU with the ministry of railways to start a luxury tourist train, Punjab Di Train, in the state. The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, railways minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, union minister of tourism and culture Ambika Soni and minister for tourism and culture, Punjab, Hira Singh Gabria.

Mutations in Back Date
Disputed land ‘exchanged’ many hands
Chandigarh, October 1
Even as financial commissioner (Revenue) Romila Dubey has marked an inquiry into the execution of mutations of over 500 acres of prime land in Mullanpur Garibdass, sources pointed out that the “shares” of the said piece of land had already exchanged many hands over the years.

I was offered bribe at Capt’s behest: Bir Devinder
Amritsar, October 1
Former deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh has alleged that he was offered a bribe by a retired Army officer at the behest of the then Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, with a view to prevent him from raising the question of the Improvement Trust’s scam worth  Rs 100 crore.

Badal prefers Bathinda to Punjab: Bajwa
Chandigarh, October 1
Senior Congress leader and former minister Partap Singh Bajwa has charged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal with discriminating against Punjab at large for the benefit of the Bathinda parliamentary constituency alone.

POLITICS

Patiala Seat
Candidature fight hots up
Chandigarh, October 1
Even as Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is holding sangat darshans in various parts of the city during the past fortnight, his party colleagues are trying to impress upon him their candidature from Patiala parliamentary constituency.

Badal plans to rid Patiala of flooding
Patiala, October 1
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said today that to tackle floods in the city, a massive plan involving the Jacob drain and Chhoti Nadi was being drawn. Since the project involved the Railways, he would be speaking to railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.



Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal inspects the Badi Nadi area near Taffzalpur in Patiala on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

COMMUNITY

Massive soil erosion in Gurdaspur
Gurdaspur, October 1
Come monsoon or pre-monsoon rains, followed by flash floods, residents of villages bordering Pakistan in Gurdaspur district are the worst hit. Flash floods, which occurred in the Ravi, Ujh, Tarnah, Beas, Jalalia and Bagh in the past four months, have caused soil erosion and changed the socio-economic status of the affected people.

The left side of the Tarnah river where a huge soil erosion has taken place due to flash floods. A Tribune photograph

Info commissioner notice to SSP
Chandigarh, October 1
The Punjab State Information Commission has issued a notice to the SSP Vigilance, Amritsar, for non-compliance of the Right to Information Act.

BAPU’S CHILDREN: Students garland the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti in Amritsar on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph

Freedom fighter status for morcha activists sought
Amritsar, October 1
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann has sought freedom fighter status for those who had participated in morchas launched by the SAD(A) before the partition of India, including Jaito Morcha, Guru Ka Bagh Morcha, Nankana Sahib and Morcha of Panja Sahib.

Bhattal seeks succour for flood-affected
Chandigarh, October 1
Incensed by non-redressal of problems of the flood-affected people in the state, the leader of the opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal has shot off a missive to the Governor of Punjab, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), urging him to take up the issue with the Punjab government.

Round-up
Seven mist chambers for producing quality seedlings 
Chandigarh, October 1
The Punjab Forest Department will establish seven mist chambers at Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Ropar, Moga, Phillaur and Bathinda to promote the production of quality seedlings using clonal technology.

Bhai Ghanya Health Insurance Scheme launched
Chandigarh, October 1
Punjab today launched the Bhai Ghanya Health Insurance Scheme, which will cover the hospitalisation costs of 6.5 lakh beneficiaries comprising members of cooperative societies as well as its employees.

Govt stays recoveries from rice millers
Chandigarh, October 1
The Punjab government has stayed recoveries to be made from rice millers on account of differential cost of custom milled and levy rice bags for the years 1997-98 to 2000-01 on the request of rice mills.

Kin not handed over body for unpaid bill
Ludhiana, October 1
The CMC hospital authorities allegedly took away the body of Najjar Singh, who succumbed to injuries day before yesterday, soon after the postmortem examination this evening.

COURTS

High Court
District forum chiefs appointed
Chandigarh, October 1
The stand-off between the Consumer Commission and the State of Punjab is over. The state has finally appointed presidents of District Forum.