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LS Elections
Amarinder to launch campaign after Diwali
Chandigarh, October 7
Former Chief Minister and convener of the Congress Campaign Committee Amarinder Singh, in his first public appearance after return from London, said here today now he is “here to stay (in Punjab) till Lok Sabha elections”.

Violation of land allotment rules
Pvt schools to face action
Chandigarh, October 7
Punjab government has decided to take to task private schools in the state violating land allotment rules.

POLITICS

Development: ‘Majha being
discriminated against’
Amritsar, October 7
Congress leaders of the border belt today criticised
the state government for marginalising the Majha
region, especially Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts,
for overall development.

‘Congress trying to divide people
on regional lines’
Chandigarh, October 7
Akali ministers Bikram Singh Majithia, Gulzar Singh Ranike and MP Rattan Singh Ajnala yesterday accused the Congress of trying to divide Punjab on regional lines by propagating one region in Punjab was getting more funds for development.

COMMUNITY

Ambika to raise issue of border villagers
Attari, October 7
Recent spurt in terrorist activities in the country is a major threat to the tourist industry and there is a need for launching a global fight against terrorism.

Union minister for tourism Ambika Soni discusses a point
with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal after the
inauguration of a tourist complex near Attari check post
on Tuesday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

Attari tourist complex upgraded

Here Ram and Ravana co-exist
Ludhiana, October 7
A 25-feet-high permanent statue of Ravana right next to a 150-year-old temple of Lord Rama in Payal village in this district proves that syncretism is still not an alien concept in this country.


The statue of Ravana, which is situated in front of Ram Temple in Payal, gets a facelift on Tuesday. Photo: Rajesh Bhambi

Why Punjabis are obese?
Study to identify genetic cause
Amritsar, October 7
The Department of Human Genetics, Guru Nanak Dev university, and the Care Well Heart and Multi-specialty hospital here will study genetic cause of obesity among Punjabis in northern side of the country.

Students from Gidderbaha
visit Tribune office
Tour organised by Manpreet Badal
Chandigarh, October 7
Over 160 students from rural government schools
in Gidderbaha visited The Tribune office and printing
press here this morning.


Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal along with schoolchildren at the Tribune press on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

Badal voices concern over depleting green cover
Mohali, October 7
Stressing upon the conservation of forest cover in the Kandi area, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced that the state government was vigorously pursuing with the issue of taking out 57,000 hectare of non-forest areas out of the purview of the Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900.

IARI developed seeds ‘yield more than PAU’s’
Chandigarh, October 7
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) seeds are getting popular compared to Punjab Agricultural University’s, and can hold key to solving stagnation in wheat and rice production in Punjab.

Badal, Seechewal to build synergy on environment
Chandigarh, October 7
CM Parkash Singh Badal today stressed the need for building synergy between the state government and voluntary environmentalist movements to launch a decisive war on what he described as “the impending man-made cosmic disaster in ecology”.

COURTS

HC clears way for holding festivities in Kotkapura
Chandigarh, October 7
The stage has been cleared for holding two-day Dussehra festival and cultural programme at the New Grain Market in Kotkapura. The festivities are scheduled to start from tomorrow.

CRIME

5 killed as buses collide head-on
Sriganganagar (Abohar), October 7
Five persons, including a driver, were killed and 20 injured when two luxury buses collided head-on near Netewala village, about 10 km from Sriganganagar, on the National Highway No. 15 early this morning.