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CPI moots front of Left, secular forces
Sangrur, November 6
To defeat the BJP and the Congress in the coming Lok Sabha elections, the Communist Party of India (CPI) will work to build a front of the Left, democratic and secular forces at the national level.
Notices to 52 mining contractors
Pathankot, November 6
The government has issued a warning to mining contractors of Gurdaspur district to break the cartel or face the music.
Govt gives its own colour to Kapurthala festival
Kapurthala, November 6
Parkash Singh Badal-led SAD-BJP government is giving its own colour to annual Kapurthala heritage festival by changing its character.
Cash Scam
Sports director ‘forged’ certificates to get job
Patiala, November 6
Punjabi University’s sports director Raj Kumar Sharma has landed in trouble again for allegedly getting his job on the basis of “forged” sports achievement certificates.
445 TB cases in Sunam
Sangrur, November 6
As many as 445 tuberculosis (TB) patients have been detected under the Revised National
Tuberculosis Control Programme
(RNTCP) from January to October 2008 in Sunam zone comprising Sunam,
Dirba, Lehragaga, Moonak and Kauhrian areas of Sangrur district.
Mann to move HC over ‘fleecing’ of farmers
Sangrur, November 6
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has decided to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the alleged fleecing of paddy growers in grain markets in the form of overweighing of paddy crop at the time of filling paddy in jute bags.
DRDO working on eco-friendly explosives
Chandigarh, November 6
Environmental concerns seem to have transcended conventional issues. After green energy, it is now green explosives.
Ministers told to remain in capital on fixed days
Chandigarh, November 6
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has directed all his cabinet colleagues to remain available to the general public for three days every week in Chandigarh for on-the-spot redress of grievances.
Kalha made planning panel adviser
Chandigarh, November 6
Punjab principal secretary, finance, D.S. Kalha, who was in the thick of a storm after he was hauled up by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker for failing to accord timely financial clearance to the latter’s foreign trip, has been appointed adviser to the Planning
Commission.
Sikh library to be upgraded
Amritsar, November 6
The Sikh Reference Library, which was demolished during the attack on the Golden Temple by the Army in 1984, will be established at the world level again.
High Court
No relief for Barjinder in Moga sex scam
Chandigarh, November 6
Punjab's former minister Tota Singh's son Barjinder Singh did not get any relief from the high court in Moga sex scam.
Patiala SSP in the dock
Faces allegation of slapping a woman
Chandigarh, November 6
Patiala senior superintendent of police (SSP) is in the dock. Taking up a petition levelling serious allegations of issuing threats and slapping a woman, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today observed it was not satisfied with the officer’s conduct.
Issuing same number to vehicles must end: HC
Chandigarh, November 6
The Punjab Police has unearthed a scam of issuing “same temporary number” to several vehicles.
Rs 40 lakh looted from post office
Jalandhar, November 6
Four robbers last night struck at the general post office, near Nehru
Garden here, and decamped with Rs 40 lakh after breaking the lock of the
iron box and tying the watchman with ropes.
Police officials inspect a room of the general post office in Jalandhar from where robbers looted Rs 40 lakh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
Kin kill girl for ‘honour’
Sangrur, November 6
An 18-year-old girl, a resident of Bhattiwal Khurd village (near
Bhawanigarh), was allegedly murdered by her grandmother and paternal uncle on the night of November 5 on the suspicion that the girl had relations with a truck driver.
Woman gang-raped, probe begins
Jaito (Faridkot), November 6
A newly-wed woman, a resident of Jaito in Faridkot district, was reportedly gang-raped by five persons in
Bathinda, a couple of days back.
Sarpanch held with 14 kg heroin
Amritsar, November 6
In a major seizure, the special narcotics cell today seized 14 kg of heroin worth Rs 70 crore in the international market from two notorious smugglers, including the sarpanch of Khane Ke Ahel village in Ferozepur district.
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Challenging Congress general secretary Ambika Soni’s possible claim to the Anandpur Sahib parliamentary seat, former Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Bir Devinder Singh has apprised the AICC chief that he is a “better suited candidate for the
seat”. The former Kharar MLA is learnt to have written to Sonia in this regard.
