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Devotees still hope for Dera Baba Nanak-Kartarpur corridor
Guru Nanak descendants write to President, PM of Pakistan
Dera Baba Nanak (Gurdaspur), November 12
The long-cherished dream of people on this side of the Radcliffe Line to have unrestricted access to Kartarpur Sahib, the place where Guru Nanak Dev left for heavenly abode, may come true if ruling politicians of Pakistan pay heed to the petitions moved to them by descendents of the first Sikh master, Guru Nanak Dev. |
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| Sukhdev Singh
Bedi, one of the 16th generation descendants of Guru Nanak Dev, shows the clothes
(Chola Sahib) of the Guru to devotees at Dera Baba Nanak. |
Sikh jatha leaves for Pak
Amritsar, November 12
A 1,500-member Sikh jatha, led by Gurbachan Singh Karmowal, today left for Pakistan in three special trains to celebrate the birth anniversary of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, at Nankana Sahib on November 13.
SACRED SERVICE: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his wife Surinder Kaur perform langar sewa at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on the eve of
Guru Nanak Dev’s birth anniversary on Wednesday. — Photo by
Vishal Kumar |
Punjab ministers continue to play truant
BJP’s Tikshan Sud attends office
Chandigarh, November 12
Punjab ministers continued to miss work at the civil secretariat here on the second day of the compulsory working ordained by Chief Minister Parkash Singh
Badal.
Indian School of Business to come up at Mohali
Chandigarh, November 12
The Punjab government today signed an agreement to set up an Indian School of Business (ISB) at Knowledge City in Mohali.
Employees accuse Badal govt of bias
Sangrur, November 12
Accusing the Badal government of not fulfilling promises made to lakhs of government employees by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in its manifesto during the last Assembly elections, employees of various government departments under the banner of the Punjab State Ministerial Services Union have been criticising the SAD-BJP government saying it has been adopting “step-motherly” attitude towards them. They are also lashing out at the SAD-BJP government for not implementing their already accepted demands.
Farmers block road over slow paddy lifting
 Khanna, November 12
Farmers yesterday blocked G.T. Road here for more than half hour in protest against delay in lifting of paddy. They alleged that they had been waiting for their produce to be procured for the past more than a week. They alleged mismanagement at the grain market was delaying procurement. Labourers also joined in the protest. They demanded more facilities at the grain market and higher labour charges.
Farmers
block the G.T. road in Khanna. — Photo by Gurdeep Mann
Truckers threaten nationwide strike
Jalandhar, November 12
The Indian National Motor Transport Congress has convened an emergency meeting on November 17 in Delhi to decide on holding a nationwide strike if the Centre fails to reduce diesel price. Lakhs of truckers across the country are members of the body.
Ex-servicemen block rail traffic
Amritsar, November 12
Seeking better pension and perks, a large number of ex-servicemen from various organisations today blocked the rail traffic on the main Delhi-Jalandhar railway line at Tangra railway station for two hours.
Rail roko from tomorrow
Chandigarh, November 12
Seven kisan unions of Punjab have decided to launch an indefinite rail roko agitation from November 14 to protest against the low paddy and cotton prices fixed by the
Centre.
Youth tortured
Moga, November 12
A youth was brutally tortured by some miscreants in the presence of some policemen at village Daudhar near Badhni Kalan in Nihalsinghwala subdivision of this district, yesterday.
High Court
Creamy layer ‘has no place’ in quota system
Chandigarh, November 12
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that the creamy layer has no place in the quota system; and in-job candidates cannot refer to their parents’ income for determination of creamy layer status. Moreover, the principle of “once backward, always backward”, is not acceptable.
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