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Crime on rise, fear among Ludhiana residents
Ludhiana, November 27
Rising cases of theft, robbery and nd burglary are causing fear and panic among people here . There has been spurt in thefts and robberies in a few weeks. Moreover, snatching of gold necklaces, women’s purses and mobile phones has become order of the day police claims of having busted the gangs of chain snatchers notwithstanding.
COLD BITES: Residents wake up to a foggy morning in Amritsar on Thursday.
Photo: Vishal Kumar |
Cong will win all seats in Mizoram: Nabha MLA
Nabha, November 27
Kaka Randip Singh MLA Nabha claimed the Congress would win all seats in forthcoming election in Mizoram. Randip, who recently returned from Mizoram, was in charge of election rallies of Rahul Gandhi AICC general secretary there.
Wooing Muslim Voters
Malerkotla-Ajmer Sharif bus launch today
Patiala, November 27
The Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) is all set to get delivery of 25 of 50 air-conditioned buses by December end, the state-run transport set -up has finalised introduction of three new routes, including, the Malerkotla-Ajmer
Sharif, apparently, under the SAD-BJP government’s bid to woo Muslim voters of
Malerkotla.
Mahila Cong gears up for LS polls
Patiala, November 27
Gearing itself up for the forthcoming parliamentary elections, the All-India Mahila Congress, headed by Dr Prabha Thakur, has conceived an elaborate plan to resurrect the organisation and mobilise Congress workers and ordinary womenfolk at the grassroot level in Punjab.
Officials check Pakistan-bound trucks laden with vegetable at the Attari-Wagah border check post, near Amritsar, on Thursday. — PTI |
Industrialist, wife kill 2 children, commit suicide
Ludhiana, November 27
Global slowdown had its first tragic impact in the state when four members of a family of an industrialist here committed suicide after suffering losses in business in Shimlapuri here this morning.
Free power: PSEB gets Rs 320 cr
Patiala, November 27
Punjab government today released first instalment of Rs 320 crore to the Punjab State Electricity Board
(PSEB) to pay its monthly bills and salary to the board employees.
Controlling Air, Water Pollution
PPCB seals 8 gravel screening plants
Chandigarh, November 27
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) today sealed eight gravel screening cum washing plants it had been unable to close down despite repeated notices since five years.
Mubarak Begum to give away Rafi awards
Chandigarh, November 27
Yaadgar-e-Rafi Society will hold its annual programme Rafi nite on December 20 at Tagore Theatre. Mubarak Begum, a noted playback and ghazal singer, will be the chief guest of the nite. She will give away the awards to the winner of the contest held in July this year.
Galliara Project
Shopkeepers allege bias in shop allotment
Amritsar, November 27
A large-scale bungling has been alleged in the allotment of shops to shopkeepers of the Chowk Ghanta Ghar market, near the Golden Temple, who are being uprooted to make space for the Galliara project.
District police chief under high court scanner
Accused of extorting money from the ‘rich’
Chandigarh, November 27
After the Moga sex rip-off, another scam of allegedly implicating the “rich” for extorting money at the “instance” of the then district police chief has come under the Punjab and Haryana High Court scanner.
Accused unrepresented in absence of legal aid
Chandigarh, November 27
It has been six months since the inauguration of the district courts in Dera Bassi, Mohali and lower courts Moonak in Sangrur, but no lawyer has been empanelled under free legal aid in these courts.
Capt’s election
The high court today fixed January 12 next year for commencing the process of recording evidence in an election petition against Punjab’s former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.
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