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Kin want more names on Jallianwala memorial
Amritsar, December 8
Even as the Central government has directed the district administration to put up the names of martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre at the national memorial, relatives of the Jallianwala Bagh today opposed the installing of the incomplete list of martyrs.
D.P. Gupta (left), convenor, Jaago India Jaago, an NGO, talks to mediapersons in Amitsar on Monday. Photo: Vishal Kumar
PUDA funds dwindling, thanks to govt spending
Chandigarh, December 8
Is the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA), the state’s premier urban development agency, facing bankruptcy? Once the largest earning member of the government, the authority’s finances are now dwindling due to the ‘overdrawing’ done by the state government for meeting its expenditure.
News Analysis
Delhi polls: Setback to SAD expansionist policy
Chandigarh, December 8
Serious debacle faced by the SAD in the Delhi Assembly elections has come as a spanner in the expansionist policy of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal. The voters in Delhi have scuttled the move of Badal junior to turn the SAD into a national party.
Yes, we are shocked, says Delhi unit chief
Jalandhar, December 8
“Yes, we are shocked over the outcome of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections,” said Manjit Singh, Greater
Kailash, president of the Delhi unit of the SAD, which had put up four candidates in the Delhi elections and had an electoral alliance with the BJP there.
Amarinder draws crowds
Bathinda, December 8
While Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Mohinder Singh Kaypee at the last minute backed out of the mass contact programme of former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, seven sitting MLAs of the Malwa region accompanied him to a tumultuous reception here by party activists.
Capt Amarinder Singh raises hands with some of Congress MLAs of the Malwa belt on Monday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Presiding officer in dock for ‘fraud’
Chandigarh, December 8
A presiding officer is in the dock for committing “illegality” in the election of a sarpanch in Bathinda district.
‘Power saving need of hour’
Moga, December 8
Hundred per cent subsidy of power to the agriculture sector for irrigation purposes by the PSEB as per the state government’s policy does not seem to affect much finances of the board, if we go by its annual collection data.
 Halonex offers CFLs at subsidised rates
Protesters thrash police officer in full public view
Chandigarh, December 8
Frustrated over ‘false’ promises made to them by the Punjab government in connection with their long-pending demands, the visually impaired persons today vented their anger on city police cops.
Cops try to control the visually impaired protesters near the Parade Ground in Chandigarh on Monday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Pak mobile towers threat to state peace
Chandigarh, December 8
The Punjab Police has urged the Centre to take up the installation of four high-powered mobile phone towers alongside the border by Pakistani companies, allegedly on the directions of the ISI to help smugglers in spreading narco-terrorism in Punjab.
Avtar for transparency in gurdwara accounts
Amritsar, December 8
All gurdwaras under the SGPC will be modernised and accounts of the committee displayed online. This was disclosed by Avtar Singh, president, SGPC, in a press note here today.
Mann for setting up FBI, Scotland Yard offices
Amritsar, December 8
There was a need for setting up the offices of the FBI and Scotland Yard so that the public could know as to who were behind the terrorist attacks in the country.
Simranjit Singh Mann (left), president, SAD (A), addresses the media in Amritsar on Monday.
Photo: Vishal Kumar
Security beefed up at vital installations
Ranjit Sagar Dam (Gurdaspur), December 8
In the wake of the terrorist attack on Mumbai, the police has beefed up security at all vital installations in the state.
Research to be thrust area: Baba Farid varsity VC
Patiala, December 8
Dr Shivinder Singh Gill, vice-chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences
(BFUHS), has said the university is committed to promoting research and academics in the field of medical education.
In an exclusive interview with The Tribune here, Dr Gill said he would like the faculty to be abreast with the latest advancements in the field of academics and also excel in research work.
Dr Shivinder Singh Gill
New wheat seed variety developed
Chandigarh, December 8
A new variety of high-yielding foundation seed for wheat, DBW-17, released by the Punjab Agro Foodgrains Corporation (PAFC) is set to replace the state’s old warhorse PBW-343 which is grown over 80 per cent of the area under wheat cultivation in the state.
Docs’ Promotion
Medical education dept flouts rules
Patiala, December 8
The Medical Education Department, Punjab, in direct violation of its own rules has promoted some medical officers as assistant professors.
‘Babus’ told to mend ways
Patiala, December 8
The “babus” of eight districts falling in Patiala division have got a piece of advice from the new divisional commissioner Jasbir Singh
Bir: Act like “servants of people, not rulers.” They have been also told to stay in their offices from 12 to 1 pm on working days to ensure that public woes are properly redressed.
HC questions ‘powers’ of vigilance bureau
Chandigarh, December 8
Can the vigilance bureau continue with the process of prosecuting an accused, even after the state government has decided to drop the case? The Punjab and Haryana High Court wants the state vigilance bureau to clarify the legal position in this regard.
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