A view in the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple on the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh on Monday. Photo: Vishal Kumar |
Edusat
Punjab sets example for other states
Chandigarh, January 5
For Punjab, where government school education had remained ignored for years, rolling out a success story for the rest of the country to replicate is no mean achievement.
A first of its kind project in India, the state government ran a 45-day coaching
course at 95 centres across the state last year through Edusat.
Hoshiarpur village to be rural tourism site
New Delhi, January 5
Khurali village in Hoshiarpur district, associated with the great saint of medieval India, Guru Ravidass, is all set to become a rural tourism destination village.
LS polls: Thapar submits report on Himachal
Moga, January 5
The Congress has geared up for the coming Lok Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh after having lost power in the state at the hands of the BJP in the assembly elections in 2007.
‘Look after old party workers’
Ludhiana, January 5
Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala today created a stir in political circles in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections when he reached the house of a dissident Akali leader and lamented that old workers were like old war horses, who should not be ignored.
Pak raises border wall height
Dauke (Indo-Pak border), January 5
Pakistan has strengthened and upgraded positions along the Indo-Pakistan border near this village by raising the wall along the international border.
A view of the wall raised by Pakistan near
the India-Pakistan border. Photo: Vishal Kumar |
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Tension on Indo-Pak border hits bilateral trade
Amritsar, January 5
Public opinion here has been veering to total economic blockade of Pakistan following terror attacks in many years. It will hit the Indo-Pak trade.
Op Parakaram martyrs remembered
Mahawa (Indo-Pak border), January 5
Health Minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla joined Armymen in paying tributes to Operation
Parakram, 2001, martyrs. Sixteen soldiers of 113 Engineer and Dogra regiments and three civilians died while offloading mines in this border village a few hundred metres from the Radcliff Line.
Demand royalty from non-riparian states, Dal Khalsa to govt
Jalandhar, January 5
Accusing the successive union governments of robbing the state of its river waters since 1966, the Dal Khalsa has written to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, urging him to demand royalty from non-riparian state Rajasthan for using 40 crore million acre feet (MAF) of Ravi-Beas waters since 1966.
Hopefully, solution for a rotten problem today
Chandigarh, January 5
As huge stock of wheat lying at various places in the state has become a headache for the state government, a high-level meeting will be held in Chandigarh tomorrow to deal with it.
 It may be just the tip of the iceberg
A huge quantity of paddy is rotting in Ucha Kalan Khamanon village of Ludhiana district. Tribune photo: S. Chandan |
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Mela Nabhe Da ends on high note
Nabha, January 5
One of the oldest and biggest cultural extravaganzas of Malwa, Mela Nabhe Da, concluded here last evening. The event was organised by the Nabha Social Welfare and Cultural Club of the town.
Fog: Trains cancelled till Jan 31
Jalandhar, January 5
The Northern Railway cancelled several trains due to foggy weather. Some cancelled trains stop at different stations in Punjab.
Dhindsa to get Vikas Purash award
Sangrur, January 5
MP from Sangrur Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa will be honoured as Vikas Purash of the Sangrur Parliamentary constituency at a vikas rally to be organised at Bhawanigarh on January 11. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will present the award along with a shawl and a Sri Sahib to Dhindsa on behalf of people of the Sangrur Assembly constituency at the rally.
Non-fulfillment of Promises
Computer teachers polish shoes
Bathinda, January 5
Computer Teacher Union activists today lodged a protest against the alleged non-fulfillment of promises made by the state government, by polishing shoes and sweeping the roads.
Computer teachers from the Malwa region sweeping the roads with brooms to stage a protest in Bathinda
on Monday. Tribune photo:
Malkiat Singh
Cotton farmers continue stir
Rampura Phul (Bathinda), January 5
Staging protest against the order of the
Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) suspending further purchase of cotton till
January 9, activists of the Bharti Kisan Union Ekta (Ugrahan) blocked the
railway track again for two and a half hours (1.30pm-4pm) at Rampura railway
crossing today.
Cotton farmers blocking the rail traffic at Rampura Phul in Bathinda district on Monday to protest against the decision of the CCI to suspend the purchase of
cotton till January 9. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Nambardars plan rallies
Sangrur, January 5
Resentment prevails among nambardars over the non-fulfilment of their demands by the Badal government.
Heroin worth Rs 70 cr seized
Fazilka, January 5
A vigilant BSF patrol party recovered 14 kg of heroin worth Rs 70 crore buried near the barbed wire fencing at the Border Observation Post (BOP) SS Wala in nearby Jalalabad sector here early morning today.
BSF officials with seized contraband at the Border Observation Post (BOP) SS Wala in Fazilka on Monday. Photo by writer
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