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Punjabi youth shot in Manila
Jalandhar, January 8
A youth from Jalandhar city has been shot dead in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Over 100 Punjabis have already been killed in the Philippines in the past six years, three-fourth of whom belonged to Jalandhar,
Kapurthala, Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur in the Doaba region.
Black flows Chitti Bein
Jalandhar, January 8
Awash with untreated sewage, highly toxic chemicals, metals and bacteria, the black waters of Chitti
Bein, also known as East Bein, bring diseases and other sufferings to lakhs of people settled in the villages alongside it on about 100-km stretch.
Toxic black waters of the Chitti Bein flowing near Issewal village, near Malsian, in Kapurthala district. Tribune photo: Pawan Kumar |
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Harsimrat dares Amarinder
Bathinda, January 8
Harsimrat Kaur Badal today challenged former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Bathinda instead of pushing the name of his son Raninder Singh.
 Centre misleading people: Sukhbir
Harsimrat Kaur Badal greeting people during a public meeting in Bathinda on Thursday. Tribune photo: Kulbir Beera
Chandumajra kicks off campaign
Nabha, January 8
SAD-BJP candidate for the Patiala seat Prem Singh Chandumajra has said the alliance would contest the parliamentary elections on the development and performance agenda. He claimed the development in the Patiala parliamentary segment in the past two years was hundred times more than that done in the tenure of present MP Preneet Kaur.
Cong ready to accept dissidents
Jalandhar, January 8
The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) is preparing for the homecoming of scores of dissidents who have expressed their willingness to return to their parent party.
Centre not
discriminating against Punjab: Preneet
Patiala, January 8
Denying allegations of discrimination
against Punjab, Preneet Kaur, MP from Patiala, said the UPA government had being
giving more financial aid to the Badal government as compared to the previous
government.
People buy kites ahead of Lohri in Amritsar on Thursday. — PTI |
Power crisis looms as NTPC units shut down
Chandigarh, January 8
Power crisis looms large over North India following the closure of a number of gas-based thermal units due to shortage of gas. Ongoing strike by officers of the Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC) has led to the situation.
Minister for tough steps against cheating
Chandigarh, January 8
Minister of Education Upinderjit Kaur today stated that cheating in board examinations in the state was a “strong nexus among parents, teachers and students” and stringent measures were required to stem it.
Security policy to be submitted to HC
Chandigarh, January 8
Punjab Police chief NPS Aulakh said today that the government would submit the new security policy framed for the use of escort vehicles as security staff to be provided to ministers as well as civil and police officers to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Now, sugarcane farmers launch stir
Morinda, January 8
Sugarcane farmers in and around villages of Morinda went on indefinite strike today demanding immediate payment of their long-standing dues.
National
cleanliness award for this hamlet
 Nain
Khurd (Patiala), January 8
This village definitely shows the way to
thousands of other Punjab villages which are still wanting on account of
cleanliness and proper sanitation as they look towards the authorities for
improvement of their lot. Things are starkly different at this tiny village
having a populatin slightly crossing the mark of 300.
Balwinder Kaur (R), sarpanch of village Naina Khurd at her residence in Patiala district on Thursday.
Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar
HP police raids
village Majari
Anandpur Sahib, January 8
The Himachal Pradesh police raided village
Majari on Tuesday at around 12:30 am. A team of around 40 cops, headed by
Kuldeep Sharma, SP, Bilaspur, conducted raids in the entire village, which is
known to be house to scores of drug peddlers, illicit liquor manufacturers and
addicts.
Inspector clicks
trouble
Punjab issues show-cause notice
for thrashing boy
Chandigarh, January 8
Caught in the camera thrashing a youngster,
a Punjab police officer is in trouble. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has
asked the state to take the proceedings initiated against the inspector to a
logical conclusion, expeditiously.
Waste Retrieval
PSEB takes
up ‘re-engineering’
Patiala, January 8
Apparently fed up with wastage of material,
the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has finally adopted
‘re-engineering’ process in its distribution system which led to huge
savings of more than Rs 8 crore in terms of material.
Model schools for
Punjab on anvil
Chandigarh, January 8
Punjab is likely have its own “model
schools” on the pattern of Kendriya Vidyalayas. A proposal to this effect is
being sent to the government of India for approval, revealed Dr Upinderjit Kaur,
Minister of Education, Punjab, here today.
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