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Civic bodies violate undertaking given to High Court
Chandigarh, January 30
Violating an undertaking given by the state to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, civic bodies in Punjab continue to publish photographs of politicians on tender and auction notices.

PSEB
Govt mulls move to defer unbundling
Chandigarh, January 30
The Punjab government is set to legally examine the status of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) and may even pass a notification extending the date for restructuring of the board in order to comply with the regulations of the new Electricity Act, 2003.

Girls fly a kite on the eve of Basant Panchami in Amritsar on Friday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

POLITICS

Anandpur Pact 
CM’s demand anti-national: Khaira
Chandigarh, January 30
Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira has alleged that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was raking up the demand for the implementation of controversial Anandpur Sahib resolution to woo Sikh voters in the coming elections and said it would disintegrate the nation.

State to benefit: Sukhbir
Bathinda, January 30
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal said today that there was nothing anti-national in the Anandpur Sahib resolution.

Anandpur pact can’t be on alliance programme: Tandon
Chandigarh, January 30
The Anandpur Sahib resolution is set to become a bone of contention between the ruling coalition partners in Punjab with senior BJP leader Balramji Das Tandon today saying that the issue of its implementation, as stressed recently by the SAD, could not become part of the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) of the coalition in the coming parliamentary polls.

COMMUNITY

UP bailout blow for potato farmers
Jalandhar, January 30
The relief package announced by the Uttar Pradesh government for its glut-hit potato farmers has come as a blow to the Punjab farmers who have been suffering equally.

Postings Controversy
Cadre officers can initiate proceedings 
Chandigarh, January 30
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has left it open for cadre police officers in Punjab to seek redressal of their grievances by initiating appropriate proceedings.

Dera chief to be quizzed at Sirsa
Chandigarh, January 30
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh will now be interrogated at Sirsa.

Announcement on media panel today
Chandigarh, January 30
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today stated that the process of setting up of a media committee had been completed and formal orders to this effect would be issued by tomorrow. The state-level committee that will deal with the complaints by and against the mediapersons has the Punjab Chief Minister’s media adviser Harcharn Bains as its chairman.