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‘Tampering with’ heritage
PSU, NBS activists burn govt’ effigy
Amritsar, February 19
Activists of the Punjab Students Union and the Naujwan Bharat Sabha today burned effigy of Punjab government to protest against alleged tampering with original structure in the name of conservation of Jallianwala Bagh

Punjab Students Union activists protest against alleged tampering with original structure of Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

Vigilance threatening Cong MLAs: Raninder 
Ex-Minister Khiala’s family joins Cong
Bathinda, February 19
‘The Vigilance Bureau (VB) has started threatening all eight sitting Congress MLAs in Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency telling them to stop canvassing,’ alleged general secretary of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Raninder Singh, son of former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, here yesterday.

COMMUNITY

Mohali-Phagwara highway move opposed 
Jalandhar, February 19
Questioning the need of second highway from Mohali to Phagwara via Machhiwara and Nawanshahr areas, the Congress said today the project would be sheer waste of money and lead to the displacement of thousands of farmers.

PSEB Class X Exam
Passing maths, science, English not compulsory
Chandigarh, February 19
Punjab government has decided the students appearing in the Punjab State Education Board’ matriculation examination will not have to pass in mathematic , science or English to pass the examination.

Five ADGPs get DGP rank
Now, state has 10 DGPS
Chandigarh, February 19
The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) for additional director-generals of police (ADGP) here today approved all five candidates for promotion to the rank of director-general of police (DGP) taking the number of DGPs in the state to 10.

Change of counsel at finance commissioner’s behest strange, says court
Chandigarh, February 19
In Punjab, the finance commissioner can get a state counsel changed in proceedings pending before the courts –– at least this is the impression the Punjab and Haryana High Court has got from a war widow’s petition.

Centre sanctions Rs 154 cr to Punjab
Chandigarh, February 19
The Government of India (GOI) has sanctioned an additional Rs 154 crore to Punjab under the Jawarharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Scheme (JNNURM). The GOI had earlier sanctioned Rs 226 crore for various projects undertaken in the state.

Diversification of rural economy needed: Expert
Chandigarh, February 19
Punjab needs to stop talking about crop diversification and take up diversification of the rural economy if it has to overcome challenges being faced by its agriculture sector, said eminent economist Prof Ranjit Singh Ghumman.

‘Number of poor up under UPA’
Amritsar, February 19
Growing poverty would haunt the UPA in Lok Sabha elections as it has increased by 20 per cent in its tenure as per the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO).

Adopted girl branded with iron tongs
Malerkotla, February 19
A girl (8), who was adopted from her parents by a couple was allegedly tortured by them. Four days ago, the couple allegedly branded the girl and her sister (6), who came to play with her, with hot iron tongs. Biological father of the girls has admitted them to the local civil hospital with serious burns.

Stone of modern jail laid
Bathinda, February 19
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal today laid the foundation stone of modern double-storeyed district jail at Bhaini Bagha village in Mansa district today.

COURTS

Compensation for war widows
State not doing enough: HC
Chandigarh, February 19
The Punjab and Haryana High Court believes the state of Punjab is not doing enough for the war widows.