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Padma Bhushan for Fatehgarh Sahib doc
Shaurya Chakra for Gurdaspur Captain,
Pathankot Major
Beant’s assassins back in Burail jail
Ropar Cong leaders skip new dist chief’s function
Two schoolgirls killed, 6 hurt in auto-bus collision
Govt expands investment promotion bureau
Sikh group wants Sonia to depose before US court
Cong protest enters Day 7
Expo on Komagata Maru in Canada from January 30
Akali leader booked for firing at protesters
Six booked for acid attack
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SAD, BJP rift out in the open in Amritsar
Amritsar, January 25 The BJP councillors, led by party leader Anuj Sikka, said they were forced to hold a media briefing so as to put forth the facts regarding the controversy before the people. Sikka claimed that the SAD councillors were irked with the transfer of an MC official, who was involved in corrupt practices, but they could not speak out against it. So they came out with the demand for the transfer of two other MC officials, who are discharging their duties honestly. "They were looking for a pretext to vent their ire and are now targeting these two officials,” he said. The BJP councillors said there was neither any proof nor a complaint against the officials whose transfer was being demanded by the SAD. They strongly defended Local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi and Mayor Bakshi Ram Arora. They said they would also lead a delegation to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to apprise him of the situation while dubbing the SAD protest as nothing but a misinformation campaign. The BJP leaders said if the SAD councillors had any complaint then they should have taken it up with their party high command. The issue could then have been sorted out at the party level. The SAD should not have gone public on the issue. They said their conscience was clear and a probe should be ordered into the conduct of the SAD as well as the BJP councillors. Sikka also claimed that the MC under the BJP was working for the development of the city and a proper mechanism had been put in place to check wrongdoings. He alleged that the MC's approach to curb wrongdoings was hurting the interests of some of the SAD councillors and that was why they were making a big issue out of nothing. Sikka said they were maintaining silence till now due to coalition dharma. Some BJP councillors also warned that if the SAD didn't put an end to its campaign against the BJP, they would expose their councillors, who have a shady backdrop. On Thursday, the SAD councillors had entered into a heated argument with the BJP councillors during the MC House meeting here and even staged a walkout. They sought the transfer of two MC officials while levelling allegations of corruption against them. The controversy
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Padma Bhushan for Fatehgarh Sahib doc
Chandigarh, January 25 Born in Jammu, Dr Neelam is married to Dr TS Kler, executive director (cardiac sciences) at the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi. The couple belongs to Amargarh village, near Khamano, in Fatehgarh Sahib district. She and Dr TS Kler are among the few Padma Bhushan awardee couples in the country. The award was conferred on Dr TS Kler in 2005. Dr Neelam, who did her post-graduation from the PGI, Chandigarh, joined Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, in 1988 as a neonatologist. At that time, care for newborns was emerging in India and was not a sub-specialty. Dr Neelam has been very active in academics and research developments in Neonatology, both at the national and international levels. She is the first to start a three-year post doctoral programme in Neonatology under the National Board of Examinations (NBE). She is part of various scholar-exchange programmes of international universities such as the Stanford-International Health and Society Initiative — a maternal child health wellbeing mentorship programme for interdisciplinary scholarship at Stanford University. She also works in various global committees such as WHO Expert on Prevention of Birth Defects in South-East Asia, Master Trainer for Helping Baby’s Breath (American Academy of Paediatrics) and Global Neonatal Nutrition Consensus Group for developing international guidelines on feeding the preterm infants. Claim to fame
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Shaurya Chakra for Gurdaspur Captain,
Pathankot Major
Chandiagrh, January 25 Major Mandeep Singh Ghumman of 1 Assam Rifles has also been awarded the Shaurya Chakra for his acts of extraordinary bravery, conspicuous courage and selfless devotion in anti-terrorist operations in the North East. He is a resident of Pathankot. Police personnel awarded
Gurdev Singh Sahota, ADGP, Armed Batallions, Jalandhar, and Inspector Harpal Singh Mansa have been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service. Late Gurdial Singh, ASI, has been awarded President’s Police Medal for Gallantry posthumously. A Punjab Police spokesman said Arun Pal Singh, DIG, Jalandhar; Shiv Kumar Verma, DIG, Patiala; Rajeshwar Singh Sidhu, SP, Mansa; Chand Singh, DSP, Patiala; Rattan Lal, Inspector, Chandigarh; Gurjinder Singh, Inspector, Amritsar; Nirmal Singh, Inspector, 1st Commando Battalion, Patiala; Slamudeen, Inspector (CID), Chandigarh; Iqbal Singh, SI (CR), Jalandhar; Gurpinderpal Singh, SI (CR), CIA, Mandi Gobindgarh; Bahadur Singh, ASI, SSG, SAS Nagar; Balwinder Singh, ASI, Punjab Police Election Cell, Chandigarh; and Amar Chand, ASI, DPO, Muktsar, have also been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service.
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Beant’s assassins back in Burail jail
Mohali/Patiala, January 25 Accompanied by family members, relatives and leaders of various Sikh organisations, the detainees paid obeisance at Amb Sahib Gurdwara before returning to the jail. “Now, we want that the SAD government and those who had promised to secure our release should keep their word,” said Lakhwinder. Lakhwinder’s father Darshan Singh, his sisters Sukhwinder Kaur and Paramjit Kaur and their husbands had come from Ludhiana to see him off. Shamsher was accompanied by his wife Baljinder Kaur, son Onkar Singh, brother Bhagwant Singh and sister Charanjit Kaur. Lakhwinder said he had stayed at his sister’s home in Ludhiana for most of the period. “I only went to the Golden Temple and my village Narangwal when I was out on parole,” he said. Shamsher said he visited the Golden Temple and mostly remained at his residence in Usski Jattan near Rajpura. “I spent Lohri with my family after a gap of about 19 years,” said Shamsher. Gurmeet Singh, another convict, had returned on Thursday.
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Ropar Cong leaders skip new dist chief’s function
Ropar, January 25 Prominent among those who gave the function a miss were former minister Ramesh Dutt Sharma and former parliamentary secretary KP Rana. On being contacted, the duo said they would stand by their demand for removing an “outsider” from the post. They claimed Saini belonged to Mohali district. “The party has invited us to discuss the issue with the four-member grievance panel headed by Jalandhar MP Mohinder Singh Kaypee in New Delhi on January 29,” they said. Even Anandpur Sahib MP Ravneet Singh Bittu (Ropar is part of the Lok Sabha constituency), who was in the town, did not attend the ceremony. Bittu said he was hopeful the issue would be settled after the January 29 meeting. Several leaders had made their displeasure public when Saini was appointed to the post. Though the organisers had claimed Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) general secretary Fateh Jung Bajwa would participate in today’s event, he too could not make it. Among those present were Chamkaur Sahib MLA Charanjit Singh Channi, former MLAs Bhag Singh and Shamsher Singh Rai, former AICC member Ramesh Goyal, former state Youth Congress president Bhupesh Sharma, Punjab Congress OBC department chairman Dr Gurinderpal Singh Billa and former district president Khiladi Ram Budhiraja. On the boycott of the ceremony by senior leaders, Saini said he did not have enmity with any leader, “but that the decision of the party high command should be obeyed”. Channi appealed to the senior leaders as well as the party workers to support the new district chief. Airing dissent
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Two schoolgirls killed, 6 hurt in auto-bus collision
Pathankot, January 25 The bus driver fled the spot immediately after the impact, leaving the bus on the road. The autorikshaw was on its way to drop students in different villages along the highway when the accident occurred. A local resident took the injured in his car to the Civil Hospital. A doctor, Sunil Kumar, said one of the schoolgirls was in a critical condition. The other students are said to be out of danger. The deceased have been identified as Ruby and Sabhya from Kotli Mungla village. Those injured are Sunena, Shally, Jasbir, Seema and Priya, residents of villages in the Kotli township, 10 km from here, and auto driver Ajay Kumar of Pathankot. 3 killed in mishap
Tarn Taran: Three persons, including a woman, died while five others got injured when a motorcycle collided head-on with a Tavera car near Gandiwind town, around 25 km from here, on Saturday. The car driver has been booked. He is yet to be identified and is at large. Sources said the deceased have been identified as Mangaljit Singh (40), his nephew Sukhwinder Singh (17) of Kot Siwian village and Jasbir Kaur (50) of Sarangra village.
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Govt expands investment promotion bureau
Chandigarh, January 25 Among the five representatives are CII Punjab State Council chairman Rajinder Gupta, Bector Foods managing director Rajani Bector and Nahar Industrial Group vice-chairman Kamal Oswal. Minorities panel chairman reappointed
Badal also gave his nod to grant an extension to the chairman of Punjab State Minorities Commission, Munawar Massih, for another term of three years. An official spokesperson said Massih had been reappointed as the chairman of the commission with effect from January 22. ADC post created
in Jagraon
For the convenience of the people residing in and around Jagraon, Badal today gave his nod for creating the post of Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) in Jagraon. A government spokesperson said the ex post facto approval for the creation of the new post would be sought in the next Cabinet meeting. The creation of the post was a long-pending demand of the Jagraon residents as they otherwise had to rush to Ludhiana for their routine administrative works.
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Sikh group wants Sonia to depose before US court
New York, January 25 Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has been given time till February 6 by the court to "investigate" whether Sonia was in the city between September 2 and September 9, 2013, and file its opposition to Gandhi's motion to dismiss the human rights violation lawsuit due to insufficient service of summons. SFJ legal attorney Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said the plaintiffs will request the court to make the Congress president depose before it regarding her presence in the US in September 2013 and on the service of summons on her. Sonia had submitted a new declaration on January 13 to the US court in support of her motion to dismiss the lawsuit. In the declaration, Sonia stated that she was “not in New York or in the US during the said period”. But, the SFJ claimed she was in the city for medical treatment at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre. —PTI
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Cong protest enters Day 7
Chandigarh, January 25 The party workers, led by Rajiv Bhagat and Gurjit Aujla, respective presidents of DCC (urban) and DCC (rural), reached the Congress Bhawan and raised slogans against the SAD-BJP Government. They demanded a CBI probe into the drug racket. PPCC office bearers Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa, general secretary, and Mamta Dutta, secretary, also joined the strike. Fateh Jung Bajwa said that Chief Minister Parkash Badal had lost his credibility as he had issued clean chits to corrupt ministers.
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Expo on Komagata Maru in Canada from January 30
Toronto, January 25 The exhibition starting on January 30 will narrate the series of events that occurred after a Japanese chartered ship led by Sikh entrepreneur Gurdit Singh, who hoped to bring 376 Punjabi immigrants to Canada, docked in Vancouver. — PTI
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Akali leader booked for firing at protesters
Faridkot, January 25 The land reportedly belonged to an aged Pakistani immigrant, Jarnail Singh. Sukhmander allegedly in connivance with some Revenue Department officials got its ownership transferred in his wife’s name. Tension was prevailing in the village over the issue for the last four days after a case of cheating was slapped on the Akali leader.
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Patiala, January 25 SHO Mandhir Singh of the Ahmedgarh city police station said a case had been registered against Karan, Kunal, Jitender and three others and a hunt was on to nab them. —TNS
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Mohali/Patiala, January 25
Dr Neelam Kler, born in Jammu, is married to Dr TS Kler of Amargarh village (near Khamano) in Fatehgarh Sahib district