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SGPC
meeting called for Oct 8
Ban on Dera Bhaniara
activities likely
Amritsar, October 5
An emergency meeting of Sikh High
Priests, the executive committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee SGPC) and the Dharm Prachar Committee has been convened for
October 8 here. As per the Gurdwara Act, such meetings, which are
rarely held, can be convened on a 72-hour notice.
Cases
of sacrilege on the rise
Chandigarh, October 5
Fifteen cases of sacrilege in less
than two months against only nine in the entire year last year may be
worrying the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance in
Punjab which is heading for Assembly elections in a few months time.
7 cops sent to jail for illegal detention
Patiala, October 5
A local court today dismissed the bail plea of seven police officials and two more accused of illegally detaining a resident of Buttar Kalan village in Amritsar district five months after he was shown to have been killed in an encounter, following which they were taken into custody and sent to jail.
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New
primary education plan extended to Punjab
Chandigarh, October 5
Punjab now comes under the Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan programme of the Union Ministry of Human Resource
Development with the Project Approval Board introducing District
Elementary Education Plan in the state’s five districts and
sanctioning Rs 25 crore for the purpose. The share of the state is Rs 47
lakh for the remaining part of 2001-02.
No
takers for Mahatma’s books
Patiala, October 5
It is only two days since the state
paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi but there seems to be no takers for as
many as 90,000 books on him worth Rs 50 lakh which are lying in various
stores of the Punjab State University Textbook Board since the past
seven years.
Ordinance
on welfare fund for lawyers
Chandigarh, October 5
An Ordinance has been promulgated
on setting up a welfare fund for advocates in Punjab. This is one of the
major achievements of the Bar Council that goes to the polls on October
7 to elect a new chairman and vice-chairman.
BJP
national executive meeting on November 2
Amritsar, October 5
The first fortnight of November
will be unusually hectic for the local administration as Mr Atal
Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, and several Union Ministers and Chief
Ministers of various states will visit the holy city twice on November
3 and November 13 in connection with the national executive meeting of
the BJP and bicentenary celebrations of the coronation of the legendry
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, respectively.
Chohan
for sovereign state
Jalandhar, October 5
The Khalsa Raj Party has decided
to organise a state-level convention here on November 17 to create
awareness among people regarding the formation on an independent
sovereign state based on “Khalsa” ideology.
Mahila
Cong to insist on 33 pc quota
Hoshiarpur, October 5
The women cell of the Punjab
Pradesh Congress Committee will demand 33 per cent ticket for women in
the coming elections to the state Assembly. This was announced by Ms
Gurkanwal Kaur, President, Mahila Congress, Punjab, while talking to
mediapersons here last night.
PSEB
to rescue of border residents
Ferozepore
The performance of the Punjab
State Electricity Board has been under bitter criticism both from
urban as well as rural folk due to erratic power supply, rampant
corruption and frequent breakdowns. But things are not as bad as they
seem to be; there is a silver lining too.
Foeticide:
PHRC to take suo motu notice
Phagwara, October 5
The Punjab State Human Rights
Commission will launch a scheme next month with a view to channelising
and harnessing energy and talent of the youth. Stating this at a
seminar on human rights and the youth at Community Polytechnic of
Palahi village, Mr A.P. Bhatnagar, ADGP, of the commission, said today
the scheme would be introduced in 13 districts.
Rail overbridge to be
beautified
Patiala
Built to remove congestion in the city, the railway overbridge near the bus stand is at present serving just the opposite purpose. Those entering the city have to face burgeoning
dhabas, rehris and haphazardly parked vehicles under the bridge. Encroachers have occupied almost the entire space under the bridge and all plans of the district administration to develop this area have failed.
Forensic
experts to meet on Oct 21
Ludhiana, October 5
The Indian Association of
Forensic Document Examiners, a body of prominent handwriting and
fingerprint experts, will organise a one-day session on October 21 at
Patiala in which eminent forensic scientists of North India will
present papers on the latest developments in the field of document
examination.
Free
legal aid for poor planned
Mansa, October 5
A state-level Lok Adalat would be
held here on October 20. This was stated by Mr B.C. Rajput, District
and Sessions Judge, Bathinda and Mansa, while presiding over a meeting
of the Free Legal Aid Authority here today.
SGPC
project to preserve frescoes
Amritsar, October 5
The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak
Committee today decided on preservation, restoration and maintenance
of precious frescoes, murals and other paintings at the Baba Atal
Sahib gurdwara.
The frescos of Baba Atal (Amritsar ) which stand damaged due to callous attitude of all concerned.
SGPC has decided to preserve the invaluable art work.
— Photo Rajiv Sharma |
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I-cards
to be used in poll
Hoshiarpur, October 5
Ms Usha R. Sharma, Additional
Secretary of the Punjab Election Department, said it had been decided
that voting be done on the basis of identity cards of the voters in
the forthcoming elections of the state assembly. She was addressing a
meeting of leaders of various political parties and returning officers
of all segments of the district here yesterday.
No
voting sans ID card
Chandigarh, October 5
Mr Gurjit Singh Cheema, Chief
Electoral Officer, Punjab today said no one would be allowed to vote
without an identity card in the forthcoming Assembly elections as per
the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India.
SDM
apologises for misconduct
Fatehgarh Sahib, October
5
The SDM, Khamano, had to
apologise to procurement staff of the Civil Supply Department in the
office of the Deputy Commissioner today. According to Ms Rajwant Kaur,
DFSC, a delegation of the staff of procurement agencies met her today
and alleged that the SDM had abused the DFSO, Khamano, yesterday over
the lifting of paddy. When he objected, the SDM abused him thrice.
Vulgar
posters dot Amritsar
Amritsar, October 5
In blatant violation of law the
city continues to be dotted with vulgar posters. They are a cause of
embarrassment to the residents particularly senior citizens and young
girls. The callousness of the MC authorities is brought out by the
fact that they have not been able to pull these posters from the walls
of the holy city. Such posters can be seen around the bus stand area,
cinema theatres and some schools.
Class
IV staff hold dharna
Bathinda, October 5
Members of Class IV Matric Pass
Union from all parts of the district today held a dharna in front of
the office of the District Education Officer to press the authorities
to fulfil their demands.
Procurement
staff ‘exploiting’ farmers
Jalandhar, October 5
The CLP leader Choudhary Jagjit
Singh today criticised the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh
Badal, for his failure to make arrangements for the procurement of
paddy in all mandis of Punjab.
20
cr released for paddy payments
Sangrur, October 5
The Punjab Government today
released Rs 20 crore to the District Food and Supplies Controller to
make payments for paddy procured by the Food and Supplies Department.
Bhagat
Singh is FC (Revenue)
Chandigarh, October 5
In an administrative reshuffle
today, Punjab moved Mr Bhagat Singh Principal Secretary, Higher
Education, posting him as Financial Commissioner (Revenue) against a
vacant post.
Class
III, IV staff may get special increment
Chandigarh, October 5
The Punjab Government is set to
announce a financial bonanza for class III and IV employees in the
state. It is likely to include special increment after a certain
period of service and additional instalment of Dearess Allowance and
bonus.
Submit applications, encroachers told
Patiala, October 5
The encroachers in the city have been asked to submit their specified proformas and applications latest by October 15 in order to get their possessions regularised.
This was stated by Mr Manjit Singh Narang, SDM, Patiala, during a meeting held with officials of various departments here today. The step was taken in order to curb the increasing nuisance of encroachments on the urban government lands.
Flesh
trade on the rise in Bathinda district
Bathinda, October 5
More women and men are indulging
in flesh trade, which has attained alarming heights in the district.
Official sources said in the past nine months six such gangs had been
busted by the district police. Twentysix persons had been arrested
from various places for their alleged involvement in the flesh trade
and cases under Section 3 and 5 of the Suppression of Immoral
Trafficking in Women and Girls Act, 1956, registered against them at
different police stations in the district.
1
held for opium smuggling
Bathinda, October 5
The police has arrested one
person for his alleged involvement in the smuggling of opium and has
recovered 1.5 kg of opium from him. According to a police press note
issued here today, Sukha Ram, a resident of Hanuwas in Pali district
of Rajasthan, was arrested from near Panniwala village for possessing
1.5 kg opium. The alleged culprit was carrying the opium in a
polythene bag wrapped around his belly.
12
held for looting
Tarn Taran, October 5
The local district police has
nabbed 12 members of different gangs of looters. Mr Jagdish Kumar
Mittal, SSP, told mediapersons here today that the Goindwal police had
arrested Charanjit Singh, alias Chandu, a resident of Bharowal, who
along with Karaj Singh, a resident of village Dhunda, his close
relative, with the help of four others killed a woman at Bharowal on
the night of September 18 at the farmhouse of Shingara Singh and
Surinder Singh.
One
held for duping villager
Bathinda, October 5
The district police has arrested
Bhinder Singh of Bhucho Khurd allegedly for cheating Jagsir Singh of
the same village by taking money from him promising to secure a job
for him in the Military Engineering Services (MES). In a press note
issued here today, Dr Jatinder Kumar Jain, SSP, said Bhinder demanded
Rs 1 lakh from Jagsir promising to secure a job for him in the MES.
When the latter expressed his helplessness to arrange the money the
accused told him to arrange Rs 70,000.
Brother
of KCF militant held
Ferozepore, October 5
The police has arrested three
wanted criminals, one of them related to Joga Singh, a hardcore
militant and a close accomplice of Pipal Singh Dholewala of Khalistan
Commando Force.
Grants to Tohra-run colleges stopped
Chandigarh, October 5
The former SGPC chief, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, said the SGPC had stopped grants to Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College and Mata Gujri College, both in Fatehgarh Sahib. He said the SGPC used to give of Rs 25 lakh annually to both institutions. But it had not paid grants for three years. He said that both institutions were now mobilising funds from their own sources.
Villagers
cry foul over PTI’s transfer
Aaklia Jalal (Bathinda),
October 5
Resentment prevails among
residents of this village over the transfer of the physical training
instructor (PTI) from the local Government High School by the
education authorities allegedly under political pressure.
Garhwal
varsity wins contest
Bathinda, October 5
HN Bahuguna Garhwal University
won the over-all award for performance in all competitions at the
five-day youth festival and national integration camp held in the
city.
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