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Disinvestment panel on PSUs
Patiala, October 16
The Punjab Government has formed a Disinvestment Committee to decide the fate of loss making public sector undertakings in the state.
Disclosing this while talking to newsmen here after presiding over a state level function in which ex- servicemen who had been awarded gallantry awards were given monetary assistance of Rs 2 lakh, Finance Minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh said the committee had been given a three-point programme.
Cops adamant
on returning awards
Ludhiana, October 16
As all parleys to convince them
seem to have failed, nearly 40 policemen facing human rights abuse and
other charges today reaffirmed their decision to return gallantry awards
to the President on October 21 on the occasion of National Police
Commemoration Day.
Warrant issued against SHO
Patiala, October 16
A local CBI court today issued non-bailable warrant against Mr Kishen Singh, Station House Officer, Majitha police, in a case involving the alleged disappearance of a truck driver.
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State
in red due to wrong policies: Sodhi
Ferozepore, October 16
The Badal government has virtually
brought the state on the verge of bankruptcy as the income of
departments like the Mandi Board has been mortgaged to certain financial
institutions for next seven years for want of funds. Rana Gurmeet Singh
Sodhi, General Secretary of the PPCC minced no words in lashing out at
the ruling Akali-BJP alliance and termed the policies pursued by it as
erroneous and faulty.
SAD wants to put off elections, alleges Cong
Patiala, October 16
Punjab Pradesh Congress President Capt Amarinder Singh while demanding the setting up of a time-bound judicial commission to look into the recent acts of sacrilege, today alleged that the SAD government was conspiring to get the Assembly elections postponed.
NCP to contest 50 seats in Punjab
SAS Nagar, October 16
The Nationalist Congress Party today announced that it would contest around 50 seats in alliance with other members of the Punjab Lok Morcha in the coming state Assembly elections.
Highway
cops have saved 85 lives so far
Bathinda, October 16
On April 9, 2001, Mr Sukhbir
Singh, Mr Ranbir Singh and Mr Jagtar Singh, all residents of this
district, were seriously injured when the car in which they were
travelling hit a truck parked on the Bathinda-Malout road. They were
picked up by police personnel posted at the Highway Integrated Traffic
Enforcement Cell and taken to hospital immediately. All were saved.
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cr project to revive Rambagh Gardens
Amritsar, October 16
The Punjab Government has
undertaken an ambitious project to revive the old heritage building at
the Rambagh Gardens built by Maharaja Ranjeet Singh here. The Chief
Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, during his last visit to the city
had directed the local municipal corporation to immediately undertake
the Rs 10-crore project to restore the old glory of the gardens.
Traders
observe bandh against goondaism
Sangrur, October 16
Protesting against the increasing
incidents of goondaism in the town, shopkeepers and traders kept their
shops and business establishments closed, while members of two rehri
unions observed a complete bandh here today.
World Food Day celebrated
Chandigarh, October 16
The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, today celebrated the World Food Day at Sheron village in Sangrur district in collaboration with
IFFCO.
Death
due to doc’s negligence alleged
Amritsar, October 16
In an affidavit, Mr Ravel Singh,
an employee of ESI hospital, has alleged that his son (9) died
because of the negligence on the part of a senior doctor of the same
hospital.
Patwaris
go on relay fast
Amritsar, October 16
Revenue patwaris of Punjab went
on a fast and staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioners
office here today. Expressing solidarity with the patwaris, the
District Kanungo Association also joined the dharna.
Parkash
utsav of Bhagwan Valmiki
Chandigarh, October 16
The Punjab Government has decided
to celebrate the parkash utsav of Bhagwan Valmiki on November 4. A
state-level function will be organised in this connection in Ludhiana.
One
killed as bus rams into truck
Bathinda, October 16
One person was killed and another
injured in an accident which could have been a major tragedy when a
bus hit a truck carrying LPG cylinders near Deon village, about 17 km
from here, this evening.
The accident site near village Deon, 17
km from Bathinda. —
Photo Kulbir Beera
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No-tillage technique for Punjab soon
Ropar, October 16
The Punjab Agriculture Department
has decided to introduce “no tillage technology” in the state in
the coming rabi season. The technology will help in the early sowing
of wheat. Besides it will save about Rs 2,000 tillage costs per
hectare.
‘Sell’
produce at uniform rates
Sangrur, October 16
Dr Jaspinder Singh Kolar,
Director of Extension Education, PAU, Ludhiana, has called upon
farmers to follow the marketing model adopted by farmers of the USA
and Canada to sell vegetable and fruits at uniform rates and get rid
of the present cropping pattern and wheat-paddy rotation.
Farmers
defy ban, burn paddy straw
Bathinda, October 16
Farmers in the district continue
to burn paddy straw as they find it costly to cut the same. This is,
however, being done in violation of the ban imposed by the district
administration and the farm experts advice in this regard.
Officer
caught taking bribe
Rampuraphul, October 16
Mr Krishan Chander Sharma,
Executive Officer of the local municipal council, was allegedly caught
red-handed today while taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a contractor.
Company
owner booked for forging FDRs
Pathankot, October 16
The police booked the proprietor
of Indian Freight Carriers on Sunday for allegedly forging seven fixed
deposit receipts amounting to Rs 5,600 which were to be encashed on
maturity and were held as security deposit by the Army authorities for
civil hired transport contract from Pathankot to Leh via Zozila in
1998-99.
Cash,
ornaments looted from temple
Hoshiarpur, October 16
Two masked youth looted cash and
gold ornaments from a temple after wounding its priest at Mukerian
after midnight last night, the police said today. The youth, in their
twenties, forced their way into the Hanuman temple near a school in
the town at around 0130 hrs. hit priest Sudarshan with a stick on his
head and then removed Rs 20,000 and more than 20 grams of gold
jewellery and fled, the police added.
Foreign
currency looted
Jalandhar, October 16
Two employees of a private
finance company were today deprived of an unspecified amount of
foreign currency by car-borne men in the city, police sources said.
Amandeep and Munish Sharda carrying a briefcase containing foreign
currency were going on a scooter to the city railway station shortly
before 0600 hrs when car-borne men hit their vehicle.
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youths booked for abducting girl
Bathinda, October 16
The police has booked three
youths, two of whom have been identified as Gursimran Singh and Rajesh
Garg, for allegedly abducting a 17-year-old girl from the Mall Road
here yesterday. A case has been registered under Sections 363, 366 and
34 of the IPC at Kotwali police station.
College
students observe strike
Sunam, October 16
Students of the local Shaheed
Udham Singh College today went on strike and staged a dharna in front
of the office of the city police station here to press for the
acceptance of their demands.
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