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Discrepancies
in voters’ lists alleged
Pathankot, November 21
Former Punjab Minister and
Congress leader, Mr Raman Bhalla, today alleged that there were
large-scale discrepancies in the electoral rolls and sought a strict
action against the officials who were fiddling with the voters’
lists at the behest of the SAD-BJP government.
Morcha
to
launch campaign on November 24
Mansa, November 21
The Panthic Morcha will launch
election campaign for the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections from Mansa on
November 24 by holding a conference here on that day.
Dalits
to
weigh Sonia against blood
Hoshiarpur, November 21
The Dalits International Welfare
Society Birmingham, UK, and its branch office at Nangal Maroof,
Hoshiarpur, will weight Mrs Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in
Parliament, with blood of Dalit youths at a blood donation camp here
on the eve of Christmas or New Year Day.
Arrest killers of
Dhuri boy: panel
Sangrur, November 21
More than 100 persons under the
banner of the Ravi Kant Murder Action Committee today took out a
protest march on scooters and a tempo from Dhuri to Sangrur. They
alleged that the district police had failed to nab the murderers of
Ravi Kant, a teenaged boy from Dhuri, as it was hand in glove with
them.
Witness
claims to have acted as
courier for Kandahar hijacker
Patiala, November 21
An hotel waiter from Mumbai today
claimed that he had met one of the hijackers of the Indian Airlines
plane which was hijacked in December, 1999, and even acted as a
courier to get two of his accomplices to Mumbai from West Bengal.
Choked
sewers
fray tempers
Abohar, November 21
An executive engineer of the
Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board and president of the Municipal
Council here on a visit to Sidhu Nagri and Thakur Abadi yesterday
faced angry residents as sewage had collected in streets and on roads
due to blockage in sewers since Saturday and authorities did not do
anything to rectify it.
IMA
Punjab
Ratan for doctor
Barnala, November 21
Dr R.C. Garg, a Barnala-based
doctor as well as Honorary Secretary of the Punjab Indian Medical
Association, has been honoured with the IMA Punjab Ratan Award
for his remarkable services towards the cause of the IMA.
People
deprived of benefits under
Antyodaya Scheme
Amritsar, November 21
Due to a delay in the issuance of
yellow cards and non-identification of families covered under the
Antyodaya Scheme for urban population, these persons have been
deprived of the benefits under the government scheme.
Akhand
path not allowed
Kapurthala, November 21
The police today did not allow
akhand path at Saidowal village near the town at the dera of Sant Baba
Amrik Dass in the village. The dera is situated adjacent to the
village gurdwara. The dera and gurdwara have a common courtyard.
Residents of the area pay obeisance at the dera there. The trouble
arose when a village non-resident Indian Darbara Singh expressed
desire to hold akhand path at the dera today.
Punsup
staff go on leave en masse
Phillaur, November 21
Punsup employees today went on
casual leave en masse and held rallies before Punsup offices
throughout the state in protest against the alleged indifferent
attitude of the state government towards them.
Punsup
staff hold rally
Bathinda, November 21
Members of the district unit of
the Punsup Employees Union Punjab, today held a protest rally on a
call given by the state unit of the PEUP. The rally was held in front
of the office of Punsup.
Lance
Naik
Gurmeet Singh cremated with honours
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 21
The mortal remains of martyr
Lance Naik Gurmeet Singh, who lost his life while fighting terrorism
in were consigned to flames today at his native village Sampla.
Earlier his body was brought from J&K by the jawans of Rashtariya
Rifles.
Relief
announced
Chandigarh, November 21
The Punjab Government has decided
to provide ex gratia relief and also jobs to next of kin of persons
who had been shot dead or critically injured by unidentified criminals
in the state.
Farmers seek
compensation
Bathinda, November 21
Farmers of the state held dharna
in front of the office of the Cotton Corporation of India and later
the before Deputy Commissioner’s office under the banner of the
Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta) to press for the acceptance of demands of
cotton growers of the region.
Race for top BBMB
finance post hots up
Ropar, November 21
With the tenure of the current
Financial Adviser to the BBMB, Mr Satish Loomba, coming to an end on
November 30, the race for the top finance post in the organisation has
gained momentum. Highly placed sources said the Union Ministry for
Power had recommended to the BBMB two names —Mr P.S. Purthi from the
Indian Revenue Services who is presently posted as Commissioner,
Central Excise and Taxation, Punjab, and Mr Jagbans Singh from the
Indian Audit and Accounts Service who has recently returned from a
posting in Washington DC as Director of Indian accounts in North and
South America — for the post.
Engineers’
body opposes officer’s transfer
Ropar, November 21
The PSEB Engineers’
Association, Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant region, has alleged
malafide intention behind the transfer of the Additional
Superintendent Engineer, Mr H.S. Hira.
Two killed in road
mishaps
Amritsar, November 21
Two persons were killed and one
was injured in separate incidents here last evening. Thura Ram of
Alawalpur was killed and Mr Satnam Singh of Kotlachal was critically
injured when a bus collided with their scooter at Batala. The driver
of the bus reportedly fled from the spot.
PCCTU members to
court arrest
Jalandhar, November 21
The Punjab and Chandigarh College
Teachers Union has decided that its executive members will court
arrest at Chandigarh on December 3 against the failure of the state
government to implement pension and gratuity scheme for employees of
privately managed non-government affiliated colleges.
Posts
lying
vacant in schools
Tarn Taran, November 21
Government Girls Senior Secondary
School and Government Senior Secondary School here lack adequate
staff. The posts of the Principal have also been lying vacant in the
schools. As a result, teaching work has been badly affected.
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