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SGPC
chief seeks report on High Priests
Amritsar, December 4
In a significant development, the
newly appointed SGPC chief, Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar, has sought
details from the sub-committee constituted in February, 1999, against
Prof Manjit Singh and Giani Kewal Singh, Jathedars of Kesgarh Sahib
and Damdama Sahib, respectively.
Talwandi’s
kin transferred
113
candidates file nominations
Gurdaspur, December 4
Mr Santosh Singh Randhawa, former
PPCC president and senior Congress leader, filed his nomination papers
as Congress candidate from Fatehgarh Churian Assembly constituency for
the coming Assembly elections in Punjab. As many as 113 persons filed
their nomination papers from 11 Assembly constituencies in the
district.
Ban
pre-poll transfers, says Ravi Inder
Chandigarh, December 4
Mr Ravi Inder Singh, MLA owing
allegiance to the Panthic Morcha, today petitioned the Election
Commission of India to ban pre-poll postings and transfers in Punjab
with immediate effect.
Bansal
BSP’s Budhlada nominee
Mansa, December 4
Mr Kanshi Ram, BSP supremo,
claimed today that his party would form the next government in Punjab,
winning 60-70 seats in the forthcoming Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections.
CM
‘betrayed’ unity cause
Patiala, December 4
In an indication that it had been
hoping for unity among the Akali rank and file before the forthcoming
Assembly elections in the state, the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal
today alleged that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had betrayed the
cause of Panthic unity by installing Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar as head
of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.
Pasla
expelled
Massive
survey on kids who don’t go to school
Chandigarh, December 4
A massive house-to-house survey
will be conducted throughout Punjab from December 7 to 9 to ascertain
the exact number of children of 6 to 14 years of age who do not go to
school.
 Lashkara
beauties ready to set ramp on fire
Ludhiana, December 4
As many as 20 beauties from all
over the country are rearing to set the ramp on fire at the sprawling
lawns of Hotel Gulmor here, the venue for Miss Lashkara contest,
tomorrow.
Miss Lashkara contestants display winter-wear collection at a department store in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo
Dharna
against octroi abolition
Fatehgarh Sahib, December
4
Employees of the Municipal
Council, Sirhind, organised a rally and staged a dharna to express
their resentment against the abolition of octroi.
Vijay, a physically challenged person, pulls a rickshaw on the
roads of Bathinda for his livelihood, instead of looking toward others for help.
— photo Kulbir Beera |
Suicide
by plus two student
Family blames teacher, wants
her removed
Bathinda, December 4
Vineet Kumar, a student of plus
two, allegedly committed suicide late last evening by consuming a
poisonous substance. The family claimed that the suicide was a result
of the trauma he had been facing after he was allegedly beaten up by a
teacher in MSD Senior Secondary Public School on November 23.
Work
on Tehri project in full swing: Barnala
Sangrur, December 4
Mr Surjit Singh Barnala,
Governor, Uttaranchal, said today that the 2400 mw Tehri hydroelectric
project in Uttaranchal would start generating power by December 2002
as work on the project was in full swing nowadays. He said after the
completion of the project, Uttaranchal would be in a position to
provide electricity to the neighbouring states like Uttar Pradesh.
Khalsa
complex: design concept cleared
Chandigarh, December 4
The design concept of the Khalsa
Heritage Complex, Anandpur Sahib, was today approved after a four-hour
discussion here at a joint meeting of the Scholars’ Panel and
members of the Executive Committee of the Anandpur Sahib Foundation.
Encroachments
continue with impunity
Bathinda, December 4
“This is government land.
Private construction is banned. If anybody violates these orders,
legal action would be taken against him, by orders of the Executive
Engineer, PWD (B and R), Bathinda”. Thus reads the board written in
the Punjabi language and installed on one side of the 100-foot wide
road of this town.
NRIs
to be made aware of schemes
Patiala, December 4
The Patiala Divisional
Commissioner, Mr D.P. Reddy, today directed district officials to
carry out surveys of non-resident Indians in their districts so that
they could be appropriately informed about the amendments done in
various laws for their convenience.
3
car occupants killed in mishap
Sangrur, December 4
Three persons died on the spot
when a car in which they were travelling collided with a Delhi-bound
Pepsu Roadways Transport Corporation bus on the Barnala-Bathinda
highway near Mehta village in the district today.
Lovers
commit suicide
Bathinda, December 4
Three persons committed suicide
in two incidents in the district in the past 24 hours. A young boy and
a girl reportedly committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance
in Tungwali village today. They were allegedly lovers.
3
killed, 2 hurt in bus mishap
Patiala, December 4
Three persons were killed and two
seriously injured when a Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) bus
in which they were travelling dashed against a tree after developing a
technical snag on the Patiala-Samana road at Savajpur village this
afternoon.
AIDS
testing centre for Jalandhar
Chandigarh, December 4
The Punjab Government today
decided to open 10 AIDS testing centres.
Photo
I-cards mandatory in assembly poll
Patiala, December 4
The Election Commission has
admitted that there were loopholes in the Act that defines the
expenditure to be incurred by a candidate during elections.
Kanungo
held for tampering with record
Bathinda, December 4
The police has arrested Mr Ramesh
Kumar, a kanungo posted here for allegedly tampering with official
record in order to help some residents of Balluana village to grab
land of Jasmel Singh of the same village.
Pvt
colleges defer half-yearly exams
Amritsar, December 4
On the call of the Punjab and
Chandigarh Colleges Teachers Union, the half-yearly December
examinations were postponed in all aided and unaided private colleges
of the state today.
Annual
function of DAV Model School held
Jalandhar, December 4
The annual function of Lala Jagat
Narain DAV Model School was held on the school premises at Kabir Nagar
here yesterday.
Teaching
paralysed in colleges
Bathinda, December 4
The teaching work came to a
standstill in private colleges of the district today as teachers of
the colleges held a dharna in front of the residence of Mr Chiranji
Lal Garg, Punjab Minister for Science and Technology, here, as part of
their “total ceasework” campaign.
APJ
College lifts youth festival trophy
Amritsar, December 4
The APJ College of Fine Arts,
Jalandhar won Guru Nanak Dev University overall trophy of youth
festival which concluded here today. DAV College, Jalandhar bagged the
runners-up trophy while DAV College, Amritsar got third position.
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