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DGP’s
plan to reform Punjab jails
Chandigarh, December 6
To modernise prisons in the
state, the Director-General of Prisons, Punjab, Mr A.P. Bhatnagar, has
made 12 recommendations to the government, besides highlighting the
pathetic condition of some of the prisons.
Cabinet
expansion after December 10, says Amarinder
 Patiala, December 6
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh, today said he would meet Party President Sonia Gandhi
on December 10 to discuss the proposed Cabinet expansion in the state
and said he expected around seven to eight more members to be sworn in
the state cabinet.
Board
moots EC model system for exams
Chandigarh December 6
The Punjab School Education Board
has proposed an Election Commission model system for holding
examinations. As in the case of elections, during the annual
examination period the requisite staff on duty should be considered on
‘’deputation’’ to the board.
Punwire
scam: CBI charge sheet in six months
SAS Nagar, December 6
The CBI has finally decided to
file a charge sheet in the multi-crore Punwire scam, almost four years
after the first FIR in the case was registered by the Punjab police.
The investigation in the case was handed over to the CBI by the
Supreme Court in May last year.
DCC chief asks
party men to stop infighting
Faridkot, December 6
Mr Surinder Iqbal Singh Brar,
president, District Congress Committee, Faridkot, has appealed to the
senior state party leaders to desist from levelling allegations
against each other in the interest of the party.
 Mann to raise
fertiliser scam in Parliament
Bathinda, December 6
Mr Satnam Singh Behru, president,
Kisan Wing, SAD (Amritsar), yesterday said his party’s president,
Simranjit Singh Mann would raise the issue of fertiliser subsidy scam,
which took place in Punjab a few years ago, in the Lok Sabha.
Vilayat
Khan hurts finger
Amritsar, December 6
Ustad Vilayat Ali Khan who
mesmerised the audience last night at Khalsa College, hurt his finger
with the mizraab. After a scintillating presentation, which he
commenced in Hindustani raag, yaman, and carnatic raag yamani, the
maestro had to finally cut short his sitar recital due to his bleeding
finger.
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| Ustad Vilayat Ali Khan performs during the Heritage Festival in Amritsar on Saturday. |
Fashion
show modified to Punjabi sensibility
Amritsar, December 6
Fashion icons, including designer
Manish Arora, supermodels Noyonika Chatterjee and Indrani Dasgupta,
were in the city today with the much-protested fashion show being
finally modified to suit the Punjabi consciousness.
INTACH
to restore lost character of Jallianwala Bagh
Amritsar, December 6
The Indian National Trust for
Art, Culture and Heritage will soon launch a programme to restore the
original character of the historic Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar.
Conceding that Jallianwala Bagh needed special attention, Mr S.K.
Mishra from INTACH, also chairman, Amritsar Heritage Society,
confirmed that INTACH had identified experts who will collaborate with
the local MC to prepare a document that would serve as basis for
restoration of the original character of Jallianwala Bagh.
Protected
gate area encroached upon
Amritsar, December 6
Even as the heritage festival is
under way here, the Ram Bagh Gate area, declared protected, has been
encroached upon by a dairy owner, who has raised a triple-storeyed
building near the police station, ‘A’ division, opposite the gate.
Police
gets digital cameras for use in NDPS cases
Chandigarh, December 4
Complying with the directions
issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the state of Punjab has
supplied digital cameras to the police for recording evidence of
recoveries from alleged drug peddlers.
AIDS-infected
fight a losing battle
Chandigarh, December 6
Taking note of the plight of
37-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter who have been fighting
a lone battle against AIDS for six months in Bathinda, the Punjab
State Human Rights Commission yesterday directed the Deputy
Commissioner, Bathinda, to look into the matter personally and provide
the maximum help permissible under the law while keeping in mind human
considerations.
BJP
writes to Jagmohan on building bylaws
Bathinda, December 6
The local unit of the BJP today
made a plea to Mr Jagmohan, Union Minister for Tourism and Culture,
seeking relaxation in the bylaws pertaining to the construction and
repair of commercial and residential establishments within the
100-meter periphery of the local Gobind fort, which has been declared
a protected monument.
Tributes
paid to Dr Ambedkar
PHAGWARA: The National President of Bahujan Samaj Morcha, Mr
Satnam Singh Kainth, today demanded a dual voting right for Dalits and
a double-constituency system where only Dalits could vote for the
Dalit candidates in the so-demarcated constituencies.
PATIALA
DIARY
More political action
on cards
EVER since Capt Amarinder
Singh became the Chief Minister, his sleepy little hometown has
witnessed a spate of political activities, however none so hectic as
those following the arrest of Mr Parkash Singh Badal and his son
Sukhbir.
I
became approver by choice, says Dheera
Patiala, December 6
Former Markfed employee Randhir
Singh Dheera today claimed he had become approver by choice in the
bribery case registered against former Punjab Public Service
Commission Chairman Ravinderpal Singh Sidhu.
Medical
camp held at ex-servicemen’s rally
Fatehgarh Sahib, December
6
Ex-servicemen will be given
representation in all district-level committees to be formed by the
district administration and their problems, if any, will be sorted out
on a priority basis. Moreover, social organisations will also be
motivated to enroll ex-servicemen as their members so that the
district administration and society at large may derive benefit of
their services and experience.
Doctors
cross over to Pak
Amritsar, December 6
“We will propose to form a
co-ordination committee of doctors of India and Pakistan in the field
of Research on common diseases in South Asia”. This was stated by a
34-member delegation of Indian doctors which crossed over to Pakistan
via the Wagah joint check-post today.
Medical
teachers back Civil Surgeon
Amritsar, December 6
The Medical and Dental Teachers
Association on Thursday came in support of Dr Yashpal Singla, Civil
Surgeon here, who is to be transferred on the basis of verbal orders
issued by the Chief Minister.
Ex-servicemen
hold rally
Hoshiarpur, December 6
Vaja Corps organised a
district-level rally for ex-servicemen in connection with the Armed
Forces Flag Day celebration at Indoor Stadium here today.
Directive to
demarcate 2 acres for gaushala
Kharar, December 5
The SDM, Kharar, Mr S.S. Gill
today directed the BDPO to demarcate 2 acres for a gaushala in the
town.
Ex-cop held for Rs
1.22 cr looting
Jalandhar, December 6
The Jalandhar police has arrested two prime accused who were wanted in
a sensational robbery committed in the city in October 2001, in which
foreign exchange worth Rs 1.22 crore was looted.
2 cops
held for graft
Amritsar, December 6
The Jandiala police, falling
under Majitha police district have booked an Inspector, head constable
of the CIA staff and two others allegedly for taking bribe to release
a drug addict allegedly kept in illegal detention by them.
Rs
1.50 lakh hawala money seized
Kapurthala, December 6
The police here has seized Rs 1.50 lakh from Sushil Kumar of Ludhiana.
He was carrying the amount in his scooter while intercepted at
Ferozesanguwal village under the Bholath police station on Thursday.
Youth’s body identified
Kharar, December 6
The Kharar police yesterday
claimed to have identified the decomposed body of the youth discovered
here yesterday as belonging to Deputy alias Thoku of Niasherer Vadali
village.
3 held
for Mahant’s murder
Moga, December 6
The police solved the Mahant
Budhdev murder case with the arrest of three persons last night.
Racism not natural,
says Dr Buttny of USA
Patiala, December 6
Dr Richard Buttny of Syracuse
University, USA, delivered a talk on “American Dilemma — Race and
Racism in America” at the Department of Sociology and Social
Anthropology of Punjabi University here yesterday.
First-aid
competition held
Patiala, December 6
The local Government College for
Girls, Baba Deep Singh Institute of Punjab Police and Green Field,
Bhadson and Bhunerheri, won laurels at the 40th district-level
first-aid, nursing care and transportation services competitions held
at Government Multi-Purpose Senior Secondary School here yesterday.
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Veteran Akali leader and SGPC
President Gurcharan Singh Tohra today challenged Chief Minister Capt
Amarinder Singh in his hometown by announcing his candidature from the
Patiala Lok Sabha seat in the next parliamentary elections. The
constituency at present is represented by the Chief Minister’s wife
Preneet Kaur, in Parliament.
Mr Baldev Singh Khiala, general
secretary, Akali Dal, headed by Mr Ravi Inder Singh, former Speaker,
Vidhan Sabha, Punjab, today said that his party would burn effigies of
a former Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal on December 8 on his
(Mr Badal’s) birthday as he (Mr Badal) had brought a bad name to the
Sikh community by indulging in corruption.
