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BJP meets Verma
tomorrow
Jalandhar, December 13
Mr Avinash Khanna, president of the state unit of the BJP, today revealed that a party delegation would meet the Governor, Justice
O.P. Verma (retd) on Monday to submit a memorandum seeking a CBI probe into the allegations of corruption levelled by the state Agriculture Minister, Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, against the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh.
Doctors
beaten up in club
Mansa, December 13
A leading pathologist of this town, Dr Amrit Pal, and his two associates were allegedly beaten up in the Mansa Club late last night by Mr Narinder Kumar, alias Kala
Danewalia, close kin of Mr Bhagirat Danewalia, president of the local municipal council.
Flouting court orders with impunity
Zirakpur, December 13
Throwing all norms to the winds, a senior Punjab Police functionary, who is among the team of Punjab Vigilance Bureau handling corruption cases against SAD chief Parkash Singh Badal, has erected signboards and glowsigns along the Kalka-Ambala highway in violation of the Punjab and Haryana High Court directions.
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A reflector with a blinking light atop indicates the location of a resort owned by a senior Punjab Police personnel on the Chandigarh-Patiala highway, near
Zirakpur.
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Padamjit retires, to remain PSEB adviser
Patiala, December 13
Padamjit Singh, who made a name for himself during the past 35 years in the Punjab State Electricity Board for leading from the front, calling a spade a spade and working for the cause of the engineers was today given a warm send off upon his retirement.
Patiala Diary
School takes up eco-awareness issue
PATIALA:
The local Blossoms School is making efforts to curb damage to ecological balance by educating its students about its importance.
The school has also been assigned a project by the Tata Energy Research Institute
and being a Coordinator of North Zone it also holds workshops, seminars and examination for students of various schools to make a concerted effort and to motivate the young generation to work collectively to make the environment worth living.
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Indo-Pak ties
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Sainik Sadan in city
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Budding artist
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Declamation contest
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Civil Surgeon visits jaundice-hit areas
Verka (Amritsar), December 13
Dr H.S. Gill, civil surgeon Amritsar today directed the
Senior Medical Officer of the Primary Health Centre here to set up a serum Bilirubin test laboratory for tests of Serum Bilirubin (secretion of serum from liver) count, as some of patients had its count up to 16-18 mg which should be one mg in normal cases.
Ophthalmologists pledge to donate eyes
Jalandhar, December 13
Realising that a blind man can better depict the value of eyes in one’s life, the Punjab Ophthalmological Society made a unique effort by making a blind Atma Ram Bharti, Vice-Principal of local Andh
Vidyalya, to inaugurate its 7th annual conference here today.
Police
charged with extortion
Amritsar, December 13
There have been complaints of a large-scale “extortion” by the border police by way of allegedly collecting money from the public on the pretext of arranging a Hans Raj Hans Nite for raising funds for policemen who had fallen victims of terrorism.
Show ends on discordant note
Barnala, December 13
Cultural show of ETC and Alpha Punjabi TV channels ended here on Friday night on an unpleasant note as the show ended abruptly because of thrashing of two young men Mr Gopal Sharma and Mr Ashutosh Dharni — two relatives of the organisers of this show by policemen.
Bitta asks PM not to visit Pak
Amritsar, December 13
The president of the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front, Mr M.S. Bitta, today made a plea to the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, not to visit Pakistan next month to attend the SAARC meeting.
Need for mechanism on official witnesses: HC
Chandigarh, December 13
After holding that expeditious conclusion of trial was the Fundamental Right of every accused, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that a mechanism should be evolved to coordinate the appearance of official witnesses required to be present before several courts on the same day.
Sangrur lawyers’ body splits?
Sangrur, December 13
With the issuance of separate lists of candidates today, after scrutinising the nomination papers for posts of the District Bar Association, Sangrur, by Mr Sirjiwan Jain, Returning Officer/President of the
DBA, Sangrur, and Mr Anurag Chopra, Returning Officer/Vice-President/Acting President,
DBA, Sangrur, the association appears to have split.
Mayors in Punjab given more powers
Chandigarh, December 13
Mayors of Municipal Corporations in Punjab can now sanction developmental works to the tune of Rs 50 lakh annually.
A decision to empower the Mayors with more powers was taken today by the Punjab Local Government Minister, Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, to accelerate the pace of development activities in Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Bathinda.
Medical practitioner held for cheating 24 youths
Ludhiana, December 13
After pop singers now registered medical practitioners are found involved in immigration racket. Rupees 2.30 lakh and 10 passports were recovered from the possession of Gurnam Singh.
Witness held for turning hostile
Jalandhar, December 13
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested a businessman for turning hostile as witness in a corruption case registered against a junior engineer of the Punjab State Electricity Board.
Dacoit
re-arrested
Patiala, December 13
A dacoit, who had escaped by cutting through a rod in the ventilator of a temporary jail constructed in the court
complex in the city, has been rearrested by the district police.
Suspended don wants probe against VC
Patiala, December 13
A senior Punjabi University teacher, Dr K.S. Sidhu, who has earlier served as Registrar of the university, has urged the institute’s Chancellor and Punjab Governor, Justice
O.P. Verma, to order an inquiry into the “anti-academic and vindictive attitude” of Vice-Chancellor Swarn Singh
Boparai.
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The SAD would not interfere in the internal affairs of the Congress. The former Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, said this while responding to the query whether the SAD would support any break way faction of the Congress in case of any split in the ruling party here today.
