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News Analysis
Amarinder hopes for political
peace
Chandigarh, December 19
Realising that confrontation has unnecessarily vitiated the political atmosphere besides bringing the development work in the state to a standstill, the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has switched to the reconciliatory mode by inviting all “dissidents to forget and fight unitedly their political battles”.
Sodhi’s relative held for
smuggling
Lambi, December 19
Bikramjit Singh Sodhi, a distant relative of Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Political Secretary to the Chief Minister, Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh, along with three associates was arrested by the local police for smuggling narcotics.
Daler to be presented before Patiala
court
Patiala, December 19
Pop Star Daler Mehndi, who was arrested by the Delhi Police today, will be brought to Patiala tomorrow where he will be presented in the court which had issued non—bailable warrants against him.
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Samjhauta — the train of
emotions
Amritsar, December 19
The decision to resume the Samjhauta Express after a gap of two years would give a fillip to the much-awaited import and export business between India and Pakistan which runs into several crores of rupees.
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CPI for probe into Bhattal’s charges against CM
Phagwara, December 19
The Punjab CPI secretary, Dr Joginder Dyal said the ongoing tussle between Captain Amarinder Singh and Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal was due to one-upmanship.
Addressing party workers at Bhabiana village, 12 kms from here, Dr Dyal said both feuding groups did not have people’s agenda. He was here to attend barsi function of Jathedar Swarn Singh Bhabiana.
BJP distributes district-level
work
Chandigarh, December 19
Mr Avinash Rai Khanna, the president of the state unit of the BJP and party leader in the Punjab Assembly, today appointed leaders in charge of districts from among party’s state-level office-bearers and executive members.
Architects, engineers cross swords over building
plans
Amritsar, December 19
The Association of Practising Civil Engineers and Council of Architecture have crossed swords over whether engineers are eligible for preparing, signing and submitting of building plans or not.
CM approves memorandum for waiver of
loan
Chandigarh, December 19
The Punjab Chief Minister today approved the memorandum to the 12th Finance Commission for the waiver of special term loan of Rs 3,372 crore outstanding as on March 31, 2000, and payment of interest thereof given for combating insurgency in the state in tune with the decision of the Central Government on September 8, 1997.
Security arrangements for
Jor Mela reviewed
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 19
Mr Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota, DIG, Patiala range, today held a meeting with district police officials to review the security arrangements for the forthcoming Shahidi Jor Mela. Security arrangements for political leaders, including the Chief Minister and Mr Parkash Singh Badal, who are expected to address their respective party conferences during the mela, were also discussed. Mr
S.K. Ahluwalia, Deputy Commissioner, also attended the meeting.
PSEB finds 208 power theft
cases
Bathinda, December 19
The enforcement wing of Punjab State Electricity Board today detected about 208 cases of power theft and unauthorised extension of load when raids were conducted in different parts of the city early in the morning. Official sources said PSEB authorities had imposed a penalty of Rs 6,73,795 on those caught.
Panel: probe into case against
contractor
Abohar, December 19
The Punjab State Human Rights Commission, has asked the SSP, Ferozepore, to inquire into a complaint against an octroi contractor here and submit the report within eight weeks.
Punjab holidays
Chandigarh, December 19
The Punjab Government today decided to follow the Nanakshahi calendar to avoid further confrontation with the SGPC, which introduced this calendar earlier this year.
4 Pak prisoners repatriated
Wagah, December 19
Four Pakistani prisoners, including 86-year-old Ibrahim, were repatriated to their country through this joint check post today.
Govt employees stage dharna
Patiala, December 19
Members of the Punjab Employees Struggle Committee today staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here today in support of their demands. The employees also submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner for forwarding it to the Chief Minister.
Power connection of health institute cut
Kharar, December 19
The power supply to the State Institute of Health and Family Welfare was cut by the Punjab State Electricity Board here today due to the non-payment of power bills.
Pollution control board told to issue guidelines
Sangrur, December 19
The Punjab unit of the Indian Medical Association has urged officials of the Punjab Pollution Control Board to issue clear-cut and feasible guidelines for the proper implementation of ‘Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules’, so that owners of private nursing homes and hospitals do not feel harassed while complying with these rules for proper segregation, collection and handling of the waste generated by their nursing homes/hospitals.
CM to unveil Prabodh Chandra’s
statue
Jalandhar, December 19
To recognise the services of late freedom fighter Prabodh Chandra, a former minister and Speaker of the Assembly of the undivided Punjab, the Punjab Government has installed his statue in his hometown Gurdaspur.
Army relaxes recruitment condition
Bathinda, December 19
Mr S.P. Singh, District Sainik Welfare Officer, Bathinda said that the Army Recruitment officer, Ferozepore, had decided to lower limit of marks scored in class X from 45 per cent to 33 per cent for the students, who belonged to Mazhabi Sikh and Ramdasia Sikh communities.
Probe purchase of bad medicines:
pharmacists
Fazilka, December 19
Mr K.K. Singla and Mr Ravinder Luthra, general secretary and vice-president, respectively, of the Punjab State Pharmacists Association and Mr Shashi Kant, president of district Ferozepur unit of the association, in a joint statement here yesterday, criticised the adamant attitude of the Health Minister and the Director health services, Punjab, towards the longstanding demands of about 3000 pharmacists working with the Health Department of the state.
HIGH COURT
Plea on Jagir Kaur’s election
Chandigarh, December 11
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed a petition seeking directions for setting aside the elections of a former Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee President, Bibi Jagir Kaur, from the
Bholath Assembly constituency. A cost of Rs 5000 was also imposed.
Bail plea of Sarpanch dismissed
Sangrur, December 19
A local court today dismissed the anticipatory bail application of Kesar Singh, Sarpanch of Hasanpur village, near Dhuri, while the court granted anticipatory bail to the other 16 accused in a case related to an alleged clash between Dalits and landlords of the village on November 11. In the clash, 20 persons of both sides were injured.
BKU
(Lakhowal) rally on Dec
23
Kharar, December 19
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lakhowal) is organising a rally at the Kisan Ghat in New Delhi on December 23 in support of its demands.
Mr Ajmer Singh Lakhowal, president of the Punjab unit, said a charter of demands would be presented to the President, Prime Minister and the Union agricultural Minister after the rally.
Mayor postpones MC meeting
Jalandhar, December 19
The Mayor of the local Municipal Corporation, Mr Surinder Mahey, today postponed the MC House meeting scheduled for this afternoon.
According to sources, division among the Congress councillors over the issue of non-initiation of development projects in some wards represented by the Congress councillors was the main reason for the postponement.
ADTO's transfer recommended
Amritsar, December 19
The Punjab State Human Rights Commission has recommended the transfer of Mr Angrez Singh, Additional
DTO, from Amritsar for allegedly misusing his administrative powers.
Factory making spurious tobacco unearthed, 1
held
Bathinda, December 19
The police has unearthed a factory, manufacturing fake tobacco and selling it under the name of known brands in different markets.
In a press note here today, Mr Kapil Dev, SSP, said that three brothers namely Ranjiv Kumar, Parshottam Kumar and Sanjiv Kumar were running a tobacco factory under the brand name of Mahesh Tobacco Company and manufacturing and packing tobacco under brand name of Ganesh Tobacco Factory, Maur Mandi.
Over 5 lakh in fake currency
seized
Jalandhar, December 19
The district police claims to have unearthed a fake currency racket with the arrest of two persons and recovered fake Indian currency to the tune of Rs 5 lakh from their possession.
CM to open
NRI-funded school
Jalandhar, December 19
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, is scheduled to inaugurate the new building of Government Girls Senior Secondary School at Samrai village near here on Saturday, for which the NRIs of the region had contributed Rs 1.42 crore after they were persuaded by the state government.
The CM would also address a vikas rally at the village on the same day. Professors attend faculty development programme
Patiala, December 19
A 10-day faculty development programme organised by the North India Technical Consultancy Organisation concluded here today. The Registrar of Punjabi University, Mr Param Bakhshish Singh, was the chief guest.
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Chandigarh, December 19