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Daler’s office in Delhi searched
by Patiala police
Patiala, December 26
The Patiala police today took one of Daler’s troupe members, Bobby, who had come to deliver clothes to the pop singer into custody before it left with the pop singer to Delhi where it searched his office in Cannaught Place.
 Shaheedi Jor Mela
ends
Fatehgarh Sahib, December 26
The three-day annual Shaheedi Jor Mela held in the memory of Guru Gobind Singh’s younger sons, Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh who were bricked alive by Mughals for not embracing Islam, concluded here today with religious ceremonies.
A nagar kirtan being taken out on the concluding day of the Shaheedi Jor Mela at Fatehgarh Sahib on Friday.
— Photo by Bhushan Sood.
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SGPC to discuss French legislation on
turban
Phagwara, December 26
The SGPC general secretary, Jathedar Sukhdev Singh Bhaur, said today that the Executive Committee of the SGPC would discuss in its meeting on December 30 at Amritsar the serious issue of the proposed French legislation to ban the tying of turbans by Sikhs in public schools and work places in France.
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US doctors’ body adopts rural
hospital
Nawanshahr, December 26
The efforts of a local social worker, Mr Budh Singh Dhahan, popularly known
as Babaji, have started showing results. He has been mobilising the Punjabis
living abroad to come
forward to serve their motherland and community with a view to providing better health and education facilities to the rural people here.
Flashback ’03
Road accidents claimed 100 lives
Bathinda, December 26
One hundred lives were lost in major and minor accidents on main and other roads in this district in 2003.
The number in current year is double the number of persons, murdered in the district. So far 50 persons have been murdered in the district.
Male-female ratio falls alarmingly in Bathinda
dist
Bathinda, December 26
Four to five decades ago, the women of this region were bound to observe “purdah” (to cover the face with duppatta) from their kin and outsiders and their movements were restricted to the four walls of their dwellings.
Need to conserve wetlands
stressed
Chandigarh, December 26
With a view to generating public concern for better protection of wetlands, the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology organised its second training programme on wetlands conservation here today.
Jurists’ delegation returns from
Pak
Wagah, December 26
Pakistanis were highly impressed by the strong and vibrant democracy and independent judiciary of India remarked Mr
V.K. Jhanji, Chief Justice, Jammu and Kashmir High Court, after crossing over to India here today.
Patiala Diary
Patiala
to have nine new water tanks
Patiala: Under the sewerage and water supply project of the municipal corporation, nine new water tanks of 1 lakh litre capacity each are to be built in various parts of the city.
These areas include Green Park Colony, Century Enclave, Malwa Colony, Indra Colony, Ghuman Colony (bypass), Adarsh Colony, Ranjit Nagar, Tej Bagh Colony and Vikas Nagar.
Man saves girl pushed into canal by
father
Harike(Tarn Taran), December 26
Ruth (9) was rescued by a “Beldaar”, Dalip Singh, after her father Nimma allegedly pushed her into the Bhakra canal here last Friday.
A visit to the girl yesterday in custody of Shanti Devi, a tea stall owner revealed that last Friday her father, under pressure from his second wife (her step-mother) tried to get rid of her by pushing her into the canal.
CMs express grief over scribe's death
Chandigarh, December 26
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of senior journalist and special correspondent of
Univarta, Prithvi Raj Azad, who died in New Delhi this morning.
 PWD employees
hold rally
Patiala, December 26
On a call given by the Technical and Mechanical Employees Union, Punjab, PWD employees from all parts of the state organised a rally in protest against the “anti-employees” policies of the state government here today.
PWD Employees hold a dharna outside
their headquarters in Patiala on Friday.
Morcha condemns govt’s ‘anti-Dalit’ policies
Patiala, December 26
Scheduled Caste Morcha’s state vice-president Balwant Rai today condemned the “anti-Dalit” policies of the state government. The morcha also condemned the Punjabi University’s decision to terminate the Assistant Public Relation Officer from job.
Bank holds contests
in Hindi
Patiala, December 26
Sukhdev Narain, Mohan Singh, S.M. Bhatnagar, Preeti Garg, Monica, Reetinder Singla and Kamal Sharma won the first prizes in the various competitions held as part of Hindi Chetna Pakhwara organised by the Official Languages Department of the State the Bank of Patiala here on Wednesday.
Camel kills owner, shot
Pathankot, December 26
A tired and hungry camel killed its master, Tara Chand, of Sangar village, near here. According to witnesses, Tarachand had joined a procession on the eve of Christmas on Wednesday along with his pet camel.
MC clears 3.5 cr for development works
Patiala, December 26
The Patiala Municipal Corporation has passed estimates worth Rs 3.5 crore for installation of streetlights at various places, besides widening of roads, to be started next year.
Three robbers arrested
Jalandhar, December 26
The district police claims to have busted a three-member gang of robbers with its arrest and recovered stolen goods from their possession.
A police spokesman said here today that acting on a tip-off, a hideout of robbers at Sufi
Pind, near here, was raided this afternoon and three robbers were arrested.
They were identified as Kishan Lal, Rita and Alekha Jain.
Fraud by FCI officials
alleged
Barnala, December 26
Alleging embezzlement worth Rs 35 crore and big fraud with the government by officials of the Food Corporation of India, Sangrur district during the current year, Mr Satwant Singh, president of the local unit of the BJP, has demanded an impartial and thorough probe into the scandal by some independent agency, either the CBI or any sitting judge of the high court.
18 hurt in group clash
Lalru, December 26
Eighteen persons were injured, two of them seriously, when members of two groups of villagers clashed in Tasimbli village, around 10 km from here, last evening. The two seriously injured — Haquam Singh and Jaswinder Singh — have been admitted to the Civil Hospital, Ambala City.
Finger pointed at awarding of PTU
tender
Jalandhar, December 26
While former state Technical Education Minister Jagdish Singh Garcha today accused that money had exchanged hands while awarding a tender to interconnect more than 400 learning centres of Punjab Technical University through V-SAT, the PTU authorities refuted the
allegations and termed these as “handiwork of some frustrated elements having vested interests”.
Students, teachers to hold protest
Faridkot, December 26
More than 2,000 students, accompanied by their parents and teachers of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Senior Secondary School here will gherao the Punjab School Education Board office at Mohali on January 1. The decision was taken at a meeting held on Wednesday in protest against the decision of the board authorities to abolish the examination centres for middle, matric and senior secondary examinations.
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Patiala, December 26