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7 former
improvement trust officials charge-sheeted
Pathankot, July 2
The Department of Local Government has
charge-sheeted seven officials of the Pathankot Improvement Trust, including a
former Administrator and IAS officer. The other officers include two former
executive officers and other junior officials, including draftsmen and the trust
engineer.
CM to take up
bypass project issue with Pranab
Patiala, July 2
The southern bypass project, which was
conceived in 1985 by the Army to smoothen traffic on the Chandi Mandir —
Bathinda section but was lying unimplemented despite acquisition of the land,
may get a fresh lease of life with the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh,
willing to approach the Defence Minister on the issue.
Villagers ransack
grid; 2 PSEB employees assaulted
Moga, July 2
Angry over the unscheduled power cuts,
residents of Mari Mustafa village ransacked the 66 kv grid and also assaulted
two Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) employees in the village on Wednesday
night.
Engineers’
arrest motivated, say PWD staff
Patiala, July 2
Employees of the Public Works Department
(Building and Roads) today organised a dharna and blocked the road in front of
the Mini-Secretariat alleging that engineers of its department had been arrested
by the state vigilance bureau as part of a conspiracy aimed at tarnishing the
image of certain senior ministers prior to the reconstitution of the state
Cabinet.
Embezzlement of
Rs 28.65 lakh detected
Hoshiarpur, July 2
An audit team of the office of Accountant
General Punjab recently detected embezzlement of Rs 28.65 lakh in the Kandi
Watershed Drainage Division here.
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Now direct
flight to Los Angeles from Amritsar
Jalandhar, July 2
Air travellers from Punjab will now
have direct connection to Los Angeles from Amritsar over Frankfurt by Air
India flights on every Friday. An Air India spokesperson said here today
with the availability of this option to the travellers with effect from
July one, now Los Angeles and other en route destinations-bound passengers
were not required to go Mumbai or Delhi to catch the flight. |
SAD(A) divided
over backing Malout candidate
Moga, July 2
Launching a scathing attack on the former
Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, the SAD(A) President and Panthic Morcha
leader, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, said today that Mr Badal and other Akali
leaders, who were involved in various criminal and corruption cases, had
criminalised the Akali politics.
Badal a Central
Govt agent, says Chandumajra
Sangrur, July 2
Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra, the President
of the SAD (Longowal) and senior leader of the Panthic Morcha, today accused Mr
Parkash Singh Badal, the President of the SAD, of inviting Central
Government’s direct intervention in the SGPC elections.
Residents
threaten to sue cable company
Patiala, July 2
Residents of Model Town and Passi Road had
a harrowing time yesterday when Patiala Today cable company officials failed to
telecast the Euro Cup football match between Greece and Czechoslovakia.
Badungar opposes
degree to Sonia
Patiala, July 2
Former SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar
today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop Punjabi University from
awarding a D Litt degree to Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
1,900 acres for
airport at Phillaur
Jalandhar, July 2
The Punjab Government has decided to
provide 1,900 acres for setting up Greenfield airport at Phillaur.
Booklet on
traffic safety released
Patiala, July 2
A booklet on traffic safety entitled
“Sarak Surakhiya — Jiwan Rakhia”, complied and edited by Mr Harcharan
Singh Arora, was released by the Managing Director of the State Bank of Patiala,
Mr A.K. Das, at the concluding function of the Rotary Club’s diamond jubilee
year held at the Academy of Sikh Religion and Culture here yesterday.
Ahluwalia to
attend interfaith conclave
Chandigarh, July 2
Sikhism will be represented by a two-man
delegation at the International Interfaith Conclave to be held in Barcelona,
Spain, from July 7 to 13.
Baba Poohla,
panel hold parallel melas
Poohla (Tarn Taran), July 2
Amid tight security, parallel “Shaheedi
Mela” functions organised in memory of Bhai Taru Singh held by controversial
Nihang chief Baba Ajit Singh Poohla and the Poohla Eviction Committee,(PEC)
passed off peacefully.
Roadways workers
hold rallies
Moga, July 2
In response to a call by the joint action
committee of the Punjab Roadways Emoloyees Union, the employees throughout the
state yesterday held protest rallies against alleged anti-employee attitude of
the authorities.
Work on memorial
gates to start soon
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 2
The construction work on all four memorial
gates, whose foundation stone was laid by the Chief Minister during the Shaheedi
Jor Mela last year, will start soon.
Flood-relief
training camp concludes
Mohali, July 2
The district administration organised a
four-day camp to provide training regarding flood relief and rescue operations
to the officials of the Revenue and Rural Development Departments.
Police warns
medical store owners
Moga, July 2
The Moga police has warned the owners of
the Goyal Medical Stores that if they did not return till tomorrow morning the
locks of their shops would be broken open.
High
Court
Notices issued on
Badal’s plea against Judge
Chandigarh, July 2
A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana
High Court today issued notices to the respondents on petitions filed by former
Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal and
others seeking the quashing of the proceedings before the Special Judge, Ropar,
under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
AME of Kharar MC
suspended
Kharar, July 2
An Assistant Municipal Engineer (AME) of
the Municipal Council here has been suspended on the orders of the Director,
Local Government, Punjab.
Two shot dead by
relatives
Amritsar, July 2
Two persons were shot dead while three,
including two women of the same family, sustained injuries when they were
attacked by their close relatives at Chatiwind village, near here, today.
Varsity clerk in
fake degree racket
Amritsar, July 2
The name of a clerk of Bundelkhand
University has figured in the fake degree racket which was busted by the Majitha
police on June 23 in which four persons were arrested, including the owner of
private Shivalik Public School here.
Varsity
placement cell helps students
Patiala, July 2
To facilitate placement of students of
professional and job-oriented courses, Punjabi University Vice-Chancellor Swarn
Singh Boparai had established a placement cell in the university last year.
Pakhoke in a fix
over default in fee payment
Amritsar, July 2
Even as acting SGPC President, Mr
Alwinderpal Singh Pakhoke, announced to defy the orders of ‘admission
committee’ and admits students to the SGPC run Guru Ram Dass Institute of
Medical Sciences and Research on July 21, he was once again in a fix over the
alleged default in payment of fees for his ward in the same institute.
Bar Council team
visits Farid law college today
Faridkot, July 2
A two-member team comprising Mr V.K.
Bhardwaj and Mr J.S. Dalal from the Bar Council of India New Delhi will visit
here tomorrow to give approval to Baba Farid Law College managed by Baba Farid
and Godri Sahib Gurdwara Management Committee here. Punjabi University Patiala
and State Government had already granted affiliation and no-objection
certificate, respectively, in this regard.
Teachers stage
dharna
Muktsar, July 2
Members of the Democratic Teachers’ Front
staged a dharna in front of the office of the Muktsar Block Primary Education
Officer (BPEO) Malkiat Singh today.
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