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Govt in
dilemma over police officers’ posting against cadre posts
Chandigarh, July 8
The Punjab Government is in a
dilemma with regard to resolving the issue of posting police officers-
IPS and PPS- against cadre and non-cadre posts. The Punjab and Haryana
High Court had directed the state government to consider the issue
regarding " posting of non- cadre officers against the cadre
posts or of the IPS officers against the ex-cadre\non- cadre posts on
or before June 30".
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children detained illegally by police
Raikot (Ludhiana), July 8
In a shocking case of police
highhandedness, three minors, including two girls, of this town were
allegedly kidnapped, detained illegally and molested by cops in
Chheharta police station, Amritsar, on July 5 and 6 in connection with
an alleged dowry case against their maternal uncle.
Budget
is balanced, says Amarinder
Chandigarh, July 8
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh, today hailed the maiden Budget of the United
Progressive Alliance government and described it as a balanced,
progressive and target-oriented Budget.
MC
union leader dies after acid attack
Patiala, July 8
In a gruesome incident, the
president of the Municipal Corporation’ s Technical Employees Union
was killed when two motorcycle-borne persons threw acid at him while
he was riding pillion on a scooter near the Pheelkhana School today
morning.
Rain chokes sewers,
roads inundated
Moga, July 8
Even a drizzle water-logs the
city colonies, commercial areas, and entrance of the Municipal Council
get water-logged when it rains in the city. Residents of localities
like Dashmesh Nagar, Arjun Dev Nagar and New Town had tough time a few
days back when after light showers the roads in front of their houses
were inundated and water started flowing into houses.
Training
camp for panches, sarpanches
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 8
The District Rural Development
Department organised a week-long training camp for the newly-elected
panches and sarpanches of the district to educate them about their
rights and duties under new Panchyati Raj System Act and to apprise
them of ways to control the six departments, whose control has been
given to them. Mr S.K. Ahluwalia, Deputy Commissioner, inaugurated the
camp at Bachat Bhavan today.
Railway
station sans basic facilities
Hoshiarpur, July 8
Instead of providing basic
facilities for passengers, the Railway authorities have withdrawn many
existing ones at the Railway station, here daily used by more than
2000 passengers. Causing inconvenience to travellers.
Rally
held against power cuts
Hoshiarpur, July 8
Hundreds of local residents,
representatives of religious and social organisations along with
workers of the BJP and the Youth Wing of the SAD, including women
staged a dharna and held a rally in front of the Town Hall here today
in protest against the deteriorating supply of electricity and
imposition of intermittent undeclared power cuts for hours together
daily by the PSEB.
Banks
‘harassing’ pensioners
Amritsar, July 8
Punjab pensioners are facing
harassment from various branches of scheduled banks as the government
has ordered to get their pensions from banks instead of treasury
offices. This was revealed by Mr Avtar Singh Afat, president of Punjab
State Pensioners and Senior Citizens Welfare Association, in a press
note issued here today.
Murder
case solved within 48 hours
Hoshiarpur, July 8
The district police has solved
the blind murder case of Husan Lal of Malikpur Bodal village and
arrested the murderer within 48 hours of occurrence of the crime. Mr
Lok Nath Angra, SSP, told media persons that Lalit Kumar of Jharkhand,
a farm labourer, was arrested under Section 302, IPC.
2 kids
fall into chimney, burnt alive
Moga, July 8
Two children were burnt alive
when they fell into the chimney of a
brick-kiln on the
Baghapurana-Rode link road here last evening. Both of them were
children of a brick-kiln employee, Shiv Kumar of Rae Bareli. Fire
tenders reached the spot and the bodies of both children were taken
out.
HC demands police
version in drug seizure case
Moga, July 8
The Punjab and Haryana High Court
has asked the Moga police to present its version of the case of
seizing intoxicating drugs in a large quantity from some medical shops
and sealing the shops on July 13.
Fake bank draft
case turns out to be havala deal
Phagwara, July 8
The fake bank draft case
involving Sodhi Ram, former PA of a former Punjab minister and BJP
leader, Chaudhary Swarna Ram, has allegedly turned out to be a case of
a huge havala operation having international dimensions. The police
has written to Interpol to secure the repatriation of Mr Sodhi Ram’s
UK-based contacts, Tarsem Lal and Major Singh.
PSEB
officials attacked by defaulter
Patiala, July 8
The police has registered a case
of intimidation and attempt to set government property on fire against
Sukhvinder Singh Kikki and his accomplices after they threatened and
attacked PSEB officials who had reached Sukhvinder’s house in
Francewala village to remove his electricity connection. The accused
had unpaid arrears amounting to Rs 42,000 against his connection.
Fake
DTO booked
Moga, July 8
The police has registered a case
against the miscreants who had followed a truck loaded with ghee on
June 23 and after introducing one of them as the “district transport
officers” (DTOs) thrashed the truck driver and looted Rs 10,000 from
him.
Officials fail to
pacify agitators
Abohar, July 8
Senior civil and police officials
rushed to Dutaranwali village in this subdivision yesterday as tension
mounted due to the agitation of residents over the reopening of the
school.
Marks
in elective subjects to count for admission
Patiala, July 8
Punjabi University, which is
already under fire for its earlier proposal to reduce marks of both
English and Punjabi at the graduate level, has now decided that the
marks in the two subjects will not be counted while determining merit
of students aspiring to take admission in MA and Msc courses.
Abhiyan
funds to be probed: DC
Gurdaspur, July 8
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr
Harjit Singh, has ordered an inquiry into the alleged misuse of the
Sarva Sikhya Abhiyan funds in the district. He has issued a notice to
the acting District Education Officer (DEO) Primary, Gurdaspur, Ms
Manjit Kaur, to furnish the records regarding the usage of the Sarva
Sikhya Abhiyan funds.
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JCOs trained in vocational courses
Jalandhar, July 8
Third convocation of the Vajra
Vocational Training Institute, affiliated with the Punjab Technical
University, was held at Vajra Sainik Institute, in cantonment, here
yesterday.
Concessions
in admission for Kashmiri students
Amritsar, July 8
Guru Nanak Dev University has
approved certain concessions to Kashmiri migrant students in admission
during new academic session according to guidelines of the Department
of Secondary and Higher Education, Government of India.
46 units shut for
laxity on waste management
Patiala, July 8
The Punjab Pollution Control
Board, in a submission to the Central Pollution Control Board
yesterday in Delhi, disclosed that 46 units had been closed in the
state for defaulting on hazardous waste management and that it was
processing the case of 204 new units which had been recently
identified.
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trades reopened at centre
Kheowali (Lambi), July 8
The Muktsar district
administration and the PSIEC have chalked out a scheme to revive three
closed trades at the Multi-Trade Integrated Training-cum-Production
Centre at Kheowali village of Lambi subtehsil in Malout subdivision of
Muktsar district.
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