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I am
not an RSS agent: Badal
Badal (Muktsar), July 11
Former Chief Minister of Punjab and SAD chief Parkash Singh Badal has
denied the accusation of the Panthic Morcha that he is an RSS
(Rashtriya Swayam sevak Sangh) agent.
Accepting
Dy Speaker’s post was a mistake: Bir Devinder
 Mohali, July 11
Mr Bir Devinder Singh, whose
resignation from the post of Punjab Deputy Speaker was accepted
yesterday, said here today that he made a big mistake by accepting the
post, but emphasised he was not a Congress dissident.
Ultra-modern
Sikh museum in Washington
Inauguration by Tarlochan
Singh on July 24
Chandigarh, July 11
“Sikhs: Legacy of the
Punjab”, a new high-tech museum, is all set for inauguration at the
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, later
this month. Mr Tarlochan Singh, MP and Chairman of the National
Commission for Minorities, will inaugurate it on July 24 in Washington
DC.
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Bureaucrats
blamed for derailing power sector reforms
Ludhiana, July 11
PSEB technocrats on Thursday
blamed bureaucrats for ills plaguing the board besides holding them
responsible for derailing the power sector reforms time and again. Mr
M S Bajwa and Mr P S Dhaliwal, president and general secretary,
respectively, of the association, said the bureaucrats had failed in
clearing important projects like Lehra Mohabbat Stage-II which would
have been completed by the board as funds were committed by the PFC in
2002.
Farmer
who produces chemical-free vegetables
Samipur (Jalandhar): A
progressive young farmer of this village has not only managed to
convert his menthol oil extraction plant waste into farm manure
successfully but has also grown pesticide and fertiliser- free organic
vegetables with it, which he plans to sell to health- conscious
residents of Jalandhar city within the next two weeks.
Serving
society is aim of Pingalwara children
Sangrur, July 11
Serving society is their main
ambition after the completion of studies. To achieve this goal, they
want to serve in a branch of the All-India Pingalwara Charitable
Society or adopt professions like medicine and education.
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A view of a busy street in Amritsar following heavy
downpour on Sunday. — Photo
by Rajiv Sharma
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Preneet
forms panel to look into hospital episode
Patiala, July 11
Patiala MP Preneet Kaur today
formed a four-member committee to inquire into the case of death of a
Municipal Corporation employee leader in the Government Rajindra
Hospital three days ago. MC employees have launched an agitation
demanding that a murder case be registered against doctors who
attended on the union president. The employees said they were against
the setting up of any such committee that did not have any of their
representatives.
Accident
victims’ families get aid
Ferozepore, July 11
Political leaders, cutting across
the party lines, converged on the Grain Market, Jalalabad, to attend
the bhog ceremony of the 22 persons killed in a road accident, near
Behak Puchharria village on the Zira-Makhu road last Sunday, while
they were going to Dera Radhasoami Beas.
Project
to make Hoshiarpur clean and green
Hoshiarpur, July 11
To improve the environment and
make the city pollution free, the Art of Living in association with
the Forest Department, Municipal Council, Rotary Club and Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, today started the “Clean and Green
Hoshiarpur” project. Budh Ram Colony is the first one to have been
adopted under this project.
Illegal
water, sewerage connections to invite action
Muktsar, July 11
The state Local Bodies Department
has directed all five Municipal Corporations and all 97 Municipal
Committees of the state to file FIRs under Sections 269 and 277 and
other relevant Sections of the IPC against those who had installed
illegal water or sewerage connections.
Move
to shift bus stand draws flak
Patiala, July 11
The state unit of the Nationalist
Congress Party has announced that the move of the government to shift
the main bus stand of the city to the Atma Ram Kumar Sabha grounds on
the Patiala- Rajpura road will invite agitation.
Loopholes
in Budget highlighted
Patiala, July 11
The Central Government was using
a wrong word “exemption” instead of rebate being given to people
whose income was less than Rs 1 lakh. This was stated by Mr Girish
Ahuja, a noted author of books on direct taxes and expert in taxation
matters, at a seminar held on “Analysis of the Union Budget —
2004,” here today.
Union
condemns privatisation of PSEB projects
Hoshiarpur, July 11
The state committee of the
Technical Services Union (Vigyanik Kender), Punjab State Electricity
Board (PSEB), which met today under the chairmanship of Mr Dev Raj,
state convener strongly condemned the move of the PSEB management for
entrusting the construction of four micro hydro projects to private
companies when the board had experienced engineers and workers on its
rolls.
Owners of medical
store get bail
Moga, July 11
The police drive against the
illegal trade of intoxicating drugs received a jolt on Saturday when a
local court granted the owners of Goyal Medical Stores anticipatory
bail. Additional District and Sessions Judge Harjinder Pal Singh also
granted bail to the shopowners’ employees. The court has asked them
to deposit a bond for Rs 25,000 each.
Woman killed in
mishap
Jagraon, July 11
A woman was killed and two
persons were injured when the car in which they were travelling rammed
into a truck from behind on the Jagraon-Ludhiana GT road, about 5 km
from here.
Private institutes must
focus on quality education:
PTU VC
Banur, July 11
Private institutions providing
technical educations should rise above self-interest and provide
quality education. This was stated by Dr S.K. Salwan, Vice-Chancellor
of Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, after inaugurating the
academic wing of Swami Vivekananda Institute of Engineering and
Technology, Ramnagar, near here, today.
Members
levelling baseless charges, says chairman
Malout, July 11
The chairman of the Guru Tegh
Bahadur Educational Trust, Dr Pritpal Singh, told The Tribune that
some of the trust members wanted to become chairman and that was why
they were levelling baseless charges against him.
College
faculty to stage dharna
Bathinda, July 11
Faculty of the local Government
Rajindra College has decided to stage a dharna to protest against the
alleged unbecoming behaviour of its Principal, Ms Gurmeet Kaur
Bhattal.
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