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Patiala has never
had it so good
Patiala, July 24
Citizens across the state may be sweating it out in the season of power cuts,
but for the citizens of this city and even this district the present humid
conditions are very much bearable. The reason - no power cut in the city and
reduced cuts in the rural areas.
One dies, 3
gastro cases in hospital
Phagwara, July 24
A twenty-year-old Dalit girl Sunita Devi of street no. 15 of Santokhpura mohalla
here died of suspected gastroenteritis. Three other persons of street no. 14 of
this mohalla, including an old woman Lakhi, her young son Pirthi and another old
woman Parkasho, were hospitalised after they had a severe bout of loose motions
and vomitings.
Living constantly
under the shadow of death
Along the Indo-Pakistan border, Ferozepore:
Hundreds of residents
belonging to villages situated along the Indo-Pakistan border north of
Hussainiwala barrage pass their nights under the shadow of death as
they do not know when the river may flood their homes.
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Truck drivers demonstrate in support of the three Indian truck drivers, held
hostage by an Iraqi militant group, in Amritsar on Saturday. — PTI
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Pakhoke
seeks removal of Justice Majithia
Chandigarh, July 24
Mr Alwinder Singh Pakhoke, acting President of the SGPC, has urged the
Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to remove Justice G.R.
Majithia from the Chairmanship of the Admission Supervisory Committee,
set up by the Punjab Medical Education Department. In a
representation, Mr Pakhoke has urged the Chief Minister to also
disband the committee.
Power
pacts should have been signed earlier: Badal
Patiala, July 24
Shiromani Akali Dal President Parkash Singh Badal today said
that the Punjab Government had failed the people of the state by not
signing power purchase agreements which could have bailed out the
state in this moment of crisis.
Police
fails to arrest accused
Malout, July 24
Baljinder Kumar, a youth of this town, has been lying on bed for the
past about two months after he was allegedly beaten up by seven
students of a college located at Chappianwali, near here, on May 28.
Govt
still to set up more Benches, says redress panel chief
Gurdaspur July 24
The Punjab Government has not taken any step to install two more
Benches in the State Consumer Redressal Commission. The Centre on the
recommendation of the National Consumer Redressal Commission had
directed the state government to install two more Benches in the state
commission. However, till date no notification or order has been
issued by the government in this regard.
Doctors
boycott work for two hours
Patiala, July 24
Doctors of Government Rajindra Hospital today boycotted work for two
hours in the morning but resumed duties later, claiming the State
Health Secretary had asked them to give him time till Monday to
resolve the issue.
Para Medical staff of Government Rajindra Hospital protest on the hospital premises in Patiala on
Saturday. — Photo by Rajesh Sachar |
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Rotary
Club to tackle stray cattle menace
Barnala, July 24
The Rotary Club here has come forward to tackle the stray cattle
menace with co-operation of Mr Amit Prasad, SSP Barnala Police
District. Mr Gopal Sharma, public relations officer of the Club said the club
Barnala had been making on efforts to rid the town of this menace.
BSF
jawans to face action
Jalandhar, July 24
The Border Security Force will take a strict disciplinary action
against its 12-odd jawans who had tried to stop three trains at
Jalandhar railway station yesterday.
Tight
security for Shekhawat visit
Jalandhar, July 24
Tight security arrangements have been made in the city for the visit
of Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Vice-President of India, scheduled for
tomorrow.
The police from Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur
have been deputed at important locations in the city.
200
disabled identified for rehabilitation
Faridkot, July 24
Under the Punjab Government scheme for the rehabilitation of the
disabled in collaboration with voluntary organisations in the state,
the District Red Cross Society, Faridkot, and the City Club,
Kotkapura, organised a mulitpurpose camp at Kotkapura, 12 km from
here, yesterday to identify the handicapped in the district.
Cops to make
habitual absentees face parents
Patiala, July 24
The Patiala police has hit upon a unique idea to tackle habitual
absenteeism in the force — make regular absentees face their parents
and peers. As far as we are concerned “Pamma” was going to duty
regularly, says his mother Arno Devi (name changed). “We believed so
because he would step out of the house in his uniform and come back in
uniform at the end of the day”, she says.
Two
cops pay for undertrial’s escape
Amritsar, July 24
The district police today suspended two constables, Arun Kumar and
Tejinder Singh, for their negligence due to which an undertrial,
Rajinder Singh, yesterday escaped from the court premises while being
taken for hearing in a case.
Tehsildar,
Reader suspended
Rampura, July 24
Mr Subash Chander Khatak, tehsildar of Rampura Phul, and his Reader
Gurdas Singh were suspended by the Financial Commissioner (Revenue)
Government of Punjab, Ms Gurwinder Kaur Chahal, last evening.
Seats for
ANM, GNM
courses reduced
Mohali, July 24
The Department of Medical Education of Research, Punjab, has reduced
the number of seats for admission to the auxiliary nurse midwife and general nursing and midwifery courses in many of the
institutes affiliated to the Punjab Nurses Registration Council,
Mohali.
Varsity
revokes suspension of two teachers
Patiala, July 24
Punjabi University has revoked the suspension of former Fine Arts
department head Dr Saroj Rani and Law Department Prof Dr Gurpal Singh.
Both teachers were suspended last year after challans were filed
against them in criminal cases.
B.Ed
admission: SC students left in the lurch
Amritsar, July 24
About 40 Scheduled Caste science students, who applied under their
quota for admission to the B.Ed. course in Guru Nanak Dev University
here have been left in the lurch after the university authorities
refused to accept the science combination with computer as a subject.
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