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23
immigrants arrive from Teheran today
Chandigarh, July 29
The first batch of 23 of 106
Indian youths, who had taken shelter at Teheran Gurdwara after their
attempt to sneak into Europe was foiled by the Turkish authorities,
will arrive in New Delhi tomorrow by Mahan Air.
Prime
forest land ‘usurped’ by dhaba owners
Khajurla (Kapurthala), July
29
While prime forest land, worth
crores of rupees on the outskirts of Jalandhar city along the
Jalandhar-Ludhiana highway, has allegedly been usurped by
“well-connected” owners of two popular dhabas, the Punjab Forest
Department is all set to get its land “freed” with the help of the
police.
The huge concrete parking lot of two prominent dhabas at Khajurla village on the outskirts of Jalandhar city which has allegedly been set up on the land belonging to the Punjab Forest Department.
— Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma. |
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Herb
Dhaliwal bereaved
Phagwara, July 29
Amrit Dhaliwal, wife of former
federal minister of Canada Herb Dhaliwal (Harbans Singh Dhaliwal) died
in Canada today. She was in her late forties. She was suffering from
cancer for the past two and half years.
Cong
divided over case against former MLA
Muktsar, July 29
The ruling Congress is divided
over the issue of registration of an FIR against a former Gidderbaha
MLA, Mr Raghubir Singh, his son and councillor Dinesh Kumar,
Gidderbaha Municipal Council president Kulwant Singh and another
councillor, Mr Baldev Singh.
Separated
by floods, united by destiny
Hoshiarpur, July 29
Two-and-a-half-year-old Milkha
Singh of Abdulapur village in the district, who was washed away in the
Beas floods in 1988, got reunited with his parents recently after 16
years. About 80 villagers including Milkha Singh, were washed away
during the heavy floods in September, 1988. The parents of
Milkha had took him for dead.
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Milkha Singh (centre) with his family. |
Recovery
of 6 cr from telecom units: MLA for VB probe
Jalandhar, July 29
The five-member panel of
councillors constituted by the Municipal Corporation here seven months
back to probe Rs 6 crore road cutting scam is yet to start probe, but
Congress MLA Raj Kumar Gupta has urged Punjab Chief Minister Capt
Amarinder Singh to hand over the case to the Vigilance Bureau.
Tandon
for another tribunal on water-sharing
Sangrur, July 29
Mr Balrami Dass Tandon, a senior
Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and member of BJP’s
National Council, today asked the Union Government to constitute a
tribunal to settle the inter-state (Punjab-Haryana) waters issues. He
said this tribunal should be in place of the Eradi Tribunal, which had
become “defunct” in the present scenario.
Darkness at noon in Patiala on Thursday. — Photo by Rajesh Sachar |
Water-table
in Sangrur falls to 26 metres
Sangrur, July 29
Subsoil water table in the past
10 years in this district touched alarming level this year.
Underground water now is available minimum at 10 metres and at 26
metres at the maximum. Ten years ago in 1994 minimum water-level was
six metres and maximum at 15 metres.
Punjab
to promote religious tourism
Ludhiana, July 29
With a view to attracting
international and national tourists to religious and heritage sites in
the state, the Punjab Government has decided to take concrete steps to
provide proper infrastructure in this regard. This was announced by Mr
Jagmohan Singh Kang, Minister for Tourism, Animal Husbandry and
Fisheries, Punjab, while addressing a state-level meeting of the
officers of Punjab Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) held here
today.
Land
scam: ADGP in Amritsar
Amritsar, July 29
The role of a former Chairman of
the Punjab State Electricity Board came under a scanner yet again even
as Mr Lalit Bhatia, Additional Director-General of Police, (PSEB),
today visited Amritsar to conduct a high-level probe into the ‘undue
haste’ shown by him to get a certain prime land worth crores of
rupees vacated to favour a senior local politician.
Police
traces missing man
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 29
The district police has traced Mr
Varinder Kumar, who had disappeared from the custody of the Bassi
Pathana police last week. He was presented before reporters,
councillors of Bassi Pathana and prominent citizens by the SSP. Mr
Varinder Kumar narrated in detail how he escaped from police custody.
He was handed over to his wife and other relatives in the presence of
all.
A farmer surveys his field in a village in the Rajpura subdivision. — Photo by Rajesh Sachar |
Two
die of ‘food poisoning’
Moga, July 29
Two persons, including a
10-year-old girl died of suspected food poisoning at Mari Mustafa
village here yesterday, and more than 100 were admitted to the
hospital when they complained of nausea and lose motions. All were
residents of Dalit locality. Sehna Patti. They had consumed
‘prasad’ at a ‘bhandara’ organised to please rain God.
Police-public
meetings soon
Kapurthala, July 29
In its efforts to give a public
hearing to various issues pertaining to crime in the district, the
Kapurthala police has decided to launch a new programme under which
regular general meetings will be held with the masses.
Christians
demand restoration of quota
Jalandhar, July 29
Demanding the restoration of
minority quota for admissions to various Christian colleges in Punjab,
the Christian community held a protest rally here today. The members
of the United Christian Institute raised slogans against the Punjab
Government and burnt the effigy of the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder
Singh. They submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner
demanding his intervention in the issue.
Eluding
monsoon halts afforestation drive
Bathinda, July 29
The monsoon, which has been
eluding Punjab so far and has affected kharif crops, has brought the afforestation drive in the state to a halt.
Christians
protest against interference in CMC working
Kharar, July 29
Members of the Christian
community and others blocked vehicular traffic on the main highway
here today in protest against the interference of the Punjab
Government in the working of the Christian Medical College and
Hospital, Ludhiana.
Members of the Christian
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Sikh
organisations demand action against SHO
Tarn Taran, July 29
Sikh organisations of the town
have taken serious note of threatening the witnesses of a case related
to a preacher of the DJJS (Noormehalias), Swami Shardanand, against
whom a case is pending in the local court, by the SHO of the local
city police station.
PRTC
workers stage dharna
Patiala, July 29
The PRTC Worker Union today
staged a dharna in front of the head office of Pepsu Road Transport
Corporation here in protest against the “anti-employees” policies
of the state government.
Members of the PRTC Workers Union hold a dharna in front of the PRTC headquarters in Patiala on Thursday.
— Photo by Rajesh Sachar |
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Arrest warrants
against ex-SDM
Hoshiarpur, July 29
Mr Balbir Singh, additional
Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur, has cancelled the bails of Puneet Goyal,
former Sub-divisional Magistrate, Pathankot, his driver Makhan Singh
and Mohinder Pal and has issued their arrest warrants today.
High
Court
Judgment
reserved in poll papers' rejection case
Chandigarh, July 29
The Punjab and Haryana High Court
today reserved its judgement on the petition filed by three senior
Akali leaders challenging the decision of the Deputy Commissioners of
Amritsar and Gurdaspur to reject their nominations for the Shiromani
Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee elections.
Dowry
death: 7-year jail for husband, in-laws
Pathankot, July 29
Mr Iqbal Singh Bajwa, Additional
Sessions-cum-District Judge, in charge, Fast Track Court, Gurdaspur,
has sentenced three persons, including the husband of the victim
Shublata, to 7 years’ imprisonment, besides a fine of Rs 2000 each.
In case of the non-payment of the fine, the sentence would be extended
by six months.
Judicial
custody for SMO
Muktsar, July 29
Muktsar SMO Meena Jagga was sent
to 14-day judicial custody by a city court, following which she was
sent to women cell of Ferozepore Central Jail.
Farmers tending to
only half the paddy crop
Central team visits villages
Rajpura, July 29
For farmers of this subdivision,
water has always been a problem. They either have too much of it or
not at all, says Amar Singh of Mirzapur. At present the subdivision is
seeing the worst-ever water shortage with around 30 per cent of the
standing paddy crop having being affected.
PUDA orders
recovery of 11 lakh from engineers
Use of substandard material for
MIG flats
Patiala, July 29
For the more than 100 allottees
of MIG flats in the Urban Estate, who had been claiming that they had
been given a raw deal by the Punjab Urban Development and Planning
Authority (PUDA), justice had been done, with PUDA ordering the
recovery of Rs 11.15 lakh from its engineers.
30 pc
posts of doctor, teacher vacant
Gurdaspur July 29
Nearly 30 per cent of total posts
in the education and the health departments here are vacant in the
district. In the Education Department, (primary section) 1040 out of
the 3838 sanctioned posts are vacant.
12
government officials found absent
Ferozepore, July 29
The Commissioner, Ferozepore
division , Mr B. Sarkar, paid a surprise visit to various government
offices and found 12 officials absent from duty today. Last
week also, he found 14 officials absent from duty during a surprise
visit to various government offices.
4 MC
employees report late for duty
Kharar, July 29
Four employees of the local
Municipal Council were found reporting late for duty during a surprise
check conducted by the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Department of
Local Government, Punjab, here today.
Son held for
mother’s murder
Nawanshahr, July 29
The police has solved the murder
case of Darshan Kaur of Jamitgarh village and arrested three persons,
including her son Gurvinder Singh, alias Garry, for plotting the
murder of his mother by hiring contract killers — Harvinder Singh,
alias Sabi and Parminder Kumar, alias Pamma, both residents of
Kukkeran village.
Petrol
being sold illegally
Pathankot, July 29
More than 100 shops are illegally
selling petrol in and around the town without permission from the
authorities in connivance with the Food and Civil Supplies Department.
Junk
dealer held for Pathankot explosion
Pathankot July 29
The local police has arrested the
junk dealer, Masudan, in whose compound an explosive device went off
yesterday, killing four rag pickers. A case under Section 304-A of the
IPC has been registered against the junk dealer.
No
case registered in group clash
Amritsar, July 29
No case has been registered in
the group clash behind Khalsa College here in which three students of
Ajnala college were injured last evening. The opposite group had
reportedly opened fire in the air.
Three
of family arrested in dowry case
Muktsar, July 29
Three members of a family of Guri
Sangar village in Gidderbaha of Muktsar district, were arrested by the
city police after a complaint by one Ms Jagjit Kaur, daughter of Mr
Gurcharan Singh of Ferozepore.
100 medical college
students stage dharna
Faridkot, July 29
More than 100 final year students
of post graduate classes of various disciplines in Government Medical
Colleges Amritsar and Faridkot staged a dharna in front of Baba Farid
University of Health Sciences complex here today in protest against
the indifferent attitude of the management of the varsity.
Amritsar
boy attends ‘world leader summit’
Amritsar, July 29
Sahiljit Singh Sandhu, a student
of Spring Dale Senior School, returned home after participating in the
2004 Future World Leader Summit held in Washington.
Students
beat up bus conductor
Muktsar, July 29
Students of Sir Chand Government
College allegedly beat up the conductor of a private bus, Mr Labh
Singh, in front of the college at Sardargarh village on the
Bathinda-Gidderbaha road today on the issue of boarding the bus.
Punjabi
University sets up Gurmat
Patiala, July 29
Punjabi University has
established the Gurmat Sangeet Chair for the expansion and promotion
of Gurmat sangeet. The Chair has been attached to the Faculty of Art
and Culture.
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Unveiling a "mini"
social welfare package for Punjab, the Union Minister for Social
Justice and Empowerment, Ms Meira Kumar, announced the opening of 10
old age homes which would be run by non-government organisations. The
homes, sanctioned in addition to the already existing 19 homes in the
state, would get a financial assistance of 90 per cent from the
Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment.
