Government concerned over illegal publication of Guru Granth Sahib
Chandigarh, July 23
Keeping in mind the sentiments of the Sikh community, the Punjab Government has decided that it will ask the Central Government to provide for a law to take action against a person who tries to publish the holy Guru Granth Sahib on his own accord or tries to conduct the “Parkash” of the Guru Granth Sahib at an unauthorised place.
CPM activists lathi-charged
Amritsar, July 23
Hundreds of activists of the Communist Party Marxist (CPM) Punjab were lathi charged here today for protesting against the Khanna Paper Mill for spreading pollution in the area.
14-year-old alleges rape
Chandigarh, July 23
The life of a 14-year-old girl from Gobind Pura Papra village (Sangrur) is on the verge of falling apart. Allegedly raped at gunpoint by a village youth on July 10, the girl has been running from pillar to post to get justice.
Punjab wants 2 villages delinked from land Act case
Chandigarh, July 23
Having suffered a setback in its efforts to free land in over 470 villages in Punjab from the provisions of the Punjab Land Preservation Act
(PLPA), 1900, the Punjab Government has now written to the Centre to at least consider the case of villages Karoran and Nada separately from their earlier requests pertaining to the entire state.
Israeli-Lebanon crisis: SAD (A) for peace, ceasefire in West Asia
Sangrur, July 23
Expressing concern over the situation in the West Asia, Mr Simranjit
Singh Mann, president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and former MP from
Sangrur, today said if the on-going Israeli-Lebanon crisis was not handled wisely it might turn into a war
of greater dimensions as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had already rejected United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s suggestion
that a ceasefire was the best solution to
the Israeli-Lebanon crisis.
Ground water alarm in Sangrur, Moga; Jalandhar in peril too
Chandigarh, July 23
Alarmed at the dangerously worsening ground water situation in many blocks of Sangrur and Moga districts, the Central Ground Water Board has issued a notification seeking a ban on hand pumps, tube wells and other ‘energised sources of water abstraction’ in these blocks.
Punjabi translations of English classics released
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 23
Dr Gurmohan Singh Walia, Principal, Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib, yesterday released the Punjabi translations of three English classics — “The Old Man and the Sea” by Earnest Hemmingway, “Animal Farm” by George Orwell and “The Mayor of Casterbridge” by Thomas Hardy done by Prof Achhru Singh and Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha at a function held in the college.
Udham Singh’s bust unveiled; admn absent
Rajpura, July 23
Shaheed Ram Mohammad Singh Azad Foundation today unveiled the bust of legendary freedom fighter Shaheed Udham Singh at the new bus stand here.
Dullo assures jobs to BEd teachers
Hoshiarpur, July 23
Members of the Unemployed BEd Teachers Union blocked the way of Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, president, PPCC, at canal bridge on the Jalandhar-Banga road, near Garhshankar, this afternoon.
Govt to fight drug menace, says Dullo
Jalandhar, July 23
Lakhs of women-folk, tormented by their husband's addiction to drugs, may get some respite as the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) under its proposed campaign against drug will organise de-addiction camps at
the block level in the state from August 31.
SC power consumers to get refund
Phillaur, July 23
The Punjab Government has initiated a state-level campaign to refund the amount taken from SC consumers having domestic power connection up to 500 watts.
