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Sikh holy book removed from temple forcibly
Amritsar, November 5 Mata Sunita Devi while talking to the media said the villagers had been conducting the path of Sukhmani Sahib for the past 35 years to celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. She said Sakatar Singh, granthi, was reciting the path as per the Sikh religious maryada. She added that they had asked the committee members to remove the holy book after the path was completed. Mata Sunita Devi said it was improper to take away the holy book while the path of Sukhmani Sahib was going on to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. However, committee members Trilochan Singh, Dilbagh Singh and Baldev Singh said they were just following the hukamnama issued by the Jathedar, Akal Takht, Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, in this regard.
Thermal plant staff strike tomorrow
Bathinda, November 5 At a meeting held here today, federation general secretary Gursewak Singh demanded that the government should do away with its plan to privatise the electricity board. The other demands included scrapping of the Electricity Act, 2003, restoration of 10 per cent production allowance to the thermal employees, old pension scheme for the employees regularised since January 2004, and formation of new posts for stage II of the Lehra Mohabbat Thermal Plant on the pattern of the Ropar Thermal Plant. He said they had called a meeting of their joint forum in Patiala on November 8.
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Five killed in road accidents
Hoshiarpur, November 5 Three persons died and one was injured when a Maruti car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck near Kotli village on the Mukerian-Naushera road, about 65 Km from here, last night. The injured, identified as Varun Kumar of Purana Shalla, has been admitted to Civil Hospital, Mukerian, from where he was referred to the DMC, Ludhiana. The deceased have been identified as Balkar Singh, his brother Avtar Singh and Rakesh Kumar, all of Purana Shalla. In another accident, cyclist Surinder Pal, son of Gurmail Singh of Badesron, was run over by a Mahindra jeep near Bhajlan railway crossing yesterday. He was admitted to Civil Hospital, Garhshankar, from where he was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. He succumbed to his injuries on the way. Jaswant Singh, son of Ajit Singh, of Nikku Chack village was killed and Bhupinder Singh, alias Sodhi, son of Chanan Singh, of the same village, was seriously injured when the scooter No. PB-08-8793 on which they were going, struck a stray cow.
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Youth shot dead
Amritsar, November 5 According to reports, three unidentified persons called him outside the Dolphin Associates where he used to work. The accused shot at him, which pierced his heart leading to his death on the spot. The police reportedly rounded up several persons for investigations. The family of the deceased alleged that the murder was due to some financial dispute. According to information, Jagdish had some financial dispute with Raj Kumar who suspected that Jagdish had transacted Rs 45,000 from his account with the help of his lost ATM card. However, the family members said that he was released after he was found innocent in investigation. The deceased also had some financial dispute with Raju.
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1 booked for rape bid on 3-yr-old
Rajpura, November 5 According to sources, the girl went missing from her house last evening and the worried family launched a search operation for her. During the search, the accused was found trying to outrage the modesty of the girl in the Railway Station area. While a case has been registered, the suspect has absconded.
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Jobless BEd teachers, pharmacists protest
Bathinda, November 5 Addressing the protesters, the front's state president, Mr Sukhdarshan Singh, said now they would not get misled by false assurances of the government. He termed the advertisements for filling 2,614 posts of teacher as cruel joke with 1.25 lakh unemployed BEd teachers at a time when 60,000 posts were vacant in the state. He claimed the Education Minister had issued a statement on recruiting 34,000 teachers and added the recent advertisement had "exposed the real face of the government". He warned if the government didn't fill the remaining posts they would gherao ministers during ruling party's rallies. Meanwhile, the newly-appointed rural health pharmacists also protested against what they termed step-motherly treatment to them at rural dispensaries. They alleged they were being denied of due share of salary by the service providers.
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24 Sikh students quit federation
Amritsar, November 5 They gave their resignations to Mr Rajinder Singh Mehta, patron of the federation, here today. Refusing to accept Mr Gurcharan Singh Grewal as their president, they urged Mr Mehta to take “a positive decision” for the benefit of the federation.
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