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Lok Sabha Polls
Central Cong leaders dither on contesting from state
Chandigarh, June 1
Many Central Congress leaders, who are eyeing Punjab as their launch pad for an entry into Parliament in the next Lok Sabha polls, seem to have developed cold feet after the party received a drubbing from the SAD-BJP alliance in the recent Panchayat elections and the Amritsar bypoll. Party sources say that the BJP’s victory in the Karnataka polls has made claimants of party ticket take a back seat.

Badal cautions hoarders of petrol, diesel
Ludhiana, June 1
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said today that he would take serious action against hoarders of diesel and petrol.

Language Dept in a Fix
Tampering of records alleged
Amritsar, June 1
The Punjab Language Department, established in 1949 for the multifarious development of Punjabi, and its evaluators seem to be in a fix following the detection of tampering of official records, putting a question mark on the evaluation of the books selected for awards in 2007 under various categories.

Ordeal of Tarun Veer’s family continues
Chandigarh, June 1
It seems to be unending grief for the family of Tarun Veer, a B.Tech student of Thapar Institute of Patiala, who died under mysterious circumstances on August 24 last.
Gurdev Singh and his wife show a photograph of their son, Tarun Veer, a B.Tech student at Thapar University, Patiala, who died under mysterious circumstances last year. A Tribune photograph

Sukhbir hoardings dot Malwa 
Chandigarh, June 1
The coming parliamentary elections are likely to see the emergence of another entity, the Students Organisation of India (SOI), a personal army created by SAD chief Sukhbir Badal.

Hoardings of the Students Organisation of India (SOI) have come up on the Sirhind road in Patiala on Sunday. Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar

Govt muzzling democracy, says Mann
Ghasokhana (Bathinda), June 1
President of the SAD (A) Simranjit Singh Mann today accused the state police of becoming a “puppet in the hands of the ruling party which is trying to muzzle democracy”.

COMMUNITY

Bathinda killings: Bhattal seeks CBI probe 
Bhagta Bhai Ka (Bathinda), June 1
President of the PPCC Rajinder Kaur Bhattal today demanded a CBI inquiry into the killings of Congress workers in the district. “The criminals here have direct links with the Badals and even the police is hand in glove with them. All that the state government wants is bloodbath and nothing else. We demand that President’s rule be imposed in the state and the Panchayat elections be cancelled,” she said.
President of the PPCC Rajinder Kaur Bhattal consoles the widow of Sham Lal, a trader who was allegedly murdered recently, at his bhog at Bhagta Bhai Ka village in Bathinda on Sunday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh

Scared of eve-teasers, girl meets Badal
Ludhiana, June 1
Sandeep Kaur (21) is one of the thousands of girls of the state who commute by bus daily to reach their respective colleges. But her story is different. She is unable to venture out let alone go to college, which is 30 km away from her residence. She has confined herself to her home for the fear of a group of eve-teasers, who have even slapped her.

Sangrur to have physiotherapy unit
Sangrur, June 1
A physiotherapy unit is being set up by the District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) with the financial help from the Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment, in the building of the District Red Cross Society here.

 

At 74, this sculptor’s not ready to quit Amritsar, June 1 Fewer students opt for sculpturing nowadays as it is time consuming and requires a lot of labour and input cost, said Attar Chand Sagar (74) who was felicitated at a state-level function “Taven-Taven Tare” organised by Punjab Kala Parishad and Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi at Khalsa College here last evening. In his 40-year career, he has sculpted more than 1,400 pieces, which have been appreciated by artists all over the world.

Attar Chand Sagar