Record
sold to junk dealer
Ropar, March 23
How irresponsibly some employees
can compromise the security of sensitive projects of the country, is
illustrated from the incident that happened in the Design Directorate of
the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) at Nangal.
Salemgarhia
is MC President
Bareta (Mansa), March 23
Mr Lachman Dass Salemgarhia of
the BJP has been elected president of the local municipal council. The
election for the posts of president and vice-president was held today
at the municipal council office.
Jakhar
denies link with joint front
Fazilka, March 23
Mr Sajjan Kumar Jakhar,
president, District Congress Committee (DCC), Ferozepore, has denied
having any link with a joint front constituted at Fazilka. While
talking to this correspondent, he said he was dedicated to the
Congress. Mr Jakhar was commenting on a meeting organised by some
persons having links with the Congress.
Probe into
jail inmate’s complaint
Bathinda, March 23
Mr Justice R.L. Anand of the
Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered an inquiry into a
complaint of an inmate of the central jail of Bathinda in which he had
alleged that he was beaten up by some jail officials when he said he
could not provide quality food due to lack of proper raw material.
Solar
plant for Khatkar Kalan
Khatkar Kalan
(Nawanshahr), March 23
Mr M. Kannappan, Union Minister
for Non-Conventional Energy Sources, laid the foundation stone of a Rs
700 crore grid interactive solar photovoltic power plant and dedicated
it to the memory of Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh at his ancestral
village here today.
SGPC to
buy TV channel for Gurbani
Amritsar, March 23
The joint meeting of SGPC
executive and Sikh High Priests held at Anandpur Sahib yesterday
having failed to resolve the issue of ‘maryada’ due to continuous
absence of Giani Puran Singh, Head Granthi of the Golden Temple from
the meetings of Akal Takht, the matter may get complicated in the
coming days.
Wings of
SGPC Secretary clipped?
Amritsar, March 23
The wings of Dr Gurbachan Singh
Bachan, Secretary, SGPC, have reportedly been clipped by the SGPC.
Opinion
divided on akhand path issue
Ludhiana, March 23
Even as the Punjab Government has
issued strict instructions not to hold any religious function in
government offices, opinion is divided among members of the ruling
party and religious leaders against the directive. While some local
leaders find nothing objectionable in holding akhand paths and kirtans
in government offices, there are others who say such acts should not
be permitted.
Akal
Takht not to meddle in Budha Dal affairs
Amritsar, March 23
The Akal Takht Jathedar has no
intention of intervening in the internal matters of Nihang factions.
False
medical certificate: SMO denies charge
Ferozepore, March 23
Senior Medical Officer and in
charge of the Civil Hospital, Dr Pritam Singh Sauna, refuted the
allegations of issuance of false medical certificate in order to
prevent a person booked in a case of fraud from being interrogated in
police remand.
Riza’
rediscovered Ghalib
Ludhiana, March 23
The death of Kalidas Gupta
‘Riza’ has come as a shock to lovers of Urdu and admirers of
Ghalib. Riza died following a heart attack hours before he was
scheduled to receive the Padmashree from President K.R. Narayanan in
New Delhi yesterday.
Chief
Secretary pays Rs 25,000 as fine
Khanna, March 23
A representative of the Punjab
Chief Secretary, Mr N.K. Arora, today deposited a demand draft for Rs
25,000 in the municipal council, Samrala, as compensation as per the
orders of the Supreme Court. The draft was delivered to the President
of the council, Mr Bhajan Singh.
Rs 1 lakh grant
for village
Patiala, March 23
Though Dakala has the distinction of being represented by a minister in almost every government so far, it is the most underdeveloped Assembly segment of Punjab. Spread over more than 225 villages and Sanour township, there are just 12 high schools and 7 senior secondary schools.
Dharna
against shifting of hospital
Bathinda, March 23
Activists of various political
parties and social organisations today organised a dharna in protest
against the process of shifting the general and children hospital,
located in the heart of the city, to the Civil Hospital.
Lawyers
seek chambers
Mansa, March 23
Mr Justice R.L. Anand yesterday
held a meeting with the Bar Association here and was in agreement with
all demands of the association.
Arrangements
made to procure wheat
Bathinda, March 23
Mr Madan Mohan Mittal, Punjab
Minister for food and Supplies, today said all arrangements had been
made for the procurement of wheat which would start from April 1.
Punjab to
spend 172 cr on welfare
Faridkot, March 23
The Punjab Government will spend
Rs 172 crore under different welfare schemes for the Schedule Castes
and other weaker sections of society during the next financial year in
the state.
Rs 5.98
cr approved for development
Sangrur, March 23
The Sangrur District Planning and
Development Board at its meeting held under the presidentship of Mr
Madan Mohan Mittal, Punjab Food and Supply Minister-cum-Chairman of
the board, here yesterday, approved the spending of Rs 5.98 crore on
development works in the district.
3 booked
on cheating charge
Rampuraphul, March 23
Even as the dust raised by the
incident of brother marrying his real sister in this region in order
to go abroad is yet to settle down, another case in which father, his
daughter and son-in-law connived and prepared plans to go to Canada by
concealing the status of the daughter came to light here today.
BJP
activists booked
Samana, March 23
As many as nine persons,
including Punjab BJP secretary Dr Lachhman Dass Sewak, have been
booked in a criminal case for allegedly attempting to beat up Mr
Tarsem Lal Sharma, Executive Officer of the local Nagar Council,
yesterday in the office of the council.
KCF
(Zaffarwal) activist held
Gurdaspur, March 23
The police today arrested a KCF (Zaffarwal)
activist Sarwan Singh, a resident of Aulakh, who had been evading
arrest since October 1990, for his involvement in a terrorist case.
Primary education in tatters:
survey
Patiala, March 23
Girls are ahead of boys at the primary level in government schools in the Patiala block, according to a recent survey. However, the results are nothing to gloat about. Tests in mathematics and Punjabi by the project committee have revealed that only two per cent of the boys and four per cent of the girls obtained pass marks in mathematics and only 12 per cent of boys and 14 per cent of girls could muster 33 per cent marks in Punjabi. Students hit it off with cyber
cafes
Place: Posh 22 No Phatak in Patiala. Time: Afternoon. Loud aggressive music. Several glowing computer monitors. Keyboards worn smooth by thousands of twitching fingers. For Vikram, a university student, and hundreds of other computer-Savvy Patialavi’s like him, it’s another afternoon out at the cities numerous cyber cafes cruising on the integrated circuits.
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