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Terms
of reference of probe panel sought
Chandigarh, October 13
The Punjab Pradesh Congress
Committee President, Capt Amarinder Singh, today demanded that the
government should set up a commission of inquiry into the factors
responsible for disturbed conditions in the state pinpointing who
aided and abetted terrorism.
Plan
for stranded Afghan Hindus, Sikhs
Amritsar, October 13
The national minorities
commission in collaboration with the SGPC is working out a
comprehensive plan to bring hundreds of Hindu, Sikh families from
Afghanistan who are stranded in Pakistan due to US air strikes.
Art
25 ‘dilutes’ Sikhs’ identity
Amritsar, October 13
The National Minorities
Commission has said that the clubbing of Sikhs with Hindus in Article
25 of the Constitution had diluted the independent identity of
Sikhism.
Backlog in payments Rs 100
crore
Patiala, October 13
The backlog in payments to farmers for the paddy purchased have accumulated to more than Rs 100 crore in the district, which represents more than half of the paddy procured till date. |
Report
on Constitution review in 8 weeks: Venkatachaliah
Amritsar, October 13
The chairman of the national
commission to review the working of the Constitution and the former
chief justice of India, Mr M.N. Venkatachaliah, said the commission
would submit its final report to the government of India within eight
weeks.
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From
left to right:
Mr Tarlochan Singh,
Vice-Chairman, Minority Commission, Justice M. N.
Venkatachaliah, Former Chief Justice
of India and Chairperson, national commission, Justice Kuldip Singh, a retired
Judge of Supreme Court and Dr S. P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor, at
symposium on "Review of the Constitution" at Guru Nanak Dev
University on Saturday. — Photo Rajiv Sharma |
Political
realignments in Badal village
Badal (Muktsar), October
13
Even as the next Assembly
elections, which are due in February, 2002, are approaching, new
political alignments have started emerging in this native village of
the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal.
Cong
workers rally behind Sandhewalia
Kapurthala, October 13
Congress workers, mostly women,
today gathered here in support of Ms Jasmine Sandhewalia to stake a
claim to the Congress ticket for her from the Kapurthala assembly seat
in the coming elections. Lawyers, educationists, doctors and hundreds
of Congress workers participated.
Rs
75 cr given under shagun scheme: CM
Bathinda, October 13
Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief
Minister, Punjab, today said Rs 75.41 crore had been distributed among
Dalits under the shagun scheme during the past four years in the
state.
HIGH COURT
Notice
to PPSC on screening test
Chandigarh, October 13
A Division Bench of the Punjab
and Haryana High Court here has issued notice of motion for November
20 on a petition challenging the action of Punjab Public Service
Commission and other respondents in prescribing a screening test for
appointment of lecturers in the college cadre.
Govt
staff oppose CRC decision
Faridkot, October 13
More than 200 government
employees of general category from various departments held a scooter
rally which passed through main streets of the town here today in
protest against the decision of the Constitution Review Committee (CRC)
to recommend changes in the Constitution for giving Fundamental Rights
in the reservation category at all levels to the Scheduled Castes and
the Scheduled Tribes in the country.
Kuldip
Singh not to review decision
Amritsar, October 13
Justice Kuldip Singh (retd) is
unlikely to reconsider his decision to resign as Chairman of the World
Sikh Council.
IMA
seeks judicial probe
Sangrur, October 13
The Indian Medical Association (IMA)
Punjab unit today urged the Punjab government to order a judicial
probe into the alleged kidney-removal rackets in the state especially
in Ludhiana, Bathinda, Amritsar and Jalandhar.
11
gallantry awardees identified
Chandigarh, October 13
Under its welfare scheme the
Punjab Government has identified 11 gallantry awardees or their next
of kin in the state for grant of financial assistance for 2001-02. The
scheme is applicable to those in distress.
Computerised
railway booking sought
Bathinda, October 13
The National Consumer Awareness
Group, Muktsar, has urged the Railway Minister to computerise ticket
booking at the Muktsar railway station.
Meeting
with CM denied, say medical practitioners
Bathinda, October 13
Members of the Unregistered
Medical Practitioners Union have alleged that the police did not allow
them to meet the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, today during
the sangat darshan programmes organised at various villages in
Muktsar.
IAS Officers’ assn
office-bearers
Chandigarh, October 13
The following were unanimously elected office-bearers of the Punjab IAS Officers’ Association for a term of one year, at the general body meeting here on Friday:
Anaesthetists’
meet opens
Amritsar, October 13
The second North Zone Indian
Society Anaesthetists’ Conference was inaugurated by Mr Manoranjan
Kalia, Minister of Medical Education and Research today.
2
dead, 3 hurt in road accident
Bathinda, October 13
Two persons were killed on the
spot and three kids injured when a car collided with a stationary
truck near Balluana village this evening.
ADC’s
appeal on voter I-cards
Bathinda, October 13
Mr D.P.S. Kharbanda, Additional
Deputy Commissioner (Development) cum Election Officer, Nathana said
that collection of photographs for the purpose of voter identity cards
has started from October 13 for the Nathana Assembly constituency.
Farmers
asked to sow wheat from Oct 25
Faridkot, October 13
The Punjab Government has fixed a
target of 155.51 lakh MT of wheat production during the forthcoming
Rabi season in the state. An area of 33 lakh hectares will be brought
under cultivation in this connection.
Youths
to be trained in dairy farming
Bathinda, October 13
Mr R. Venkatratnam, Deputy
Commissioner, said here that to train matriculate youths in dairy
farming, a one-month training camp of ‘Dairy Training Course’ will
be held at Sardulgarh from October 30.
Punjab preparing debt
profile
Chandigarh, October 13
Punjab is working out a debt profile on repayment of loans from various financial institutions.
With waiver on loans seen as a moratorium, Punjab has to clear a debt of Rs 27,000 crore. The more it borrows, the deeper it plunges into debt. Informed sources told TNS that the state had given guarantees worth Rs 7,800 crore on borrowings by various boards and corporations.
FCI
Inspector suspended
Mansa, October 13
Even as the state and central
procurement agencies have been leaving no stone unturned to procure
paddy of only required specifications, bungling in the purchase of the
same has been found in the district.
Cops
booked for harassment
Gurdaspur, October 13
The police has booked a police
party of the Panipat police for allegedly harassing and illegally
detaining Harbans Singh of Dadwan under the Dhariwal police station in
the district.
Students
protest
Amritsar, October 13
All campus students of Guru Nanak
Dev University (GNDU) boycotted classes here today in protest against
the sacrilege of the holy Guru Granth Sahib.
PCCTU stand on
pension
Chandigarh, October 13
The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) general secretary, Mr Jaspal Singh Randhawa, today said the Punjab Finance Minister, Capt. Kanwaljit Singh, has created confusion over grant of pension and other benefits to the employees of non-government aided colleges.
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