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‘Leaders
have failed Sikh institutions’
Chandigarh, October 26
Even as many other issues remain
unresolved, the role of Sikh institutions has come centre-stage. Though
many Sikh scholars feel concerned about this, not many Sikh politicians
feel the same way nor do the Sikh clergy or sants and sects.
Grants
allocated by Badal not released
Bathinda, October 26
Ms Gorinder Pal Kaur Mangat,
senior vice-president of the BJP of this district and municipal
councillor, has been trying hard to get grants allocated for her ward
by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during a sangat darshan
programme in August released.
MP
expresses shock over PM’s statement
Hoshiarpur, October 26
Mr Charanjit Singh Channi, the
local MP, today expressed shock over the recent utterances by Mr Atal
Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, made at a function organised to
celebrate the 50 years of the BJP’s formation.
Mann
seeks ban on VHP, Bajrang Dal
Phagwara, October 26
The Akali Dal (Amritsar),
President and MP, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, today called the apartheid
act against minorities, especially Sikhs and Muslims, promulgation of
the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTA) and the passport
ordinance as communal and declared that his party and the Panthic
Morcha would oppose them in Parliament.
SAD
workers oppose Datewas’ nomination
Budhlada (Mansa), October
26
More than 1,000 workers of the
SAD led by senior Akali leaders gathered at Gurdwara Sri Singh Sabha
here to oppose the nomination of Mr Harbant Singh Datewas, circle
in-charge of the party in the forthcoming elections, to the Punjab
Vidhan Sabha. The workers urged the party high command to put up a
candidate who could defeat the Congress-CPI candidate in the local
Assembly constituency.
AISSF
(U) seeks ticket for 25 workers
Jalandhar, October 26
The All-India Sikh Students’
Federation (United) has demanded that the SAD (Badal) leadership
should allocate 25 party ticket to the federation in the forthcoming
Assembly elections.
Maharaja
coronation function postponed
Amritsar, October 26
The celebrations relating to the
bicentenary of coronation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh has been postponed
here for two days. The celebration now will commence on November 13 on
the birthday of the Maharaja, instead of November 11 was already
scheduled.
Dasehra
celebrated
Barnala October 26
Dasehra signifying the victory of
good over evil was celebrated here on Friday. To mark the occasion,
the local Bharatiya Sanatan Dharam Mahavir Dal and the Ganesh Dramatic
Club took out a ‘shobha yatra’ which began from local Krishna
Panchayati Mandir and ended at the Improvement Trust Office.
IN FOCUS
Festival
season in full swing
Kharar
As the festival season gets
going, the residents of this town have been witnessing jagrans,
jhankis and Ramlila. The shops are well stocked and the traders are
looking forward to brisk sales. Kharar is one of the few towns of
Punjab where dramatic clubs stage mobile tableaux.
Culture
of boneless fish comes to Nangal
Ropar, October 26
The Punjab Government has decided
to culture boneless fish in the Nangal Dam lake. It is for the first
time that the plan to culture boneless fish has been drafted in the
state. Earlier, the Fisheries Department had been promoting the
farming of catla, rohu, mrigul, grass carp, common carp and silver
carp.
‘Private
docs in govt hospitals? No way’
Patiala, October 26
The in-service wing of the Punjab
unit of the Indian Medical Association has opposed the move of the
Punjab Health Systems Corporation to allow private practitioners to
set up diagnostic facilities and service centres in government
hospitals and health centres of the state run by the corporation.
Sushma
should apologise: Jaskaran
Phagwara, October 26
Mr Jaskaran Singh, General
Secretary Akali Dal (Amritsar), which is a constituent of the Panthic
Morcha, today demanded that the Union Information and Broadcasting
Minister, Ms Sushma Swaraj, should apologise in Parliament in its
session commencing on November 19 for not telecasting the Junior World
Cup Hockey Championship match which India had won for the first time
at Hobart (Australia) on October 21.
IN FOCUS
No place
for auto-rickshaws
Patiala
Shuttled back and forth between
various locations in the city for lack of a permanent auto stand,
three-wheeler drivers of Patiala are a harassed lot. Nearly 150
three-wheelers ply in the city, mainly on the bus stand-hospital
route. They get their customers from among the large number of people
who land at the bus stand in the morning to visit Rajindra Hospital
for treatment.
Crowd
turns violent as singer fails to turn up
Jalandhar, October 26
Nearly 500 migrant labourers
turned violent, pelted stones and threw bottles for about an hour in
front of a marriage palace here yesterday night when their favourite
singer from Bihar allegedly failed to turn up for his show. A waiter
working at the palace and a helper of the organisers were injured in
the incident.
SGPC
election: few register as voters
Mansa, October 26
Mr Gurdev Singh, Secretary,
Gurdwara Election Commission, in a press note issued here yesterday,
has said that according to the information received by the commission,
a negligible number of persons have so far submitted forms for getting
themselves registered as voters though a period of more than one month
has already expired since September 2, 2001.
Punjabi
films ‘lack’ professionalism
Barnala, October 26
Bhagwant Mann, a comedian hailing
from Punjab, while narrating his experience, said acting in Punjabi
films was not a good experience as there was lack of professionalism
and the standards of scripts was far below that of Hindi films.
3-phase
power supply to tubewells increased
Patiala, October 26
The Punjab State Electricity
Board has decided to increase the three-phase power supply to
tubewells to ensure six-hour supply per day. In a statement here
today, PSEB officials said the increase in supply has been enforced
with effect from October 25.
Electricity
boards to benefit from ABT
Patiala, October 26
The State Electricity Boards
under ‘Availability Based Tariff’ will have the option to achieve
benefits worth crores of rupees per day by responding to the grid
frequency and drawing cheaper power from the grid at high frequency
and also by under drawing power of at low frequency and in the process
earning a revenue of Rs 4.2 per unit.
PSEB
launches Web site
Patiala, October 26
The Punjab State Electricity
Board yesterday launched its Web site ‘www.psebindia.org’ during a
ceremony here. Giving this information. PSEB Chairman Mr Sudhir Mittal
said all information relating to the board would be easily accessible
on the website.
40
more PSEB engineers transferred
Patiala, October 26
The Punjab State Electricity
Board today transferred 40 more Assistant Engineers and Assistant
Executive Engineers along with two Senior Executive Engineers and one
Additional Senior Engineer.
35
employees found absent from work
Gurdaspur, October 26
As many as 35 government
employees working in various offices here were found absent during
simultaneous checks by teams constituted by the Deputy Commissioner
yesterday. They were warned to be regular in the future else action
would be taken against them.
Badal
lays stone of Press Club
Amritsar, October 26
The Chief Minister, Mr Parkash
Singh Badal, today laid the foundation stone of a Press Club in the
E-block of the Ranjit Avenue. Addressing the newsmen Mr Badal lauded
the role of the Press and said his government was committed to
maintaining its freedom.
Zail
Singh’s kin proclaimed offender
Amritsar, October 26
Grandnephew of Giani Zail Singh,
former President of India, Dr Arshdeep Singh, was declared
“proclaimed offender” (PO) in the court of Mr Kishore Kumar, Chief
Judicial Magistrate, here.
Teachers
oppose contract recruitment
Bathinda, October 26
Mr Darshan Singh Maur, District
General Secretary, Democratic Teachers Front, in a press note issued
here yesterday said the contract recruitment of teachers by the state
government was not good for the development and upliftment of
educational standards.
Women’s
youth fest from today
Amritsar, October 26
The Zone ‘B’ women’s youth
festival of Guru Nanak Dev University will be held from tomorrow to
October 30 on the university campus. More than 900 students from
Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr will participate.
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