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Hindus cancel visit to Pak
Amritsar, October 28
Following reports of kidnappings,
rapes and assault on members of minority communities, a jatha of 191
Hindus devotees, which was scheduled to reach Pakistan tomorrow to pay
obeisance in shrines, there has cancelled the visit at the eleventh
hour.
MPs
urged to vote against POTO
Amritsar, October 28
Dubbing the newly promulgated
Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) as a new “avatar” of the
defunct TADA, Dal Khalsa and the All-India Shiromani Youth Akali Dal (AISYAD)
yesterday urged the members of Parliament cutting across the parties
to vote against the ordinance in the coming session of Parliament.
Kanshi
leaves sammelan, hosts red-faced
Nawanshahr, October 28
The organisers of the BSP-sponsored
“Saini sammelan”, especially Mr Gurmail Singh Saini, former
president of the district unit of the BSP, had to face a lot of
embarrassment when the BSP supremo, Mr Kanshi Ram, while addressing
the sammelan at the nearby Langroya village today with a view to
bringing Sainis, one of the most dominating castes in the Nawanshahr
Assembly segment, into the party fold, virtually distanced Sainis from
the BSP with his utterances.
‘No
confirmed case of anthrax in Punjab’
Chandigarh, October 28
The Punjab Government today said
that “no confirmed “ case of anthrax had been reported in the
state yet.
Avoid
pact with Left: PPCC member
New Delhi, October 28
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
(PPCC) member and trade unionist M.M. Singh Cheema has appealed to
PPCC president Amarinder Singh not to have any truck with Communist
parties.
SAD
rift comes to fore
Budhlada (Mansa), October
28
The revolt brewing amongst SAD
workers in Budhlada circle against the party high command came to the
fore when Mr Jagjit Singh, member, SGPC, laid the foundation stone of
the Kalipur-Kulana link road near Budhlada today, despite being
informed by the tehsildar and the SHO that the ceremony would be
performed by the General-Secretary and Member, Rajya Sabha, Mr
Balwinder Singh Bhunder.
Jawans of the Dogra Regiment
present a guard of honour on the
occasion of their celebrations in Amritsar on Sunday.
— Rajiv Sharma |
MC
fails to remove encroachment
Bathinda, October 28
In a classic case of official
neglect, local municipal officials have ignored the orders of the
District Magistrate to remove an encroachment in the Balla Ram Nagar
area of the city.
Rehabilitate stone crushers: Badal
Chandigarh, October 28
The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, has directed various departments, including the Housing and Urban Development and the Science, Technology and Environment, to facilitate rehabilitation of all members of the Zirakpur Stone Crushers Association.
Protest
against ‘forced’ conversion
Bathinda, October 28
Activists of the BJP, Hindu
Jagran Manch and the Balmiki Sabha blocked the traffic on the
Bathinda-Goniana main road protesting against the permission given to
a church to hold their religious programme at the official complex of
the Additional Deputy Commissioner (D) here today.
Forum
to take up pollution issue
Bathinda, October 28
“Rising air pollution in the
city is affecting the health of residents and if the authorities
concerned do not take necessary action to stop further deterioration
in the quality of air, the forum would have to invoke legal remedies
for the benefit of the residents of the area,” Mr M.M. Behal,
secretary, Punjab Law Forum, said in a press note issued here today.
Lab
technicians to intensify stir
Phagwara, October 28
Stepping up its ongoing
agitation, the Medical Laboratory Technicians Association will start a
relay fast outside the office of the Director, Health Services,
Punjab, in Chandigarh, from November 19.
RSS
members celebrate ‘sathapna divas’
Jalandhar, October 28
Hundreds of armed RSS workers
participated in the “Sathapna divas” celebrations at Partap Bagh
here today. Senior BJP leaders, including Punjab Medical Education
Minister Manoranjan Kalia, district BJP chief Nawal Kamboh addressed
the workers who later held a march to commemorate “Sathapna
divas”.
Children
with "lathis" joined a march of RSS workers to
commemorate the “sathapna
divas”
in Jalandhar on Sunday. — photo Pandit
RMPs
plan agitation
Bathinda, October 28
Hundreds of members of the
Medical Practitioners Association (MPA) of Bathinda, Ferozepur zone,
today held a protest rally at Lambi, the home constituency of Mr
Parkash Singh Badal, Punjab Chief Minister, to express resentment over
the adamant attitude of the state government towards their demands.
‘Bathinda
Blast’ casts spell
Bathinda, October 28
The police had a tough time
controlling thousands of enthusiastic youngsters who were induced to
dance to the tunes of Punjabi sons at “Bathinda Blast”, a
programme organised by etc Punjabi channel at Bahia resorts on the
Bathinda-Chandigarh road, yesterday evening.
Recovery
of farmers’ coop loans suspended
Malout, October 28
The Punjab government has decided
to suspend recovery of loans taken by the farmers from the cooperative
banks following large scale losses suffered by them due to attack of
bollworm on the cotton crop.
Two
policemen suspended
Phagwara, October 28
Two policemen of the local police
station were suspended for dereliction of duty, the police said today.
5
robbers held, arms seized
Phillaur, October 28
Five armed robbers and a taxi
driver were arrested and their arms and ammunition seized within half
an hour of the robbery they committed at Apra village in this
sub-division last evening.
4
cops booked for keeping drugs haul
Bathinda, October 28
A criminal case under Sections
403, 411, 414 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered against four
policemen at the local Government Railway Police (GRP) station for
their alleged involvement in tampering with the consignment of
narcotics which they found in a train during patrolling in September.
700
kg of poppy husk seized
Bathinda, October 28
Five smugglers of poppy husk,
wanted in many cases, dodged a police party and fled after abandoning
their jeep near Jogawala village in the district. About 700 kg of
poppy husk was recovered, from the jeep.
Dang
seeks action in exam bungling
Amritsar, October 28
The veteran CPI leader, Mr Satya
Pal Dang, has taken a serious note of bunglings in the internal
assessment in the subject of Surgery during MBBS examination conducted
last year by Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.
Colleges
of education festival opens
Abohar, October 28
Zonal Youth Festival of Colleges
of Education affiliated with Panjab University was declared open at
DAV College of Education here by the Principal Dr Ranveer Pratap Asija
on Sunday. Mr Brij Lal Rinwa Punjab BJP President was the chief guest
on the first day’s session.
UGC
Chairman to be honoured
Patiala, October 28
Dr Hari Gautam, Chairman,
University Grants Commission (UGC), will be conferred the Maharaja
Ranjit Singh Coronation Bi-centenary Award by Punjabi University
during the North Zone Vice-Chancellors’ Conference to be held here
tomorrow.
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