Rs 50
lakh
unutilised as MLA bickers with MC chief
Barnala, November 2
Bickering between Shiromani Akali
Dal (Badal) MLA Malkiat Singh Keetu , Mrs Rajinderpal Kaur Sanghera,
president of the Barnala Municipal Council and Mrs Rajinder Kaur SAD
activist and member Sangrur district Planning Board over the
utilisation of grants has hit development projects of the Municipal
Council.
CPI seeks 28 seats
from Cong
Sangrur, November 2
The CPI has sought 28 seats from
the Congress in the next Assembly elections in Punjab during two
rounds of talks between stalwarts of the two parties. Talking to
mediapersons here yesterday, Mr Joginder Dayal, Secretary, Punjab unit
of the CPI, said there was no deadlock between the Congress and the
CPI over seat sharing. However, he admitted that the Congress was at
the moment ready to allot only 10 seats to the CPI.
BSP
to
be dominant alliance partner: Kanshi
Jalandhar, November 2
Giving a jolt to the Panthik
Morcha over proposed electoral alliance in the forthcoming elections
in the state, the Bahujan Samaj Party President, Mr Kanshi Ram,
asserted that the morcha will have to accept the status of a junior
partner if it wants to align with the BSP.
Kanshi
Ram
for Ravi Inder as CM
Ram Tirath (Amritsar),
November 2
The biggest draw in the BSP rally
besides the party chief Kanshi Ram and his deputy Mayawati was the
helicopter which brought them at the venue. Virtually launching their
election campaign the BSP supremo yesterday affirmed that the party in
alliance with the Panthic Morcha would romp home in the ensuing Punjab
Assembly elections.
SAD
leaders serve notice on
Prempuri
Chandigarh, November 2
Mr Balwinder Singh Bhunder, Prof
Kirpal Singh Badungar and other leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal
headed by Mr Parkash Singh Badal have served legal notice on Mr Kulbir
Singh Prempuri, who levelled allegations against Mr Badal relating to
property at a press conference here yesterday.
Akash, an artist from Delhi,
decorates a girl's hand with mehndi in
preparation for Karva Chauth. |
Poets strike varied
notes
Phagwara, November 2
Surjit Pattar, a Punjabi poet,
and Sardar Panchhi, a Urdu poet, last night stole the show at a
trilingual kavi darbar organised by the Punjabi Sahit Sabha, Palahi,
the District Sakhrata Samiti and the local JCT Mill to promote
literacy and clean culture.
Country
needs POTO, says Shanta
Jalandhar, November 2
Union Food Minister Shanta Kumar
has justified the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance by saying that the
country needed a legal weapon to combat terrorism in the changed
global scenario.
IN FOCUS
The vanishing road signs
Kharar
“Dear, I will listen, let us reach home”, a board on the Kharar- Chandigarh stretch of National Highway 21 used to proclaim. It was one of the several boards installed during the Khalsa tercentenary celebrations. This board has disappeared and so have many others that were meant to remind motorists of the need for caution while driving.
Sainis threaten to gherao Kanshi Ram
Dera Bassi, November 2
Saini community in Banur Assembly constituency has threatened to gherao Bahujan Samaj Party
supremo Kanshi Ram, and burn his effigy to protest against his statement where he reportedly called Saini society a betrayer.
SAD
(B)
councillor refused bail
Mansa, November 2
Mr Mohinder Singh, Chief Judicial
Magistrate, here today rejected, the bail application of Mr Harpal
Singh Pali, municipal councillor belonging to the Shiromani Akali Dal
(Badal).
Farmers say they
won’t repay loans
Abohar, November 2
Several hundred farmers,
including a large number of SAD workers, today pledged that they would
not repay loans to cooperative institutions. At a rally organised by
the bhartiya Kisan Union at the local grain market today, the farmers
rejected the state government’s offer to defer recovery of loans and
recover the same in the three easy instalments.
‘No-tillage’
method has few takers
Ropar, November 2
The ‘no tillage technology’
introduced by the Punjab Agriculture Department has found few takers
in the district. Farmers in the district are still sticking to the
traditional method of burning the remains of previous crops and
tilling the fields, before sowing the next crop. This has failed the
objectives of the agriculture department to check the pollution caused
by burning of the remains of the previous crop and to help the farmers
in early sowing, for better yield.
Candidates await
appointment letters
Mansa, November 2
Hundreds of candidates selected
by the Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab, for appointment
as clerks have still not been issued appointment letters although the
selection list was released by the board in newspapers on May 26 last.
1 dead, 3 hurt in
clash
Amritsar, November 2
Pappu, a resident of Surmandi,
was killed by Nand Kumar, Aman, Mannu, Pappu Bose, Paddu and Ashok
Kumar, all residents of Gawal Mandi by crushing him under their jeep
here on Wednesday night.
Man
murdered;
burglar shot
Bathinda, November 2
Man Singh, a resident of Akalian
Kalan village, was murdered last night allegedly by Harbans Singh of
Bishnandi in the district reportedly due to a land dispute. A case has
been registered.
‘Zero-semester’
threat looms over students
Bathinda, November 2
Even as the strike of the first
year students of engineering colleges all over the state has entered
the fourth week, the authorities of the Punjab Technical University
are yet to respond positively to the demands of the students, who have
been demanding the continuation of the credit system which was
applicable to their seniors. The students now face a
“zero-semester” threat.
MRSIIT students’ stir disrupts teaching work
Patiala, November 2
The ongoing agitation by students of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Institute of Information and Technology today took a serious turn with students of the institute of along with representatives of other major student bodies on the campus forcing the closure of all teaching departments.
NZ youth festival at Pbi varsity
Patiala, November 2
Punjabi University in collaboration with the Association of Indian Universities and the Ministry of Youth Affairs will organise a five-day North Zone Inter-University Youth Festival (Punz Fest-2001) at Guru Tegh Bahadur Hall of the university on November 6.
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