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November 6, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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Badal ‘adopting’ double standards Jalandhar, November 5 Talking to reporters here today, Bhai Ranjit Singh alleged that the SAD representative in the Union Cabinet, Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, had already given the party’s nod by not opposing POTO during the last Cabinet meeting, virtually paving the way for its notification by the President. On the other hand Mr Badal was misleading the people of the state by stating that he was yet to study the provisions of the ordinance before taking a final decision to support the Bill in both Houses of Parliament in the next session. “POTO is totally against the minorities and could be used to settle political scores. The Panthic Morcha has decided to oppose the Bill in Parliament to safeguard the interests of minorities”, he added. Regarding the recent statement of the BSP President that a former Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Mr Ravi Inder Singh, would be the only candidate for the post of Chief Minister if the BSP-Panthic Morcha alliance come to power in the next elections, he said it was the right of the elected MLAs to select the candidate and there should be no pre-condition for an electoral alliance. He ruled out any possibility that there was any move on the part of the morcha to join hands with the Punjab Chief Minister on the eve of elections. “Mr Badal should present himself before Akal Takht to seek forgiveness as per the hukamnama issued by me, if the former wants unity among all Akali factions” he said. Bhai Ranjit Singh, who was in the city to preside over a meeting of representatives of local gurdwaras to discuss the issue of holding of a “Jagran” at a gurdawara in the local Deol Nagar locality tomorrow, said the meeting had decided to oppose the move. “This is a serious conspiracy hatched by the RSS to create disturbance in the state. We have appealed to the Sikh masses to assemble at Abadpura gurdwara on Tuesday and then proceed towards the place of “jagran”. |
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Khalistanis woo fleeing Sikhs Amritsar, November 5 This was disclosed by three Sikh families that arrived here via Samjhauta Express today. Intelligence agencies though tightlipped, are jittery over these’ developments which can disturb peace in Punjab. Interestingly, the 19 persons belonging to the three families talked in hushed tones about $500 that each family had received and said more money was expected to arrive in Pakistan from the Khalistanis. These Afghan Sikhs named Manmohan Singh Dhillon of the Dal Khalsa and Avtar Singh Sanghera of the Babbar Khalsa, both residing in the United Kingdom, in this regard. According to intelligence reports, Manmohan Singh has the ‘Sikh-Muslim Friendship Society’ in Pakistan which preaches against the SGPC to please their Pakistani masters. The money, surprisingly, is not in Pakistani currency. This has baffled the intelligence agencies. After receiving financial assistance during their gruelling journey from their hometown in Afghanistan, the families of Mohinder Singh (all names changed) Isha Singh, both belonging to Kabul and Harjinder Singh are all praise for these “messiah Sikhs” who had come to their rescue at the time of “abject need”. The SGPC has done doing nothing to mitigate their plight or of their fellow brethren stranded in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Each of the three families are averse to visiting the Golden Temple or seeking help from the SGPC to tide over the severe crisis in their lives. They had arrived here from Panja Sahib and Nankana Sahib Gurdwaras in Pakistan after nearly a month’s stay there soon after the September 11 terrorists attack in the USA. Most Khalistanis we wooing stranded Sikhs arriving from Afghanistan. |
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Youth stripped, tortured by cops Ludhiana, November 5 The case came to light today when the boy was admitted in Civil Hospital at Samrala. Family members of the victims who contacted The Tribune in the evening, alleged that the boy was beaten up by the police personnel as he had refused to pay Rs 15,000 to them. The money was allegedly demanded by the policemen for not implicating him in a case. The family members said they met SSP Khanna, R.N. Dhoke, who had marked the inquiry to DSP Samrala Sushil Kumar. While the SSP was not available, DSP Sushil Kumar confirmed that he was inquiring into the incident. According to the complaint lodged with the police by Mr Gurcharan Singh, victim’s father, his son had accidentally consumed poison (DDT) and was admitted in a local hospital last week. Some police personnel of Haaddon police post came to the hospital and said the boy tried to commit suicide and a case would be registered against him. The family pleaded with the police to let them go. At this the police told them to bring the boy to the police station. The man alleged that after two days when they went to the police station, the police officials demanded Rs 15,000 from them in order to let the boy go. The family refused to pay saying that they did not have money. The police did not say anything to the boy as some panchayat members accompanied them. However, it is alleged that after two days, four policemen came on bikes and took the boy along. The boy was then allegedly tied to a tree with chains outside the police post and beaten mercilessly by some police personnel in the night. A hot iron was placed on his hips due to which the boy suffered serious burn injuries. The family said medical report had confirmed the injuries. The DSP, Mr Sushil Kumar, however, said the preliminary inquiries made by him revealed that the complaint was a minor one and claimed that the boy was creating trouble in the village by
continuously fighting with some persons. He said the boy was booked under Section 307, IPC, (attempt to murder) recently and was called to the police post concerned in yet another fighting incident. He said due to this background the complaint could be motivated. If any police personnel was found guilty, stringent action would be taken against him, he added. |
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Farmers stage dharna, seek special girdawari Jalandhar, November 5 The farmers led by the president of Kirti Kisan Union (KKU), Mr Hardev Singh Sandhu, said more than 2,000 acres under cotton crop had been damaged this year. It had virtually placed hundreds of small farmers at the mercy of government officials for seeking compensation. “Though we have submitted a memorandum to the district administration seeking compensation for the loss of cotton crop due to American bollworm last month, but nothing concrete has been done beyond making hollow promises. The state government had also failed to conduct a special girdawari to assess the loss so far”, Mr Sandhu said. The protesters raised anti-government slogans and demanded that each farmer should be given Rs 10,000 per acre as compensation and banks should be ordered to suspend the recovery of loans from these farmers. “Though the bollworm attack is cited as the main reason, we think seeds which were sold to the farmers at exaggerated prices were spurious. The state government should order an inquiry into the quality of the seeds available in the market,” Mr Baldev Singh, a farmer who lost six acres of cotton crop, said. The delay in conducting a girdawari would further complicate the matter since the farmers were preparing for the wheat sowing season. “The Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, should intervene into the matter and announce compensation immediately, failing which we will be left with no option but to launch a statewide agitation,” Mr Gurjinder Singh, president of the district unit of the KKU, said. Later they submitted a memorandum to the SDM who assured them that their demands would be met soon. |
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Marks card sans result, division Chandigarh, November 5 Amritpal Kaur with roll No 347635 had passed the plus two examination from Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepore. When she received the detailed marks card she was astonished to find that her name in Punjabi was written as Amritpal Kaur but in English her name was written as Amripal Kaur. She returned the detailed marks card to the board office in July 2001 for corrections. Since then she has been regularly visiting the board office for getting the correction made but to no avail. She has been unable to get admission anywhere. On September 17 she again visited the board office with her parents. They were told that the staff was busy in issuing roll numbers for the September examinations and were asked to visit again only when the staff was free from this work. Another student Mukta Singla passed the matriculation examination with roll No 992469. In the certificate sent to her column meant for filling the division was left blank both in Punjabi and English. Not only this even the marks she obtained out of 650 were not written, nor did the certificate contain the month and the column was left blank. Alka, a resident of Pathankot, had applied for appearing in Punjabi paper of matriculation examination this year. She had deposited Rs 300 as fee with the Manager, Text Book Depot, Pathankot .She had already passed her matriculation examination from Himachal Pradesh. No migration certificate was required for appearing in examination of an additional subject. She was not issued the roll number despite the fact that the board did not need migration certificate. Many students had already appeared in the examination without producing any migration certificate. The board had not raised any objection to these students. Beant Kaur appeared in matriculation examination in March, 1999, (roll No 543966) from Dashmesh Public High School, Mansa. In the detailed marks sheet her name was written as Beant Singh instead of Beant Kaur. She returned the detailed marks card to the board for making the necessary correction. But nothing has happened till ate. She has written many letters and send reminders to the board. Her parents had also visited the board office many times but to no avail. Now she has served a legal notice on the board. Only on receiving the notice the examination branch has moved her file. Insiders say that the orders to the authorities for rectifying this mistake were issued on April 20, 2000. She has claimed damages of Rs 10,000 from the board for the harassment caused to her. It is learnt that there are many more students who have been harassed by the board like this. The Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed the board to fill in all columns. But the board appears not to have acted on the directions of the High Court and students continue to suffer. |
Surjeet fails to pacify rebels Ludhiana, November 5 Instead, his visit seems to have intensified the polarisation within the state unit of the party with the group led by former state Secretary, Mr Mangat Ram
Pasla, boycotting his meeting. Besides, 15 state council members also boycotted the meeting, conveying a clear signal that they were not in a reconciliatory mood. On his part, Mr Surjeet tread a cautious path by not initiating any action against the rebels. The matter has been left to the Politburo of the party. The rebels — including former MLA, Tarsem
Jodhan, Mr Chandershekhar, state general secretary of the CITU and Mr Pasla — have intensified their campaign by organising parallel meetings. While Mr Jodhan and Mr Chandershekhar already stand expelled from the party, Mr Pasla has been served a show-cause notice, to which he has already replied. Mr Pasla was charged of instigating the party cadres to boycott Mr Surjeet’s earlier visit, besides organising a parallel meeting on the same day. Mr Surjeet was reportedly in the state to address an “introspection meeting”. The Pasla group has been demanding action against the state Secretary, Mr Balwant Singh, Mr Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon and Mrs Tara Sharma for their alleged manhandling of several women workers on February 28 at Cheema Bhavan, the party headquarters in Chandigarh. Instead of being punished, the rebels say, Mr Sekhon was rewarded with the post of secretary of Ludhiana district. Mr
Chandershekhar, who was expelled from the party recently, alleged that Mr Surjeet was partial in dealing with workers. He pointed out earlier when they had planned a rally, a parallel rally was planned by Mr Balwant Singh. The party high command asked them to postpone it. While they (the rebels) had postponed it, Mr Balwant Singh had gone ahead with his rally at
Raikot. Later, Mr Balwant Singh violated the party directive by not appearing before Mr Chitbarat
Majumdar, Bengal unit general secretary of the CITU, who was heading a one-man commission to inquire into various incidents of indiscipline in the state. The rebels appeared before the commission, but no action was taken against him. The rebels have been questioning the source of funding for certain costly projects being run by the party in Chandigarh. They point out, the Desh Sevak Trust is being run at a huge cost. Besides, another project is being run by the party at a huge expense. |
Sociologists want trading blocks Amritsar, November 5 Dr Pimpley emphasised that diplomatic efforts must be made for forming regional trading blocks. Prof Pimpley said the concept of globalisation was only theoretically oriented towards an equitable regime. But in practical sphere it was heavily weighted against the developing countries. He said although there was an overall economic development in our country yet the informal sector like the small scale industry and the labour force were eventually facing the brunt of globalised economy. Prof S.L. Sharma, president of the NWISA conference talked about the ways and means to face the challenges of globalisation. He termed it a regime which has further marginalised the already marginal sections of the society like the dalits, women, children and the poor. He said malnutrition among poor children had increased since the formation of the World Trade Organisation. He also emphasised that developing countries must strive for self-reliance if the thrust of globalisation in favour of the developed countries was to be reversed. And for this, he suggested that a clear and rigorous policy of social welfare was needed. Dr S.P. Singh, vice-chancellor said it was the cultural aspect of our life which was being threatened because of the present atmosphere of globalisation. He also called upon the sociologists participating in this conference to deliberate on how the culture and education could be saved from the policies of globalisation.  |
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Demand to hand over gold theft case to CBI Nabha, November 5 He alleged that nothing concrete has happened so far in the case as it appeared that the police was not interested in solving it. He further added that the head constable, Mr Karnail Singh, who highlighted this case was transferred to Barnala, as punishment instead of honouring him at a state-level function. He complained that the then SSP, Patiala, Mr Harpreet Singh Sidhu, had provided him with security as he had been helping Ms Manjit Kaur in fighting the case, but his security was withheld after the transfer of Mr Sidhu to Ludhiana. He stated that the case had been sent to the Patiala police and Ms Manjit Kaur was not provided with any information regarding the case. Mr Grewal said he would tender his resignation to Mr Parkash Singh Badal at his sangat darshan programme at Nabha on November 8 if Mr Badal did not give him an assurance regarding the case being handed over to the CBI. |
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Govt ignored reports on Baba: Brar Mansa, November 5 He said the
sacrilege of ‘birs’ of Guru Granth Sahib had injured the sentiments of people of all religions. He criticised Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal for shifting its responsibility to the Congress. He pointed out that such incidents even did not occur during Operation Bluestar and anti-Sikh riots. He said both Mr Badal and Mr Om Prakash Chautala had failed to get any package for farmers of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan from Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister during his visit to Killanwali. The farmers have suffered a big loss to their cotton crop due to American bollworm. Mr Brar, also criticised the Vajpayee government for reinduction of Mr George Fernandes as Defence Minister when he was still facing an inquiry. He said his appointment as Defence Minister at this stage was a compromise with the security of the country. |
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PATIALA DIARY Patiala The foundation, which organised its first folk music festival last year, is planning a bigger event this year and has invited eminent folk artists from all over the state to the festival to be held in Baradari Garden here. The patrons of the foundation, including Dr Rishpal Singh Aujla and Dr Shivdev Singh Sandhu, both of whom are practising abroad, have taken the initiative to hold the festival along with other colleagues. The foundation aims at
reviving the folk culture which has been pushed to the background under western influence. A special meeting of the foundation, which was attended by its president, Major Gen Trilochan Singh Aujla (retd), the secretary-general, Prof Rs Gill, and other local representatives including Dr Sudhir Verma, Dr HS Wealthy and Dr JS Bahia, decided to take steps to encourage folk arts by inviting old artists to functions for which they would be paid adequately. Besides, workshops will be held for youngsters to acquaint them with the cultural traditions of Punjab.
*** The ‘Ganda Nala’ remains chokes at several points in the city. These points include parts of Sheranwala Gate adjoining the State Language Department. The main reason for this is the disposal of domestic waste in the drain by the residents besides the garbage from the Sabzi Mandi. Cleaning of the drain also poses a problem in some areas, particularly near Sheranwal Gate where a parking space has been built by covering a portion of the nala. This prevents the drain from being cleaned regularly. A proposal to cover with hume pipes the entire drain which crisis-crosses the city, was made a year ago but it has not been executed so far. |
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Queries on Baba annoy CM Ropar, November 5 On being asked why the arrest of Baba Piara Singh had been delayed, Mr Badal rebuked newsmen, saying: “You newsmen all over the state have just a set of four questions. Why don’t you people concentrate on other issues. I am tired of answering queries in this regard.” He then left the venue in a hurry. Mr Badal was here on a visit to the dera of Baba Mann Singh Pehowa, located 4 km from here. He reached the said dera at about 9 am, reportedly to mourn the death of Sardar Banta Singh, father of Baba Mann Singh, who expired on October 24. The visit was kept a secret. Even district administration officials were not informed about it. Mr Badal remained with Baba Mann Singh for about an hour and reportedly discussed the forthcoming elections with him. The Chief Minister, when asked about the chances of Akali unity, said all those who had left the party had done so of their own will. However, if anybody intended to come back into the party fold unconditionally, he was welcome. The manifesto of the SAD was being prepared and would be released next month. He said he would hold ‘sangat darshan’ in Ropar twice within this month. Baba Mann Singh, later, talking to newsmen, gave a call to Sikhs to observe the coming Divali as ‘black divali’ due to the various acts of desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib in various gurdwaras across the state. |
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BSP workers block traffic, flay MC Jalandhar, November 5 They alleged that the civic body had failed to construct roads in Kartar Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Siddharth Nagar and Bootan Mandi during the past more than 10 years. Besides it had been indifferent to their demand to lay premix on the 3 km stretch from this chowk to Wadala
Chowk. Mr Pawan Tinoo, president of the district unit of the BSP, alleged that the BJP Mayor, Mr Suresh
Sehgal, was behind all this. “Though former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujal had sanctioned Rs 10 lakh for the construction of a park in the memory of Dr B.R.Ambedkar at Bootan Mandi about three years ago, no work had started on the project so far, he said. |
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SHO ‘misbehaves’
with BSP leader Tarn Taran, November 5 She further stated in her complaint that she was being threatened by the said SHO. When contacted Mr S.K. Kalia, SP (D), said the said BSP leader wanted to get the matter to be probed by an SP-rank police officer and so she would have to wait for the local SSP to come back, who had gone out of station for some official work today. |
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Book Kanshi: Saini Sabha Nawanshahr, November 5 Later, talking to mediapersons Mr Iqbal Singh, president, Punjab Pardesh Saini Sabha, and Mr Parkash Singh said Mr Kanshi Ram, who claims to be a national-level leader, should not have behaved in such a manner. Even his derogatory remarks about scheduled castes at his public meetings were condemnable, they said. They criticised some BSP leaders belonging to Saini caste, who had been issuing statements in favour of Mr Kanshi Ram. Saini subscribing to different political ideologies have constituted a sangarsh committee to launch a stir in this connection. On the other hand Mr Satish Bharti, secretary of the state unit of the BSP, in a press note issued here today said the Sainis were a major and respectable part of the BSP. Mr Kanshi Ram’s speech at the Saini Sammelan organised at Langroya village on October 28 was ‘misreported’. Other political parties had been trying to create misconceptions among Sainis regarding the BSP but it would not let them succeed. |
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MC declines Telecom’s request to lay cables Patiala, November 5 In a statement here, Telecom General Manager, Mr Bhag Singh, said the corporation was not giving the department the permission to lay its cables in the walled city for nearly eight months now. He said the department had deposited the necessary fee with the corporation since then. He said numerous requests had been made to the local authorities in this regard. Meanwhile, Mr Bhag Singh stated that the city residents would also not be able to avail themselves of the Wireless Local Loop (WLL) service till the end of this financial year. There were indications that the WLL service would be extended to Patiala and Ludhiana during the current financial year after its successful launch in Chandigarh and Amritsar. He also announced that new exchanges were slated to be opened in Badiana and Beher in
Fatehgarh Sahib district within one month adding that both exchanges would have a capacity of 256 lines. He said a Remote Line Unit Exchange was slated to be opened at Sirhind with a capacity of 3,000 lines. |
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on demand by next year: GM Pathankot, November 5 This was stated here today by Mr Gail Chand, General Manager, Telecom, Pathankot district. The district comprising of six SDCA’s (short distance charging area) has total installed switching capacity of 11, 9056 lines and 92062 working direct telephone exchange lines. |
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Nurses hold rally Amritsar, November 5 Mrs Gurcharan Kaur, general secretary of the association led the march. The nurses demanded pay scales on a par with Central Government employees. They threatened to gherao the state Health Minister, Dr Baldev Raj Chawla, tomorrow to press for of their demands. |
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2 killed as car, truck collide Ropar, November 5 The police has registered a case against the truck driver. |
Insemination scheme for dairy farmers Patiala, November 5 The scheme envisages creation of clusters all over the state where semen containers of 35 litres will be kept in store. These clusters will cater to a fixed number of dispensaries which will each be equipped with a two-litre portable container. According to the scheme, farmers will inform the nearest dispensary or hospital about the need for artificial insemination following which it will deliver the service at their doorsteps. The service will be delivered to the dairy owners at the same rate being charged earlier which is Rs 8 per injection. They will, however, have to pay a visiting fee of Rs 3 per kilometre with a maximum fee of Rs 20 to the visiting doctor. The Animal Husbandry Director, Dr G.S. Chahal, who was here in connection with a visit by experts of the Livestock Improvement Corporation of New Zealand, said it was felt that there were problems in bringing the animals to hospitals for insemination and the animals invariably developed temperature due to anxiety. He said the facility at the doorsteps would definitely result in improvement of the inception rate. The department is also launching a project to improve the number of breeding cattle in the state. Dr Chahal said Punjab had at least 12 lakh breeding cattle and 37 breeding buffaloes. He said out of the 45 per cent breeding cattle population only 5 per cent of the buffalo population was covered by the artificial insemination service. He said the target by the end of the project was to raise it to 100 per cent. Department Deputy Director Tejinder Sandhu said the training in this connection would be undertaken in batches and the exercise had already started for the district. Under the programme, training would be imparted to veterinary practitioners. Optimum utilisation of the semen of elite bulls would be ensured by bringing in modern methods to handle, process, preserve and utilise the semen. Meanwhile, the two-member New Zealand team, including Mr Mark O’ Connor and Ian Hook, visited the progressive dairy farms in the area as well as the department facilities here and at Nabha. Talking to
TNS, Mr Connor said his corporation was viewing the potential of the dairy business in Punjab and searching for means of how it could be involved in it. He said the corporation, which was a trust owned by around 15,000 dairy farmers of New Zealand, could give technical support and genetic material to the dairy farmers. |
IAS, 3 PCS officers shifted Chandigarh, November 5 Mr Manjit Singh, waiting posting, has been made Additional Secretary in the Department of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development to fill a vacant post. Mr Bhagwant Singh, Additional Commissioner (Appeals), Jalandhar Division, has been posted in the Department of Local Government as Additional Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar. Mr Sajmet Singh, Assistant Commissioner (Grievances), Roopnagar (Ropar), becomes Deputy Director, Colonisation, against a vacant post. Pending posting of successors to Mr Bhagwant Singh and Mr Ajmer Singh, the authorities concerned would make internal arrangements for disposal of the work of the posts, an official notification said this evening.
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65 kg poppy husk seized, 5 held Bathinda, November 5 Dr Jatinder Jain, SSP in a press note issue here today said, Sewak Singh resident of Pakho Kalan, was arrested from near Jassi Baghwali village for allegedly possessing 10 kg of poppy husk. A case under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act had been registered against him at Sangat police station. Arun Kumar of Ganesha Basti and Krishan Kumar of Lehra Mohabat were arrested from near Naruana village for allegedly carrying 35 kg of poppy husk. A case against them has been registered at kotwali police station. Gurmeet Singh and Sukhmander Singh of Lehra Dhurkot village were arrested for carrying 20 kg of poppy husk and case has been registered against them at Talwandi Sabo police station. Under the Excise Act, 12 persons were arrested. The police has also seized 36 litres of illicit liquor, 58 litres of country-made liquor, 90 kg lahan and it has unearthed an illegal distillary. Under the Gambling Act, eight persons including two women, have been arrested. The police has also seized Rs 11906 from their possession. The suspects have been identified as Raj Kumar, Gurbachan Singh, Rajinder Kumar, Ranjit Singh, Guddo, Indra, Jagdish Kumar and Vinod Kumar. |
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7.3 kg opium seized, 4 held Barnala, November 5 Giving information Mr Kanwaljit Singh Sandhu, SSP, Barnala, stated that a CIA party signalled, a Jeep to stop at a police naka at Mahal Kalan. During checking 3 kg of opium was seized from Jagsir Singh and 1.5 kg opium from Gurtej Singh of Malleke in Sirsa district, Haryana. In an another case, the police seized about 2.8 kg opium from Manjit Singh of Sirjipur-Hanumangarh (Rajasthan) and 1 kg from Amarjit Singh of Mehraj in Bathinda district. |
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Man posing as doctor arrested Bathinda, November 5 In a press note issued here today, Dr Jatinder Kumar Jain, SSP, said the accused, who was not entitled to run a chemist shop, was running the same by taking a licence from the pharmacist on rent. The accused had been selling intoxicants, including syrups, tablets and capsules, to the unsuspecting youth at rates higher than those prevailing in the market. |
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Rs 4.6 lakh looted at gunpoint Amritsar, November 5 In another incident, Jagtar Singh, Satnam Singh and Rajinder Singh, all residents of Malakhpur seriously injured Gian Singh of Ghoba village near Majitha with a sharp edged weapon. A case has been registered at Ramdas police station under Sections 323, 324 of the IPC. No one has been arrested so far. The cause of the incident is said to be a minor dispute over the watering of fields. Meanwhile, six persons have been booked for gambling. The police has seized Rs 15,200 in cash and 52 playing cards from them. A case has been registered at Kotwali police station. The police has arrested Avtar Singh, a resident of Sultanwind and recovered 11,430 ml of illicit liquor from him, here last night. A case has been registered under the Excise Act. |
Pharmacy Dept soon: VC Phagwara, November 5 The Vice-Chancellor said the university would be the first in North India to introduce a five-year law course in the next academic session to be started at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Regional Centre, Ladhewal, Jalandhar. The course would provide a “different perspective, professional approach, updated concepts and global vision” for producing law experts to the corporate sector at home and abroad. This course was already being taught at Bhopal, Hyderabad and Bangalore, he said. The university would publish the entire works of noted Punjabi critic and writer Dr Harbhajan Singh of Delhi. Dr S.P. Singh, known for his commitment to the Punjabi language, said works of the late Dr Attar Singh, Prof Mohan Singh, Mr Bawa Budh Singh, Mr Teja Singh and Maula Bakhsh would be published later. “We plan to celebrate Bhai Vir Singh Day on December 15 and make it a regular annual feature”, he said. A concise encyclopaedia on Sikhism would be prepared by university in two years in Punjabi and English he added. |
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Non-teaching staff of pvt colleges
begin strike Barnala, November 5 Talking to this reporter here today, Mr Raj Kumar Singla, general secretary of the union, informed that the strike was observed to press the Punjab Government to accept their demands. Their demands include payment of the arrears of revised pay scales of non-teaching staff in one instalment and grant of house rent allowance to the non-teaching employees serving in the rural private colleges of Punjab. |
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organises annual function Patiala, November 5 Prof P.B. Mangla from Delhi University, while delivering his annual lecture on Library and Information Science Education in India for the New Millennium: Trends and Issues, said librarianship as a profession had largely emerged from the adolescent stage in India and Library Schools had certainly made a vital contribution in the process. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Amrik Singh, former VC, underlined the role of librarians in building a good institute of learning. He, however, lamented that there was a decline in professionalism on the part of librarians and neglect on the part of policy-makers. Dr
Devinder Kaur, Librarian, while introducing the theme, said the main
objective of the trust was to promote librarianship by giving
scholarships and stipends to deserving students and library
professionals. Others who spoke on the occasion, included Prof P.N.
Kaula, Dr Jagtar Singh, Dr H.R. Arora and Prof S.P. Narang. Dr Jasbir
Singh Ahluwalia, Vice Chancellor, presided over the function. |
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