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Badal
in dilemma over next SGPC president
Amritsar, November 10
With Bibi Jagir Kaur’s
announcement to contest the election for the post of SGPC president, if
directed by the party high command and the ‘wait and watch’ policy
of the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, the forthcoming SGPC election is
likely to witness a keen contest.
Rs
15-cr project to clean West Bein
Chandigarh, November 11
A Rs 15.33 crore project to prevent
pollution of the West Bein, a tributary of the Sutlej, has been cleared
by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. The money has been
received and work begun. The executing agency is the Punjab Water Supply
and Sewerage Board.
SAD,
BJP councillors reach compromise
Bathinda, November 11
The SAD and BJP municipal
councillors who were in dispute following the beating up of two BJP
councillors by their SAD colleagues along with party workers in the
last week of August, 2001, today reached a compromise in the presence
of their respective leaders.
Akalis
let off steam against Swarna Ram
Phagwara, November 11
Factionalism in the ruling
SAD-BJP combine here came to the fore yesterday when activists of SAD
availed of the opportunity at Mr Parkash Singh Badal’s visit to
Phagwara to attend a sangat darshan programme for letting off steam
against local BJP MLA and Punjab Tourism Minister Chowdhary Swarna
Ram.
‘PM
won’t interfere in Akali affairs’
Phagwara, November 11
Punjab Local Bodies Minister
Balramji Das Tandon today dismissed as baseless the reports that Prime
Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee would effect a rapprochement among the
feuding Akalis, but hoped that the misgivings would get over.
Tohra’s terms for truce with Badal
Lalru, November 11
Extending his support to the Khalistan movement, the president of the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, today demanded that families of
terrorist lodged in Jodhpur jail be given financial aid. Addressing party workers here today, Mr Tohra blamed successive governments for atrocities on “innocents”.
Mann
urges Bush to turn deaf ear to Vajpayee on terrorism
Ludhiana, November 11
Striking his usual extremist
note, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) President, Mr Simranjeet
Singh Mann, today sought the intervention of US President George W.
Bush for addressing the issue of ‘‘majority terrorism in
India’’.
Panthic
Morcha to hold rallies
Nawanshahr, November 11
Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra,
senior Panthic Morcha leader, talking to mediapersons here today, said
the Panthic Morcha would organise rallies in all Assembly segments of
the state from November 17 to 29 and hold a state-level rally at
Ludhiana on December 2 to “expose the misdeeds” of the Badal
government during the past five years.
CM
blames Cong for Punjab ills
Barnala, November 11
Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief
Minister, while addressing the public at a “sangat darshan”
programme at Dhilwan village, about 25 km from here, today, blamed the
Congress for various ills plaguing Punjab and the country.
A scene from a play depicts the presentation of a foreign diplomat in the
court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The play, 'Sher-e-Punjab,'
was staged at Bathinda
on Saturday. —Kulbir Beera |
Set
up mental health care centres: experts
Faridkot, November 11
A two-day XIIth state-level
annual conference on psychological disorders organised by the Punjab
and Chandigarh Psychiatric Society (Puncips) which concluded here
today laid stress on setting up mental health care centres at each
district headquarters in the state. It also emphasised on organising
camps on regular basis at the grassroots level to make people aware
about the arrival of new drugs and modern surgical equipment in the
market which could help in drug addiction, schizophrenia, epilepsy and
other neurological problems.
Firecracker
units crack laws
Amritsar, November 11
With Divali round the corner the
illegal manufacturing of firecrackers is being blatantly carried out
at Anngarh village in a violation of the Explosive Act, 1884 and 1983
under the very nose of the district administration.
Sangat
darshan or ‘grant darshan’?
Nabha, November 11
The sangat darshan programme has
truly become a “grant darshan” function. And common people
desiring an audience with the Chief Minister to air their grievances
are ignored in favour of select representatives who are called to the
venue for distribution of grants to them.
CM
lays stone of lawyers’ chambers
Sangrur, November 11
Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Punjab
Chief Minister and SAD President, today exhorted Akali leaders and
workers to sink their differences and make efforts to strengthen the
SAD in the state.
Strengthen
‘dhadi’ art: Badal
Badrukhan (Sangrur),
November 11
As part of the bicentenary
celebrations of the coronation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, a “dhadi
darbar” was organised here today by Punjabi University, Patiala. Mr
Natha Singh Dalam, Public Relations Minister, Punjab, inaugurated the
“darbar”, while Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, was the
chief guest.
CARE
being misused: SSP
Bathinda, November 11
Certain women have taken undue
advantage of a scheme called CARE aimed to solve family and
matrimonial disputes, according to Dr Jatinder Jain, SSP. Of the 389
complaints received at CARE centres in 2000 as many 97 were filed.
During 2000, out of 389 complaints compromise was reached in as many
as 223 cases and six cases were registered.
Detention
of MLA criticised
Jalandhar, November 11
The detention of the Adampur
Congress MLA, Mr Kanwaljit Singh Lalli, has been widely criticised
here. The MLA was detained yesterday by the police as a
“precautionary measure”. The Congress leaders, Mr Bhupinder Saini,
Ms Santosh and Ms Vidwant Kaur, held a protest dharna at Adampur Chowk
in Bhogpur, near the venue of the CM’s “sangat darshan”
programme. They dubbed the arrest of Mr Lalli as an attack on
democracy.
Freedom
fighters allege harassment
Amritsar, November 11
Members of the district freedom
fighters council alleged during an executive body meeting here today
that railway and roadways staff misbehaved with them whenever they
went to their offices.
Medical
camp
Amloh, November 11
As many as 280 patients were
checked up by a team of doctors of Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic College and
Hospital, Mandi Gobindgarh, at Machhrai Kalan village, 3 km from here,
yesterday.
BKU
(E) to stage dharna on Nov 21
Bathinda, November 11
Activists of the BKU (E) will sit
on dharna in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner on
November 21 to press for acceptance of their demands. The decision was
taken at a meeting held in Bhundar village yesterday, in which leaders
of the district unit participated. The meeting was a part of a
campaign launched by the union after the release of its district
president Jhanda Singh Jethuke from the local central jail. The BKU
leader has been holding meetings with union activists at various
villages since then.
Hoarding
shoots up potato prices
Jalandhar, November 11
The potato prices have almost
doubled in Punjab and its adjoining areas during the past one week. If
1 kg of potato was available between Rs 5 and Rs 6 in the retail
market about a week ago, the same was available between Rs 10 and Rs
12 and at Chandigarh at Rs 14.
Truck
carrying substandard seeds seized
Gurdaspur, November 11
The Batala police with the help
of officials of the Agricultural Department seized a truck at Batala
loaded carrying 160 bags of substandard seeds. The seeds belonged to
Jathedar Seed Store, Sabzi Mandi, Amritsar, and was to be unloaded at
Kahlon Pesticides, Batala. However, the owner of Kahlon Pesticides,
Batala, has denied it. The bags bore mark of Ladowal Seed Farm,
Ludhiana.
PAU
runs on whims or rules?
Ludhiana, November 11
Is Punjab Agricultural University
being run on the whims and fancies of the authorities or the rules?
The answer seems to be the former if the decision of the appointment
of the new Comptroller is any indication.
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