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Jagmeet’s
removal ‘not’ approved
Chandigarh, December 25
Supporters of Mr Jagmeet Singh
Brar, a senior leader of the Congress, have built up pressure on the
party high command to issue a clarification with regard to Mr Brar’s
reported removal from the convenership of the Punjab Congress
Parliamentary Party.
Vedanti
again appeals for Panthic unity
Gurdaspur, December 25
Mr Joginder Singh Vedanti,
Jathedar, Akal Takht, talking to newspersons after attending the
observance ceremony of the death anniversary of Jagjit Singh, reporter
of a Jalandhar-based newspaper at Purana Shalla, 5 km from here, said
today his appeal for Panthic unity in the interest of Punjab still
stood.
Lok
Bhalai Party to contest 90 seats
Faridkot, December 25
The All-India Lok Bhalai Party
will release the final list of all its candidates by January 5 to
contest the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state. It will
contest the poll from 90 Assembly segments and the names of 24
contestants have already been announced.
Shiv
Sena to contest 30 seats
Phagwara, December 25
The Punjab Shiv Sena (Bal
Thackeray) will contest more than 30 Assembly seats in the coming
Assembly poll and announce the names of the candidates by January 19
after getting a nod from Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray.
Cong
men say no to CPI candidate
Budhlada (Mansa),
December 25
Congress workers of this Assembly
segment have urged the party high command not to leave this seat to a
CPI candidates if both parties formed an electoral alliance for the
coming Assembly elections. Instead the Congress should field its own
candidate, they said.
No
differences with BJP: Brahampura
Taran Taran, December 25
Mr Ranjit Singh Brahampura,
senior vice-president of the ruling SAD and Minister for Cooperation,
Punjab, has denied any differences with the BJP on seat-sharing issue.
He said a four-member committee of the SAD would have a meeting with
the BJP state unit on the issue tomorrow.
Mission’s
appeal to Jathedar Vedanti
Amritsar, December 25
The Malta Boat Tragedy Mission
today urged the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, to
declare SAD ministers and an SGPC member ‘tankhaiyas’ for their
alleged involvement in the infamous “pigeon scandal”.
A
young Sikh attends "ardass" at a three-day Sikh religious program, "Sikh wirsa
sambhal sammelan," in Amritsar on Tuesday.
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Probe
into land-grab by ex-MLA
Chief Secy dissatisfied with
earlier inquiry
Ferozepore, December 25
The Chief Secretary, Punjab, Mr
N.K. Arora, has ordered an inquiry into the controversy relating to 11
acres of agriculture land at Chak Sotrian village on a compliant of an
ex-serviceman, Mr Bhagat Singh, of Khusal Joian village of this
district, who alleged that the land was illegally possessed by Mr Hans
Raj Joshan, former MLA, and his brother Hakam Chand after it was
allotted to him (Bhagat Singh) by the Sainik Welfare Board after
retirement.
Ferozepore
cantt residents smell war
Ferozepore, December 25
The Army authorities in this
district are taking all precautionary measures in the wake of volatile
situation along the Indo-Pakistan border. The direct telephone access
to the Cantonment here has been blocked due to security reasons.
SC
staff seek quota in defence services
Jalandhar, December 25
The Gazetted and Non-Gazetted
Scheduled Castes and Backward Class Employees Welfare Federation,
Punjab, has demanded that the Central Government should allow
reservation of jobs for these classes in defence services, private
sector and courts.
Clouds
of war hover over kavi darbar
Phagwara, December 25
Ominous clouds of war hovering
over India and Pakistan, a poetic wish for durable peace, religio-political
stunts and hypocrisies, the need to change the rotten system and find
new directions, sufferings, alienation, stress and strain afflicting
the modern man the passion of love and divine faithfulness dominated
the ghazals, poems and songs recited and sung at the trilingual kavi
darbar organised here on Sunday evening by the Ghazal Darbar, Punjab
headed by noted poet Arif Gobindpuri.
Fireman
posts: lapses in recruitment alleged
Sangrur, December 25
Alleging that irregularities were
committed in the physical test and interview of candidates for the 13
posts of fireman and two posts of driver for appointment in the local
fire brigade office of the local municipal council (MC), some
municipal councillors have demanded immediate cancellation of the
physical test and interview.
Blood
separation unit still lying idle
Amritsar, December 25
The Chief Minister is very much
annoyed with the non-installation of the imported blood component
separation (BCS) unit, reads a communication sent by the Punjab Civil
Secretariat to the local Health Department after publication of a
report in The Tribune in August.
Coolies
dread Wagah closure
Attari/Wagah, December 25
Apprehensions that land route
between India and Pakistan will be closed has created tension among
coolies (porters), who work at Wagah and carry mainly dry fruit
consignments that arrive from Afghanistan to some distance from the
Zero Line.
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PATIALA
Cheap movies popular among migrants
 The much-awaited star-studded 'K3G' has hit the screen at a time when cine collections in the city have hit an all-time low with cinema halls running almost empty, forcing their managements to cancel the last show of the day many a times during the last two months. Whether 'K3G' will manage to reverse the trend and set the cash registers ringing will be interesting to see.
The poster of a grade-C movie being screened at a
cinema hall in Patiala.
Award conferred on four
Patiala, December 25
Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley conferred National Dapu Kartar Singh Dhaliwal Awards on theatre personalities Pran Sabharwal and Sunita Sabharwal and poets Harchand Singh Dilbar and Darshan Singh Buttar (Nabha) at a function organised by Delhi’s Punjabi Sahit Kala Sangam at the India International Centre’s auditorium in Delhi recently, according to a press note.
Facing odds with fortitude
Rajpura
Kashmiri the darner is a fairly known figure in Rajpura. For the past eight years he has been doing this business in his ‘‘khokha” in Jawahar Market and his shop is always full of clothes needing repairs.
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RAJPURA DIARY
Tiny tots captivate audience
Rajpura
Culture and heritage seemed to blend on the stage of Public Modern High School, Rajpura, when it held its annual function. An audience of more than 2500, including the parents and teachers of the students, watched spellbound as the children presented the captivating show.
Nationwide
bank staff stir on Jan 4
Bathinda, December 25
To educate bank employees about
problems which could surface for those opting for the voluntary
retirement scheme (VRS) and to mobilise them to join a nationwide
strike on January 4 against the transfer of 870 employees from Kolkata
to remote areas, for not opting for VRS, a zonal-level convention of
the State Bank of Patiala was held here today.
Pensioners
hold protest
Amritsar, December 25
At least 100 old-age handicapped
pensioners and terrorist victims protested at the Hall Gate here
yesterday wearing black badges, raising slogans against the
government.
Bachi
new PSEB Administrative Member
Patiala, December 25
Mr Gurbachan Singh Bachi has been
appointed the new Administrative Member (AM) of the Punjab State
Electricity Board (PSEB) in place of Mr Baldev Singh Mann. Mr Mann’s
two years' tenure ended on November 24 and the Punjab Government had
given him an extension till further orders.
Dubey
is Tourism Principal Secy
NRIs
raise funds for educational projects
Nawanshahr, December 25
Mr Budh Singh Dhahan, a social
worker and president of the Guru Nanak Mission Medical and Educational
Trust, Dhahan-Kaleran told mediapersons here on Sunday that he had got
an encouraging response from the Punjabis living in Toronto (Canada)
during his recent tour and had mobilised donations worth Rs 1 crore
for the Trust.
Students
resent hefty late fee
Ludhiana, December 25
The Punjab State Education Board
has been charging a hefty late fee of Rs 2,000 from students. Some
students told The Tribune here yesterday that when they went to submit
their examination forms at the local camp office of the board, they
were asked to deposit Rs 2,330 instead of the usual fee of Rs 330.
Education
system in disarray: BSP (A)
Jalandhar, December 25
The Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)
has criticised the state government for its failure to revamp the
education system in Punjab, particularly in the rural areas.
Teaching
resumes in unaided colleges
Ferozepore, December 25
The teaching and examination work
in all unaided colleges of Punjab has been resumed after the teachers
strike was called off. According to Prof Davinder Arora, in order to
make up for the loss of time and studies of the students, the teachers
have decided to forego their winter vacation and conduct the
examinations, which were postponed earlier due to the strike call.
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