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DISTRICT
PROFILE-FATEHGARH SAHIB
Too many
Akalis may spoil broth
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 21
This district has too many Akali
stalwarts from different ideologies and this fact has earlier worked
against the Akalis and may again haunt Akali candidates from both the
Sirhind and Amloh (Reserved) Assembly seats in the district.
DISTRICT
PROFILE-FEROZEPORE
Migration
from border may hit electioneering
Ferozepore, January 21
The excitement of the coming
elections to the State Assembly eludes this border district as clouds of
war are still looming between India and Pakistan. Official figures of
the district administration reveal that at least 1,18,450 people from
160 villages adjoining the border have already migrated to safer places.
Rome
summit: Vedanti to carry ‘kirpan’
Amritsar, January 21
Following correspondence between
the Akal Takht secretariat and the Vatican (Rome), Giani Joginder Singh
Vedanti, Jathedar, Akal Takht, has been allowed to carry the
“kirpan” during the international inter-faith religious conference
being held in Rome from January 23.
Morcha
alternative to SAD: Grewal
Ludhiana, January 21
Senior Akali leader and the
Panthic Morcha candidate from Kila Raipur, Mr Mahesh Inder Singh
Grewal, today said the Panthic Morcha had established itself as a
“credible and forceful alternative” to the Shiromani Akali Dal
(SAD) as it was the Panthic Morcha which had been pursuing the true
Panthic agenda.
Supporters
victimised, alleges Mann
Ludhiana, January 21
Senior Panthic Morcha leader
Simranjit Singh Mann today alleged that the Badal government was
victimising his supporters in the Sangrur area. He alleged that two of
his supporters were arrested by the police yesterday from Sangrur on
the false charge that they belonged to Babbar Khalsa, just to create
fear among his supporters.
Rakhra blows his own trumpet
Patiala, January 21
Senior SAD leader and party candidate from Samana constituency, Mr Surjit Singh
Rakhra, today claimed that he was the only candidate who had initiated development of the constituency through the Subedar Kartar Singh Trust.
Addressing a press conference here, Mr Rakhra said his family had deposited Rs 1 crore in the trust and the Punjab Government had put in a reciprocal amount to ensure speedy development of the area.
Trouble brews over Sohi’s candidature
Zirakpur, January 21
Hundreds of Congress workers of Deepinder Singh Dhillon group today threatened to boycott Ms Sheelam Sohi, a party candidate from the Banur Assembly constituency in the forthcoming elections and not to vote in her favour.
‘Debar
parties that don’t fulfil vows’
Abohar, January 21
The Punjab Pradesh Beopar Mandal
urged the Election Commission to use its offices to get the
Representation of Peoples Act suitably amended so that the political
parties, who make false promises could be debarred from contesting the
next election.
Civic
body chief backs SAD-BJP man
Phagwara, January 21
A Senior Congress leader and
president of the Nagar Council, Phagwara, Mr K. I. Gaba, today joined
the BJP along with his supporters and pledged support to the SAD-BJP
candidate from the Phagwara (reserved) Assembly constituency, Mr
Swarna Ram, Punjab Tourism Minister, thus giving a boost to the ruling
combine.
Capt releases book
on govt works
Dera Bassi, January 21
The general secretary of the Shiromani Akali Dal and candidate of the SAD-BJP from the Banur Assembly constituency, Capt Kanwaljit Singh released a booklet ‘‘Asin nahin, sade kam bolde han’’, a report on the party rule in the state
Veterans
resign, Sultana unfazed
Malerkotla, January 21
Ms Rajia Sultana, Congress
candidate from the Malerkotla constituency, has said that there would
be no adverse effect on the Congress campaign following the
resignations of Mr Abdul Gaffar, general secretary, PPCC, and Ms
Sajida Begum, Member, AICC, from the party last night.
Scribes
urge SHSAD not to field Kanjhla
Sangrur, January 21
The district unit of the
Punjab-Chandigarh Patarkar Parishad at its meeting held at Bhawanigarh
today warned the SHSAD against fielding Mr Gobind Singh Kanjhla as
candidate of the Panthic Morcha from Sherpur or extending its support
to him.
Check
use of drugs to woo voters: PCMSA
Sangrur, January 21
The Punjab Civil Medical Services
Association today urged the Election Commission to appoint special
election observers on the pattern of observers (expenditure) and
observers (general) to check the use of drugs and alcohol by
contesting candidates in Punjab to woo voters.
Ranjit
Sagar Dam running below capacity
Gurdaspur, January 21
The Ranjit Sagar Dam, which has a
power-generation capacity of 600 MW, is producing 50 to 60 MW only and
is on the verge of closure. The present level of the dam reservoir is
497 metres at present. It will be closed for power generation when the
level falls to 496 metres.
Women empowerment
theatre campaign
Patiala, January 21
The National Theatre Arts Society, Patiala, has launched a women empowerment state theatre campaign of its Punjab musical play ‘‘Daire’’ against female-foeticide here.
The chief guest, Mr J.S. Bir, Deputy Commissioner, Patiala, inaugurated the campaign by garlanding a picture of Lord Shiva’s ‘‘Ardhanareshvara’’ form.
Anti-polio
drops didn’t cause death: father
Sangrur, January 21
Though the six-month-old girl
Rinkle, who died yesterday about an hour after the administration of
anti-polio drops to her at Sular Gharat village, was brought dead to
the local Civil Hospital as per an entry in the hospital records, a
post-mortem examination was not conducted on her by the health
authorities.
Probe
panel on anti-Sikh posters
Amritsar, January 21
The SGPC has taken serious note
of posters asking Sikhs in Kashmir to leave their homes. A
three-member inquiry committee was formed to probe the pasting of
anti-Sikh posters here today.
Gurpurb
celebrated with fervour
Phagwara, January 21
The birth anniversary of Guru
Gobind Singh was celebrated here today with religious fervour. Poll
candidates of various political parties visited local gurdwaras on the
occasion. “Kirtan” and “langar” were organised as part of the
celebrations. Houses and gurdwaras were illuminated and “nagar
kirtan” was organised to mark the occasion.
2
die in bus-truck collision
Kapurthala, January 21
Two persons were killed on the
spot while seven others were injured in a head-on collision between a
truck and a bus near Dhilwan village on the GT Road, 20 km from here,
today.
Eye
check-up camp
Patiala, January 21
The Punjab Police, in league with a non-resident Indian, has put up a three-day eye check-up and operation camp, under which patients are picked up from their homes, operated upon and sent back through police conveyance.
Rice
straw turned into manure
Fazilka
In a major breakthrough on the
fertiliser front, scientists have succeeded in converting rice straw
into manure. Trials of this manure made in Punjab were carried out in
Badha village on the outskirts of this town by two agriculture
scientists, Dr O.P. Rupela of the International Crops Research
Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, and Dr Viraj Beri of the Soil Science
Department of Punjab Agriculture University.
Amritsar
gets 10 poll observers
Amritsar, January 21
Ten poll observers were deputed
for the 16 constituencies of Amritsar district in the forthcoming
Assembly elections. Out of them three will also assess the accounts of
candidates in the poll fray. This was informed by Mr S. S. Puri,
Deputy Commissioner-cum-returning officer for the district.
Patwaris
await training
Amritsar, January 21
Mr Satya Pal Dang, CPI leader,
today raised the issue of delay in the commencement of training of
candidate selected of patwaris with Mr B.K. Srivastava, Secretary,
Punjab Department of relief and resettlement.
DC
issues orders to printing presses
Bathinda, January 21
Mr R. Venkatratnam, District
Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner today issued orders directing
all printing-press owners of the district to print their names,
telephone numbers and complete addresses on any document which they
print for the coming Assembly elections.
Space equipment on varsity campus at a risk
Patiala
Its present value is an approximate crore. A twentyfour inch telescope with all the associated electronics was installed with German expertise in 1987. It stands redundant today.
Punjabi University’s space observatory ceases to be accessed ever since the Astronomy and Space Science Department, under whose aegis it was conceived, was merged in the Physics Department on February 28, 1998.
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