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Dosanjh
does villagers proud
Dosanjh Kalan, July 22
 Even as residents of this village
are elated over the appointment of the ‘son of the soil’ and
former British Columbia Premier Ujjal Dosanjh as Canada’s Health
Minister, they feel they have virtually been belittled by the slow
progress of relaying of the Phagwara-Dosanjh Kalan road and alleged
“non-sanctioning” of posts of teacher for the village-based
government school, which was upgraded after a visit of Mr Dosanjh to
the village during his premiership.
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Sri Guru Har Rai Khalsa Senior Secondary School at Dosanjh Kalan village in Jalandhar district, from where Mr Ujjal Dosanjh did his matriculation.
— Photo by Pawan Sharma
 World page: Canadian
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Sexual
harassment charge against institute director
Gurdaspur, July 22
Girl students of the RN Tagore
Nursing Institute have alleged sexual harassment by institute’s
director, Dr G.D. Sharma. In statements to the police today all 15
girls (out of 35) in the hostel of the institute alleged that the
director used to harass them sexually on the pretext of conducting
medical examination every month.
Mandi
Board GM suspended
Chandigarh, July 22
Punjab Mandi Board’s General
Manager (Marketing) Sikandar Singh — caught “red handed” by
state Vigilance Bureau while allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 50,000
from an employee — has been placed under suspension.
Two
more officials in VB net
Chandigarh, July 22
Continuing with its drive against
corruption, Punjab Vigilance Bureau sleuths today caught two more
government official red-handed, on the allegations of demanding and
accepting bribes, after laying traps. Two patwaris — Ajit Singh and
Daljit Kumar — were also convicted and sentenced to two years
imprisonment in different cases by special courts for vigilance cases.
Fish
poisoning clear case of poaching
Wildlife official to hold
probe
Chandigarh, July 22
Differences are surfacing between
Wildlife and Fisheries Department over the slack pace of probe into
the fish poisoning case in Beas tributary at Gurdaspur. Seemingly
irked with the indifference of Fisheries officials in starting probe
into the matter, the Wildlife department has decided to proceed in the
case on its own.
Borwankar does her
alma mater proud
Jalandhar, July 22
The mood was upbeat at Lyallpur
Khalsa College for Women and DAV College here as the news pertaining
to the elevation of their alumna, Ms Meera Chadha Borwankar, to the
post of chief of the crime branch of Mumbai police spread on the
campuses today.
Garbage
spillover
Now, Patiala
doctors on warpath
Boycott OPD in protest against
transfers
Patiala, July 22
Operation clean-up started in the
city today with the withdrawal of the fortnight long strike by
employees of the Municipal Corporation. The strike was called off
following the transfer of six doctors from the Government Rajindra
Hospital. The MC employees had been demanding action against doctors
of the hospital for alleged negligence shown by the latter during the
treatment of the corporation union leader Harjit Singh who succumbed
to his injuries in the hospital after he was injured in an acid
attack.
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Patients outside the OPD of Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala on Thursday.
— Photo by Rajesh Sachar |
Arora
refuses to accept Medical Superintendent’s post
Patiala, July 22
The Punjab Government has
transferred Dr Kiranjit Kaur, Principal of Government Medical College,
despite the fact that she was on a long leave on the fateful day when
a Municipal Corporation union leader succumbed to his injuries in the
hospital after an acid attack.
| Residents stage dharna against power cuts |
Bathinda, July 22
The residents of trans railway colonies, including women, children and elderly persons, gheraoed the office of the Punjab State Electricity Board
and staged a dharna in protest against the unscheduled, unannounced and long power cuts being imposed in the area.
Residents of trans railway colonies of Bathinda hold a dharna in front of the PSEB office in protest against long power cuts on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph. |
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Wife’s
plea to get husband free
Bathinda, July 22
Mrs Zubeda, wife of Mr Jagdev
Singh Bhatti, Junior Engineer, Irrigation Department, who has been
facing murder charge, today urged the district police chief, Muktsar,
to cancel the criminal case registered against her husband at Kot Bhai
police station on July 15.
Sikh
bodies hold protest
Jalandhar, July 22
Demanding a ban on the
forthcoming programme being organised by the Noormahlia sect chief,
various Sikh organisations presented a memorandum to the Deputy
Commissioner here today.
Bandh
over disappearance of man
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 22
Residents of Bassi Pathana today
observed a bandh and jammed traffic on the Bassi-Morinda road in front
of the ITI for more than six hours in protest against the
disappearance of one Varinder Kumar from police custody.
GOC-in-C
visits forward areas
Ferozepore, July 22
The General Officer
Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, Lieut-Gen J.J. Singh, visited
the forward areas under Golden Arrow Division here today. He was
accompanied by his wife, Anupama Singh, President, AWWA, Western
Command.
Two
bodies recovered
Bathinda, July 22
Two bodies, including one of
Jasvir Singh, a local resident, who allegedly committed suicide, were
recovered from the Bathinda-Sirsa rail track and from the Bathinda
branch of the Sirhind canal, respectively, by volunteers of the Sahara
Jan Sewa, a non-governmental organisation, today.
High
Court
Wordy duel between law
officer, counsel
Chandigarh, July 22
The Punjab and Haryana High Court
today witnessed an interesting wordy duel between a law officer and
the counsel engaged by a Deputy Commissioner. An Additional Advocate
General representing the Punjab Government today questioned the claims
of Amritsar Deputy Commissioner in the matter of disqualification of
three senior Akali leaders from the recently conclude SGPC elections.
Farmers plough
paddy crop
Drought-like situation hits
cotton crop too
Bathinda, July 22
Mr Gur Shinder Singh, a farmer of
Jassi Pau Wali village of this district today ploughed his paddy crop
in fives acres as it had dried up due to lack of irrigation. He
already hard up suffered loss of Rs 15,000 which he spent on diesel
for running the tubewell for water, transplantation of paddy or
fertiliser.
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| Mr Gur Shinder Singh, a farmer
in Jassi
Pau Wali village, Bathinda, ploughs his paddy field which had dried up due to acute shortage of
rain, on Thursday.
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Diversify
to check water shortage, says farmer
Muktsar, July 22
Farmers should diversify into new
crops from paddy and wheat in order to solve the problem of water
shortage in the state.
14 officials found
absent
Ferozepore, July 22
The Commissioner, Ferozepore
Division, Mr B. Sarkar, today conducted surprise checking in various
government offices here during which he found 14 government officials
absent. Mr Sarkar has written to the department heads concerned to
take disciplinary action against the erring officials.
Suspended
SMO gets support
Jaito (Faridkot), July 22
Various associations yesterday
came out in support of suspended SMO of the local Civil Hospital, Dr
Ajitpal Singh, and demanded his reinstatement. The Technical Services
Union, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta), the Loksangram Manch and the
Gramin Manch organised a protest in favour of the suspended SMO here
yesterday.
Travel agent cheats
man of Rs 2.97 lakh
Sangrur, July 22
Mr Parkash Chand Jain, father of
Ravinder Jain (28) who wants to settle abroad, is a sad man as he was
allegedly cheated of Rs 2.97 lakh by V.N. Sharma on the pretext of
sending his son to the USA. Mr V.N. Sharma is missing since June 29
last when he (Sharma) was to return visa papers of Ravinder Jain for
the USA. Rs 2.97 lakh was withdrawn from banks in June by Mr Jain.
Bail
order misused for release from jail
Bathinda, July 22
Sukhwinder Singh, who along with
his brother Raj Singh was jailed in the central jail, here came out on
Tuesday evening by using bail orders issued by a court of Mansa for
the release of Raj Singh by deceiving the jail authorities.
Two
wood smugglers held
Hoshiarpur, July 22
To check poaching and smuggling
of forest wood, a joint night-long operation was undertaken by the
Forest Divisions of Hoshiarpur, Dasuya, Garhshanker and Ropar in the
Shivalik Forest Circle last night.
Nepal
national still in jail
Amritsar, July 22
Sudheman Kami, a Nepali national
who was allegedly kidnapped, chained and kept in illegal detention and
later booked for possessing illicit liquor by the police here
continues to languish in jail. He has not been released even after the
cancellation of the false case registered against him.
Pirated
CDs seized
Bathinda, July 22
The police seized pirated CDs
from two musical shops running under the name of Taneja Sangeet Mahal
and Sukhladhi Electronics in the Raman Mandi town of this district
during raids conducted today.
Inter-state
gang busted
Patiala, July 22
The Patiala police today claimed
to have busted an inter-state gang which used to hire trucks load
goods to them and sell both commodities.
GND varsity
restores subjects’ combination
Amritsar, July 22
Guru Nanak Dev University has
decided to restore the old combination of subjects of 2002-2003 for
the BA course from the current academic session 2004-2005. Dr R.S.
Bawa, Registrar of the university, in a press release issued here
today said that there would be two A and B papers of one subjects
under this system.
Principal,
manager face embezzlement charge
Amritsar, July 22
Members of the PBN School
Managing Society and the staff union today alleged large-scale
embezzlement of school funds by the Manager, Principal and their
families.
Shopkeepers demand
facilities
Kharar, July 22
Shopkeepers of the Durga Dass
Estate have urged the Municipal Council authorities to provide basic
facilities in the area.
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