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 Where teaching
and liquor sale go side by side
Jalandhar, July 27
A liquor vend, allotted to the influential
Ponty Chadha group, has been allowed to function from the building of Cantonment
Board Elementary School on National Highway No. 1, thanks to the officials
concerned who have turned a blind eye to the gross violation of the excise
policy.
A liquor vend that is being run from the building of Cantonment Board Elementary School, Rama Mandi Chowk, in Jalandhar.
Students elude
affiliated engineering colleges
Patiala, July 27
Seats in various engineering and management
colleges affiliated with Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab Technical
University (PTU), Jalandhar, and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, have gone
begging with most of the colleges managing to rope in students ranging from a
mere single to not more than six in total.
SPOT THE BUS: An overloaded private mini bus going to Dakala from Patiala on Monday.
— Photo by Rajesh Sachar
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VB nabs 2 more
officials
Chandigarh, July 27
Punjab Vigilance Bureau sleuths today
nabbed two more government officials — a doctor and a school principal — on
the allegations of indulging in corruption. Their arrest is a part of a
concerted drive launched by the Vigilance Bureau against corrupt practices.
Radicals,
moderates unite on water
Chandigarh, July 27
Radical elements and moderate political
parties in Punjab are united on one issue: — no sharing of water with other
states. And this issue is expected to raise tempers.
Farmer commits
suicide
Rajpura, July 27
The drought-like conditions in Punjab have
claimed their first victim with a farmer from this subdivision, who was faced
with withering crops and towering responsibilities, ending his life by jumping
in front of a goods train near the Narwana branch canal this morning.
Desilt Hansli
nullah, plead residents
BATALA: The Kasur nullah,
popularly known as Hansli nullah here, has not yet been cleared of.
Encroachments done by influential politicians belonging to the Congress, the BJP
and the Shiromani Akali Dal, especially near the bridge which links the Leak
Wala Tank area with Cinema Road. Moreover, grass has also eaten up part of the
nullah at several places as it has not been desilted for long.
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The
Amritsar Municipal Corporation building continued to illuminate on
Monday, despite power saving measures taken by the Punjab
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Ranjit Singh not
keen to get co-opted into SGPC House
Amritsar, July 27
The former Jathedar, Akal Takht, Bhai
Ranjit Singh, is not keen to be co-opted in to the general House of the SGPC
even as the Panthic Morcha has reportedly inclined to send towering
personalities in the House through co-option.
Akal Takht
Jathedar resents misuse of name
Amritsar, July 27
Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar,
Akal Takht, has taken serious note of the use of his name in the advertisement
published by Rashtaryia Sikh Sangathan (RSS) on the occasion of the centenary
celebrations of Guru Granth Sahib.
Electrocautery
can help cancer patients, says expert
Jalandhar, July 27
For more than 80 per cent of patients
suffering from lung cancer, who could not be operated upon and suffered
obstruction of central airways, electrocautery can prove to be a boon for them.
‘Saathiya’
team holds roadshow
Jalandhar, July 27
As a part of a drive to promote recently
launched tele-serial “Saathiya- Pyar Ka Naya Ahsaas”, the three lead stars
held a roadshow at Model Town market here today.
Drug
de-addiction centre to start at Patiala Saket Hospital
Chandigarh, July 27
A meeting of the Administrative Committee
of the Punjab State Drug Abuse Prevention Centre was held at the Punjab Red
Cross Regional Training Centre here yesterday to check the menace of drug abuse
in Punjab.
Ranjit Singh
award to be reconstituted
Ferozepore, July 27
The state government has decided to
reconstitute Maharaja Ranjit Singh Youth Award for excellence in youth affairs
and sports, according to Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, chief parliamentary secretary,
Sports and Youth Affairs.
Vigyan rail
exhibition in Ferozepore
Ferozepore, July 27
The vigyan rail exhibition on wheels, which
arrived at Ferozepore railway station today was inaugurated here by Mr Dharam
Singh, Divisional Manager, Railways.
Lions Club’s
mission to control TB
Sangrur, July 27
In order to curb the menace of tuberculosis
(TB), the Lions Club International District 321-F, comprising 11 districts of
Punjab and Chandigarh, has launched a “Mission TB control programme”.
Shopkeepers burn
effigy of CM
Sangrur, July 27
Members of the Beopar Cell of the Sunam
unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and activists of the BJP today held
march through the town of Sunam, 13 km from here, in protest against the state
government’s order on the closure of shops at 6 pm daily and deteriorating
situation of the power and water supply throughout the state.
High
Court
Punjab Termination Bill
referred to another Bench
Chandigarh, July 27
The public interest litigation (PIL)
challenging the Punjab Termination of Agreements Bill 2004 was today referred to
another Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court as one of the judge's recused
himself from the case.
Judicial remand
for institute chief
Pathankot, July 27
Mr R.K. Garg, Sub- Divisional Judicial
Magistrate, yesterday remanded Dr G.D. Sharma, Director, R.M. Tagore Nursing
Institute here, in judicial custody till August 8.
Kidnapping case:
SDO’s bail plea rejected
Patiala, July 27
A local court today rejected the
anticipatory bail plea of Irrigation Department Subdivisional Officer (SDO)
Satpal Jindal who is accused of kidnapping a businessman’s wife from Patiala
in May.
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Replace
transformer, say farmers
Ghal Kalan (Moga), July 27
While the Punjab Government is purchasing
power worth crores everyday to provide eight-hour power supply to the farming
sector, the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has not even bothered to
replace a transformer which was burnt 45 days ago.
Electricity poles without
transformer (left), and (right) a generator being used for running motors in fields.
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GRP drive to
check looting of passengers
Hoshiarpur, July 27
To check looting of railway passengers in
trains and on railway platforms, the Government Railway Police (GRP) has started
a special campaign in this connection.
59 MC employees
transferred
Patiala, July 27
The Municipal Commissioner, Patiala, Mr
Manvesh Singh Sidhu, today transferred 59 employees of the Municipal
Corporation.
 Police-public
meetings
Dera Bassi, July 27
To curb the crime rate, the Punjab Police
today organised police-public meetings at Dera Bassi, Mubarikpur and Zirakpur.
Dr Kaushtumsh Sharma, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Patiala, hearing public
grievances at a police-public meeting at Dera Bassi police station on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph
DC’s orders to
cable operators
Patiala, July 27
The district administration has directed
cable operators of the city not to resort to cutting or damaging of cable wires
and property of another operator here today.
SPO murdered
Tarn Taran, July 27
SPO Jagtar Singh, a resident of Chack Kare
Khan village, who was posted at Zira in Ferozepore district, was allegedly
murdered by four persons of the same village on Sunday. The police had
registered a case under Sections 302, 34, IPC.
Two youths
attacked in gurdwara
Jalandhar, July 27
Tension gripped the city as a group of Sikh
youths brandished swords on the Bhagwan Mahavir Marg following alleged delay by
the police in booking a youth, who is said to be a member of the controversial
Noormahl based Divya Jyoti Jagran Sansthan and allegedly injured two youths
inside Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Gurdwara, just before the arrival of Akal Takht
Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti this evening.
Missing girl
found with lover
Kapurthala, July 27
The CIA staff here has solved the case of a
minor girl of Kala Sanghian village who had gone missing on July 11.
Perfume seller
loots house owner
Bathinda, July 27
Ritu Sahaie, a seller of perfumes and body
sprays, allegedly looted some expensive goods and cash from the house of Mr
Gurtej Singh, located in the Bharat Nagar locality, here yesterday.
2 motor cycle
thieves arrested
Bathinda, July 27
The police yesterday arrested three persons
for their alleged involvement in vehicle theft and recovered two motor cycles.
Three injured in
accident
Kharar, July 27
Three persons were injured in an accident
when a car collided with their bicycles near Sahora village last night.
Nursing students
leave Pathankot hostel
Gurdaspur, July 27
All students of the Pathankot-based R.N.
Tagore Nursing Institute have left the hostel. After the arrest of its director
by the police, teaching was suspended in the institute. The director was only
teacher in the institute running a one-man show.
Teachers,
students observe strike
Batala, July 27
Teachers and students of Baring Union
Christian College, Batala today went on strike to protest against the Principal,
Mr Hepesh Shepherd, for his dictatorial and indifferent attitude towards the
staff and the students.
 Teej celebrated
at school
Dera Bassi, July 27
Students and staff members of Deepmala
Public School here today celebrated Teej with a great fervour. A cultural
programme was organised by the students.
Students of Deepmala Public School, Dera Bassi, enjoy swings while celebrating Teej on the school premises
on Tuesday.
Beopar Mandal
resents change in shop timings
Bathinda, July 27
The Bathinda Beopar Mandal has expressed
its anguish over the fact that traders were not taken into confidence by the
state government while taking the decision to change the time of opening and
closing of business establishments from 8 am to 6 pm and urged the Deputy
Commissioner to revise the timing.
Tent dealers
demand withdrawal of tax
Bathinda, July 27
Mr Iqbal Singh Metro, executive member of
the All-India Tent Dealers Welfare Organisation, while expressing apprehension
that the service tax imposed on tent and “shamiana” would render lakhs of
people jobless, urged the Prime Minister to make arrangements for withdrawing
the same at the earliest.
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