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High
time Punjab has a disaster management cell
Chandigarh, August 7
Mid-way the assessment of the
drought situation in Punjab by a Central team, came the deluge caused
by flash floods in the Ghaggar, leaving behind an indelible trail of
death and destruction in some parts of the state, diverting the
attention of the government. The grim situation had made the civil
administration send an SOS to the Army and the Indian Air Force.
Keep
unbundling of PSEB on hold, Surjeet tells Capt
Chandigarh, August 7
Obviously to block the process
initiated by Punjab Government to “ unbundle” the Punjab State
Electricity Board, the General Secretary of the CPM and pivotal player
to run the Central Government, Mr Harkishan Singh Surjeet Singh, has
asked the Punjab Government to retain the PSEB in its existing form
for at least two more years.
DGP for
PPS officers heading six police dists
Jalandhar, August 7
The Punjab Government will again
approach the Central Government for conversion of six cadre-based
posts of SSPs in as many police districts as non-cadre posts.
Farmers
beat peacock to death
Chandigarh, August 7
Indiscriminate killing of the
national bird continues unabated in Punjab, with yet another case
surfacing in Doraha today. In a bizarre incident that occurred in
Jaragari village in Doraha Forest Rang, three farmers beat a peacock
to death, using batons for the ruthless attack.
Race
for education board chief’s post hots up
Mohali, August 7
The race is on for the post of
the Chairman of the Punjab School Education Board here. The term of
the current Chairman, Dr Kehar Singh, ends on August 8 but with a
weekend in between, yesterday was effectively his last working day in
the Board.
Kin to receive PoWs
at Wagah
Kot Bhai (Muktsar), August 7
The widowed mother and
five-year-old daughter, along with the other kin of Lance Naik Jagsir
Singh will leave the village tomorrow to receive him at the Wagah
checkpost on August 9 after the Army authorities confirmed his return
from Pakistan.
Man
beaten up, moves PSHRC, high court
Bathinda, August 7
Mr Gurpreet Singh, a resident of
Bhucho Kalan village, who along with his mother were allegedly beaten
up mercilessly by five persons on July 11, 2004, has approached the
Punjab State Human Rights Commission, the Punjab and Haryana High
Court and the state police authorities for directing the police
official concerned to arrest the accused.
One
feared dead, 50 hurt in mishap
Ludhiana, August 7
One person was feared killed and
50 others were injured when a truck carrying devotees from Kiratpur
Sahib hit two trees in a ditch after colliding with another truck
coming from Ludhiana, near Chak Sarwan Nath village, on the
Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway tonight.
CPM,
KMU support Kamalpur Dalits
Sangrur, August 7
Members of the Punjab Khet
Mazdoor Union and the CPM today marched from the office of the CPM to
the office of the Senior Superintendent of Police here, demanding
arrest of remaining accused in the firing incident at Kamalpur village
on August 3, in which two Dalits were shot dead, and compensation for
the families of deceased Dalits and injured persons.
Delegation
to submit memo to PM
Chandigarh, August 7
The Vishva Bhai Mardana Yaadgari
Kirtan Darbar Society president, Mr Harpal Singh Bhullar, yesterday
said that a memorandum on 70-odd detained Punjabi youths in Pakistan
jails would be submitted to the Prime Minister in New Delhi on August
9.
IMA
welcomes SC ruling on doctors
Patiala, August 7
The state wing of the Indian
Medical Association has welcomed the judgement of the Supreme Court in
the case of Dr Suresh Gupta, a plastic surgeon of Delhi, stating that
doctors will not be blamed for patients’ death.
Punjab
Medicos elated over SC verdict
Sangrur, August 7
The Punjab unit of the Indian
Medical Association today hailed the decision of the Supreme Court
that a doctor cannot be held liable for criminal negligence due to the
death of a under-treatment patient owing to an error of judgement or
an accident.
 Bhai Jasbir Singh
operated upon
Three injured in
accident
6 hurt as seed sellers,
farmers clash
$ 1,000 donated to
Pingalwara
282 cases settled
at Lok Adalat
Nursing
institute chief granted bail
Sarpanch,
4 others in police custody till August 9
Committee to lay
guidelines for filling stations
Mohali, August 7
With a view to securing uniform
guidelines for the location of new petrol pumps and filling stations
in the state, the Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister, Mr
Raghunath Sahai Puri, has constituted a high-level multi-disciplinary
committee headed by the Chief Town Planner to propose a comprehensive
policy in this regard.
Woman, child
murdered by rickshaw-puller
Bathinda, August 7
Raj Rani, who was living in a
trans-railway colony here, and her two-year-old daughter, were killed
allegedly by a rickshaw-puller, identified as Jagga Singh, who had an
illicit relation with the deceased.
10
wounded in ‘deorhi’ row
Amritsar, August 7
As many as 10 persons were
reportedly injured and about 40 persons were rounded up in a dispute
over the construction of an upper portion of a “deorhi” (verandah)
of Sadhu Ram Sarai in the Putlighar area here today. The accused also
allegedly fired five or seven gunshots in air which was followed by
stoning and throwing of glass bottles which continued for half an
hour.
Killing
of two Dalits: 6 more arrested
Sangrur, August 7
The police here today arrested
six more persons—Mandeep Singh, Sandeep Singh, Jatinder Singh and
Yadwinder Singh, all from Kamalpur village, Bikramjit Singh from
Samana, and Gurbhej Singh from Sular Gharat village,— for firing on
Dalit locality by a group of landlords at Kamalpur village, near
Dirba, on August 3. Two Dalits were killed and 15 were injured in the
firing.
Two
children crushed to death
Bathinda, August 7
Two children aged seven and two
and -a-half years were crushed to death while their father, Krishan
Lal, a leading businessman of the city, suffered multiple injuries
when an overloaded tractor-trailer hit their scooter near SSD Girls
College here late this evening.
6 of family
hurt
Management quota
seats: DMC extends date
Patiala, August 7
Punjab Medical Education and
Research Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal yesterday told a deputation of
PMET students and parents that the last date for applying for
management quota seats had been extended to August 16 by Dayanand
Medical College.
Atwal
honours bright students
Phagwara, August 7
The Bharat Vikas Parishad here,
held a function to felicitate meritorious schoolstudents here last
night. Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal, was the Chief
Guest. He presented students with mementoes and certificates.
Awareness rally by
school kids
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