Punjab to train students for BPO industry
Chandigarh, August 20
Government colleges in Punjab will now churn out students ready for jobs in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.
Power cuts cripple industry
Ludhiana, August 20
The unprecedented power crisis in the state has crippled industrial production and the wheel of the machine has almost come to a standstill. The industry is getting power supply only for six hours, allege industrialists.
Mill boiler blast leaves 1 dead, 10 injured
Verka (Amritsar), August 20
One migrant labourer was killed and 10 others were injured, a few of them seriously, in an explosion in a textile processing unit early this morning here today.
‘Fake letter’ creates confusion in university corridors
Amritsar, August 20
The circulation of a “fake notification” on the letterhead of Guru Nanak Dev University to the heads of all affiliated centers of the university (outside Punjab), directing them not to go in for further admissions for the new academic session, created confusion today.
Dullo hints at poll alliance
Ropar, August 20
The Punjab Congress can form an alliance with like-minded parties to fight the next Assembly elections, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president, Mr Shamsher Singh
Dullo, indicated here today.
Factionalism in Youth Congress
Ropar, August 20
Factionalism in the District Youth Congress (DYC) came to the fore today when three functions were organised here to pay homage to Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary. The PPCC president attended two of the functions.
Dal Khalsa rejects Vedanti as Jathedar
Amritsar, August 20
On the fifth day of the Gurdwara Reform Movement, the Dal Khalsa today refused to submit a memorandum to Jathedar Akal Takht Joginder Singh Vedanti on the plea that he had lost credibility in the Sikh Panth.
PCCTU for implementation of pension scheme soon
Patiala, August 20
The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union (PCCTU), which held a “Poll manifesto reminder march” from Barnala to this town on Friday, urged the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to implement the pension-gratuity scheme from September 5, 2005.
Sidhu leads rally against poor law, order
Amritsar, August 20
The SAD-BJP combine carried out a protest rally against deteriorating law and order situation in the holy city.
BBMB rock garden a major tourist attraction
Talwara (Hoshiarpur), August 20
The rock garden of the BBMB here has proved to be a major tourist attraction. According to the authorities of the BBMB, about 1 lakh tourists from the surrounding areas have visited the park.