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Bhagwant, Waris to star in Virasat Mela
Bathinda, December 15
Punjabi standup comedian Bhagwant Mann and singer Manmohan Waris will be part of the annual Virasat Mela, schedule to take place at the sports stadium here from December 22 to 24.
Prof Karam Singh, writer and chief promoter of the Malwa Heritage Foundation, addresses a press conference in Bathinda on Friday.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera |
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Decks cleared for rural varsity
Chandigarh, December 15
Decks were cleared today for Guru Gobind Singh Rural University in Punjab, the first of its kind. It will come up at Talwandi Saboo ( Bathinda), also called
Guru-ki-Kashi.
Parties politicising Dalit issues: Kainth
Phillaur, December 15
Bahujan Samaj Morcha national president Satnam Singh Kainth has alleged that almost all political parties, including the Bahujan Samaj Party, were politicising the Dalit issues and only misusing their sentiments for their own political interests.
Barnala meddling in state politics, says Mann
Sangrur, December 15
SAD (A) president Simranjit Singh Mann has asked the President of India to either keep Surjit Singh Barnala as Tamil Nadu Governor and prevent him from taking part in Punjab politics or relieve him from the post, as he was “meddling” in the state politics.
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Bust of war hero traced
Amritsar, December 15
The mysterious disappearance of the bust of a 1971 Indo-Pak war hero, Capt Lalit Mohan Bhatia, from the protected area of the historical Ram Bagh, as reported in these columns yesterday, was traced to a storehouse of the Services Club here today.
Obit
Gloom in Bhinder’s village
Gurdaspur, December 15
There was gloom and shock across district today as the news of the death of six-time Member of Parliament, Mrs Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder, spread in the area today morning.
Notices to staff for being absent
Faridkot, December 15
Six employees of the Punjab State Electricity Board, including an SDO, have been served notices by the district administration after they were found absent from duty.
Installation of statue opposed
Bathinda, December 15
The MC authorities’ effort to install a statue of Shaheed Sipahi Jarnail Singh at Haji Rattan Chowk today faced resistance from the area residents here.
Hair chopping: six rounded up
Moga, December 15
The police today rounded up six persons in connection with the incident of chopping off hair of a teenager Sikh of Baghapurana town by three unidentified motor cycle-borne miscreants yesterday.
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