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NRI’s house worth lakhs sold by fraud
Jalandhar, December 27
In yet another case of its kind, an NRI’s house has been sold fraudulently by some unauthorised persons, including his own uncle, allegedly in an attempt to grab it.
Home Ministry marks probe into youths’ disappearance case
Chandigarh, December 27
The mystery shrouding the disappearance of 37 Punjabi youngsters, looking for greener pastures abroad, has trudged towards a solution, with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs marking an inquiry into the incident.
Cong set to retain power, claims Preneet
Kaur
Rajpura, December 27
In the wake of the overwhelming response to the Punjab Vikas Yatra of the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, the Congress was set to retain power in the February 2007 Assembly elections, the Patiala MP, Ms Preneet Kaur, claimed here today.
SAD ticket to Boney Ajnala opposed
Amritsar, December 27
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) would win the Ajnala Assembly seat if right candidate was fielded otherwise the Congress would have it, said Mr Harinder Singh (Honey) Randhawa to reporters here today.
Dullo: Khurana betrayed Cong
Chandigarh, December 27
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Shamsher Singh Dullo today said Congress MLA and PPCC vice-president Raj Khurana had betrayed the party by quitting
it. The BJP had almost declared him candidate from Rajpura for Assembly elections. Mr Khurana had been in touch with Shiromani Akali Dal supremo Parkash Singh Badal for the past few months.
Guilty officials to face action: Badal
Chandigarh, December 27
The president of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, said if the SAD-BJP alliance was voted to power after the Assembly elections in the state, it would set up a mechanism for “corrective and prohibitive punishment for all those found guilty of committing excesses against
farmers. Not even the present Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, will escape accountability for the repression let loose at his behest against farmers during the past five years”.
Bhatia not in fray for LS byelection
Amritsar, December 27
Scotching all speculation for joining the electoral fray for the proposed Lok Sabha byelection for the Amritsar seat, the Governor of Kerala, Mr R L Bhatia, said he was not a candidate for the recently vacated parliamentary seat by BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu.
10 ministers, 27 MLAs keen to join SAD: Sukhbir
Chandigarh, December 27
The general secretary of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Sukhbir Singh
Badal, today claimed that at least 10 ministers and 27 legislators of the ruling Congress government in Punjab were willing to join the SAD-BJP combine in the coming days. Though he did not name anybody to substantiate his claim, he said his party would accommodate Congressmen who left the ruling party on grounds of their own conscience.
CM’s Vikas Yatra in Gurdaspur postponed
Gurdaspur, December 27
The Vikas Yatra of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, which was to pass through Gurdaspur, Kanuwan and Fatehgarh Churian constituencies of the district on December 29, has been postponed. According to sources, the Chief Minister is to attend an important meeting on that day due to which the yatra has been postponed. The yatra is likely to take place on January 6.
Cong MLA's action invites flak
Fatehgarh Sahib,
December 27
Mr Brij Lal Goyal, Chairman, Live Stock Development Board, while talking to the mediapersons here today condemned the action of Mr Raj Khurana, Congress MLA from Rajpura, who had deserted the party and joined the BJP yesterday.
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Bathinda, December 27
