POLITICS

SC/ST cell to boycott Bhattal’s rally
Amritsar , April 8
The Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe cell of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee led by Gurinder Singh (Sabhi), state general secretary, today decided to boycott state Congress president Rajinder Kaur Bhattal’s rally to be held in New Amritsar on April 10.

COMMUNITY

Woman sarpanch, panches resign en masse
Vendetta by ruling coalition alleged
Moga, April 8
Members of gram panchayat of Cheeda village of Moga district, including the woman sarpanch ,today resigned their posts.

Civic bodies elections in June
Chandigarh, April 8
The elections to civic bodies in Punjab would now be held on June 23, 26 and 28. Appearing before a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, state advocate-general Hardev Singh Mattewal today said the first-ever election to the 50-member Bathinda Municipal Corporation would now be held on June 23.

Jasbir Singh Bindra, a Ludhiana-based advocate, who has been enrolled a member of the International Bar Association with headquarters at London.

Errors in Advani’s book?
Bhattal too supports Sikhs’ protest
New Delhi, April 8
The Punjab Congress today supported protest of Sikhs against former deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani’s book “My Country, My Life”, demanding an apology from him regarding remarks in his book.

57 trauma centres along highways planned
Bathinda, April 8
The government has decided to set up 57 trauma centres along national highways spending Rs 23.89 crore.

Ex-soldier offers to surrender land ‘not due to him’
Ludhiana , April 8
While people often invent ways to hoodwink the system for grabbing land, Omkesh, a retired soldier, wants the government to take back the land in his possession saying it is not marked for him in revenue records. The Punjab State Information Commission in its order on the “most unusual case” has directed the district revenue authorities to “spend time with the complainant to trace original transactions of the transfer of land”.

COURTS

High Court
Doctor gets pre-arrest bail
Chandigarh, April 8
Taking up the anticipatory bail plea of a Bathinda-based doctor facing allegations of violating the provisions of the PNDT Act, Justice R. S. Madan of the High Court today directed her release on bail in the event of her arrest.

Court allows SP to take exams
Patiala, April 8
Special CBI court of H.S Madan today allowed SP P.S Sandhu, an accused in the Moga sex scandal case, to take his third and fourth semester law examinations to be held at Chandigarh on April 9, April 24, May 8 and May 9.

EDUCATION

PGDCA course at Niari college
Amritsar, April 8
Guru Nanak Dev University has decided to introduce post-graduate diploma in computer application (PGDCA) course in Shaheed Ram Singh Pathania Memorial College, Niari, on the Pathankot-Dalhousie Road, from academic session 2008-09.

ADMINISTRATION

Two IAS officers shifted
Chandigarh, April 8
The Punjab government today ordered transfer of two IAS and one PCS officers. Baldeo Purushartha will be new deputy commissioner, Roopnagar whereas Arshdeep Singh Thind has been posted ADC Roopnagar.