Archive for May, 2011
COMMUTE BHULLAR’S DEATH SENTENCE: AMARINDER
Chandigarh May 29:After Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) sought the PM’s intervention in showing mercy to Khalistan militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday favoured commuting his death sentence to life in prison.President Pratibha Patil on May 26 rejected the mercy petition of Bhullar, a member of Khalistan Liberation Force [...]
May 29, 2011
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BARNALA, GILL CALL ON BADAL FAMILY TO CONDOLE SURINDER KAUR DEATH
Badal May 29: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mrs. Ambika Soni, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal, Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation Mr. Manohar Singh Gill, Tamil Nadu Governor and former Chief Minister Mr. Surjit Singh Barnala and Leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha, Bibi [...]
May 29, 2011
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PUNJAB LEAVES ITS NEW RECRUITS HIGH AND DRY
Chandigarh May 28: A government job is not always as lucrative as it appears. In Punjab, hundreds of new entrants who quit well-paid jobs in the private sector to join government service after April 5, 2011, have been left high and dry.They have been placed in the minimum pay band, [...]
May 28, 2011
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PUNJAB LAW ON PANCHAYATI RAJ IS PERVERSE: APEX COURT
New Delhi May 28:The Supreme Court said the Punjab law doing away with the provision of no-confidence motion against the sarpanch by others in a panchayat was “perverse”.Calling it a violation of the basic structure of the constitution, the court said that it was dangerous as well as dictatorial. Coming down heavily on the amendment [...]
May 28, 2011
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Tarn Taran DC conducts surprise raid at Civil Hospital
TARN TARAN: Deputy Commissioner Satwant Singh Johal who paid a surprise visit to the district hospital here on Friday took the hospital staff to task for irregularities and unhygienic condition. Three Doctors were found absent on their duty. He warned the District Surgeon Dr. Balwinder Singh Kalsi to set right the irregularities at the hospital. [...]
May 28, 2011
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SURINDER KAUR’S ASHES IMMERSED
Badal May 28:People from all walks of life converged on the cremation ground here for the ceremony regarding the collecting of the ashes of Chief Minister Parkash Singh’s wife, Surinder Kaur Badal.The Chief minister Badal along with his son Sukhbir Badal, daughter-in-law Harsimrat Kaur, daughter Preneet Kaur, son-in-law and food and supply minister Adesh Partap [...]
May 28, 2011
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1 FAINTS AS YOUTH CONGRESS HUNGER STRIKE ENTERS 2ND DAY
Ludhiana May 3: A Youth Congress leader fainted and was hospitalised today as the indefinite hunger strike by the Punjab Youth Congress, to press the state government to give a timeframe to eradicate the use of drugs in the state, entered second day. Raghbir Singh, general secretary of Faridkot district youth congress fainted this evening [...]
May 3, 2011
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Punjab police busts an interstate gang selling fake arms and supplying ammunition to Maos
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab police busted an interstate gang indulged in selling illegal weapons being made in illegal factories in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh by stamping them with the emblems of renowned armament factories and passing them as genuine arms. They were the main suppliers to the Maoists and their connection with other terror [...]
May 3, 2011
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AIEEE exam delayed after paper leak
Monday, 02 May 2011 NEW DELHI: The start of a national-level examination taken by 12 lakh students to determine entry to engineering colleges across the country was delayed by nearly three hours after the paper was allegedly leaked in Uttar Pradesh and sold for Rs.6 lakh each. “Fresh set of questions were distributed to the [...]
May 2, 2011
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POLICE PARTY ATTACKED IN BATHINDA, TWO INJURED
Bathinda May 2:A police party that went to Selbrah village yesterday to save a resident was attacked by a mob. Two policemen were injured and a police vehicle was burnt.Led by Additional SHO, Rampura Phul, Avtar Singh, the policemen went to the village to rescue one Birbal from residents who had encircled his house. Birbal [...]
May 2, 2011
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