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JALANDHAR NEWS: Kalia Holds Public Facility Camp
JALANDHAR: Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia held a ‘public facility camp‘ near Milap Chowk here on Sunday where he heard out complaints of residents of ward no 29. Inaugurating development projects worth Rs 1.3 crore for roads, streets and drains, Kalia said that a grant of Rs 8.3 1akh has been given to install... »
CM Flages Off Fodder Trucks For Leh
CHANDIGARH/JALANDHAR: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday flagged off a convoy of 120 trucks carrying fodder to Leh as part of the relief material for flashflood victims. While 25 trucks loaded with cattle feed supplied by Markfed were flagged off from Jalandhar, the remaining trucks were dispatched from Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur... »
JALANDHAR NEWS: Don’t Acquire Land Without Farmers’ Nod – CM To Trust
JALANDHAR: In a major relief to local farmers, the Punjab government on Sunday ordered the Jalandhar Improvement Trust not to acquire their agriculture land for carving out a residential colony without their consent or shelve the project if the farmers refuse to sell it. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said Trust chairman Baljeet Singh... »
JALANDHAR NEWS: Akali Sarpanch From Bholath Joins Cong
JALANDHAR: The Akali sarpanch of Nangal-Lubana, one of the largest villages of Bholath constituency and an Akali citadel, joined the Congress party along with her 30 supporters on Sunday. MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira welcomed them into the party fold. Surjeet Kaur said the local Akali leaders had only indulged in vendetta politics and had... »
JALANDHAR NEWS: Education Volunteers Burn CM’s Effigy
JALANDHAR: More than 50 members of Education Volunteer Teacher’s Union on Sunday burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in protest against the government’s apathetic attitude to their demand for regular jobs. The protesters marched towards BMC Chowk, where they burnt the effigy. Union leader Rajwinder Kaur alleged that if the state... »
JALANDHAR NEWS: New Rehab Package For 84 Riot Victims Sought
JALANDHAR: Members of various Sikh organisations, including Sikhs For Justice, All-India’ Sikh Students‘ Federation and November 1984 Sikh Carnage Welfare Society, demanded a new “rehabilitation and representation package” for Victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots from the Punjab government on Friday. They submitted a memorandum of demands addressed to the Chief Minister to Additional... »
JALANDHAR NEWS: Arrest Guilty Cops – Demands Khaira
JALANDHAR: Seeking suspension and arrest of the cops booked for the custodial death of Roor Singh, Bholath MLA S.S. Khaira on Friday alleged there was ‘Jungle raj” in the state. Khiara said despite the inquiry report on the death at Dhilwan police station on September 5 last year having been submitted by IGP B.K.... »
JALANDHAR NEWS: Farmers Block NH – To File PIL
JALANDHAR: Around 200 farmers of Lidhran, Fazalpur, Salempur Musalmana and Godaipur villages, accompanied by activists of the District Youth Congress (Rural), blocked traffic on the Jalandhar Amritsar National Highway near Lidhran village on Friday in protest against the proposed move of the Jalandhar Improvement Trust (JIT) to acquire their agricultural land. Alleging that the... »
JALANDHAR NEWS: Manch To Raise Funds For Flood-Hit
JALANDHAR: Members of the Hind-Pak Dosti Manch will raise funds and collect essential items for people in the flood-ravaged areas of Pakistan and India. Manch general secretary Satnam Singh Manak and members of the Majha Virasat Manch, Folklore Research Academy and Punjab Jagriti Manch, disclosed this at a joint press conference on Thursday. In... »
JALANDHAR NEWS: Industrialists Rue Delay In Scheme
JALANDHAR: Ruing delay in initiating the Central government funded Industrial Infrastructure (Clusters) Upgradation Scheme (IIUS), a group of industrialists said on Thursday that the deadline for execution of the scheme had already been, extended twice and if the Municipal Corporation does not provide land for the industrial cluster by September 15, the next deadline... »