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Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has given nod to amend Section 19 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act.

CM gives nod to amend Punjab Panchayati Raj Act
Chandigarh: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has given nod to amend Section 19 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act,1994,restoring the right of the gram sabha to bring no-confidence motion against the sarpanch,as was prevalent before 2008. In 2008,an amendment was made in section 19 of the Act which gave rights to two-third of the panches of a panchayat to pass no-confidence motion against a sarpanch. The right was,however,misused by some. Keeping in view the larger public interest,the government has decided to revert to the old practice and proposed amendment. This would allow members of the village body to move a no-confidence motion against sarpanch after filing an application to the block development and panchayat officer. Also,no such application can be made before two years from the date on which the sarpanch assumes office.

First instalment of arrears to be paid with November pension
Chandigarh: The Punjab government will pay the arrears of pension according to the implementation of the Fifth Pay Commission. A government spokesman on Thursday said the arrears of pensions from January 1,2006,to July 3,2009,would be payable in three equal installments. The first installment would be paid along with the pension of November. The second and third installments would be paid in November,2011,and November,2012 respectively. A notification has been issued in this regard and all the district treasury officers and public sector banks have also been directed to disburse pensions according to the new orders,he said.

Govt launches skill development programme in Punjab
Chandigarh: The state government has launched a plan to implement skill development courses and teachers education programmes to hone their skills and make educated youth employable in industrial sector. Speaking on the concluding day at a training programme conducted for college teachers and principals at Infosys Chandigarh on Thursday,education minister,Dr Upinderjit Kaur,said,the higher education department has initiated project in colleges with the active help of Infosys BPO and Punjab Infotech,aimed at aligning teaching and course curriculum at graduate schools to suit the industry requirements and giving an edge to students as far as employability was concerned.

Cop held for taking bribe
Patiala: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Thursday arrested a Punjab Police Inspector Baldev Singh for accepting bribe from an immigration consultant from Sangrur. A vigilance team in Patiala caught Singh accepting Rs 30,000 from Ravinder Kumar Jain at Sangrur. Jain had earlier taken Rs 1.75 lakh from one Sapinder Singh for sending his daughter Amandeep Kaur to Australia on Permanent Residency in 2007. Since Kaur could not go to Australia due to certain delay in the processing of the case,her father Sapinder Singh sought the money back,but Jain refused. Later,Sapinder Singh complained to the police and Baldev Singh called up Jain to return the money,as the concerned were related to him. Later Baldev Singh sought Rs 50,000 as bribe from the immigration consultant,but the deal was struck at Rs 30,000. Baldev Singh was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe amount in Patiala today and a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered.

Bhakra Beas board awarded
Chandigarh: The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) was conferred the national Power Generation Awards: Hydro Power Sector at the Fourth Enertia Awards-2010 ceremony held in Mumbai on Wednesday. The award was given in recognition of BBMBs consistent operational performance in multipurpose hydropower projects. In the last three years,BBMBs generation exceeded the targets fixed by the Central Electricity Authority.

Tagores poem on Banda Bahadur to be included in Class VIII syllabus
Chandigarh: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked the education department to include the Punjabi version of Bandi Bir,a poem by Rabindranath Tagore on the assassination of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur,in the syllabi of Class VIII. The poem depicts the saga of how the great Sikh warrior along with 700 Sikh soldiers was killed by the Mughals. It has been translated in Punjabi by Prof A S Shant. The poem is taught in schools of West Bengal.

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