Minibus operators threaten ‘strike’

Holy book ‘damaged’ in Moga

Moga: Four pages of the Guru Granth Sahib were allegedly torn and tampered with in Badaghar on Saturday. Baghapurana police registered a case against unidentified persons for hurting the religious sentiments of Sikh community. No arrests have been made so far.

‘Make self-defence a subject in school’

Chandigarh: The Punjab Women’s Commission will write to the Education Department to introduce self-defence and women rights as an additional subject in schools and colleges,commission chairperson Paramjit Kaur Landran said on Sunday. “The commission will also launch a state-wide awareness campaign to empower women. It will also focus on educating the younger generation about ethical values to build healthy society,” she said.

Depts told to act against absentees

Chandigarh: The Punjab government has asked all departments to submit consolidated quarterly reports regarding absentee officers and employees in a week to expedite the removal or dismissal process against them. Taking serious note of the delay in disciplinary action against the absentee officers and employees,the government has asked departments to take expeditious decision regarding their dismissal/removal or to demote them.

Restrain ABVP activists: Cong to BJP

Chandigarh: The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) today asked the BJP to restrain activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) from hooliganism and strongly

condemned the recent protests outside the residence of Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari and some other Congress

leaders.

UPA working for big firms: AITUC

Ludhiana: The UPA government is increasingly working in the interest of big corporate business houses of India and the international cartels are undermining national interest,said Gurudas Dasgupta,MP and general secretary of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) while addressing the 19th State Conference of AITUC at Punjabi Bhawan on Sunday. ENS