NRI News

• Govt hiding facts on thermal plant: Amarinder

  Thursday, 17/05/2012
  
  http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120517/punjab.htm#6
  
  Training guns on the SAD-BJP government, the PCC president, Capt Amarinder Singh, has accused Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal of “hiding the ground reality” on the progress made in the 1980 MW Talwandi Sabo thermal power plant.

   

• Congress targets govt over beating up of council chief

  Tuesday, 15/05/2012
  
  http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120515/punjab.htm
  
  The Congress has termed the alleged beating up of an elected representative in the presence of senior Cabinet ministers at an official function in Malerkotla yesterday as "murder of democracy" and an “example of vendetta politics unleashed by the SAD-BJP combine”.

   

• Govt directs boards not to publish own stationery

  Monday, 14/05/2012
  
  http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120514/punjab.htm#11
  
  In an attempt to cut down expenses, the Punjab Government has directed the boards and corporations to use the diaries and calendars published only by the state government. The state government has directed all the boards and corporations not to get their diaries and calendars published separately and to send their demand for stationery to the Controller, Printing and Stationery, Punjab.

   

• Preneet writes to Plan panel on SC sub-plan

  Sunday, 13/05/2012
  
  http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120513/punjab.htm#13
  
  The Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Preneet Kaur, has asked the Planning Commission to take steps to expedite action for implementation of the Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP) on the pattern of Maharashtra model in Punjab. In a communication addressed to Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the Minister has sent a copy of the memorandum that she received from the Chamar Mahan Sabha, through its president Paramjit Singh Kainth.

   

• Need to boost sanitation in villages: Ramesh

  Saturday, 12/05/2012
  
  http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120512/punjab.htm
  
  To improve road connectivity in border areas, the Centre has agreed in principle to bring these under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), said Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh here today.

   

• HC admits plea by Tota Singh against sentence

  Friday, 11/05/2012
  
  http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120511/punjab.htm#13
  
  Two days after Punjab’s former agriculture minister Tota Singh moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the trial court orders of convicting and sentencing him in a corruption case, Justice Ritu Bahri today admitted his appeal.

   

Jassi Khangura released magazine - Tuesday, 28/02/2012

Jassi Khangura released magazine with Mr. Dhanwant Singh Hissowal, owner of a local newspaper 'Paar Utara,' at Hotel Park Plaza. In the picture, Mr. Dhanwant S. Hissowal, Mr. Ranjit S. Mangat, Mr. Bhag S. Dardi, Mr. Sukhpal S. Shampy Banohar and other Congress supporters and workers.

Eight Indian-Americans get medal for community service

Thursday, 17/05/2012

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Eight-Indian-Americans-get-medal-for-community-service/articleshow/13200806.cms

Eight Indian-Americans are among the recipients of this year's Ellis Island Medal of Honour presented to more than 100 immigrants for their community service.