Punjab BSP to field ex-Governor from Amritsar

The BSP on Monday announced the names of 12 candidates out of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, including that of former Punjab Governor B K N Chibber, who will be fielded from the Amritsar parliamentary constituency.

The BSP said its candidates from 12 seats include a Brahmin (Chibber, who joined BSP last year), Sikhs, Gujjars, backward classes and Scheduled castes.

"The BSP is trying to fit in a Rajput from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency and will announce the candidature at a later stage," party general secretary Narender Kashyap said addressing a press conference here.

Mr. Kashyap ruled out any post poll understanding with the BJP and Congress and said the BSP will keep its options open to join hands with those, who oppose the two major parties.

Besides Chibber, the other candidates announced here are Surjit Singh (Jalandhar), Surinder Kumar Sukhi (Hoshiarpur), Kewal Krishan Chauhan (Anandpur Sahib), Madanjit Singh (Sangrur), Deepak Joshi (Patiala), Nemchand Chaudhry (Bathinda), Resham Singh (Faridkot), Gurdev Singh Mansaiya (Ferozepur), Kehar Singh (Ludhiana), Surender Singh Sahi (Khadoor Sahib) and Gurnam Singh (Fatehgarh Sahib).

The BSP, which had faced a complete rout in the previous parliamentary and assembly polls in Punjab, is hoping to put up a better performance in the state this time "as people are eager to reject both Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine and the Congress", Mr. Kashyap said.

Types of Lån

Lån means Loan. There are different types of Lån. The two most popular ones are Unsecured loans also known as Lån uden sikkerhed and Mortgage loan also known as Boliglån. Let us check out the difference between the two.
A secured loan is a loan in which the borrower pledges some asset ( tangible goods) as collateral for the loan, which then becomes a secured debt owed to the creditor who gives the loan. The secured debt also know as Mortgage loan (Boliglån) is thus secured against the collateral. In case the borrower defaults, the creditor takes possession of the asset used as collateral and can sell it to recover the amount of debt due from the borrower. Another type of loan is secured loan, in this there's no automatic link to any tangible property. In case of unsecured loan the creditor cannot take any of your possession to pay off your loan if you default. Allthough it is possible for an unsecured loan lender to get what's called a 'court charging order' on your home (which could lead to repossession) if you can't repay, this is much more difficult and less likely for it to do.So these are the two main types of Lån.

Punjab and Haryana HC judge questiuoned by CBI

A special team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has questioned one of the two women judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court whose names figured in the cash-for-judges scam here last month.

The CBI officials questioned Justice Nirmaljit Kaur at her residence in Sector 11, CBI sources confirmed Tuesday. Kaur was the first judge at whose residence a packet containing Rs 1.5 million in cash was delivered by the assistant of Haryana’s former additional advocate general Sanjeev Bansal Aug 13.

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Punjab's chess industry exports its products

Played by kings, emperors and potentates, chess is called the "royal game" and Amritsar in Punjab has upheld that royalty by manufacturing the finest quality of chessmen. The industry established some four decades back, by a group of craftsmen now exports its products to several European countries.

Presently some 50 such manufacturing units in Amritsar are into the business of making world-class chessmen, catering to the world some 100 to 150 designs of wood and board.

The chessmen are made mostly of rosewood, ebony, sheesham, bone and sandalwood. For the Amritsar chess industry, with a turnover of over two million US dollars, there is no problem with the exports, the only problem lies with the middlemen.

Cancer spreading out in Punjab Village, Unkalia

Residents of a once flourishing village, Unkalia, in Punjab have appealed for help as an unusually high incidence of cancer has left over 25 dead in two years.

Twenty villagers are still battling the deadly disease, which has afflicted more men than women in Unkalia, around 25 kilometres from Mansa district, a village of about 5,000 people. Locals say there is a pattern to the deaths and suspect contaminated water as the main cause of the disease.

Despite the high mortality rate, the village lacks facilities for treatment of cancer at the local health centre. Villages have also threatened to resort to agitation if immediate action is not taken

Plans to uplift Punjab Tourism

Punjab Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) has charted a roadmap with special emphasis on medical and heritage tourism and is encouraging participation from the private sector.

The government also has elaborate plans to spruce up Patiala through the Heritage Festival to be hosted in February 2006. The idea behind these plans is to uplift the status of tourism in the Punjab.

Punjab Government plan is to make Patiala a national tourists calendar and make the place a part of the international tourist itinerary. A light and sound show has been proposed for Patiala that is likely to come up in the next six months.

These efforts need to be co-ordinated with health and medical institutions, tour and travel operators, hotels and government agencies who are responsible for the upkeep of major tourist places in the state.

Fauji Mela in Amritsar on Army Day

In an attempt to encourage civilians to join the defence service, the Panther Division of the Army is organising a two-day Fauji Mela (Army Fair) in Amritsar.

The fair which kicked-off on Saturday, has been organised on the occasion of the Army Day. January 15 is celebrated every year as Army Day since 1948 when Lieutenant General K. M. Cariappa became the first Indian Commander- in- Chief (C-IN-C).

President APJ Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee have extended their best wishes to all members of the Army, to ex-servicemen and to their families.

20% Potato crop damaged in Punjab due to frosty weather

About 20 per cent of the potato crop in Punjab was damaged due to frosty weather conditions in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said today.

Talking to reporters in Chandigarh, he said about 75,000 hectares of agricultural land in the state were under potato cultivation of which 20 per cent was damaged.

If the weather will not be under control in the coming few days, then more damages could be faced.

Live Grenades found in Golden Temple

A large cache of live hand-grenades was found in the Golden Temple complex on Tuesday when Kar-Sewaks were digging the ground here.

Numbering 114, the grenades, mostly live, were unearthed near the Nanak Niwas building which falls under the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee complex.

The police have cordoned off the area and were investigating whether these grenades were remnants of the 1984 Operation Bluestar or of current origin.

The 1984 Operation Bluestar was launched against Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a preacher turned separatist who ran his terrorist campaign from the confines of the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, in Amritsar.