Navjot Singh Sidhu
AMRITSAR: In yet another Twitter attack, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has ‘baited’ the state Congress leadership by stating that they tell Delhi the ‘truth’ of Punjab.
Sidhu on Thursday tweeted, “In 2019, I began and ended my election campaign in Punjab seeking -justice for sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib ji and punishing the culprits and the ONE shielding them….. Now, our MLAs and party workers must go to Delhi and speak the truth of Punjab to our high command, as I regularly do.”
Sources said delay in getting desired response from Congress high command is prompting Sidhu to allegedly incite other Congress MLAs and workers against the state leadership even as the shrill tone of a few Congress leaders have turned milder.
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PK Jaiswar
Amritsar, March 7
The holy city would soon get rid of the menace of stay cattle as the âmodern gaushalaâ will become operational by the end of this month.
Constructed at a cost of Rs1.5 crore, the gaushala is near completion. It has the capacity of as many as 350 cows, while the volume would be increased as the civic authorities already planned for its expansion and the formalities for the same would be completed by the end of this year.
Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu along with Municipal Corporation Commissioner Komal Mittal on Sunday visited the site at Naraingarh area in Chheharta here.
1613 first match here was played in 1933
n The first match was played between India XI and MCC in 1933. The Indian cricket team was led by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh along with Lala Amarnath, Col CK Naidu and Surjit Singh Majithia
n The Gandhi Ground hosted the last international match between India and New Zealand in 1995
Neeraj Bagga
Amritsar, March 1
Even after 88 years Gandhi Ground (cricket stadium), which had hosted several international matches, is far from completion. Though many international tournaments in the past were held here, but things went wayward as the stadium was not developed as per the guidelines of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
AMRITSAR: There is hope with canal water set to replace the underground water, bringing relief to many.
It will not only meet the ever-increasing demand for potable water of the growing population of the holy city but will also check the overexploitation of subsoil water.
The subsoil water is depleting at an astounding rate of three metres per year and adding contaminants including arsenic due to water exploitation.
While talking to TOI on Saturday, mayor of Amritsar Karamjit Singh Rintu said that the underground water level was depleting at the rate of three metres per year.
The administration had to use extra high power motors for drawing the water and yet it was unable to supply potable water round the clock to nearly 14 lakh population of Amritsar.