HT Punjab news digest: Amarinder’s nod to bike taxis, demise of KPS Gill, and more

Here’s a wrap-up of the day’s top news and features from Hindustan Times from Punjab, the neighbouring northern region and the diaspora for May 26.

Sukhna going dry: High-powered committee to meet tomorrow

A high-powered panel of officials from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and scientists from central government ministries will meet on Saturday to discuss the issue of drying up of the Sukhna Lake. Read More

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh gives nod to bike taxis to generate employment for youth

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday gave a go ahead to bike taxis as a means to generate employment for youth, a key promise in the Congress poll manifesto. The CM has given in-principle approval to the initiative, which will be launched under the ‘Apni Gaddi Apna Rozgar’ scheme as promised in the election manifesto, an official spokesperson said. Read More

KPS Gill, the super cop who crushed militancy in Punjab, dies at 82

‘Super cop’ KPS Gill, often credited with rooting out militancy in Punjab, died in a hospital in New Delhi on Friday. He was 82. Gill breathed his last at 2:55pm at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Read More

The Pakistani Sikh community has donated to the Lahore Museum a metallic palanquin with a wooden base, brought specially from Amritsar, to hold the holy Guru Granth Sahib. The Guru Granth Sahib kept at the Lahore Museum is from the times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the leader of the Sikh Empire, who ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. Read More