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Advani lashes out at Amarinder govt
Patiala, May 2
The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, lambasted the Capt Amarinder Singh Government by saying that it was resorting to undemocratic means, and arm twisting measures to fix political opponents and was even committing police atrocities.

BJP to expose ‘misdeeds’ of Congress govt
Amritsar, May 2
The BJP has decided to publish a ‘white paper’ to expose the alleged ‘misdeeds’ of the Congress government after the parliamentary elections.

Film star Poonam Dhillon, Mr Balramji Dass Tandon, a senior BJP leader and party candidate for Lok Sabha from Amritsar Navjot Sidhu at a rally in Amritsar on Saturday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

• Poonam disappoints Sidhu supporters

SAD-BJP to sharpen attack on Amarinder
Sangrur, May 2
After two brain-storming sessions held on Sunday to review the poll strategy, the SAD-BJP combine has decided to the make its election campaign more aggressive by sharpening the attack on the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, and his government besides targeting the Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi.

• 3 Congress leaders join BJP

• Badal accuses CM of contempt of court

• SAD with BJP in Chandigarh

BJP, SAD demoralised, says Amarinder
Ramdass (Amritsar), May 2
The Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, today claimed that the BJP-SAD combine in the state was demoralised as it had been rushing to the Election Commission with complaints.

Waiving of security loan: dons lock horns Amritsar, May 2 Finance and Development Officer Guru Nanak Dev University, Varinder Pal yesterday alleged that the facts given by Registrar Dr R.S. Bawa and Dr P.S. Raikhy, a senior professor of the school of Economics, relating to the waiving of Special Term Loan granted to Punjab between 1984-1994 for combating militancy, are ‘misleading’ were they were not based on facts given in the 11th Finance Commission Report.

Avantika wants to see Ranjit a free person
Chandigarh, May 2
A face-to-face meeting between life convict Ranjit Singh Gill, alias Kukki, and Ms Avantika Maken, daughter of slain Congress leader Lalit Maken, arranged by an intermediary at Ludhiana yesterday, turned out to be an emotional affair.

Bride says no to arrogant groom Jalalabad, May 2 The arrogance of a bridegroom cost him so dear that he had to return home without the bride even after the completion of all marriage ceremonies.

COMMUNITY

Row between Army, civilians resolved
Amritsar, May 2
The standoff between the Army and civilians over a road accident was resolved late last night with the intervention of senior Army and police officers.

Eat food in natural form to avoid ailments, says expert
Bathinda, May 2
Mr Avinash Chander Tejpal, Commissioner, Income Tax, Bathinda, said yesterday that eating food in its natural form was the best way to preserve health.

• SGPC honours Pak Sikhs

• 198 cases settled at Lok Adalat

• Directive to seal Rajasthan border

Botany lecturer points out mistakes in NCERT book
Bathinda, May 2
Mistakes have been pointed out in the botany portion of the biology textbook for Class XI, published by the National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi.