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College ‘threatens’ students against stir
Girls’ hostel intrusion

Faridkot, May 23 Students of the local Guru Gobind Singh Medical College (GGSMC) have allegedly been given a verbal threat by the college authorities to face serious consequences if they continued their protest against an incident, where an intruder tried to kill an inmate inside a girls hostel on Friday night.

Inmates of the girls’ hostel of Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot, along with Principal J. S. Dalal, hold a demonstration in front of the SSP’s office in Faridkot on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

New groups emerge for SGPC elections
Ludhiana, May 23
The Shiromani Akali Dal and the Congress will again face each other in the ensuing elections to the General House of SGPC. Interestingly, a number of new Akali outfits have come up in the recent past with an eye on the SGPC elections.

Ex-SAD leader to put up candidates for SGPC poll
Sangrur, May 23
Mr Baldev Singh Mann, expelled SAD leader and former general secretary of the party, today held a meeting of his supporters at his residence at Sular Gharat village, near Dirba, in connection with the ensuing SGPC elections.

Online registration of FIRs soon
Jalandhar, May 23
The Punjab Government has cleared a project relating to computerised registration of FIRs at all its police stations. The government had recently given its approval to integrated computerised format, which enabled complainants to get registered their FIRs online.

Police seeks facts about graveyard
Batala: The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Batala, Mr Narinder Bedi, said the police had written to the Subdivisional Magistrate to let it know whether there was a cremation ground or graveyard at Sunaiya village, 4 km from here, on the Batala-Fatehgarh Churian road.

Woman burnt alive by in-laws, 4 booked
Phagwara, May 23
In a dowry harassment case, a woman was burnt alive by her husband and in-laws in nearby Bhaghana village late last night, the police said.

Diseased and deserted, sisters die a slow death Rajpura, May 23 Surjit Singh refuses to give up hope though he knows it won't cure his three ailing daughters. Not long before he discovered they were all infected with muscular dystrophy, one of the deadliest and the rarest diseases in the world. Until then, he thought they were polio ridden and would survive with regular medical attention. Little had he imagined that he would have to watch his children degenerate before his very eyes. Surjit Singh holds his eldest daughter Sonu in the lap as his other two daughters look on. Infected with muscular dystrophy, the three children are dying a slow death. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

POLITICS

Cong asks Badal to part company with BJP
Phagwara, May 23
Block Congress Committee (urban) President Mr Manmohan Sharma today asked SAD president Parkash Singh Badal to snap ties with the BJP. He was talking to newsmen after a function here.

Sonia bowed to fascist forces, says Mann
Phagwara, May 23
SAD (A) President and former MP Simranjit Singh Mann yesterday alleged that by not becoming the Prime Minister, AICC President Sonia Gandhi had capitulated before fascist forces and shown disrespect to the mandate of the voters.

Dal Khalsa decries Jaswant Mann
Amritsar, May 23
Countering claim of Mr Jaswant Singh Mann that rival Akali factions have decided to field a joint candidate for the post of SGPC president, the Dal Khalsa questioned the status of Mr Jaswant for issuing a statement on behalf of the Dal Khalsa.

COMMUNITY

Lessee, manager of marriage palace beaten up
Abohar, May 23
The alleged detention and beating of a lessee and a manager of a local marriage palace by octroi contractors has snowballed into a controversy. Mr Gurdev Singh Brar and Mr Ramesh Kumar Soni were admitted to the Nehru Memorial Civil Hospital here yesterday. 

Path held to thank Sonia
Faridkot, May 23
The management Committee of Gurdwara Godri Sahib and Tilla Baba Sheikh Farid, here performed an akhand path bhog here yesterday as a thanks giving function for AICC President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi for making Dr Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of the country from a minority.

Sikhs’ body hails Sonia Gandhi
Ludhiana, May 23
Prof Prithipal Singh Kapoor, Chairman of the Master Tara Singh Institute of Studies and Contemporary Politics today welcomed the elevation of Dr Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister and also hailed the sacrifice of Ms Sonia Gandhi.

Manmohan as PM of little help to Sikhs: KMC
Amritsar, May 23
Dr Manmohan Singh heading the government at the Centre would not solve the problems of Sikhs, the Khalra Mission Committee (KMC) stated here on Friday.

Ban Ja Stara semifinals today
Amritsar, May 23
Punjabi singers Amrinder Gill, Sarbjit Cheema, Preet Harpal, Surinder Laddi will perform in the second semifinal of Pepsi Ban Ja Stara II at Khalsa College grounds here tomorrow. It was being organised by the ETC Channel Punjabi under the aegis of Pepsi Co.

25 children taken ill after eating kulfi
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 23
More than 25 children of Baba Pir Colony Sirhind suffered from gastroentiteritis after eating Kulfi and were taken to various private hospitals of Sirhind and Hamayunpur.

19 more cases of diarrhoea detected
Gidderbaha, May 23
As many as 19 new cases of diarrhoea were detected in this town of Muktsar district today. Diarrhoea has claimed two human lives so far in the district.

One-year-old girl burnt alive
Kapurthala, May 23
One-year-old female child of a migrant labourer was burnt alive in a fire in jhuggis at Sultanpur Lodhi this afternoon. Four jhuggis were destroyed in the fire caused due to wind in the area.

• Safai sevaks observe strike

• NRI couple donates land for homeless

• Dharna against police excesses

• New transformers

• Review elevated road project, says manch
  

COURTS

Judicial courts complex inaugurated Jalandhar, May 23 The Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Justice B.K. Roy, today formally inaugurated judicial courts complex here today. The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Justice B. K. Roy, addresses a gathering after inaugurating a courts complex at Jalandhar on Sunday. — Photo by S. S. Chopra

Life term for 6 in triple murder case
Sangrur, May 23
Mr Jagroop Singh, Sessions Judge, Sangrur, in a triple murder case, yesterday sentenced six persons — Jaspal Singh, Nachhatar Singh, Mahinder Singh, Nachhatar Singh (second), Baldev Singh and Sukhpal Singh — to life imprisonment.

ADMINISTRATION

INSIDE BABUDOM
Post-poll scene: cops back to their posts
Chandigarh, May 23
All police officers who were transferred by the Election Commission during Lok Sabha elections have been posted back at their original positions. The beneficiaries include two Deputy Inspectors-General (DIGs) , three Senior Superintendent (SSPs) and six Superintendents (SPs) besides others.

CRIME

Company office sealed, 2 held
Jalalabad, May 23
The local police has sealed the office of a private company doing business of home appliances. Two employees have been arrested in this regard.

• 10 booked for smuggling charas

• 12 hurt in mishap
  

EDUCATION

PTU launches e-governance project
Chandigarh, May 23
Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, has become the first university in the country by going digital in implementing e-governance solutions on its central university campus and the affiliated colleges and study centers for overall delivery of quality education by introducing satellite-based Tele Education.