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Abohar
Strike observed: The Ashtam Farosh, Wasika Navis, Naqsha Navis and typists Union on Wednesday observed a strike to express resentment over the failure of the administration in nabbing those responsible for assaulting Ravi Sethi, a wasika navis-cum-coloniser and Satish Narang. They shouted slogans in the sub divisional complex and gave a call for statewide strike on Thursday.
Jalandhar
Theft at shop: A gift centre
situated in the Harbans Nagar area was broken into and goods worth Rs
50,000 were stolen. The owner of the shop, Vicky, said he saw the locks
of the shop missing in the morning.Kapurthala
One killed: A
resident of Sangha village in Taran Taran district was killed and his
friend seriously injured when their motorcycle collided with a private
bus near here on Thursday. Ramesh Joshi and Rahul Kochhar were going
towards Sultanpur Lodhi when their two-wheeler collided with a bus.
Ramesh died on the spot and Rahul was referred to a hospital in
Amritsar. Protection unit: To provide speedy justice and
create awareness about free legal aid, a Women and Child Protection Unit
has been constituted in the district, Mr Sham Sunder Gupta, District and
Sessions Judge, said here on Wednesday. Mansa
Prof Aulakh felicitated: Comrade Jangir Singh Joga Charitable Society felicitated noted Punjabi playwright Prof Ajmer Singh Aulakh for his invaluable contribution in the field of literature here on Tuesday. Prof Aulakh was presented with ‘Pendu Natak da Shah Aswar’ award. Phagwara
Two arrested:
The local police had arrested two persons along with some stolen goods
near the JCT Mills here on Wednesday. City police station SHO Gurvinder
Singh said the accused had been identified as one Sandeep Ram and one
Vijay Kumar, both residents of Goraya. He said the duo had confessed to
have committed a theft at an industrial unit on Sunday.
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