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CM seeks Rs 544-crore farm package
New Delhi, December 9
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today demanded Rs 544-crore farm package as debt relief for farmers and decentralisation of the planning process.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi greets his Punjab counterpart Amarinder Singh at the 52nd National Development Council meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

SEZ: Unfazed Punjab wants some more
Chandigarh, December 9
Notwithstanding the ongoing controversy surrounding the granting of special economic zone status to industries across the country, the Punjab Government has forwarded three more proposals to the Government of India for the grant of the SEZ status to certain sector specific industries in the state.

POLITICS

Backward class leaders come under one umbrella
Hoshiarpur, December 9
In the meeting of its governing body held here today, the Backward Classes Sangarsh Committee (BCSC), Punjab, has decided to field its candidates from Kharar, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Sangrur, Mukerian, Garhshankar, Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Amloh segments for coming Assembly poll.

Singla back in Congress
Nabha, December 9
Political equations in Nabha constituency have got a new twist with Romesh Singla, a former MLA from Nabha and All-India Youth Congress President, joining the Congress party. Mr Singla had joined SAD (B) in 2004.

Cong ‘yatra’ to harness youth power
Amritsar, December 9
A ‘Yuva Sankalp Yatra’ was today organised by the Punjab Youth Congress to celebrate the birthday of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. It was led by Mr Ashok Tanwar, president, Indian National Youth Congress (INYC), here today.

Conference to woo OBCs
Tarn Taran, December 9
The Other Backward Classes (OBC) Department of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) organised a conference at Chabal township, 16 kilometers from here today.

COMMUNITY

Construction near Golden Temple resented
Amritsar, December 9
Mr Avtar Singh, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in a letter to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has expressed great resentment over construction of a multi-storeyed commercial building on the Ghanta Ghar side, which is affecting the beauty of the Golden Temple.

Preparations on for ‘rail roko’ stir
Bathinda, December 9
The BKU Ugraha today held a meeting at Chathewala village to discuss preparations for the nine farmer bodies' forthcoming ‘rail roko’ agitation on December 13.

CRIME

Bus hits motorcycle, rider killed
Abohar, December 9
A private bus hit a motorcycle, killing the rider on the spot. Radhika , a resident of Chandigarh, who was on the pillion, was injured.

Hardcore criminal arrested
Patiala, December 9
In a major breakthrough, the police today claimed to have arrested a criminal who had more than 50 criminal cases slapped against him.

Man’s body found on railway track
Phagwara, December 9
Bhangra artiste Jaskaran Singh, alias Jassi, has died under mysterious circumstances and his decomposed body was found lying in 27 pieces on the railway track near Saprod on the Phagwara-Jalandhar railway section today.

EDUCATION

Engineering students threaten to disrupt examinations
Amritsar, December 9
About 50 students of the Amritsar College of Engineering and Technology at Mannawala threatened to continue the strike against the management of the college for not allowing them to appear in the exams to be held from December 16.

Workshop on patenting at Ryat institute
Kharar, December 9
With growing need for information technology, patent related awareness and security mechanism in modern day scientific and industrial enterprises have become as indispensable as cyber security or other safety measures.