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Water pollution hits this Malwa family in the eye
Gehri Devi Mandir (Bathinda), August 6
It is difficult not to meet the family of Naseeb Kaur and feel empathy for her. One of Naseeb’s son and her four grandchildren have lost one eye each.
Nasseb Kaur with her grandchildren at Gehri Devi Mandir village in Bathinda. Tribune photo: Kulbir Beera

Diarrhoea: 17 more hospitalised
Lohara (Moga), August 6
Hundreds of fresh cases of diarrhoea came to light on Wednesday at Lohara village, near here, where an alarm was sounded by the district administration after the death of a local resident during treatment in the district hospital on Monday night.

Bathinda residents do not take kindly to new thermal plants
Bathinda, August 6
While residents of the town have ben facing problem of high-level of air pollution due to soot emission from Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant (GNDTP)
The thermal power station in Bathinda emits soot as two of its units do not have pollution-control device. Tribune photo: Kulbir Beera

Seechewal, Bahuguna for reining in industrial units polluting rivers
Amritsar, August 6
Socially aware persons foresee dismal scenario about rivers in Punjab, which are getting polluted due to heavy inflow of industrial waste.

Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal (from left), Sunderlal Bahuguna, Bibi Inderjit Kaur, president, All-India Pingalwara Society and health minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla at a seminar on ecology in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, on Wednesday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

Vedanti loses post of Granthi 
Amritsar, August 6
Even as Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti was removed from the post of Granthi, Golden Temple, as well today, he started meetings with rival Akali leaders in a bid to mobilise opinion against the ruling SAD and the SGPC.

Otalana shows the way
Respect for girl child 
Samrala, August 6
Otalana village, at a short distance from here, has a different and inspiring story about girl child. The girl child is held in high esteem in the village. Before starting a new work, blessings of the girl child or unmarried girl, are sought by all families in the village. “ 
Two girls in front of the gate dedicated to the girl child in Otalana village, near Samrala. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Sikh scholar Kharak Singh dead Chandigarh, August 6 Dr Kharak Singh, a Sikh scholar, passed away at Mohali today after a prolonged illness. He was 86. He will be cremated tomorrow at Mohali. Author of many books, Dr Kharak Singh, was a founder member of the Institute of Sikh Studies. He also worked as adviser in the FAO at Rome. He did doctorate in agriculture economics from Ohio University in the USA. Dr Kharak Singh was known as an authority on Sikhism. He was also convener of the International Sikh Confederation.He is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.

Dr Kharak Singh

COURTS

Mann not wanted
Chandigarh, August 6
The Punjab police says SAD (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann, at the current stage, is not required in any case registered by it.

CRIME

4 held for violence after women’s death
IMA reduces today’s bandh to two-hour stir
Sangrur, August 6
In the case registered against a mob of about 150 persons in connection with an alleged attack on the local Singla Surgical Hospital after the death of Neeru Goyal in the hospital on July 12, the local police has arrested four persons, residents of Sherpur village. Neeru was married to Gauri Shankar of Sherpur.

Heroin worth 50 cr seized
Fazilka, August 6
BSF jawans of the 20th battalion seized 10 packets of heroin at Lakha Asli check post on the Indo-Pakistan border in the Fazilka sector today morning after an encounter.

VB nabs PSEB official on charge of bribery
Nangal, August 6
Officials of the Vigilance Bureau today nabbed revenue officer of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) while he was taking bribe of Rs 10, 000 from an area resident here.

Man caught with body of trader
Ludhiana, August 6
The Salem Tabri police chased and nabbed a Jalandhar resident who was carrying the body of a Mandi Gobindgarh-based iron merchant Hira Lal in his Maruti-800 car at about 9 tonight.