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Illicit relations: Man held for beheading wife
Hoshiarpur, March 27
A man beheaded his wife for having illicit relations with another man. According to SP (Detective) Randhir Singh Uppal, the decapitated body of Rita (25), wife of Mithan of the local Sunder Nagar, was found in the adjoining fields of the mohalla last night.

Youth held for abducting minor girl
Nakodar, March 27
The Mehatpur police today arrested a person for abducting a minor girl. Father of the girl Harvilas told the police that his daughter Kiran Bala went to the market in the afternoon on March 21 and did not come back.

Earth Hour
Candlelight march taken out
Amritsar, March 27
Several NGOs and youths, led by Gunbir Singh, chairperson, World Wildlife Fund, Punjab took out a candlelight march to spread awareness regarding various environmental issues and observing Earth Hour last evening.

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	Illicit relations: Man held for beheading wife Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, March 27 A man beheaded his wife for having illicit relations with another man. According to SP (Detective) Randhir Singh Uppal, the decapitated body of Rita (25), wife of Mithan of the local Sunder Nagar, was found in the adjoining fields of the mohalla last night. The police arrested Mithan under Section 302 of the IPC. Rita was married to Mithan about two years ago and had no children. She went to her parents house at Chamba in Himachal Pradesh a few days ago. She returned here on Thursday. During her absence, Mithan came to know about the illicit relations of Rita with a young boy. On her arrival, Mithan inquired about her relations with the boy and she accepted having an affair with him. Mithan insisted Rita to arrange his meeting with her paramour, for which Rita agreed. After fixing the time with her paramour, Rita took her husband to the adjoining fields of the mohalla, where Mithan beheaded her. On seeing the incident Rita’s lover, who was already there, fled. In another incident, Charan Singh (72) of Dagana Kalan died due to manhandling by his brother Balwant Singh and nephew Jagdish Singh at his residence this afternoon. Randhir Singh Uppal said there was a dispute between Charan Singh and his brother Balwant Singh. While exchanging hot words, Balwant Singh and his son manhandled Charan Singh, due to which he died. The Bulhowal police has booked the duo under Section 304 of the IPC.
	Youth held for abducting minor girl Our Correspondent Nakodar, March 27 The Mehatpur police today arrested a person for abducting a minor girl. Father of the girl Harvilas told the police that his daughter Kiran Bala went to the market in the afternoon on March 21 and did not come back. Station House Officer (SHO) Bimal Kant Sharma said Harvilas got a complaint of abduction registered against Sunil Kumar of the same village. The complainant also alleged that Sunil Kumar abducted his daughter, who was a minor, to marry her. The SHO said on a tip-off, Sunil Kumar along with the minor girl was arrested from Mehtpur. The girl refused to go back to home, hence she was sent to Nari Niketan at Jalandhar, he said. A case under Sections 363 and 366 of the Indian Panel Code (IPC) was registered against Sunil Kumar.
	Earth Hour Candlelight march taken out Amritsar, March 27 Several NGOs and youths, led by Gunbir Singh, chairperson, World Wildlife Fund, Punjab took out a candlelight march to spread awareness regarding various environmental issues and observing Earth Hour last evening. Speaking on the occasion, he said more and more cities and people were joining the worldwide campaign of “save energy, save earth” by switching off lights for at least one hour. He pointed out that the people should take pledge to save earth by saving water, conserving energy and planting more and more trees. He said all the government and private institutions all over the nation should also observe Earth Hour Day by switching off lights. — TNS
	Unemployed teachers detained ahead of CM’s programme Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, March 27 The police detained 12 members of the Unemployed ETT Teachers’ Front, Punjab, here yesterday ahead of the sangat darshan programme of the Chief Minister at Chauk Mehta village (Amritsar), scheduled for today. However, the teachers were freed last night when the front threatened the administration to gherao police stations where the teachers were kept. Gurcharan Singh Sidhu, district convener of the front, said the residences of other teachers were also raided. Meanwhile, the front burnt an effigy of the state government here today to lodge its protest against the government’s behaviour towards their demands. The front has been demanding the government to publish an advertisement to fill the vacant posts of the ETT teachers in elementary schools.