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MLA’s nephew remanded in police custody
Hoshiarpur, November 21
Ravi Sher Singh of Phambra, nephew of Mohinder Kaur Josh, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab, and an accused in a hit-and-run case in which two girl students of GGDSD College Hariana were killed and another student was injured, was remanded to one-day police custody today.

Passport office launches website for helping public
Jalandhar, November 21
In an effort to facilitate passport seekers and get a feedback from general public, the regional passport office, Jalandhar, has launched a new website.

Don’t withdraw Jammu-Nanded train: Cong leader to minister 
Phagwara, November 21
Former Punjab minister and senior Congress leader Joginder Singh Mann has urged Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal not to withdraw the Jammu-Nanded train via Amritsar. The train would make its final journey on November 26.

Man found murdered
Phagwara, November 21 
A middle-aged man, identified as Darbara Singh, was reportedly brutally murdered with sharp-edged weapons by some unidentified armed assailants in the nearby Masani village near Apra yesterday night.

School celebrates annual day
Pathankot, November 21
The annual day of Indian Heritage School was celebrated with pomp and show by the children and staff of the institute here yesterday.

XENs flay dept's working
Jalandhar, November 21
A meeting of Executive Engineers' of Department Water Supply and Sanitation Forum was held. All the members expressed their concern over the scapegoat approach being adopted by the department against their cadre. 

Punjab state handball tourney begins 
Nawanshahr, November 21 
The 58th Punjab State Handball (U-17 Boys & Girls) Tournament was inaugurated by deputy district education officer Kulwant Singh here today at JSFH Khalsa Senior Secondary School.

Hit-and-run case
MLA’s nephew remanded in police custody
Our Correspondent

 Passport office launches website for helping public
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 21
In an effort to facilitate passport seekers and get a feedback from general public, the regional passport office, Jalandhar, has launched a new website.

Regional Passport Officer (RPO) Preneet Singh said a person seeking general information and guidelines before filling passport forms and completing required formalities could login the official website (www.passportindia.gov.in).

The RPO said he would be monitoring the website personally and replying to all the queries within 24 hours of their posts. The RPO further added that a passport seeker or general public may get their doubts and problems cleared through the website.

He has also sought feedback on the facilities at different Passport Sewa Kendras and problems faced by the general public on the website so that more efforts could be made to solve their problems.

 Don’t withdraw Jammu-Nanded train: Cong leader to minister 
Our Correspondent

Phagwara, November 21
Former Punjab minister and senior Congress leader Joginder Singh Mann has urged Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal not to withdraw the Jammu-Nanded train via Amritsar. The train would make its final journey on November 26.

In a letter sent to Bansal, Mann said it was an unfair decision taken by the Union Railway Ministry to disband the weekly train from Jammu to Nanded which will cause a lot of inconvenience to the Sikh devotees of the region, particularly Doaba.

Mann said Sachkhand Sri Hazur Sahib at Nanded (Maharashtra) is one of the holiest Sikh shrines in the world. But as at present only one train, ‘Sachkhand Express’, runs daily between Amritsar and Nanded.

He said as there is only one daily train to Sri Hazur Sahib, there is a large number of devotees who fail to visit the shrine due to long waiting lists. “Instead of upgrading it to a daily train, the Railways has decided to disband this train from November 26,” he said. 

  Man found murdered

Phagwara, November 21
A middle-aged man, identified as Darbara Singh, was reportedly brutally murdered with sharp-edged weapons by some unidentified armed assailants in the nearby Masani village near Apra yesterday night.

Paramjit Kaur, widow of the deceased, told the police that her husband went to pay obeisance at a religious place in the village on Tuesday evening but did not return home. She said after a long hour search with the assistance of a few neighbourers, her husband was found murdered and his dead body was lying in a pool of blood near the village after midnight last night.

She expressed doubts on two villagers, Japi and Tari, whose sister married with her nephew without the consent of the families last year and they took revenge from her husband.

SHO Goraya Sarabjit Rai said the police had registered a case under Section 302/34 of the IPC and had sent the body of the deceased to the Phillaur Civil Hospital for postmortem examination. He added that no arrest had been made so for, but the police was investigating the case on various angles. — OC

  School celebrates annual day

Pathankot, November 21
The annual day of Indian Heritage School was celebrated with pomp and show by the children and staff of the institute here yesterday.

The unique part of the function was that it was planned and executed by the students themselves, which was a departure from tradition when teachers and other members of the staff used to organise the function during the previous editions. Nearly 500 parents of children studying in the school attended the proceedings.

Maj Gen Shankar Narayanan of the Pathankot-based Mamoon Military Station was the chief guest, while principal Soham Anand presided over the function. Both school hostellers and day boarders took part in the proceedings.Humorous skits and dramas were lapped up by the audience. — TNS

  XENs flay dept's working

Jalandhar, November 21
A meeting of Executive Engineers' of Department Water Supply and Sanitation Forum was held. All the members expressed their concern over the scapegoat approach being adopted by the department against their cadre. 

They said a huge shortage of staff in all categories, massive work load, unrealistic physical targets and scarcity of funds had affected their performance. President YS Dhillon and secretary RP Gupta said, "The XENs are supposed to work from preparing and carrying all documents from office to office for approvals. 

Lot of time is consumed in getting court case documents from different offices," They said the members had decided to hold another meeting on November 24 to decide the further course of action. — TNS

Punjab state handball tourney begins 

Nawanshahr, November 21
The 58th Punjab State Handball (U-17 Boys & Girls) Tournament was inaugurated by deputy district education officer Kulwant Singh here today at JSFH Khalsa Senior Secondary School.

The boys and girls’ teams from different districts are participating in the tournament.

Iqbal Singh, president, District Handball Association, principals, DPEs, PTIs, coaches, among others, were present on the occasion. — OC