Chandigarh
‘Make NRI co-chief of NRI panel’: Three-time former Canadian MP Gurmant Singh Grewal on Friday urged the state government to act on the suggestion of NRIs of having more say in the Punjab NRI Commission by appointing an NRI as co-chairman of the panel. He also stated that elected Punjabi leaders from both the ruling group as well as the Opposition would host SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal during his proposed visit to Canada this summer.
Faridkot
Three youths killed in accident: Three youths of Muktsar district were killed in a road accident on Friday. All in their early 20s, the youths were travelling in a car to Chandigarh when it collided with a truck near Kothe Theh village on the Moga-Kotkapura state highway. The deceased have been identified as Gurinder Singh, Prabhjeet Singh and
Vikramjeet, all residents of Sadarwala village in Muktsar. They were scheduled to attend a marriage in
Chandigarh.
Missing lineman found dead: Three days after an assistant lineman in the Punjab State Power Corporation went missing from his house in Uggoke village of
Moga, his body was recovered from near a canal in Channuwala village on Friday. Investigation officer Suraj Pal Singh said the deceased, Ajmer Singh, was posted at Baghapurana and his family had lodged a complaint about his going missing allegedly during duty hours three days ago. The police has registered a murder case against unidentified persons.
Three youths killed in accident: Three youths of Muktsar district were killed in a road accident on Friday. All in their early 20s, the youths were travelling in a car to Chandigarh when collided with a truck near Kothe Theh village on the Moga-Kotkapura state highway. The deceased have been identified as Gurinder Singh, Prabhjeet Singh and
Vikramjeet, all residents of Sadarwala village in Muktsar. They were scheduled to attend a marriage in
Chandigarh.
Missing lineman found dead: Three days after an assistant lineman in the Punjab State Power Corporation went missing from his house in Uggoke village of
Moga, his body was recovered from near a canal in Channuwala village on Friday. Investigation officer Suraj Pal Singh said the deceased, Ajmer Singh, was posted at Baghapurana and his family had lodged a complaint about his going missing allegedly during duty hours three days ago. The police has registered a murder case against unidentified persons.
Ludhiana
Pakistan flag burnt:The activists of Youth Congress Punjab here on Friday burnt the Pakistani flag at Jagraon to register their protest against the killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani army after crossing Line of Control
(LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir some days back.
Meeting:A meeting of government employees, working on contractual basis, in various departments was held
here on Friday. Workers from all the departments alleged that they are grossly under-paid. Employees from all the departments have decided to launch protest campaign against the state government for
not giving them any facilities and very less
salaries.
Nawanshahr
Check-up camp: More than 250 patients were examined at a free check-up camp organised by the District Homeopathy Department in collaboration with NGO Helping Hand Charitable Trust on Gurpurb here on Friday.
