R E G I O N A L   B R I E F S

PUNJAB

Phagwara
Youth booked: The police has booked a youth, Ashok Kumar, resident of nearby Bhaghana village, under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC on the charges of abducting a minor girl of the same village. Sukhwinder Lal, father of the missing girl, had alleged in his complaint to the police that his teenaged minor daughter had been missing since April 15 and Ashok Kumar had abducted his daughter on the pretext of marrying her.

HARYANA

Kurukshetra
Wheat stolen: The police has registered a case against Ram Swarup,a resident of Raipur Rodan , Karnal district for allegedly stealing wheat worth Rs 50,000 from Alampur village.

JAMMU & KASHMIR

Jammu
Adopt tough posture against Pak: Panthers Party: Chairman of the Panthers Party Harsh Dev Singh has urged the Union Government to adopt a tough posture against Pakistan for its “disdainful, criminal and preposterous acts in persistently assaulting our national pride and honour”. He said the gruesome murder of Sarabjit Singh should be an eye-opener for the Indian Government which has been adopting a “submissive and meek approach despite the highly pernicious onslaughts of Pakistan”. Singh regretted that the Union leadership had failed to act when required. He said the Indian Government failed to assert diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to allow Indian medical teams to treat Sarabjit.

Omar silent on prison attack: Twitter-savvy Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who promptly tweets his opinions on issues of relevance on the micro-blogging site, didn’t comment on Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq despite a query by one of his followers. His government, however, has condemned the incident, describing it as unfortunate.