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Stranded pilgrim returns home
Phagwara, June 27
Manjit Singh Lall who was on a pilgrimage to Uttarakhand returned to his native village Bhulrai here on Sunday night. He is a taxi driver and had gone to Uttarakhand in his Tempo Traveller which was hired by a Lucknow-based family.

Sisters arrested for fraud
Phagwara, June 27
The police has arrested two sisters, Darshan Kaur and Gagandeep Kaur, of Sahni village on the charges of duping Jasbir Kaur of Rs 1 lakh on the pretext of sending her to the USA.

Two booked for robbery
Hoshiarpur, June 27
The Sadar police has booked Sandeep Singh, alias Bheema of Bhilowal and Jasvir Singh of Purhiran for robbing a resident of Naru Nangal.

Stranded pilgrim returns home
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Sisters arrested for fraud

Phagwara, June 27
The police has arrested two sisters, Darshan Kaur and Gagandeep Kaur, of Sahni village on the charges of duping Jasbir Kaur of Rs 1 lakh on the pretext of sending her to the USA.

Phagwara Superintendent of Police HPS Khakh said Jasbir, whose husband is settled in the USA, struck a deal of Rs 7 lakh with Darshan Kaur to send her abroad. Jasbir gave Rs 1 lakh as advance to Darshan on August 10 last year, but neither the latter sent her to the USA nor she returned her passport and money. — OC

Two booked for robbery
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Hoshiarpur, June 27
The Sadar police has booked Sandeep Singh, alias Bheema of Bhilowal and Jasvir Singh of Purhiran for robbing a resident of Naru Nangal.

The police said, the duo allegedly stopped Sohan Lal while he along with his wife Usha Rani was going on a scooter near Bassi Dauad. After injuring them they snatched Rs 17,000 and fled. The police has registered a case under section 392 and 34 of the IPC.

Four more districts to be tobacco free
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Hoshiarpur, June 27
The Punjab government has decided to make Hoshiarpur, Muktsar, Kapurthala and Bathinda districts as tobacco and smoke free, said Dr Surjit Singh, Civil Surgeon, Hoshiarpur. He said 2,323 smokers were challaned in the district between April 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013 and a fine of Rs 50,880 was collected from them.

The state government has already declared 10 other districts in the state as tobacco and smoke free. Heads of all the government departments have been empowered to penalise smokers while violating ban on smoking at public places.

A team of PGI Chandigarh will visit the district in the month of July to ascertain the implementation of Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution Act 2003. Doctors at district, sub-division and block level will be appointed to check smoking at public places.