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4 caught
for printing fake currency
Patiala, September 25
The police has busted a
fake-currency racket and arrested four persons, including a computer
operator, besides seizing fake currency worth Rs 86,000. The District
Police Chief, Mr Paramjit Singh Grewal, said the mastermind behind the
racket was a man called Baba Trikaal, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, who
had been living in Guru Nanak Nagar here. The Baba has absconded. The
SSP said the Baba and his gang had been using a computer, a
scanner and a printer to produce the fake currency. |
SSP Paramjit Singh Grewal shows the fake currency and printing equipment seized by the police in raids.
— Photo Subhash Patialvi |
Baba
remains elusive
Ropar, September 25
Baba Piara Singh, wanted in the
“bir” burning case, remained elusive for the third day today even as
the police today used sniffer dogs to locate him in the forest. The SSP,
Ropar, Mr G.P.S. Bhullar, when asked about the progress in the case told
that seven police teams along with sniffer dogs had been combing the
forest area. Till the filing of this report they, however, could not
locate the Baba.
DGP
in Indian delegation to Interpol session
Chandigarh, September 25
Mr Sarabjit Singh, Director-General
of Police, Punjab, has been nominated a member of the Indian delegation
to the 70th general assembly session of the ICPO-Interpol at Budapest.
He thus becomes the first Punjab police chief to be nominated to attend
the Interpol general assembly session.
Cong
promises bonus to farmers
Bathinda, September 25
While the state Chief Minister,
Mr Parkash Singh Badal, managed to get an increase in the minimum
support price of paddy and assured the farmers that every single grain
of paddy would be procured, the state unit of the Congress went a step
further to woo the farmers of the state by issuing advertisements in
newspapers today that if the Congress came to the power a bonus of Rs
30 per quintal would be given.
Withdraw
false cases: Cong men
Ropar, September 25
Congressmen of the Nangal
Assembly constituency organised a rally last evening against the
alleged political victimisation of their workers. Addressing the rally
the PPCC Secretary, Mr Bhupesh Sharma, alleged that false police cases
were being registered against the Congress workers at the behest of
the ruling party. He said Gopal Chand, a septuagenarian worker of
Changrian village had been booked for causing grave injury to some
persons. The fact, however, was he was weak and suffering from severe
ailments. He was not in a position to cause injury to anyone and the
case against him was politically motivated.
Panthic
Morcha stages dharna
Phagwara, September 25
Activists of the Panthic Morcha,
and other Sikh bodies members today staged a dharna in front of the
local city police station to demand the arrest of those who had
desecrated the Guru Granth Sahib at Pandori village recently.
Jayanti
Dam land to be acquired
Villagers to be compensated
Seonk (Kharar), September 25
About 136 acres of land submerged
under the reservoir of the Jayanti Dam here, built under the Kandi
area development scheme, is being acquired from villagers who have not
been paid a penny by way of compensation in the past three years.
Residents
cane-charged, traffic disrupted
Jalandhar, September 25
The traffic on the busy GT Road
remained disrupted for about tow hours today following a mild cane
charge on residents of the Maqsoodan locality holding a dharna near
the Maqsoodan chowk, here in protest against the failure of the
district police authorities in registering a case of abduction of a
woman.
Over
10,000 leave for Killianwali rally
Fatehgarh Sahib,
September 25
A caravan of more than 150 buses
and hundred of trucks carrying more than 10,000 persons led by Mr
Didar Singh Bhatti and Gurpreet Singh Bhatti, president, Youth Akali
Dal, was flagged off by Mr Rajeshpal Singh Lalli, a senior Akali
leader, for the Kallianwali rally today.
2500
Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan
Moga, September 25
A contingent of 2,500 Sikh
pilgrims will visit various Sikh shrines in Pakistan on the occasion
of birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev in November. The
president of the Bhai Mardana Yadgar Society, Mr Harpal Singh Bhullar,
said here today that he had a telephonic conversation with the
president of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, Mr Sham
Singh, in this regard.
Vegetable
traders call off strike
Faridkot, September 25
Vegetable wholesalers and
retailers here this evening withdrew their indefinite strike after an
assurance by Mr A. Venu Prasad, Deputy Commissioner, Faridkot, that
their grievances would be redressed soon. He also assured to make an
enquiry into the snatching of some cash from a trader by some
officials of the market committee.
Entry
tax to make up for octroi loss
Amritsar September 25
Even as the Punjab Government was
under political compulsions to abolish octroi and its formal
announcement is expected with in next few days, the octroi collection
by the local municipal corporation had already dropped to Rs 6 lakh
daily against the average collection of around Rs 10 to 13 lakh.
Teachers
await appointment letters
Bathinda, September 25
Even as a committee established
by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha had recommended the appointment of 1,288
teachers who were rejected during the recruitment of teachers in 1992
on flimsy grounds, these candidates have been awaiting appointment
letters.
Jacob
seeks report on Syndicate meeting
Amritsar, September 25
Mr J.F.R. Jacob, Governor of
Punjab and Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, has sought a
detailed report on the last Syndicate meeting held at Chandigarh,
presided over by the then Vice-Chancellor, Dr Harbhajan Sigh Soch. The
report was sought on the basis of complaints made by the veteran CPI
leader, Mr Satya Pal Dang, in which he had alleged that the Syndicate
meeting had taken certain decisions in gross violation of rules.
16
chosen to be pace setting schools
Patiala, September 25
As many as 16 schools, one from
each of the 16 education blocks of Patiala district, have been
selected to be developed as pace setting schools in the district by
the Nishkam Sikh Welfare Council.
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