Injured girl blames it on van driver Ludhiana, November 5 One of the three children injured in a train-school van collision at an unmanned crossing near Noormahal today and admitted to the DMC Hospital here has squarely blamed the van driver for negligent driving leading to the accident in which a brother-sister duo died. Upset stomach saved him
Inconsolable Rajwinder Kaur, mother of two children who were crushed to death in a train-school van accident at Uppal Khalsa village near Noormahal on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

Baba Didar Singh supporters take control of gurdwara
Police hand alleged
Hoshiarpur, November 5
A member of the Gurdwara Santgarh Prabandhak Committee, Harkhowal, in connivance with senior police officials, allegedly took possession of the Gurdwara Santgarh forcibly last night.

Tension grips village over gurdwara control

Family marches towards PMO to seek justice

Ludhiana, November 5 A Jagraon-based man, his wife and four daughters today adopted an unusual way of seeking justice by starting a walk from Jagraon to the Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi, where they will threaten to immolate themselves in protest against falsely implicating them in criminal cases and occupying their house by some relatives. Mohinder Singh with members of his family in Ludhiana on way to Chandigarh for seeking justice. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

COMMUNITY

Riot-hit seek martyr status for lost kin
Patiala, November 5
Ishar Kaur, widow of Naik Nidhan Singh, a resident of Sanur town in this district, has been seeking justice for the past 21 years after she came to know that her husband was brutally killed at the Barkunda railway station in Bihar during the anti-Sikh riots which spread into the country after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Govt flayed for not celebrating ‘Punjabi week’
Sangrur, November 5
The Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha (Sekhon) here today criticised the Punjab Government for not celebrating “Punjabi week” from November 1 this year. Dr Tejwant Mann, general secretary of the sabha, said “anti-Punjabi” face of the Amarinder government had been exposed as it had neither celebrated the “Punjabi week” nor chalked out any programme related to Punjab Day this year.

Sena men stage dharna, seek aid for terrorist-hit Patiala, November 5 Scores of Shiv Sena (Hindustan) activists held a dharna near the YPS chowk, barely 500 yards from the new Moti Bagh residence of the Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh. Activists of the Shiv Sena (Hindustan) stage a dharna in support of their demands in Patiala on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Rajesh Sachar

Railways orders probe
Noormahal (Jalandhar), November 5
The power supply system of the DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit) train No. 3-LL went haywire as soon as it dashed against the school van. The engine of the train had to be detained for about 55 minutes on the city outskirts here today.

Heritage procession held Bathinda, November 5 A heritage procession was held on the second day of Virasat Mela today. A well-decorated elephant led the procession that started off from Hajiratan Gurdwara. A group of children attired in Punjabi dresses presented ‘bhangra’ and other Punjabi dance forms during the procession. A chariot leads a heritage procession held as part of Virasat Mela in Bathinda on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera

Malta boat tragedy: govt thanked for compensation
Hoshiarpur, November 5
Mr Balwant Singh Khera, Chairman, Malta Boat Tragedy Probe Mission, welcomed Punjab Government’s circular letter to all Deputy Commissioners of the state in which it had ordered the release of compensation of Rs 50,000 each to the kin of victims of the Malta boat tragedy.

CRIME

2 held, poppy husk seized
Kharar, November 5
The police has arrested two persons and recovered 10 kg of poppy husk from them. Those who have been arrested are Data Ram, a resident of Railon village, and Rashpal Singh, a resident of Harhera village. Both villages fall under Fatehgarh Sahib district.

Militant arrested in Amritsar
Amritsar, November 5
The Punjab Police today claimed to have foiled an attempt to assassinate former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal with the arrest of a militant, Amarjit Singh, here. The militant, Amarjit Singh, was arrested under various sections of the IPC and the Arms Act in the city late last night by Amritsar police, SSP R.P.S. Brar said here.

EDUCATION

Institute for international studies inaugurated
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 5
“The future of Punjab is safe in the hands of younger generation who believe in their skill, hard work, dedication and commitment,” Mr Surinder Singla, Minister of Finance, said this while addressing the inaugural ceremony-cum-3rd annual convocation of the Canadian Institute for International Studies at Jalbehra village 12 km from here today.

UGC-sponsored conference on corporate governance
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 5
“In the era of globalisation India is facing a stiff challenge from global corporate giants. So, we have to follow the code of corporate governance if we want to compete with them but at the same time we must ensure that the corporate sector should take care of the underprivileged section of society and work for the upliftment of people living below the poverty line, who constitute 40 per cent of the population,” Capt Kanwaljit Singh, former Finance Minister, said while delivering inaugural address at the UGC sponsored National Conference on Corporate Governance in India which was organised by Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib.

BUSINESS

Board’s decision, not mine, says MD
Chandigarh, November 5
Reacting to a news item “Probe report swept under carpet” carried in these columns on October 7, the Managing Director of Pathankot-based Hindu Co-operative Bank Limited, Mr Suresh Gupta, has claimed that the inquiry report, mentioned in the news report, was about investments made by the bank’s Board of Directors and nothing else.