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AMRITSAR Tributes paid: Hundreds of farmers, workers and communists from all over the state on Sunday paid homage to renowned freedom fighter and communist leader Dalip Singh Tapiala on his 13th death anniversary at his native village here. CPM general secretary Jagjit Singh Layallpuri, secretary Mangat Ram Palsa were among others present on the occasion. Bathinda Man commits suicide: Mukesh Kumar, a Railway employee, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a ceiling fan at railway quarters near Multania rail bridge here on Sunday. Sahara volunteers took the body to the Civil Hospital for the postmortem examination while the police is investigating the case. Hoshiarpur Girl abducted: On the complaint of Surinder Kumar of Bakarpur, the police has registered a case against Surjit Kumar, son of Chaman Lal of the same village, for allegedly abducting his niece Nisha Rani (16), daughter of Pawan Kumar of Kabir Nagar, Jalandhar. Arrested: The police has arrested Karamjit Singh, alias Joti, son of Jatinder Pal Singh of Dasuya, allegedly for forging registry of land belonging to Paramjit Kaur of Rajpur. A case has been registered. 17 held: The police has arrested 17 persons of Gignowal village, including a former sarpanch of the village, Harbans Kumar, allegedly for blocking the Hoshiarpur-Tanda highway in front of the village from on Saturday. The villagers blocked the road in protest against the alleged thrashing of a village boy by Gulzar Singh, owner of White Castle Resort. Resignation accepted: Mr Avinash Rai Khanna, MP and BJP state chief, has accepted the resignation of Mr Sanjiv Talwar, state vice-president, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha, on Sunday. Mr Talwar had resigned following the rejection of his anticipatory bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in an obscene MMS case registered against him. NAWANSHAHR SANGRUR |
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