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CM refutes Badal on loans
Ludhiana, October 16
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today refuted claims of Shiromani Akali Dal president, Parkash Singh Badal farmers loans in the state stood at Rs 30,000 crore. He said, it was about Rs 25, 000 crore only and of this only Rs 2500 crore was bad debt.

Cops fires rubber bullets on farmers, 24 hurt
Abohar, October 16

More than 24 persons, including a security guard of the Superintendent of Police, were hurt as farmers and the police exchanged fire at Gharsana, a small town in neighbouring Sriganganagar district today.

POLITICS

Kamal Chaudhary joins SAD
Chandigarh,October 16
The former Congress Member of Parliament, Mr Kamal Chaudhary joined the Shiromani Akali Dal here today. He was welcomed to the party by the SAD president, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, with a siropa. Earlier, in the presence of Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, he spoke to mediapersons.

COMMUNITY

Two crushed to death in road accident
Rajpura, October 16
Two youths were crushed to death by a speeding private bus at Basantpura village near here on the Amritsar-Ambala Highway tonight.



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1 dead as Jeep turns turtle
Ropar, October 16
One person was killed  and another seriously injured when their Jeep turned turtle and fell  into the field along Bela-Ropar road.

An enthralling cultural night
Ropar, October 16
In the tradition of Sufiana Kalaam Manpreet Akhtar and noted ghazal singer Shamim Iqbal enthralled the audience at Canal Rest House late last night here.

COURTS

Notice issued on liquor company’s plea
Chandigarh, October 16
A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising Mr Justice A.K. Goel and Mr Justice Rajesh Bindal today issued notice to the Punjab Government and others for November 17 on a petition filed by M/S Rajasthan Liquors Private Limited, Dera Bassi.

FIR ordered against Punjab IAS officer 
Panchkula, October 16
A local district court has ordered registration of an FIR against senior Punjab bureaucrat, Mr Rabinder Nath Gupta, for trespassing private property and criminal intimidation in a case filed by Mr Karam Chand.

 
ADMINISTRATION

Transfers: govt in ‘please-all mode’
Chandigarh, October 16
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in Punjab, the government is expectedly in a “please-all mode” as far as postings and transfers are concerned. Hundreds of requests for transfers and minor “adjustments” are pouring in. All such requests are naturally loaded with recommendations from VIPs or from persons who matter in the corridors of power.

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