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Punjabi youths in BC dying in drug mafia wars: Brar
Chandigarh, December 10
Young boys becoming victims of drug mafia wars has become the main concern for Punjabi parents settled in Canada, especially in British Columbia. As many as 107 youths have been killed in such gang wars in recent months, almost all of them Punjabi immigrants, says Mr Jagroop Singh Brar, a second-time member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from the Panorama Ridge constituency.

HP schools to have Punjabi from class I
Kahnuwan/Mukerian, December 10
Punjabi will be introduced in the Himachal Pradesh School Education Board curriculum from the first standard. Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh stated this to reporters here today. The Hamirpur-Amritsar bus service would also be started by the state soon for the benefit of two states.

Punjab PWD minister Pratap Singh Bajwa and Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh at a function at Kahnuwan in Gurdaspur district on Sunday. — Photo by Jangi

Mr Navjot Sidhu returns from the Golden Temple after paying obeisance in the shrine in Amritsar on Sunday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

Maneka lauds Sidhu’s role as MP
Amritsar, December 10
Dr Manmohan Singh was deliberately elected as Prime Minister by the UPA so that tainted politicians could be adjusted as ministers in the government.

Punjab may have more DIGs
Chandigarh, December 10
At least four serving SSPs in Punjab are due for promotion as DIG. Three DIG-level officers are scheduled to be promoted as IG and one IG is expected to be made Additional DGP.

Obituary
Proud father of women hockey stars is no more
Chandigarh, December 10
Nathu Ram, who passed away on Friday night in a Faridkot hospital, was not an ordinary peon. Father of four international women hockey players, including Olympian Rupa Saini, this illustrious man of 80 died “unknown” on a day when the “political might” of the state had descended on Badal and Moga, the areas Nathu Ram had served all his life.

COMMUNITY

Dimpy murder: Tardy probe to be protested
Bathinda, December 10
Accusing the UT police of inaction in the murder case of slain gangster Prabhjinder Singh alias Dimpy and equally blaming the state government for it, his family members today announced that they would take out a “rosh lehar” (protest march) in the Malwa region, starting from his native Chandbhan village on December 13, to form a public opinion on the issue.

Dimpy's father-in-law Hardeep Singh Kadian at a press conference in Bathinda on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera

Pensioners gives memo to CM
Barnala, December 10
The Pensioners Welfare Association observed "Pensioners Day" here today and urged the government to redress their grievances at a function organised by the association.

Illicit relations behind shooting at brother
Abohar, December 10
Om Parkash Soni, who fired at his brother, Raj Kumar Soni, yesterday at Rawatsar in the neighbouring Hanumangarh area, reportedly told the police that he had conspired to kill his elder brother to strengthen illicit relations with the brother’s wife, besides fetching Rs 5 lakh on account of life insurance claim, the police said today.

Tributes paid to Balwant Gargi
Patiala, December 10
Tributes were paid to renowned Punjabi dramatist Balwant Gargi by theatre group NTAS on the occasion of Gargi Theatre Samaroh, organised to mark his 90th birth anniversary, here today.