Probe Amarinder’s marriage, demands Sukhbir
Patiala, April 2
"The Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should come clean about Capt Amarinder Singh's alleged marriage with a Pakistani journalist Arusa Alam.

BJP leader for CBI probe into sale of property by MC
Abohar, April 2
Ram Krishan Mittal, state vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (local bodies wing) in a letter to minister for local bodies Manoranjan Kalia has demanded a vigilance inquiry into the sale of immoveable property by the municipal council here and improvement trust in past five years.

Subdivision status for Lehragaga
Leheragaga, April 2
In response to a demand by a senior SAD leader Prem Singh Chandumajra, who had unsuccessfully contested the election from the Lehra Assembly constituency recently, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced subdivision status for Lehragaga.

Toll tax sparks protest in Hoshiarpur
Highways blocked for over two hours
Hoshiarpur, April 2
Activists of the Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad along with other affected people, including private bus and truck operators, staged dharnas and blocked vehicular traffic for more than two hours today.

Bank provides finance to honey farmers in Punjab
Chandigarh, April 2
Yes Bank has launched a unique concept for the financial inclusion of small honey farmers in northern India. The bank is not just providing finance for working capital to these farmers, but has also made a buy- back arrangement for the honey they produce.

POLITICS

Badal does not ‘know’ Captain’s address
Ludhiana, April 2
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has said since he did not know the address or whereabouts of his predecessor Amarinder Singh, he could not reply to his letters. Otherwise he would have liked to write back to him.

COMMUNITY

COURTS

Arguments in Daler case end
Patiala April 2
Arguments on the summoning of pop star Daler Mehndi for framing of charges concluded today in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge today. The defence counsel in the case has challenged the summoning of the pop star on the plea that the police has already filed discharge application of Daler Mehndi as it could not find any concrete evidence against him.

high court
NOC revocation by PPCB: Coloniser moves HC
Chandigarh, April 2
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notices to the Punjab Pollution Control Board and others on a petition challenging the revocation of the no-objection certificates issued to Raglan Infrastructures Limited, Shimla, for its two housing projects at Dera Bassi.

Call to provide speedy justice to women
Bathinda, April 2
K. C. Puri, District and Session Judge, here today stressed on the need to spread awareness among the public at large regarding redressal of grievances of women and children and providing speedy justice to them.

CRIME

3 ‘criminals’ arrested Bathinda, April 2 Three persons identified as Lakhwinder Singh, Rajesh Kumar and Naresh Kumar were arrested by the district police in the past 24 hours for their alleged involvement in different crimes, which took place in the past fortnight. Three alleged criminals, who were nabbed by the Bathinda police, being produced before the media on Monday. — Photo by Kulbir Beera

2 killed in road mishaps
Abohar, April 2
Balkar Singh(40),a resident of Gobindgarh village, near here, was killed and two others were seriously injured when the Maruti Zen car they were using collided with a tractor-trailer loaded with sand and parked on the roadside near Pakki village on the Abohar-Malout road (national highway No.10) this afternoon.

EDUCATION

Windfall for GND varsity in re-investment
Amritsar, April 2
For the first time, Guru Nanak Dev University earned Rs 3.5 crore by re-investing different accounts through open bid in the presence of representatives of teaching union and non-teaching employees.