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Bandh passes off peacefully
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Murder accused surrender
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Bandh passes off peacefully
Jalandhar, May 19 Shopkeepers in most of the major markets within the city and on the outskirts kept their shops closed. Following the directions of the district administration the educational institutions also remained closed today. Several groups of Sikh youths were seen making rounds of the different areas on their motorcycles and scooters. Some of them were brandishing naked swords. Effigies of dera chief were reportedly burnt at some places including BMC chowk. However no untoward incident was reported during the bandh as elaborate security arrangements were made. Meanwhile, the president of Jan Morcha, Gian Chand, criticised the dera chief for hurting the sentiments of Sikh community. He said that he should have been arrested the same day when he had allegedly imitated Guru Gobind Singh and served Jam-e-Insan at Salabatpura in Bathinda. Criticising Parkash Singh Badal led Punjab government for not acting promptly, he appealed to the people to maintain peace and harmony.
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Staff crunch hits Batala MC fire wing
Batala, May 19 The requirement list is long. Nine firemen are needed whereas there is none. The department has only one sub-fireman whereas six are needed. As per the requirement, the department needs 64 employees in total. Adding fuel to the fire, the period of temporary employees is also near its completion, which means more burden coming in the way for the permanent staff. And after taking everything into consideration, the MC doesn’t look fit to handle any untoward incident particularly in surrounding villages. Subhash Sekhri, president, municipal council, Batala, said he has asked the director of local bodies, Punjab, to allow one year extension to temporary employees but nothing has yielded so far. If the authorities allow us then the employees would continue to work otherwise they would leave, further added Sekhri.
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Banga, May 19 The police took a three-day police remand after producing both the accused in a local court. According to nodal officer SP (H), Jagtar Singh, the accused surrendered before him at the Banga police station. He was hiding all these days in nearby villages or travelling in trains to elude arrest. Both the accused were sent to Banga police station where they would be interrogated. “The police also recovered .32 bore pistol and a sharp-edged weapon from the accused. The accused had an argument with the deceased on the issue of watering the fields,” said the SP. Sources, however, indicate that Bhupinder Singh and Manjit Singh had surrendered last late evening and were questioned by senior officials. It has also been reliably learnt that Manjit Singh had fired four shots at former sarpanch Paramjit Singh and Bhupinder Singh attacked him with sharp-edged weapon before fleeing the site. — TNS
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