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Follow-up
Killing of father, son
4 BSF jawans sent to police custody
Gurdaspur, May 20
Four Border Security Force (BSF) jawans, who had gunned down a farmer of Thakarpura village and his teenaged son on the Indo-Pak border on Friday night, have been remanded in police custody for five days.
Floriculture
Tapping European markets through Internet
Patiala, May 20
Harvinder Singh exports flowers seeds to European countries. He has also involved other farmers of the area in this endeavour by hiring about 100 acre land on contract for flower-seed farming.
A labourer busy with her work at the flower farm of Harvinder Singh
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For 36 Jammu and Kashmir children, it was a dream come true
‘Operation Sadbhavna’ concludes
Pathankot, May 20
For 36 students from various schools located in the remote areas of Kathua and Samba regions of Jammu and Kashmir it was a dream come true when they visited various historical places in Amritsar, Ajmer, Jaipur, Agra, Delhi and Chandigarh during an educational tour organised by 9th Garhwal Rifles under “Operation Sadbhavna”.
The students belonged to the Mansar, Bani and Machhedi areas.
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Students attend a function after the conclusion of their tour organised by
9th Garhwal Rifles under ‘Operation Sadbhavna’ at Mamun Cantonment near Pathankot on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Cheema justifies parliamentary secys’ appointment
Jalandhar, May 20
Chief advisor to Chief Minister Daljeet Singh Cheema while justifying the appointment of chief parliamentary secretaries by the state government said today that things were done as the election commission did not object to it.
Lakhowal appointed chairman of national body
Ludhiana, May 20
Ajmer Singh Lakhowal, chairman, Punjab Mandi Board, and president, Bhartiya Kisan Union, Punjab, has been appointed chairman of the National Council of State Agricultural Marketing Boards. A meeting of the heads of marketing boards of 14 states was held at Chandigarh yesterday which appointed Lakhowal as its chairman by consensus for a period of two years.
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Key removed from stomach
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 20
Dr Sandeep Dhawan, DM (gastro), PGI, Chandigarh, today removed a two-inch key from the stomach of a 10-year-old minor patient with
endoscope. The operation was conducted at a hospital in Sirhind.
Panchand chapter launched
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 20
With the aim to help people face sociological, economic and related problems threatening to disrupt the integrity and social fabric, Panchand Research Institute today opened its branch at Sirhind today.
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