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HC seeks value of Chahal’s properties
Chandigarh, July 13
Mr Justice Uma Nath Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today asked the State of Punjab to inform the court the worth of Bharat Inder Singh Chahal's properties.
CM controlling Takht: Dullo
Jalandhar, July 13
The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee has accused Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of “holding the Akal Takht in his hands” and politicising public offices like police stations, tehsils and the administration.
Punjab Congress chief Shamsher Singh Dullo addresses a press conference in Jalandhar on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph
Naam Charcha’
Cops stop followers
Chak Attar Singh Wala (Bathinda), July 13
The district police today prevented hundreds of followers of Dera Sacha Sauda from attending “naam charcha” organised here at the bhog ceremony of Jaswinder Singh, who committed self-immolation on July 2.
Four pilgrims killed
Hoshiarpur, July 13
Four pilgrims on two motorcycles were crushed to death by a speedy Punjab Roadways bus of Pathankot depot (No. PB-12C-9723), bound for Chandigarh from Hoshiarpur, at Bahowal near Mahilpur, about 20 km from here, today.
Developing Amritsar top priority: Kalia
Amritsar, July 13
Manoranjan Kalia, Minister of Local Bodies, while talking to the media here today said that the development of the holy city was the top priority of the SAD-BJP government.
87 engineers undergo training
Ropar, July 13
87 assistant engineers of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) underwent training at the thermal training institute of Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant.
‘SGPC, KAC misleading Sikhs’
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 13
Former Akal Takht Jathedar Bhai Ranjit Singh here today came down heavily on the SGPC and the Khalsa Action Committee
(KAC), claiming that both had failed to resolve the dera row.
Voter Lists
Ex-MLA alleges anomalies
Amritsar, July 13
Former Congress MLA Jugal Kishore Sharma today alleged that large-scale irregularities had been made in the voters list for the forthcoming municipal corporation elections.
Doctors save 550-gm premature baby
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 13
After having lost all hopes of saving their 550-gram premature baby, the parents found optimism at a local nursing home, which saved the child and helped him recuperate.
Hindu bodies threaten to gherao SSP
Hoshiarpur, July 13
Various Hindu organisations at a meeting held at Shakti temple here today criticised the district police for registering just a case of stone pelting on the police in the dera complex of Baba Fattu Shah Bibi Sahiba temple of Sri Ramshevar Mahadev at the local Rahimpur on Wednesday night without mentioning the name of any culprit.
10 hurt in collision
Hoshiarpur, July 13
Ten persons, including seven passengers of the Somnath Express, bound for Ahmedabad from Jammu, were injured when the engine of the train collided with a truck at an unmanned level crossing at Pawar village, about 1 km from the Mukerian railway station, in the district on the Jalandhar-Pathankot railway section today, the police said.
Dera chief’s kin suffers burns
Bathinda, July 13
Pavan Deep Kaur, a young girl and kin of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, head, Dera Sacha
Sauda, suffered severe burns after she caught fire while preparing tea in her house at Sivian village, 5 km from here, today.
Labour bodies hold protest
Sangrur, July 13
A protest rally by three labour organisations - the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union, the Dehati Mazdoor Sabha, Punjab, and the Pendu Mazdoor Union
(Mashal) - in the district administrative complex (DC office) here today ended amid tension protests.
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