Phillaur, October 27
Despite tall claims of a rock solid alliance and complete unity between the leaders of the SAD-BJP coalition, by the senior leaders of the parties, it is clear that all is not well with the internal matters of both the parties. This was alleged by Bahujan Samaj Morcha national president Satnam Singh Kainth while talking to newsmen here on Saturday.

He said, the people of the state were suffering due to internal differences in the parties, as proved in the recent days. The statements of the acting president of the SAD Sukhbir Singh Badal, finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, Punjab BJP affairs incharge Balbir Punj, president Prof Rajinder Bhandari and Punjab local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia, on various issues, proved that the entire working of the state has been paralysed due to this unfortunate infighting within both the parties.

Kainth said the SAD-BJP government could not fulfill the expectations of the people and did nothing for the welfare and interests of the people even after eight months of its formation.

“The law and order situation in the state is deteriorating and criminal incidents like robberies, killings, thefts and rapes are on a rise, but nobody in the government seems to be controlling the situation,” he said. The common man has been knocking the doors of various government offices to get justice, which is unavailable in SAD-BJP rule, he added.

Nawanshahr, October 27
Three members of a family were killed and four were injured when their car in which they were travelling in became out of control and rammed into a tree following a tyre burst near Langroya village on Nawanshahr-Chandigarh highway on Saturday.

The deceased, identified as Gurmail Singh and his son Jarnail Singh, residents of Kharar, Balwant Singh of Rakasan village (Nawanshahr), died on the spot. The injured have been identified as Manjit Kaur, Manpreet Kaur, residents of Kharar, Amritpal Singh and Simarjit Kaur, residents of Chandigarh. The villagers brought the injured to a private hospital at Nawanshahr. — OC

Hoshiarpur, October 27
A head-on crash between a motorbike and a private bus left a person dead and another injured near Kotla village on Mahilpur-Phagwara road at around 4 pm on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Parminder Singh of Kangrol. He along with Suchvir Singh, son of Malkiat Singh of the same village was going to Katarian village on his bike when the incident took place. Suchvir has been hospitalised. 
— OC

Kapurthala, October 27
Fulfilling the long pending demands of the villagers of Kapurthala and Sultanpur Lodhi sub-divisions, the state government has taken its first step to build bridges on holy Bein near Ratta Nauabad and Dadwindi villages in Kapurthala. The foundation stone of the bridges was laid by the PWD minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa here today. Being constructed with the efforts of education minister Dr Upinderjeet Kaur, the bridges would benefit thousands of villagers.

Being built under NABARD scheme, the five-spanned bridge near Ratta Nauabad village would cost Rs 2.85 crore, while Rs 4.85 crores would be spent on the construction of the six-spanned bridge in Dadwindi village. 

Phagwara, October 27
The police arrested Dara Singh of Ludhiana and Sandeep Kumar of Sultanpur near Saprod bus-stand on Saturday and recovered three kg of charas worth Rs 75,000 from their possession. DSP H.P.S. Khakh said the accused have confessed their crime and disclosed that they were going to sell the consignments among collegiate. Meanwhile, investigations were still on.