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Pending projects: NC chief pins blame on officials
‘Officials adopting delaying tactics to please BJP minister-cum-local MLA’
Phagwara, November 27
Charging serious allegations against some of the Phagwara nagar council officials, NC president Malkiat Singh Ragbotra alleged that due to their dirty politics and biased attitude, the council could not be able to complete its pending projects.

• No control over bureaucracy’

Major Fillip
Passport office changes address, boosts area devp
Jalandhar, November 27
Ever since the regional passport office has been shifted to Ambika Towers on Police Lines Road, the sleepy market is abuzz with activity.

Shameful Act
Man rapes foster daughter
Phagwara, November 27
Phagwara Police have arrested a villager Karam Chand and his accomplice on charges of the rape of Karam Chand’s minor foster daughter at Sahni village in Phagwara today.

Eve-teasers run for cover
Jalandhar, November 27
Set up by SSP Arpit Shukla about 10 days back, the mobile anti eve-teasing and traffic violation cell has proved to be deterrent against eve-teasers and  traffic violators, especially around educational  institutions.

Young World
DAVIET lifts PTU youth fest trophy

Jalandhar, November 27 The hosts, DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, lifted the overall trophy of the PTU Inter-Zonal Youth Festival, which concluded here today. The winners scored 155 points where as Baba Banda Singh Bahadur College of Engineering Fatehgarh Sahib came second with 42 points. The jubilant DAVIETians pose for a photograph. —Photo  by S.S. Chopra

Adampur Air Force Station gets new commander

Jalandhar, November 27 Group Captain PW Ambedkar took over as the Station Commander of Air Force Station Adampur today from Air Commodore Arup Raha. Ambekar was commissiond into the IAF on December 11, 1981. Before taking over the command of the Air Force Station, he was chief operational officer of the base. Group Captain PW Ambedkar (L) takes over the charge.

UK’s House of Commons denies prayer request of Hindu chaplain Zed
Phagwara, November 27
Internationally acclaimed Hindu chaplain Rajan Zed, who read the historic first Hindu prayer in US Senate in July last year, was denied the permission of reading opening prayer in the House of Commons, UK.

Punjab bags second prize at IITF
Phagwara, November 27
Punjab has won the second prize in the India International Trade Fair (IITF) 
2007 held by the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) at the Pargati 
Maidan, New Delhi.

Day after murdering wife, son, man kills self
Jalandhar, November 27
A day after killing his wife and son at Guru Ram Dass Nagar, near Vikas Puri, here, Sukhwinder Singh today committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree.