AMRITSAR
Vedanti gifted brooch: The SAD, Canada, on behalf of the Sikh diaspora there on Saturday presented a diamond-studded brooch to Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar, Akal Takht. The idea behind this was that since most religious heads wear such symbols, so the Jathedar, Akal Takht, should also have such a symbol.
Sidhu offers relief to SPOs: As many as 116 special police officers (SPOs) who fought during the militancy period have not been paid salaries for the past two and half years. Navjot Singh Sidhu, BJP MP, on Saturday spoke to DGP N.P.S. Aulakh and urged him to take immediate steps in this regard. Assuring the SPOs, the MP offered Rs 2,000 each per month to the 27 SPOs of this area till the government cleared their dues.
8 kg gold seized:
The excise and taxation department detected tax evasion to the tune of Rs 77 lakh and seized eight kg of gold from a person Ankit
Mehra. Giving details, assistant excise and taxation commissioner Rajpal Singh said Mehra could not produce any document relating to the consignment seized and used to supply gold ornaments to different parties in various parts of Punjab.
Bathinda
Woman’s body found: The body of a woman, in her thirties, was found stuck at the pillar of a bridge in a canal at Poohli village in the district on Saturday. The body was in a semi-nude condition.The volunteers of Naujwan Welfare Society took the body out from the canal after receiving information. In the presence of police, the body was taken to the Civil Hospital,
Bathinda, for the post-mortem. The body has been handed over to the society for cremation.
Dowry case: The Sangat police station registered a case of dowry and cruelty against three persons including the husband and in -laws of Virpal
Kaur, daughter of Gurmel Singh, a resident of Chanarthal village under sections 498-A, 323 and 34 of the
IPC. Complainant Virpal alleged that four years back, she got married to Sarabjit Singh of Gaheri Buttar village and since then she was being ill treated by her in laws for dowry.
CHANDIGARH
11 cr for jails reforms: CM: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has said a sum of Rs 11 crore will be made available for facilities in jails and the government will immediately go in for prison reforms. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting regarding the jail administration late on Thursday evening.
GURDASPUR
2-day Army mela: The 15th Infantry Division held a two-day mela here to commemorate the Army Day. Civilians, including students from colleges and schools, from the surrounding areas had a close look at tanks, guns, small arms and other technical equipment displayed there.
HOSHIARPUR
Seminar on human rights: The Guru Gobind Singh College of Education, Kamlooh (Mukerian), organised a seminar-cum-workshop on "Human Rights - Indian Prospective” on Saturday.
JALANDHAR
Pak national nabbed:The district police caught Pakistani national Jeewan Lal of Amrikpura village in Sialkot district from a dhaba in Bidhipur here on Thursday night for illegally staying in India. Jeewan had come to India on August 7 last year on a visitor’s visa.
Phagwara
Scribes’ stand: Scribes here in a meeting have decided to boycott government functions to lodge protest against the use of objectionable language for the journalists by the Punjab technical education minister Swarna Ram at a press conference on Friday. The conference was being conducted by Lok Sabha deputy speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal and a question was diverted to the minister, who instead of replying used objectionable language.
SANGRUR
Four-month foetus found: The Dirba police on Saturday recovered a four-month foetus from a rivulet of Rorrewal village, near Kohrian village. Sangrur SSP Arun Pal Singh said the sarpanch of Rorrewal village had informed the police. The foetus had been sent to the Civil Hospital here for examination. A case had been registered against unknown persons.
