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AMRITSAR Bathinda Killed: Ranjit Singh of village Jai Singh wala killed Charanjit Singh of the same village allegedly for not fulfilling his demand for money to buy liquor. The SHO Sangat police station, Davinder Singh, said that in his statement, Meva Singh, father of the deceased, said that Charanjit was demanding money from his son, when he refused to give him the amount, he assaulted him with a lathi causing injuries. He was rushed to the Civil Hospital, Bathinda, but on the way, he succumbed to his injuries.After conducting the postmortem, police handed over the body to the family. A case of murder has been registered against Ranjit, but as he too received injuries, he has been admitted to the hospital under the custody of police. Ferozepur Sangat darshan: Deputy commissioner Megh Raj gave a cheque of Rs 50,000 from the CM’s relief fund to one Rakesh Kumar for treatment of his ailing son at the 72nd sangat darshan programme here on Tuesday. The sangat darshan was attended by ADC Jaskiran Singh and DSP Bahadur Singh among other district officials. In all, 29 complaints were received, out of which nine were settled on the spot and the remaining were sent to the departments concerned. On the occasion, the DC instructed the district social security officer to issue pensions to four widows. He also instructed the Red Cross society to provide financial help to two needy persons for their medical treatment. GURDASPUR Hoshiarpur Wheat watch: Wheat procurement in 61 centres of the district is going on smoothly. This was revealed by deputy commissioner N.K. Wadhawan here on Tuesday. He said 98,603 tonnes of wheat had been procured till April 28. Forest fire: The forest fire that had been continuing in the Shivalik range of Kandi belt at Kot, Patial and Bahera villages since April 25 has further spread. The areas which were under threat include Malout, Mehngrowal and Ram Tatwali villages. According to official sources, a team headed by forest range officer Paramjit Singh along with local residents was trying its best to control the fire. 4 file nominations: Four candidates filed their nomination papers here on Tuesday for the panchyati raj elections. The nominees were Usha Rani of Khangwari, Tajinder Kaur of Daduwal, Sukhbir Singh and Hans Raj, both from Daduwal. JALANDHAR Former terrorist Kulbira acquitted: A local court on Tuesday acquitted hardcore terrorist Kulbir Singh, alias Kulbira, of Barapind village under Goraya police station of all the charges he was booked under. Additional district and sessions judge B.K. Mehta acquitted the accused due to lack of eyewitnesses. He was booked in a case in 1992 at Phillaur police station in the district under sections 302, 392 and 34 of the IPC and sections 24/27/ 54/59 of the Arms Act. Earlier too, he was let off in two other cases in December 2007 and last month. KHARAR Nawanshahr PATIALA Chemists nabbed: A team comprising of officials of the civil surgeon office today raided the premises of two chemists and confiscated illegal drugs. In the first instance, the team raided the unauthorised shop of one Harbhajan Singh in Shanti Nagar and recovered 1,100 bottles of corex and ricodex cough syrups, 70,000 capsules and 1 lakh tablets. The team also raided the Sheranwala Gate residence of Harpal Singh and recovered nearly 5,000 injections of oxytocin. Board meeting: Malwa Gramin Bank, regional rural bank sponsored by State Bank of Patiala, held its board meeting to declare the financial results of the bank for the year ended March 31. N.K. Bansal, Chairman of Malwa Gramin Bank, said that the bank has recorded impressive growth in the business during the financial year. He said deposits of the bank had increased to Rs 314.28 crore recording a growth of Rs 74.53 crore. Inaugurated: In order to provide better customer service, V.K. Dhingra, executive director of the UCO bank, inaugurated new premises of the Patiala branch at Chhoti Baradari here today. Mayor Ajitpal Singh Kohli was the chief guest. A.K. Ahuja, chief manager of the branch, R. Murgai and B.R. Chauhan were also present. TARN TARAN |
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