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Traffic disrupted as train derails
Jalandhar, May 10
Thousands of passengers of different trains, including the Shatbadi, had to suffer a lot as rail traffic on the Jalandhar-Amritsar route was disrupted for several hours as an engine and two coaches of the Amritsar-bound Jananayak Express derailed near Domoria railway underbridge just a few minutes after leaving Jalandhar City railway station today at 2.30 am.

The Railway staff repair the tracks after a train derailed blocking the traffic for several hours at Jalandhar railway station on Saturday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Lack of rly infrastructure main stumbling block
Amritsar, May 10
Even as the Central government is tryng to facilitate the faster movement of cement from Pakistan to contain inflation, giving the UPA government nightmares besides contemplating a conveyor belt system at the Attari check-post, the Railway infrastructure bottlenecks are proving to be the stumbling block to the handling of large consignments of cement from Pakistan.

Trucks lined up near Attari Joint Check-post with fresh vegetables cargo consignment for movement towards Pakistan on Thursday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

SAD terror in Badal hometown 
Badal (Muktsar), May 10
Posters of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal dot the hometown of the Badals, except for the kiosk of Mohinder Pal where the Congress flag flutters. This was the lone Congress flag that could be spotted during a visit to this village, ahead of Zila Parishad and Samiti elections.
Panchayat members of Manna village stand over the blockade put up by the Irrigation Department authorities to stop the flow of water to the fields of a Congress supporter. Tribune photo: Kulbir Beera

COMMUNITY

Aid flows in from US for patients Chandigarh, May 10 The plight of poor Indians, especially of those who can’t afford medical treatment, continues to be a source of worry for Dr Sukhpal Inder Singh Jassi and his wife Kiranjit Kaur, who is a health services administrator in a hospital at Baltimore, US. Whenever, Dr Jassi and his wife find any story regarding a poor patient needing help, they extend him some financial help.

Dr S.I.S. Jassi

Ex-Jathedar of Akal Takht excommunicated
Amritsar, May 10
In an unprecedented move in the Sikh history, the Sikh clergy of Patna Sahib today excommunicated Prof Darshan Singh, a former Jathedar, Akal Takht, from the Sikh Panth.

Dal Khalsa flays academy order on turban
Amritsar, May 10
The Dal Khalsa today criticised the decision of Akal Academy making turban compulsory for non-Sikh students in the schools run by it. It has termed the decision a violation of religious and human rights of people.

Inside Babudom
Pargat row uncalled for: Dhindsa
Chandigarh, May 10
Director of sports and Olympian Pargat Singh finally left for Delhi on Thursday evening on his way to Kuala Lumpur to join Indian hockey team as its manager there, not before former union minister and sitting MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa intervened to get him his special sports leave sanctioned.

Jail Upgradation
‘Vague’ affidavit submitted
Chandigarh, May 10
Civil servants’ reluctance in doling out data to the general public may be a well-known fact in Punjab.

Kiln workers storm into DC office
Sangrur, May 10
Hundreds of workers of brick-kilns of the district today stormed into the building, having offices of the deputy commissioner, additional deputy commissioner and other district officers here to lodge protest against the non-acceptance of their demands. They were demanding enhancement in their wages and arrest of three brick-kiln owners for allegedly kidnapping their two leaders, namely district general secretary of the CPI (ML) Liberation Harbhagwan Bhikhi and vice-president of the Lal Jhanda Punjab Bhatha Mazdoor Union (LJPBMU) Gurpreet Singh Rooreke, on April 17 from a village near Dhuri.

Dharna obstructs highway
Dina Nagar (Gurdaspur), May 10
Hundreds of road users were put to hardship for over three hours following the closure of the Jammu-Amritsar highway due to a massive dharna staged by supporters of local MLA Sita Ram Kashyap this afternoon.

Convicted, SGPC media adviser resigns
Amritsar, May 10
In an embarrassment to the SGPC, its media adviser Iqbal Singh resigned yesterday following his conviction in a case under the Arms Act. SGPC chief Avtar Singh has accepted the resignation.

Body handed over to Pak
Amritsar, May 10
The body of Mohammad Akram, a Pakistan national who had died at the local Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment, was handed over to the Pakistan authorities at the Attari-Wagah check-post on the Indo-Pak border.

CRIME

Rs 4-crore charas seized, 2 held
Mohali, May 10
In one of the largest narcotics haul in Punjab, the Mohali police here today arrested two persons allegedly ferrying charas worth Rs 4 crore across the Punjab-Haryana border. A team led by SHO, Lalru, Sukhvinder Singh nabbed the two while they were travelling on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway. The drugs weighing over 25 kg was hidden in various cavities of their Maruti car. The arrested include Rajesh Kumar, alias Raja, a resident of Sonepat, and Brij Raj, a disciple of a religious dera in Panipat.

SSP, SAS Nagar, R.S. Khatra shows the seized charas in his office in Mohali on Saturday. A Tribune photograph