ABOHAR
One killed in road mishap:The driver of a pick-up van was killed as the vehicle collided head-on with a truck near Raziasar town on National Highway 15 on Thursday evening, sources said. The victim, identified as Anoop Singh of Kalwatsar, had purchased an old van bearing registration number HP 65-0548 from Sriganganagar and was returning to his village. The driver of the truck fled after the mishap, sources said.
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AMRITSAR
Fire in IAF station: Airman Dalbir Singh received minor burns as a fire broke out in the Air Force station near the cantonment area here on Wednesday. He was reported to be out of danger. According to sources, the fire damaged residential quarters of Air Force personnel. The Air Force has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
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CHANDIGARH
Early paddy plantation: Punjab Agriculture Minister Sucha Singh Langah on Thursday said if the paddy planted before June 15 was not destroyed immediately, erring officers would be suspended. In view of the further depletion of ground water, it was essential to check the early plantation of paddy. Block agriculture officers who had tilled paddy in their blocks would be suitably rewarded, he added.
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FAZILKA
Suicide attempt by undertrial: An undertrial, Murari Lal (30), lodged in the sub-jail here, reportedly tried to slit his throat with blade besides injuring his right arm on Friday. He was rushed to the local civil hospital for treatment. But since he was talking aimlessly, the doctors referred him to the psychiatry department, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot. On the report of the superintendent of the sub-jail, a case under section 309 of the IPC for attempting suicide has been registered against him at the city police station. Murari basically hailed from Arya Nagari, Abohar, and was facing trial under sections 452, 323 and 354.
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Hoshiarpur
Body found: Body of block samiti member Lakhbir Singh Lakhi was found near Friend Palace, Dasuya on Friday. Police sources said Lakhi left his house on Thursday and went to Dasuya on a motorcycle. The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination to the Dasuya civil hospital.
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Man cheated: The police registered a case against Shingara Singh and his three accomplices for duping money-exchanger Puneet Sud of Rs 20 lakh on Thursday. The police said Puneet received a telephone call from Shingara on Thursday and the former told him that he had some gold coins to sell. Puneet purchased 1,000 gold coins of 2 gram each and paid the amount. However, the coins came out to be artificial.
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Opium seized: The Hariana police arrested Raj Kumar of Sranpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday and seized 1 kg of opium from him. A case has been registered.
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Minor abducted: The police has booked Kuldip Singh, his father Surinder Singh, mother Rano and Jasbir Singh for abducting a 17-year-old girl.
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Jalandhar
Couples booked: The local police has arrested three couples from a resort on the national highway and booked them under the Immoral Activities Act, 1956. The police has also taken two employees of the resort into custody.
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Kharar
Man held for theft: The police has arrested a man for stealing an auto-rickshaw from the Badhmajra area. Prabhu Nath Sahah, a resident of Badhmajra, had alleged that he had parked his vehicle outside a temple after returning from work last night. In the morning, he found the vehicle missing. The police arrested Raju and impounded the vehicle near Behlolpur village. Raju has been remanded in 14-day judicial custody.
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MANSA
New entrants in BKU (EKTA): The district president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, Dakoda, Darbara Singh along with another 40 activists of the union have joined the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta), Ugrahan. The BKU (Ekta) district president Ram Singh Bhaini Bagha informed that the union would provide full respect to the newly-joined activists. Informing about the reason for switching over, Darbara Singh said the BKU (Ekta) had been pursuing the farmers’ cause sincerely. — OC
Left protests petro price rise:The Bharatiya Kisan Union (EKTA), Ugrahan, held rallies and demonstrations in nearly 30 villages of Mansa. Farmer leaders, Ram Singh Bhaini Bagha, Mahinder Singh Romana, Inderjeet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Jang Singh and Joginder Singh, said that the central government was doing injustice to the people, particularly with farmers, by raising the prices of diesel and petrol. Meanwhile, the CPI (ML) also held a demonstration in front of DC office against the price rise of oil.
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MOGA
Moga lawyers on strike: The weeklong strike of the district bar association continued on the second day and affected the normal work in district courts here. The advocates are against the formation of a proposed new sub-divisional court at Nihalsinghwala. President of the association, Naseeb Singh Bawa, threatened that if the state government did not drop the idea of this new court, the local advocates would intensify their stir by further extending the period of strike.
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MUKTSAR
NSD workshop at Muktsar: The National School of Drama is going to hold month-long theatre workshop for above-16 boys and girls at sports stadium of the Government College, Muktsar, from June 15. Giving details, Preet Pal Singh Rupana, local coordinator, said that in the workshop, four teachers would come from the NSD, Delhi, and all participants would be given certificates at the workshop.
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PATHANKOT
Bus overturns, 12 hurt: Twentytwo passengers were injured when a private mini-bus coming here from Mukerian overturned due to a technical fault near Mirthal, 20 km from here, on Fri day.They were rushed to the Civil hospital here.The condition of three passengers was stated to be critical.
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Cattle head recovered: In a drive against anti-social elements, the Sujanpur police booked Liakat Ali of R.S. Pura (J & K) on the charge of dealing with cattle head and selling them at cheap rates. SSP Lok Nath Angra said here on Friday that the police conducted a raid at Attepur village and recovered four stolen buffaloes. A case under Sections 379 and 411, IPC, had been registered.
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PATIALA
Play staged: The National Theatre Arts Society in its monthly Garden Theater Programme presented a powerful social satire on ill education system, Refund, at Baradari Gardens here on Friday. Pran Sabharwal and Sunita Sabharwal also presented a Punjabi ‘Haas Raag Rang’ programme of music, dance and humour.
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SANGRUR
Students excel in AIEEE: Four local students Sandeep Bindal, Rohit Singla, Puneet Chhabra and Saranshu Singla have excelled in the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), 2008. Sandeep’s all-India rank (AIR) in AIEEE is 33rd, while his state rank (SR) is third; Rohit ’s AIR is 225th and SR 15th; Puneet’s AIR is 389th and SR 23rd; and Saranshu’s AIR is 545th and SR 29th.
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FCI panel member: A Lehragaga-based journalist Brij Lal Garg has been nominated member of the consultative committee of the FCI, Punjab. His nomination has been made for two years by the Union Ministry of Consumer affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
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Retirement age: An educationist and former member of high-level Education Reforms Committee, Prof Uday Partap Singh, on Thursday opposed the demand by employees’ organisations that the retirement age be raised from 58 to 60 years. He said if the demand was accepted then thousands of unemployed youths would have to wait for a long time to get jobs.
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Flood control steps: Deputy commissioner V.K. Ohri at a meeting of officers held on Wednesday to review anti-flood measures directed all officers of the district not to leave station without his approval till September 30 and not to take leave without his permission. SDMs of the district and other officers also took part in the meeting. The DC said district flood control room’s landline phone No. was 01672-232304.
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Panchkula