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Highway brawl leaves 5 TTEs in hospital
Jalandhar, July 24
One of the injured undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Jalandhar. Marriage celebrations of a colleague turned sour for five travelling ticket examiners (TTEs) who were attacked by six persons at Chugitti Chowk in wee hours of this morning.

One of the injured undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Jalandhar. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Transfer Time
Let teachers take their pick: Warraich
Nawanshahr, July 24
Democratic Teachers Front president Bhupinder Singh Warraich, in a press statement here on Thursday, criticised the state government for depriving the recently-promoted school lecturers of the right to get the station of their choice.

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Don’t disgrace Ram Setu by questioning its existence: Sud
Hoshiarpur, July 24
Punjab parliamentary affairs minister Tikshan Sud has questioned the legal sanctity of the affidavit submitted by the UPA government on Ram Setu.

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Cadets from government and private schools participate in the “Save the girl child” rally organised by 2 Punjab Battalion of the NCC, Jalandhar, on Thursday. The rally, taken out to urge the people to help stop female foeticide, started from Urban Estate-I and culminated at Red Cross Bhavan after passing through Urban Estate-II, Golden Avenue, Garha Road and Chhoti Baradari. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Students demand death sentence for ‘killer’ lover
Hoshiarpur, July 24
Students of the local Government College, led by Students’ Union president Sandeep Singh Sonu, held a march from the college premises to the sessions’ court complex today in support of their demand to give death sentence to Davinder Kumar of Gobindpur Khun-Khun village.

21 cases of illicit liquor seized, 2 held
Jalandhar July 24
The police today claimed to have arrested two persons under the Excise Act and the NDPS Act with the seizure of 21 cases of illicit liquor, 30 gm of intoxicating powder and one Indica car. Acting on a tip-off that some persons were carrying illegal liquor from a specific route, a special police barrier was set up and an Indica car was intercepted by the cops, police sources said, adding that the accused were trying to flee from the spot, but the cops nabbed them after a brief chase.

Kid gang steals purse
Nawanshahr, July 24
A purse containing an imported mobile phone, cash and some other articles worth Rs 30,000 was reportedly stolen from a car at Chandigarh Chowk here in broad daylight on Thursday.

	Highway brawl leaves 5 TTEs in hospital Bipin Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 24 Marriage celebrations of a colleague turned sour for five travelling ticket examiners (TTEs) who were attacked by six persons at Chugitti Chowk in wee hours of this morning. The victims were attacked with sharp-edged weapons and allegedly robbed of Rs 10,000 and a car. According to information, the five TTEs, Kuljit Singh Mangat, R.S. Randhawa (athletics), S.P. Singh, Ranjit Singh (hockey players) and Sanjiv Marwaha, all international-level players, were returning from Khanna in an Indica car after attending a colleague’s wedding. They were on their way to Amritsar when they had some altercations with Mandeep Singh, a resident of Khajurla village, outside a food joint after their cars brushed on side. The TTE group drove away from the scene but had to stop at Chugitti due to a technical snag in the vehicle. In the meantime, Mandeep along with his five friends got hold of them when they were resting inside their car at Chugitti. Talking to The Tribune, Randhawa said, “We were sleeping in our car when Mandeep and his five men armed with swords and daggers attacked us. They chopped finger-tips of Kuljit’s hand, while Ranjit sustained head injuries. I and S.P. Singh too were hurt.” He alleged that the assailants drove away with their car and Rs 10,000. SHO Balbir Singh said the police was able to nab Mandeep because the victims had noted his car number which helped in tracing him. The stolen Indica car was also recovered 3 km away from the crime scene. He said a case under section 394 of the IPC has been registered against Mandeep and five unidentified assailants.
	Transfer Time Let teachers take their pick: Warraich Our Correspondent Nawanshahr, July 24 Democratic Teachers Front president Bhupinder Singh Warraich, in a press statement here on Thursday, criticised the state government for depriving the recently-promoted school lecturers of the right to get the station of their choice. “Education minister Upinderjit Kaur had promised that the promoted school lecturers would be allotted stations of their choice at a meeting with the Sarkari School Bachao, Sikhiya Bachao Manch on February 20 in the presence of the education secretary and DPI (S),” said Warraich while lamenting that the education minister and the senior officials of the education department had not kept their word. Warraich warned that a statewide stir would be launched if the government did not mend its policy in accordance with the promise made. He also criticised the state government for abandoning the office of the district education officer (DEO), Nawanshahr. For the last three months, the office is functioning without the DEO. “The state government has neither posted any one as DEO here nor given the additional charge of Nawanshahr to any other district education officer. In the absence of the officer, the salaries of the teachers, the endorsement of promotion orders, transfer orders etc. are lying pending,” he added.
	Don’t disgrace Ram Setu by questioning its existence: Sud Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, July 24 Punjab parliamentary affairs minister Tikshan Sud has questioned the legal sanctity of the affidavit submitted by the UPA government on Ram Setu. In a statement issued here today, Sud said, “The UPA is being headed by an Italian-born Catholic lady and they were disgracing Lord Rama and his religion by questioning Ram Setu’s existence.” He added that the step had hurt the religious sentiments of billions of Hindus. The BJP leader said the UPA government was already on ventilator as it had survived with the support of those MPs who cross-voted. Therefore, the UPA had no legal and constitutional right to take any major decision, especially those hurting the feelings of majority of Indians. Issuing a warning to the UPA, Sud said any action by the government affecting the holy structure would be resisted by crores of Hindus. “The UPA is issuing a contradictory affidavit on the historic and mythological facts to create confusion under a well-planned strategy and the BJP would not allow it,” he added. Demanding immediate dismissal of the UPA, Sud said President Pratibha Patil should immediately dismiss the central government and order a general election before the UPA could inflict more damage. He said the President should also summon the tape of a sting operation by IBN-7 showing the Samajwadi Party offering money to BJP MPs for voting in favour of the UPA government and order registration of a criminal case against the guilty.
	Students demand death sentence for ‘killer’ lover Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, July 24 Students of the local Government College, led by Students’ Union president Sandeep Singh Sonu, held a march from the college premises to the sessions’ court complex today in support of their demand to give death sentence to Davinder Kumar of Gobindpur Khun-Khun village. Davinder was produced in the sessions court here in connection with an FIR registered against him under sections 302 and 309 of the IPC on August 7, 2008, at Model Town police station. A spurned lover, Davinder Kumar, a student of BA-III at Government College, had stabbed his classmate Amarjot Kaur of local Mohalla New Ramgarh on August 7, 2008. Allegedly, he had proposed Amarjot many times only to be rejected. Amarjot received fatal injuries in her stomach and succumbed to them at the civil hospital the same day. It was further alleged that before stabbing her, Davinder Kumar swallowed celphos tablets, but luckily his life was saved by the doctors of the civil hospital.
	21 cases of illicit liquor seized, 2 held Jalandhar July 24 The police today claimed to have arrested two persons under the Excise Act and the NDPS Act with the seizure of 21 cases of illicit liquor, 30 gm of intoxicating powder and one Indica car. Acting on a tip-off that some persons were carrying illegal liquor from a specific route, a special police barrier was set up and an Indica car was intercepted by the cops, police sources said, adding that the accused were trying to flee from the spot, but the cops nabbed them after a brief chase. The arrested persons were identified as Amandeep Singh of Deyol Nagar and Lakshdeep Singh of Avtar Nagar. A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 18 cases of Chandigarh-bound high speed liquor and three cases Bagpiper, the sources added. — PTI
	Kid gang steals purse Our Correspondent Nawanshahr, July 24 A purse containing an imported mobile phone, cash and some other articles worth Rs 30,000 was reportedly stolen from a car at Chandigarh Chowk here in broad daylight on Thursday. The theft was allegedly committed by children in a professional manner. According to the victim couple, Lieut-Col Jernail Singh (retd) and Nirmal Kaur, they had stopped for a while to purchase some snacks from a shop at Chandigarh Chowk in the morning. “While my wife got down from the car and went into the shop to purchase snacks, I remained in the car. A child started knocking at the car window from the side. I got irritated and came out of the car to prevent the child from creating nuisance,” said Jernail Singh, adding that by the time he and his wife stepped back into the car, the purse was gone. “It seems there is a professional gang of miscreants which has been using the adolescents to commit thefts,” alleged the couple. The matter was reported to the police.