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Plot to kill dera chief unearthed
Zira (Ferozepur), November 8
The police claims to have unearthed a plot to kill Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, head of Dera Sacha Sauda, with the seizure of another cache of arms and ammunition in the Mallanwala area of this border district last night. The total recoveries include 25 packets of heroin, five AK-56 rifles, seven magazines and 750 cartridges; 10 Chinese-made .30 bore pistols with 21 magazines and 140 cartridges, and counterfeit currency of Rs 21 lakh.

Setback to Patiala police DGP N.P.S. Aulakh (left) and IGP (border range) R.P. Mittal fix stars on the shoulders of ASI Gurpreet Singh at Zira on Saturday. The ASI had nabbed terrorists and recovered a huge cache of arms. Photo by writer

Coal stock dwindling
Power position may worsen
Patiala, November 8
The power position in Punjab may worsen due to dwindling coal stock position in two thermal plants of the state that has come under the ‘super critical category’. According to Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) sources, coal stock at Ropar thermal plant is 34,000 tonnes and it is just sufficient for one and a half days.

Nomadic Sikhs from south too joined celebrations
Amritsar, November 8
Nomadic Sikhs (sikligar and vanjara) in thousands, from Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, living the below poverty line (BPL) joined mainstream Sikhs from the north for the first time in three centuries to participate in celebrations held at Hazur Sahib (Nanded).
Sikligar and Vanjara Sikhs live in slums of Nizamabad (Andhra Pradesh), 150 km from Hazur Sahib. Photo: Vishal Kumar

COMMUNITY

Eye donation a movement in Doaba
Hoshiarpur, November 8
This sleepy town has found a novel way to honour its dead. The names of the persons, who had pledged to donate their eyes after death, have been inscribed on a Roll of Honour set up at the local cremation ground. It has the names of around 100 donors. Ram Piari’s name figures on the top of the roll.

Bahadur Singh and Jasbir Singh, office-bearers of the Eye Donation Association, stand near the Roll of Honour established in memory of the persons who donated their eyes. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

CBI probe into contracts sought
Pathankot, November 8
The mining of sand and stones from rivers and rivulets flowing through Gurdaspur district has snowballed into a major controversy.

Staff support action against latecomers
Jalandhar, November 8
Employees say they will support the government in case it showed will to take action against those in the habit of reporting late for duty. Employees want discipline maintained in government offices and those reporting late or leaving early from the duty without application should be taken to task.

Sewerage board ex-MD in spot
Chandigarh, November 8
Work executed by the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board has come under a scanner, with the government directing the department to withhold retirement dues of its former managing director Pardeep Chaudhari who retired from service on October 31.

Kapurthala fest gets audience upbeat
Kapurthala, November 8
If the day one of the Kapurthala heritage festival saw the town waking up to the Sufi, classical and spiritual shades of music in the voices of the classical maestros, the day two had a rhythmic treat reserved for the fans of Indian classical music.

Kathak dancer Shovana Narayan in Jalandhar on Saturday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Pak refuses visa to 86 devotees 
Amritsar, November 8  Pakistan embassy has refused visa to 86 pilgrims who wanted to visit Nankana Sahib for the birth anniversary celebrations of first Sikh master Guru Nanak Dev. 

CRIME

Doctor couple faces case
Sangrur, November 8
In a case of an alleged illegal medical termination of pregnancy (MTP), civil surgeon Dalip Kumar has written to the Sangrur SSP and the SHO of Khanauri to register a case against a doctor couple (Shweta Mehta and her husband), who runs a private hospital at Khanauri village, about 55 km from here.