Abohar
Youth festival: While laying emphasis on multi-facet development of the youth, Lok Sabha member Sher Singh Ghubaya announced a grant of Rs one lakh for the DAV College of Education that was hosting the PU zonal youth festival of colleges of education of Ferozepur, Muktsar and Moga districts here. Principal Dr Venita Singh and members of the staff welcomed the MP. Ghubaya gave away prizes to the winners of the first day. Shree Satya Sai BEd College Karaiwala topped in bhajan/shabad, DAV College of Education Abohar team topped in quiz while its students Aakriti stood first in poster making, Deepak in clay-modelling and Kulwinder in still life drawing. Komal of DM College Moga topped in rangoli, Seema of SDS College Lopon in on-the-spot painting, Rekha of Surjit Memorial College Ferozepur in geet/gazal, Mandeep of Dashmesh Girls College Badal in collage making and Nand Lal of Jyoti BEd College Fazilka in cartoon making.
Bathinda
BKU protest: Activists of the Bharti Kisan Union Ekta (Sidhupur) lodged their protest against the state government outside the Mini-Secretariat here on Tuesday. They demanded direct payment of their crops, compensation for farm suicides, announcement of agro-bonus, revamping of damaged water channels to the fields and compensation for damaged
crops.
Body found: Volunteers of the Sahara Jan Seva on Tuesday found the unidentified body of a youth from Golewal head of Babbad distributary of Bhakhra canal. After post-mortem examination at Talwandi Sabo Civil Hospital, the police handed over the body to the NGO and initiated inquest proceedings under section 174 of the
CrPC.
Gurdwara Sahib Sangat: Elections for the executive committee of the Gurdwara Sahib Sangat
(Regd), Civil Station here, were held recently. At a press conference on Monday, Manohar Singh Khalsa said all five office-bearers of the committee had been elected unopposed. Manohar said while he had been elected as the president Hoshiar Singh, Hardip Singh, Sarbjit Singh Ahuja and Rajinder Singh had been elected the vice-president, the secretary, the assistant secretary and the cashier, respectively.
Chamkaur
Sahib
Man held for killing father: A man allegedly killed his father over land dispute here on Monday. Ajaib Singh of Barsalpur village along with his elder son Amarjit Singh was returning home after paying obeisance at the village gurdwara on a bicycle when Ajaib’s younger son Bahadur Singh stopped the two. The police said Bahadur had been demanding a piece of ancestral land from his father. He allegedly pushed his father off the bicycle and attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon on the head. Ajaib Singh died on the spot. The police has arrested Bahadur Singh and registered a case of murder against him.Mansa
DC gheraoed: In support of their demands, Punjab Kissan Union and two other organisations gheraoed the Deputy Commissioner of Mansa Kumar Rahul on Tuesday. State president of Punjab Kissan Union Ruldu Singh criticised the government for not providing direct payment of their crops and increasing the price of cotton this year. Bhartiya Kissan Union (Sidhupur) leader Bogh Singh and leader of Jamuhri Kissan Sabha Chhaju Ram also spoke on the occasion. Leader of Punjab Kissan Union Balkaran Singh Balli said that farmers have been facing problems in the purchase and lifting of the 201 variety of paddy.
Pathankot
Necklace snatched: Two motorcycle-borne youths snatched a necklace from Raj Rani Mahajan of local Sunder Nagar locality on Tuesday evening.Patiala
Three jailed for theft: The court of Additional Session Judge sentenced three persons to three-year imprisonment in a theft case pertaining to Patran here on Monday.
Jagjit, Paramjit and Tarsem Singh had entered the house of Gurmail
Kaur, a panch of Haryau Kalan village, near Patran, on December 27, 2005, with the intention of committing a theft. They had molested Gurmail Kaur and beaten her up for which a case under Section 458/34 IPC was registered at the police station,
Patran, against them.
Phagwara
Snatchers held: In a major success, the police today arrested two chain snatchers, Prince Kumar and Rajesh Kumar of Ludhiana, at a naka near Chachoki village on the national highway today. DSP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh told newspersons here this evening that the police had recovered stolen goods, including 22 mobile phone sets and two gold chains, from their possession. He said the accused had confessed their involvements in 12 crimes in Phagwara and 12 in
Ludhiana.
Police remand: Ravinder Kumar, alias Bhima, who was arrested on the charge of killing his friend Ram Kumar, alias Ramu, on October 25 night in the Mehli Gate locality, was produced before the Judicial Magistrate who sent him in police remand till October 29, the police said.
