Ludhiana, November 1
A Congress party leader was shot at point blank range by his brother-in-law, who was in an inebriated condition following a scuffle that took place over a property dispute at Block A, BRS Nagar today.

The incident took place this afternoon when Sanjiv Bhargav alias Rocky, 40, media advisor of opposition leader in the Punjab assembly, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, was visiting his in-laws to express grief over the death of his mother in law who had died recently.

Bhargav was rushed to a private hospital after he sustained a bullet injury on his thigh. According to information when he reached his in-laws’ house some of the family members objected to his visit and began arguing with him.

It is learnt that Bhargav’s mother-in-law had made a will before her death and had bequeathed all her property to her adopted daughter, Archna, Bhargav’s wife.

According to information, Bhargav’s brother-in-law, Bramh, who was reported to be drunk, expressed his reservations on his mother's decision and demanded his share in the property, which resulted in the heated argument between the two.

Soon the war of words turned into blows being exchanged. In the meantime Bramh took out his pistol and aimed it at Bhargav. The latter managed to get hold of the gun and tried to snatch it from Brahm. Amidst the scuffle a shot was fired which went straight into Bhargav’s thigh.

Till the time of filling this report, Bhargav was being operated upon. According to doctors his condition was stable. A battery of Congress leaders gathered at the hospital and expressed concern over the incident.

SHO Beant Juneja said the assailant managed to flee from the scene. Meanwhile, the police has launched a hunt to nab him.

Ludhiana, November 1
Two photojournalists were attacked by armed assailants here at Civil hospital when they were trying to click pictures of different parties after a brawl today.

Aditya Jaitly and Happy Makkar, photographers with an English and Hindi daily, respectively, were taking the pictures when the assailants hit them with sharp-edged weapons and snatched their cameras. Aditya's mobile was also snatched.

Aditya received four serious injuries on his head. Happy was also hit but though his injuries were not grave he was bleeding profusely. He was admitted to the Civil Hospital and later shifted to DMC Hospital.

The police has registered a case and rounded up three suspects. The mediapersons’ association has, however, accused the police of siding with the suspects in the case. Virinder Pramod, president of association, stated the police was “going very slow concerning the entire episode”.

Ludhiana, November 1
It was his sheer determination that led Gurcharan Singh Muhay to achieve success in his life, being awarded a doctorate degree by Guru Nanak Dev University at the age of 71. In spite of his poor health an excited Muhay could not resist the temptation to go all the way to Amritsar to receive the degree and hold it in his hands on stage. Though his health has further deteriorated after he returned to the city he has no regrets.

"The thrill of holding the degree in my hands was driving me crazy. Though my doctor and my family members were against my traveling to Amritsar, it had been my dream to be on the stage and receive a Phd degree. I would not have lived without holding the degree in my hands," he said with a gleam in his eyes.

Muhay began his research for the degree on the topic ‘universal consciousness in Granth Sahib: A philosophical study’ in 2002’ and completed it last year. He has earlier worked with All India Radio and was its principal chief information officer in 1984.

Muhay has penned down several books and, apart from this, he is proficient in homeopathy as well. "He once suffered from cancer but treated himself with homeopathic medicines," his son said. Weak and coughing on his couch, Muhay expresses contentment in his life. "I’m happy and have no grudges or regrets," he adds.

Ludhiana, November 1
Twelve days after the cold-blooded murder of a banker, Pran Ranjan Sinha, allegedly by a gang of autorickshaw drivers, whose body was found from a vacant plot in Phoolanwal, the killing of another youth in a similar manner has created ripples in the police department.

The victim, whose identity has not yet been established, was said to be a migrant in his early 20s. He bore several stab wounds and was reportedly strangulated to death. The police said the victim's body was dumped in a field near Rahon road in Myani village. A bloodstained rope was found close the corpse.

The police has however ruled out the involvement of an autorickshaw drivers’ gang behind the murder. The case’s investigating officers said instead of a three-wheeler the marks of a four-wheeled vehicle were noticed near the body.

According to sources, the migrant might be working in a village or an industrial unit in the surrounding area. So far the police has no reason to believe the youth was killed for ransom.

As the police has yet to make headway in the Sinha murder case, it is learnt the victim's family members intends to take the matter to the Punjab Human Rights Commission (PHRC). According to them the police had done nothing so far to apprehend the suspect or suspects.

Though several theories have been floated by the investigation agencies all seem to be pointing fingers at an autorickshaw gang. As the members of the notorious Rinku gang, popularly known as the ‘autorickshaw gang’, who killed several innocent commuters, are currently in jail, the question arises which auto rickshaw gang is behind the killing of the banker?

Interestingly, the members of the Rinku gang had hatched a plan to escape from the bus that was transporting them to jail on September 7. "They even succeeded in their plan and five of them managed to escape from the bus. However, due to the joint efforts of public and police all of them were nabbed," said a senior police officer on the condition of anonymity.

Khamano, November 1
Over 500 paddy-laden trucks are stranded at Khamano on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana road for the past two days as a rice sheller is delaying the unloading of stock thereby causing a lot of inconvenience to the commuters.

The trucks, parked on the National Highway No. 95, for unloading their stocks at the state’s prominent rice sheller Lakshmi Energy and Foods Limited, Khamano, are blocking almost half of the road, making the passage of vehicles almost difficult.

Long queues of vehicles were witnessed throughout the day yesterday as the trucks lined along the highway. Moving at a snail’s pace, vehicles coming from Ludhiana side were the worst affected as they got stuck in a massive traffic jam due to the trucks, which covered almost 2.5 to 3 km of the highway.

Sources informed The Tribune that the shortage of manpower was the reason behind the rice sheller’s move to delay the unloading of paddy from the trucks. “The rice sheller has bought huge amount of stocks for the milling of which, massive labour is required. However, the sheller does not have adequate manpower for the same, thus, delay in unloading of stocks,” said a BKU leader.

However, denying the allegations, owner of Lakshmi Energy and Foods Limited Janak Raj Singh Uppal said: “This is routine at our sheller. Daily about 400 paddy-laden trucks come to us and the process of loading-unloading goes on. There is no delay in unloading of the stock at our end.”

Meanwhile, Sukhchain Singh, a trucker from a village near Ludhiana, who is stranded with his truck at the highway for the past two days said: “The 500-odd trucks are stranded on the road since Thursday as the sheller is not unloading the stock. I don’t know when he will take the stock and let us go.”

“We are aware that this has led the blockade on the highway thereby causing a lot of inconvenience to the travellers but we are helpless,” added another trucker Harchand Singh from Bathinda.

Jagraon, November 1
The secretary of the local market committee has reportedly penalised seven commission agents and labourers responsible for overweighing the produces of the farmers at various grain markets.

A few farmers had yesterday detected that commission agents of Manuke, Lakha and Hathoor villages were overweighing their produces between 300 grams and 1 kg per bag. Generally a bag of paddy weighs 35 kg. The farmers immediately informed their leaders who called Rajinder Singh Dalla, secretary of the local market committee; Raj Kumar Aggarwal and deputy chairman Nirmal Singh Sandhu. The bags were weighed and the allegation levelled to be true.

In the first case the secretary sought pardon for the commission agents. But, the farmers and their leaders demanded action against commission agents found guilty. The secretary bowed to their pressure and penalized the commission agents of Manuke, Lakha and Hathoor villages who were found guilty.

A fine of Rs 500 each was slapped on M/s Harnek Singh and Company and M/s Sandhu Trading Company. While M/s Vipan Kumar and Company and M/s Vijay Kumar and company had to pay Rs 1,000 penalty each, M/s Som Nath Bhushan Lal paid Rs 1,500. M/s Bawa Trading Company, M/s Maha Laxmi Trading Company and M/s Goyal Company was imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 each.

Labourers who were responsible for overweighing the produce were told to pay Rs 100 reach, Ramesh Kumar and Kundan Lal with Rs 300 each and Chanan Singh, Balbir Singh, Harjinder Singh and Gian Singh was imposed with a fine of Rs 50 each. Rajinder Singh Dalla said the penalty imposed was on the basis of quantity of overweighed paddy bags prescribed under the rules.

However, a few commission agents rued that they had been penalized for the mistake done by others. One of them said the labourers sometimes overweigh the bags so as to escape the weight shortage at the time of lifting of the bags. The investigation by the Tribune revealed that sometimes the lifting gets delayed by 15 days and during this time the moisture of the paddy reduces leads to the loss of weight by about 2 kg.

The farmers are not happy by the action taken by the authorities. They said instead of imposing paltry on erring persons, they should have cancelled their licenses so that other innocent formers don’t fell victim to them.

Ludhiana, November 1
In blatant violation of the ban imposed on the use of loudspeakers from 10 pm to 6 am by the Supreme Court, a few religious groups in the city are continuously creating nuisance by using loudspeakers during the processions carried out in the wee hours.

In complete paradox to the official notification, the fundamentalists are even using musical bands that create noise beyond the permissible noise level of 55 dB (A), from 6 am to 10 pm, and 45 dB (A), from 10 pm to 6 am even as the law enforcement authorities don’t seem to bother.

Showing no concern for the sick and old, a few religious institutions located near hospitals and nursing homes even take the liberty in chanting prayers and bhajans on loudspeakers.

Rajinder Singh, a resident of Model Town Extension, lamented: “I am suffering from insomnia that keeps me awake for long hours and it is only during the wee hours that I can catch up with some sleep but the maddening noise of loudspeakers used by religious institutions nearby thwarts this attempt of mine.”

The city residents face the noise pollution in the early morning every year during the festival days. Irritated over the lackadaisical attitude of the district administration over the violation of the Supreme Court orders, an ex-serviceman stated that if the elite clubs, hotels, restaurants could be taken to the task, the religious institutions should also be instructed to abide by the orders.

“Taking liberty in the name of the religion has become a way with the fundamentalists in the state and country at large which ought to be checked,” the ex-serviceman added.

Students preparing for their competitive examinations too suffer on the account of the loudspeakers and music bands used for religious purposes during the banned hours as they are unable to concentrate on their studies.

They claim that the nuisance increases during festival season every year. People think they can hold anyone to ransom just by hiding behind the religion.

“Why cannot they think that students have to study and sick and elderly need rest?’’ asked Harleen, a student.

Jagraon, November 1
A Lok Adalat was organised at the local courts with three Benches each of Judges Mandeep Kaur Bedi, Ranjeev Kumar Vashist and Ravi Inder Singh hearing the cases. About 87 cases were put before the Bench of Judge Mandeep Kaur Bedi out of which 59 cases were disposed of amicably.

Almost 15 cases were bought before the Bench of Judge Ranjeev Kumar Vashist out of which 14 were disposed of. Judge Ravi Inder Singh disposed of eight cases out of nine put before his Bench.

Cases pertaining to the executions, civil suits, criminal suits and negotiable instrument Act, matrimonial, cancellations of FIRs and recovery suits came up for hearing. Dispute worth Rs 41 lakh was settled on the occasion.

Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 1
Contrary to common belief, deficiency diseases are more in rural localities than their counterparts, observed a team of doctors at the opening session of a medical check-up camp organised by Dev Hospital here on today.

The camp was inaugurated by Dr Khoob Chand Sharma, a vateran social worker of the area. Dr Rajinder Sharma, director of the hospital, presided over the inaugural function.

Dr Anuradha and Dr Vandana Sharma said the ignorance and illiteracy were the root cause of deficiency diseases. Referring to information gathered from about 200 persons examined at the camp, the doctors claimed that rural people were not aware of various nutritional components of food.

"Their stress on quantity resulted in malnutrition, leading to various deficiency diseases in special groups, including expectant and lactating mothers and growing children," maintained Dr Vandana.

The organisers provided free medicines to the patients, besides arranging diagnostic tests. Dr Rajinder Pal Singla, Dr Vikas Hind, Dr Meera, Dr Rekha Gupta, Dr Amit Gupta, Dr Shantanu Sharma, and Dr Abhimaniyu examined the patients for various ailments.

Diagnostic tests, including ultrasound scan, will be conducted at concessional rates during the month-long camp.

Amloh, November 1
Burglars are having a field day in ward No. 2 of Master Colony as most of the people living there go out for work and children to schools during the daytime.

In one such incident burglars entered the house of Jagar Singh, who works as a clerk with a lawyer in Nabha, and his wife, Surjit Kaur, teaches in a private school here and children were in a school.

The burglars entered the locked house after scaling the boundary wall and broke open the locks of two rooms and decamped with cash and jewellery. When Surjit Kaur came at around 12.15 pm, she found locks broken and articles scattered.

On the same day (between 10 am and 1pm) burglars entered the house of Education Minister’s OSD Roshan Lal Sood, who lives in the same colony and broke open a room. On finding not a single valuable item they damaged one the windows and four doors of different rooms in a bid to gain entry into the house, but they failed fulfill their aim.

The thieves, who were equipped with various kinds of instruments, even managed to damage the inside bolts of the doors from outside.

Later, they once again scaled the boundary wall to escape, when Sood’ s wife entered the house at around 1pm. Master Colony president Anokh Singh Arora and others informed the police about the incident.

The SHO visited the site and assured the residents to catch the anti-social elements at the earliest.

Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 1
A 7-year-old child was killed by the stepmother, the only heir of a peasant family, by breaking his neck.

This sensational revelation came to the fore during police investigation. A post-mortem report revealed that the child's vertebras were fractured, hinting that his neck was twisted.

The child lost his life as his stepmother considered that her in-laws, including husband, would not want a son from her till he (the victim child) was alive.

The revelations made to the police by Satwinder Kaur of Maherna Kalan, the grandmother of the murdered son. Following the incident, the grandmother had slipped into a state of shock.

“How could I remain conscious after seeing my daughter-in-law breaking the neck of my grandson Josh by pressing his thorax with her knees,” Satwinder Kaur tries to narrate the story to her relatives.

Josh, the only son of Satwinder Singh of Maherna Kalan, was found dead in his house shortly after he returned from his school on Friday. The post-mortem report conducted on the body of the child showed that vertebral column of his neck had been broken.

Though all four members of the family were booked under Sections 302, 34 and 120 B of IPC, circumstantial evidence has suggested that the child was killed by his stepmother Baljinder Kaur. Role of other three members, including father, grandmother and grandfather, came under scanner as they had gone in hiding immediately after the incident.

Investigations revealed that Josh, a class I student of a private school at Lehra, was the only son of Satwinder Singh, who was married to Harjinder Kaur of Sehora village in 2001. Harjinder Kaur had died due to burn injuries under mysterious circumstances about three years ago.

Having arrived at a compromise with his in-laws after the death of Harjinder Kaur, Satwinder Singh got remarried to Baljinder Kaur. Things went normal for some months after which Baljinder Kaur started showing unusual behaviour due to depression. Repeated failure of pregnancies was cited to be the reason behind depression.

Suspecting her mother-in-law for abortions by giving certain chemical preparation, Baljinder Kaur decided to eliminate the child, who was responsible for the said attitude of the in-laws.

The police is trying to establish whether Baljinder Kaur had committed the crime on advice of a tantrik of Malerkotla or another self-styled saint, who used to visit Maherna family.

Upset over the behaviour of Baljinder Kaur, Satwinder Singh had also consumed some poisonous substance a few months.

Investigation officer Gurmit Singh said the police had received some vital clues of the murder. “But we cannot disclose our findings at this stage as it will hamper progress of the case,” said Gurmit, adding that special teams had been sent to nab the accused.

Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 1
Owners of private schools, who had issued fake experience certificates to candidates getting jobs in various government schools, have started running for shelters as the government has decided to cancel their affiliation and recognition.

District Education Officers have also been issued show-cause notices for their negligence and alleged involvement in some cases.

Owners and organisers of some private affiliated schools of this town and surrounding localities of Malwa have started running for shelter as the administration has initiated process for cancelling their recognition and authorisations.

A few of them are trying to use their political clout for getting missing reports of their records registered at respective police stations.

A few owners of private schools, affiliated to the Punjab School Education Board, were seen visiting leaders of various parties to save them. As they had failed to get the missing reports registered about records pertaining to employment of their teachers, they were on mercy of the higher authorities for getting their illegal activities condoned by hook or by crook.

Investigations revealed that about 30 candidates, selected for the posts of teacher, had procured fake experience certificates from schools situated in Sangrur, Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib districts.

Some owners, acting smart, have once again initiated efforts to get missing cases registered in connection with relating to periods for which they had issued certificates.

However, only those documents were being reported missing which were demanded by the officials verifying records pertaining to the teachers appointed by the government recently.

The alleged forgery at the local town and surrounding localities in Sangrur district came to light when nine teams of officials, supervised by Gurtej Singh Grewal, then DEO (E), visited private-aided and affiliated schools of this area for verifying the claims made by teachers appointed in the district.

The experience certificates submitted by some of the teachers turned out to be fake as the issuing authorities of these testimonials could not show attendance and salary records to prove their authenticity.

Sources revealed that the beneficiaries procured some of the certificates by paying huge donations to owners of the affiliated schools. Others were given under social and political pressure.

Now when the government has announced to initiate action against erring owners, they have running for shelter, political and bureaucratic as well.

Ludhiana, November 1
The three-day youth festival, Fusion 2009, concluded at BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School here yesterday in the form of a prize distribution ceremony.

Punjab Agriculture University Vice-Chancellor MS Kang was the chief guest. Dr Kang laid emphasis on the need to promote talent and creativity. The special attraction of the closing ceremony of the event was an exuberant Punjabi Nite wherein students displayed great talent in various Punjabi dance forms.

Gurpurb: Bhartiya Vidya Mandir, Kitchlu Nagar, celebrated the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev yesterday. Teachers told students about the teachings and life of the guru. In the morning, shabad gyan, poetry recitation and paper reading were held. Principal Santosh Mehra congratulated the BVM family on the occasion.

Ludhiana, November 1
Apart from a controversy, there's a point in the story of Vipul Shah's "London Dreams".

The film has raked up a controversy for the use of “Hanuman Chalisa” in a song, inviting ire from various Hindu organisations of the city. Hue and cry has been raised due to this controversy but in this entire issue, one forgets to think about the real and sensitive issue the film touches to the core. The film exposes how jealousy can drive a person to finish other's life. While the much-hyped objectionable song in the film has been removed.

In real life, if one feels his/her colleague is far more superior to him/her in intelligence, talent, charisma and efficiency, chances are that one might feel the heat. Jealousy stems from there. In the process, the best of relations get strained. “London Dreams” talks of two musicians, thick pals actually, and how jealousy drives a wedge in their friendship.

"This film is about relationships and tends to get very real and intense in the post-interval portions specifically. The scale of ‘London Dreams’ is gigantic and the execution of concerts sweeps you off your feet," said Kamalpreet Chauhan, a cinegoer.

Manjit (Salman Khan), a hard-boiled Punjabi from Bathinda, who finds sudden success as a rock star in Europe, is seduced into snorting cocaine and guzzling tequila shots. It is the jealously of his friend Arjun (Ajay Devgan) that drives him to finish his childhood friend by putting him to drugs. Shivering and whimpering Manjit finally finds success in rising above the ruthless world of drugs and comes back to his roots with his lady love.

"London Dreams is a complete departure from Vipul Shah's earlier outings, ‘Aankhen’, ‘Waqt’, ‘Namastey London’ and ‘Singh is Kinng’. Salman Khan has been brilliant in his role. If the film clicks, it will be largely due to Khan. Ajay Devgan has also lived deep in his character," said Navdeep Brar at a cinema hall.

Ludhiana, November 1
Over 800 patients were examined and medicines distributed among them at a free medical camp organised by the District Youth Congress (DYC) in collaboration with the Rising Youth Association in Shivpuri here today. The camp was held to mark the 25th death anniversary day of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Inaugurating the medical camp, president of the Punjab Youth Congress and member of the Lok Sabha Ravneet Singh Bittu focused on the comprehensive drive launched by the party on the initiative of Rahul Gandhi, the youth icon of the Congress.

"Under the aam aadmi ka sipahi (AAPS) programme, YC workers are organising welfare activities like tree plantation, medical camps and awareness programme against social evils like dowry, female foeticide and drug addiction." The district president of the party Dimple Rana said the elaborate schedule for undertaking welfare projects under the AAPS programme had been chalked out and office-bearers of district, block and ward units had been assigned duties to personally supervise the activities.

A team of doctors comprising Dr Akashdeep Singh, Dr Vikas Bansal, Dr Harmeet Singh, Dr KC Mukherji, Dr NK Choudhry and Dr Bhanu Pratap Singh from SPS Apollo Hospital conducted the examination of the patients in their respective specialities and rendered follow-up advice.

Ludhiana, November 1
The Shimlapuri Industrial Manufacturers Association has condemned the state government for its "dictatorial" attitude.

Association members alleged that units being run in Shimlapuri, New Shimlapuri and New Janta Nagar areas for the past three decades, were suddenly asked to shift their base to other places as the areas were declared as "residential" in the Master Plan of 2008.

Sanjeev Dhiman, the president of the association, said in this "residential" area, 80 per cent of the industrial units were being run.

He said small scale industries were the worst hit due to recessionary trends. The higher rate of interests, erratic power supply, bank loans, labour shortage and fluctuation in the prices of raw material had almost ruined the industry.

"Now shifting the base was the jolt which the industry will not be able to bear. Besides, these small scale units are providing employment to hundreds of workers. It is the government, who is responsible for declaring the areas as residential without bothering to check the facts. We should not be asked to pay for their fault", said Dhiman.

Ludhiana, November 1
An inaugural meeting of the Machine tool cluster was held here yesterday under the guidance of Kirpal Singh Sagar, the president of the Machine Tools Association.

The president apprised the members about the importance of the Cluster Development Programme launched by the Central Government. He said the MSME Ministry at the Centre was keen to uplift all segment of the industry in the country.

Under the Machine Tool Cluster, Kirpal Singh said no individual unit would get any financial aid or subsidy. But the subsidy to the extent of 90 per cent would be available to the cluster having more than 20 members.

"It is very encouraging aspect. We should get united and avail the benefits provided by the government. Under these schemes, we can build an examination hall, create a common facility centre or open a design and training school. These facilities will definitely improve the standards of the machine tool industry of Punjab in general and the cluster members in particular", stressed Kirpal Sagar.

Ludhiana, November 1
When the weather starts getting colder, skin starts becoming dry and irritated. Cold weather can cause many skin problems as dry and cold air drains away essential moisture from the skin.

In an advisory on the skin problems during the cold weather, Dr Alka Dogra, head, skin and VD department at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here says that the most common condition in these weather conditions is dry skin which often gets worse when environmental humidity is low. The dry skin very commonly produces itching, which can be severe and interfere with sleep and daily activities.

The mainstay of management is attention to proper bathing techniques and liberal use of moisturisers. A short bath or shower of not more than 10 minutes once in a day is advised. The bath should be warm rather than hot water. Soaps should be used minimally and only when and where required (under the arms, groins, genitals, feet and face). Milder and less-drying soaps like moisturising soaps should be preferred.

"Further, cleansing lotions which are soap-free are also available. After bathing, one should gently pat the skin and partially dry with a towel (do not rub). Within three minutes, a moisturiser should be applied to seal the water in skin before it evaporates. Moisturisers should be reapplied liberally during day and evening, especially to areas prone to dryness like hands, arms and legs," she advised.

Giving more tips on warding off the affects of dryness, Dr Dogra said greasing the hands, feet and lips is very important to keep the limbs soft and moisturised. "Apply petroleum jelly containing creams and lotions regularly to feet and hands. Use exfoliants to remove dead skin from feet as this further helps in penetration of creams and lotions. Whenever going out, always wear gloves and socks, if using woolen stuff, slip in cotton gloves first as these prevent itching which rubber can sometimes cause. Use of petroleum jelly or Vaseline for dry and chapped lips is a must in winters."

She added that water intake should not only be encouraged in summers, but also in winters. The habit of consuming 2 to 3 litres of water daily should be encouraged.

At the same time, a broad spectrum sunscreen lotion should be applied over face, neck and other exposed parts about 30 minutes before going into sun daily and should be repeated after every two or three hours to prevent sun damage. Feet can be kept in sun. Face must be protected.

Among other steps to take proper care of skin and winter-related ailments, Dr Dogra advised follow-up at the dermatology clinic for skin problems like psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, chilblains, perniosis and dandruff which tend to flare up during winters.

Ludhiana, November 1
Ludhianvis saw something unique and gleaming, as Vasari showcased their wedding collection at their store.

The whole store was decked up to give customers a glimpse of an Indian wedding. The models displayed beautifully designed ensembles to celebrate the commitment of love and life called marriage.

A sneak fashion show preview of their latest wedding collection was also organised.

The royal sherwanis in gold on brocade silk embellished with swaroski, dabka, kardana and resham were shown as an ideal option for grooms-to-be.

The lengha choli collection for brides-to-be ruled the fashion waves. Outshining all other was the exclusive collection of sarees and suits embroidered with zardosi, swaroski and Kashmiri dabka work.

Vasari director Mahesh Mohnani said Indian weddings were bright events filled with rituals and celebrations, which continued for several days.

“We try to make it a grander event with our wedding ensembles and our collection will mesmerise one with an intricate work of fine embroidery with beautiful colour combinations,” he said.

Jagraon, November 1
Sending money quickly at cheaper rate to a foreign country proved costly for an NRI after he lost Rs 60 lakh. Harnek Singh of Jandi village having the power of attorney of his friend Harnek Singh of Canada had complained to the Jagraon police that his friend, a resident of Rasulpur village near here is presently residing in Canada.

He had visited India in May-June this year and disposed of his 1.5-acre agriculture land worth Rs 1.5 crore. Since he had two sons, one living in India and the other Baljit Singh in the USA. He was to send Rs 60 lakh to the USA as his son’s share from the sale proceedings.

Vicky, who lived in Canada with him, asked him to handover the amount he wanted to deliver at Canada to Tejinder Singh, alias Raju of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar in Jagraon. This he said would ensure a quick money transfer at a cheaper rate. Since he had faith on Vicky he handed over Rs 60 lakh to Tejinder Singh in two installments of Rs 30 lakh each in May and June. This money never reached Canada. They tried to pursue the accused getting the money refunded. The accused on one pretext or the other tried to delay the negotiations. Having no substitute left Harnek Singh lodged a complaint with the SSP Ludhiana (Rural) on July 7.

An inquiry was conducted and a case registered against Tejinder Singh and Vicky under Sections 420 and 306 of the IPC yesterday. Vicky could not be arrested as he is presently residing in Canada whereas Tejinder Singh had obtained an anticipatory bail.