ABOHAR
Garg to join SAD: RD Garg, an industrialist of the region and zonal chairman of the Ministry of Food Processing Industry, will formally join the ruling SAD at a function to be held at his residence on Tuesday. The function will be presided over by Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh
Badal.
BATHINDA
Ginners’ body calls off strike: The Punjab Cotton Factories and Ginners Association on Monday announced to call off its statewide strike following an assurance of the CM to resolve issues through talks. Accusing the state government of discriminating between small and mega projects, regarding exemptions in the market fee and rural development fund (RDF), the association members had been observing an indefinite boycott of cotton auctions throughout the state since January 1. “Considering our memorandum, the CM immediately summoned the heads of the departments concerned for January 18 at Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh,”said
Bansal.
Hoshiarpur
Body found in bag: A gunny bag containing the body of an unidentified man was found in a pit on the Hariana-Dosarka road on Monday. According to police sources, it was suspected that after murdering him, his body was dumped in a pit. Marks of strangulation was found on the neck of the body. After taking the body in its custody, the police has sent it to the Civil Hospital for post-mortem examination.
2 killed in mishaps: On account of poor visibility due to fog, two persons have lost their lives in the district. According to police sources, Baldev Singh of Pandori Ladhan was killed when an Innova car hit the scooter he was riding near Panesra on Sunday evening. The body of Raj Chaurasia of Uttar Pradesh was found crushed by some unknown vehicle near Pur Hiran bypass here last night.
Jalandhar
Motorcyclist shot at: A motorcycle-borne man sustained serious injuries when two unidentified persons fired at him in Ambedkar
Nagar, near Basti Nau, falling under police station Division-5 on Monday evening. The victim, Deepak
Pelu, was rushed to a local hospital from where he was referred to a Ludhiana hospital.
LUDHIANA
Processed food plant: The Ludhiana Central Jail may soon have a production plant of processed food on its premises as well as an outlet of the same outside. The project is an offshoot of a training programme in food processing started by the Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology for jail inmates earlier this week. The aim of the programme is to enable the inmates to earn a livelihood after they complete their sentences. “We have more than 2,500 prisoners/undertrails in the jail whose consumption of food is quite big. If this training programme, initiated by the CIPHET, is successful, we may set up a plant for soyabean or groundnut milk production on the jail campus itself,” said jail superintendent Kuldeep Singh.
