GHTP engineers to protest suspension of colleague: An emergency meeting of regional executive committee, PSEB Engineers’ Association, GHTP, Lehra Mohabat was held on Tuesday. The engineers condemned the “arbitrary suspension” of Tara Singh, SE/P&M, Bathinda. A press release issued by the Association informed that the members would wear black badges Wednesday onwards to protest against the “unjust and illogical” suspension. The engineer warned of intensifying the stir in case the management failed to revoke the suspension.

Fazilka
BSF nabs Nepal resident: The BSF have nabbed a Nepal resident roaming in suspicious condition in the Fazilka sector. As per details, two jawans of the BSF, who were on patrol duty, spotted a person near the barbed wire fencing in Mohar Jamsher border observation post (BOP) area. The jawans asked for the antecedents of the person. However, he could not give a satisfactory reply, following which they nabbed him. He was identified as Dipender Adhikari, a resident of village Ezana, police station Diktal of Nepal. Nothing has been recovered from his possession. The medical examination of Dipender Adhikari was conducted at the local Civil Hospital. Later, the BSF handed him over to the police station, Sadar. A case has been registered against him.

Dera Bassi
Camp for farmers: The agriculture department organised a camp at Manouli Soorat village on Tuesday to provide information to farmers on increasing production with limited resources. District chief agriculture officer Harmanjeet Singh Sandhu stressed the need for saving water by using the direct sowing technique. He said around 250 acre of paddy had been sown by direct sowing machines without holding water in fields in Mohali district this year. The facility was provided free of cost to farmers. Representatives from the animal husbandry and horticulture departments spoke on means to improving dairy production as well as trying new horticulture techniques to boost income.

Kalka
In-laws booked for dowry: On the complaint of Harsh Sharma of Shakti Nagar, the local police has registered a case against her in-laws. Harsh had married Sunil of Dharampur in 2007. She alleged that she had been harassed by her in-laws for dowry in the past few months. The police has registered a case against her husband Sunil, father-in-law Amrit Lal and mother-in-law Nirmla Devi under the relevant sections of the IPC at the local police station.

Panchkula
Vehicle theft gang busted: The local police claims to have busted an inter-state gang of vehicle thieves with the arrest of three persons here on Tuesday. Nine cars have also been recovered from the accused - Babu Ram, Ram Lal, and Prem Singh, all belonging to Solan district, HP. Two others who used to dispose of stolen vehicles were also arrested from Pehowa in Kurukshetra district. SP Maneesh Chaudhary said the cars recovered from accused included five Tata Indigo, one Mahindra Bolero, one Tata Indica, one Hyundai Accent and one Maruti Alto.