Bathinda
28 more down with jaundice: The number of jaundice cases in the city rose to 167 today with 10 cases been reported by the local Women and Children Hospital here, six by local Civil Hospital and 12 by private doctors.

Dera Bassi
House burgled: Thieves decamped with 80 grams of gold jewellery and Rs 30,000 from a house on street number 21 at Shakti Nagar in the daytime on Tuesday. The owner of the house, Anil Kumar, working at a factory, and his wife, a schoolteacher, were away to work when the incident took place.

Hoshiarpur
1,766 pirated CDs, DVDs seized: To check the sale of pirated CDs and DVDs, the district police has launched a special campaign and raided business premises of sellers of such material. In a press note here today, SSP Rakesh Aggarwwal said 1,766 pirated CDs and DVDs were seized in the district yesterday. As many as 150 pirated CDs and DVDs were seized by the Model Town police, 34 by the City police, 67 by the Bulhowal police, 210 by the Garhdiwala police, 910 by the Dasuya police, 70 by the Mukerian police, 30 by the Talwara police and 295 by the Chabbewal police. Eight sellers of pirated CDs and DVDs were booked under Sections 51, 52, 52A, 63, 64, 66 and 66A of the Copy Right Act.

Girl abducted: A teenaged girl of Majara Dingrian village was abducted by a youth of Sarhala Kajian on December 15. According to police sources, Bagicha Singh of Majara Dingrian alleged that Navin Kumar of Sarhala Kajian had abducted his 14-year-old daughter Sonika on December 15. The Mahilpur police has booked Navin Kumar under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC.

Srinagar
No relaxation in Bandipore curfew: For the second consecutive day on Tuesday, no relaxation was given in the curfew, which was imposed on parts of Bandipora district on Monday following sectarian clashes in which four persons were injured. A police spokesman said there was no relaxation in the restrictions in the Inderkoot and Sumbal areas of the district. The curfew was imposed after sectarian clashes broke out in Inderkoot village of Sumbal town in the district.

Landing system soon to help pilots: With fog reducing visibility, the Srinagar International Airport is all set to make functional an instrumentation landing system (ILS) to help pilots land and take off aircraft in low visibility. “The visibility at the airport during winter is poor due to the fog. At present, the minimum visibility that must be available for the landing of an aircraft is 2 km,” said an officer of the Airport Authority of India. When the ILS starts functioning, the pilots will need much less visibility for their operations.