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BATHINDA CHANDIGARH Noor’s death mourned: The state Finance Minister, Dr Upinderjit Kaur, on Thursday expressed grief over the death of Dr Sutinder Singh Noor, a noted writer and poet. In a condolence message, she said Punjab as well as the literary world had lost a distinguished writer and critic. Early settlement of loans: The Minister for Welfare of Ex-Servicemen and NRI Affairs, Punjab, Capt Balbir Singh Bath, on Thursday assured ex-servicemen of the early settlement of their loans raised from the Punjab Financial Corporation under the SUMFAX Scheme launched in 1987. At a meeting with a delegation of the ex-servicemen, Captain Bath said he had already fixed a meeting with officers of the corporation on February 21 to expedite the pending loan issues with them.
Jalandhar
Teenagers end life: A boy and girl in their teens reportedly jumped to death before a train in Bidhipur level-crossing late on Wednesday night. The GRP has sent the mutilated bodies to the local Civil Hospital morgue. The police has initiated inquest proceeding in this case. Blood donation: Roots, an NGO working for creating awareness about nature preservation, will organise a blood donation camp on February 11 at 10 am in the hospital wing of Arya Samaj Mandir in Model Town here. K.K. Sharma, Chairman, Citizen Urban Bank, will be chief guest. MANDI GOBINDGARH Phagwara Car snatched: Two unidentified armed robbers snatched an Innova car from taxi owner Balram Dutt at a gunpoint near the bypass on the Phagwara-Nawanshahar Road yesterday. Balram, a resident of Phagwara, alleged that persons came to him to hire a taxi for Gurgaon and asked him to go along with them to pick up their luggage from Behram village, but when he reached near the bypass, both asked him to stop the Innova at gunpoint and come out from the car and sped away along with the Innova. The police has registered a case. |
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