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Underweight LPG cylinders seized
Moga, February 25
The Food and Civil Supplies Department has launched a special drive to check the misuse of cooking gas cylinders and check the weight following scores of complaints in the Moga district.

Mega block to affect train traffic today
Bathinda, February 25
Movement of trains between Baluana and Gidderbaha on the Abohar-Bathinda-Abohar section will be stopped for six hours in the afternoon on February 26.

Driver’s alertness averts train mishap
Muktsar, February 25
A mishap was averted near Bariwala town in Muktsar this afternoon, when the alert driver of a train stopped it a few meters ahead of a railway crossing, where the gateman allegedly failed to close the gates to stop vehicles.

Body of missing woman found, in-laws booked
Faridkot, February 25
Two days after the residents of Kauni village in Faridkot held a massive protest outside the city police station, demanding the police to trace 40-year-old Kulwinder Kaur and registering a criminal case against her in-laws for her mysterious disappearance, the Faridkot police today claimed to have recovered the body of the missing woman from a canal near Sangaria in Rajasthan.

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	Underweight LPG cylinders seized Kulwinder Sandhu Tribune News Service Moga, February 25 The Food and Civil Supplies Department has launched a special drive to check the misuse of cooking gas cylinders and check the weight following scores of complaints in the Moga district. In this drive, the department recovered two gas cylinders of Indane belonging to Hargobind Gas Agency which had been found underweight violating the specifications of the Indian Oil Company on Friday. A senior official of the district administration revealed that the 1.40 kg and 1.90 kg of cooking gas had been found less weight from these two cylinders recovered from the delivery vehicle of the said gas agency. The District Food and Civil Supplies Controller (DFSC) Dr Sona Thind said that an FIR under Sections 379, 420 of the IPC and Section 7 of Essential Commodities Act has been registered against Munna Lal, the delivery man of the agency, who has been arrested by the police. However, no legal action has been taken against the owner of the gas agency who is a retired district welfare officer, whose son is a high-ranking official in the Vigilance Bureau at the Chandigarh office. It was learnt that the said officer used his influence on the local administration and the police not to register the case against the owner of the gas agency. A senior officer of the district administration while admitting that he received a phone call from the said officer who requested him not to register the case said that the administration would not tolerate any kind of lapse in essential services. “We have got registered a case from whom the gas cylinders have been recovered and now it is the duty of the police to find out whether the owner of the gas agency is involved in this cheating with the consumers or not,” the officer said. Adding that the Food and Civil Supplies Department has made it a routine exercise to keep a check on the gas agencies, the DFSC said that in the past few days the department had seized more than 70 gas cylinders for violations and none of them had been returned back. She warned the gas agencies to obey the rules or face action. “We will not allow the consumers to suffer at any cost,” she added. Meanwhile, there have been numerous complaints against the gas agencies that the consumers were not only being cheated but also harassed by them by not booking delivering and the gas cylinders in time. It has come to notice that the gas agency owners in normal practice book gas cylinder after 3 weeks of the first delivery of the cylinder and then supply the next cylinder after 3 to 4 weeks, which means a consumer gets cylinder after 6 to 7 weeks from the date of last booking.
	Mega block to affect train traffic today Tribune News Service Bathinda, February 25 Movement of trains between Baluana and Gidderbaha on the Abohar-Bathinda-Abohar section will be stopped for six hours in the afternoon on February 26. According to the railway sources, there would be a mega block for six hours between 11.30 am and 5.30 pm for the insertion of cemented blocks under bridge No. 36 between Baluana and Gidderbaha. Sources added that the railway has decided to partially cancel a couple of trains in view of the repair work. The train No. 54757 that run between Ambala and Sriganganagar, will be terminated at Bathinda while the train No. 54758 will be originated from Bathinda on Sunday. Sources also said the train No. 14525 that runs between Sriganganagar and Ambala, would be regulated at 60 minutes at Abohar. In other words, the train would depart from Abohar at 4 pm instead of 3 pm on February 26. Further, the train No. 54702 would be regulated at 30 minutes at Bathinda, sources added.
	Driver’s alertness averts train mishap Archit Watts/TNS Muktsar, February 25 A mishap was averted near Bariwala town in Muktsar this afternoon, when the alert driver of a train stopped it a few meters ahead of a railway crossing, where the gateman allegedly failed to close the gates to stop vehicles. As per the information, at about 1:30 pm, when the DMU 74983, on way to Fazilka from Kotkapura reached near the crossing number 13 situated on Sarai Naga-Marar Kalan road, the gates of crossing were found to be open and on seeing the vehicles moving on railway tracks the driver immediately applied brakes. Sources said that the gateman Khem Chand had not even attended the phone calls of the higher-ups, which is a routine exercise to be performed before the crossing of all trains to ensure clear tracks. When contacted, Daljeet Singh, Senior Engineer of railway’s maintenance wing in Muktsar, said, “The alertness of train driver averted a major tragedy, as the gateman had not closed the railway gates to stop vehicles.” "Khem Chand has been suspended due to gross negligence in performing his duties and an inquiry has been marked in this regard,” added Daljeet.
	Body of missing woman found, in-laws booked Tribune News Service Faridkot, February 25 Two days after the residents of Kauni village in Faridkot held a massive protest outside the city police station, demanding the police to trace 40-year-old Kulwinder Kaur and registering a criminal case against her in-laws for her mysterious disappearance, the Faridkot police today claimed to have recovered the body of the missing woman from a canal near Sangaria in Rajasthan. After recovery of the body, the police have booked the in-laws, including the husband, brother-in-law and father-in-law of the deceased for murder. In a complaint to the police, Labh Singh, the former sarpanch and father of the deceased alleged that his daughter was married for 22 years to a Faridkot resident - a government teacher. Though the couple has four children but her in-laws keep harassing my daughter for dowry. Some day back, Kulwinder went missing and her clothes and shoes were recovered near Rajasthan Feeder Canal in Faridkot. It is believed that the body of the deceased reached the tail end of the canal in Rajasthan in the last four days.
	Mohan, Urmila adjudged best athletes Our Correspondent Abohar, February 25 Mohan Lal and Urmila were adjudged as best athletes in their respective category in the 7th annual athletic meet organised by Maharishi Dayanand College of Education. Former state BJP president Prof BL Rinwa and Dr Parminder Sharma, principal, Bhag Singh Hayer College for Women honoured the winners for their splendid performance in the track and field events. Principal Dr RP Asija informed that Mahatma Gandhi Sadan headed by Hanuman Dass led in overall performance. In the athletic meet organised by Kenway College of Education, Rajni, Ramandeep Singh, Suman, Sunil, Sunita, Mohinder, Malika, Ravi Kumar, Sanjay, Parampal, Amit Kumar, Rinku and Vikas emerged as winners in different track and field competitions, including sprint. The chief guest Puran Chand Bansal gave away the prizes, principal Dr Sushila Narang said.