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Liquor vends displaying lewd posters penalised
Moga, May 29
The excise and taxation department today launched a drive to remove provocative and lewd posters of female models and actresses from inside and outside the liquor shops in Moga district.

Two Abohar residents killed in road mishap
Abohar, May 29
Two persons belonging to the local Indira Nagari were killed on the spot on Tuesday after a private bus hit the motorcycle they were riding, on the outskirts of the town today.

Miscreants strike at night, damage cars in Abohar
Abohar, May 29
Motorcycle-borne miscreants again struck in some localities and damaged cars parked there on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Tek Chand, Darshan Singh, Ashok Soni, Inder Mohan Juneja and others said they had no option other than to park the cars outside their houses.

CBSE Class XII exam
Nitika tops in Faridkot
Bathinda, May 29
Nitika Wadhwa, a commerce student of the Delhi International School, Faridkot, has topped in the district by securing 93.8 per cent marks in the Class XII examination. The results for the examination were declared by the CBSE yesterday.

Himanshu of Mansa secures 93.8 pc
Mansa, May 29
Himanshu Gupta of SDKL DAV Senior Secondary School stood first in Class XII CBSE examination by securing 93.8 per cent marks in the commerce stream.

Ban on paddy transplantation
Fazilka, May 29
The Fazilka District Magistrate, Dr Basant Garg, has imposed a ban on transplantation of paddy in the district before June 10.

Liquor vends displaying lewd posters penalised
Tribune News Service

Moga, May 29
The excise and taxation department today launched a drive to remove provocative and lewd posters of female models and actresses from inside and outside the liquor shops in Moga district.

The assistant excise and taxation commissioner (AETC), Hardip Bhamra, said she had constituted separate teams for removing these posters. "By evening, we had issued challans to 12 liquor shops and directed the contractors to remove the posters of women," she said.

It may be mentioned that the National Commission for Women and many woman organisations had of late raised the issue of nuisance that such posters at liquor vends create.

Bhamra warned the liquor contractors to remove the posters of woman models immediately or face legal action.

Two Abohar residents killed in road mishap
Our Correspondent

Abohar, May 29
Two persons belonging to the local Indira Nagari were killed on the spot on Tuesday after a private bus hit the motorcycle they were riding, on the outskirts of the town today.

The deceased were catering contractors and were returning after finishing their task in a village near here. The police reached the site and initiated the inquest proceedings.

In another incident, a speeding pick-up van crushed Main Kanwar (40), her sister Om Kanwar (32) and nephew Virender (12) to death at the bus stop of Binjarwala village on the Abohar-Sriganganagar-Loonkaransar road (NH 15) on Tuesday afternoon.

The victims were waiting for a bus when the driver of the van reportedly lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a turn, witnesses said. The driver fled from the spot after the incident.

Miscreants strike at night, damage cars in Abohar

Abohar, May 29
Motorcycle-borne miscreants again struck in some localities and damaged cars parked there on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Tek Chand, Darshan Singh, Ashok Soni, Inder Mohan Juneja and others said they had no option other than to park the cars outside their houses.

The city police had thrice planned “operation night dominance” in the past couple of months, but no cop was ever found patrolling in any part of the sub-divisional town, affected residents in Gobind Nagari, Patel Nagar, Circular road, Model Town regretted.

Commuters complained that miscreants throng to the railway foot bridge around midnight when the Haridwar-Sriganganagar, the Rewari-Sriganganagar and the Sriganganagar-Sarai Rohila AC Express trains arrive. They chase the commuters, pass indecent remarks to women and snatch valuables. Neither the GRP nor the Punjab Police ever checked their activities. Regretfully, the police said no such incident had ever been reported in the past. — OC

CBSE Class XII exam
Nitika tops in Faridkot

Bathinda, May 29
Nitika Wadhwa, a commerce student of the Delhi International School, Faridkot, has topped in the district by securing 93.8 per cent marks in the Class XII examination. The results for the examination were declared by the CBSE yesterday.

Further, Abhishek (93.2 per cent) and Riya Gupta (93 per cent) of the school stood second and third, respectively, in the district. Besides, six students of the school secured more than 80 per cent marks.

Principal of the school Navneet Thakur congratulated and honoured the parents of the students who did the school and the city proud. He specially thanked Deepika Goel, Class XII in-charge, for her sincere efforts. — TNS

Himanshu of Mansa secures 93.8 pc

Mansa, May 29
Himanshu Gupta of SDKL DAV Senior Secondary School stood first in Class XII CBSE examination by securing 93.8 per cent marks in the commerce stream.

Nikita Jindal stood first with 86 per cent marks in the medical stream while Harkirat Singh got the first position with 83.8 per cent marks in the non-medical stream. — TNS

Ban on paddy transplantation

Fazilka, May 29
The Fazilka District Magistrate, Dr Basant Garg, has imposed a ban on transplantation of paddy in the district before June 10.

In a press release issued here, the Deputy Commissioner said that the optimum period for sowing paddy was in the middle of June but some of the farmers have started sowing it in May.

The DC said early sowing depletes the water table, which was already quite low. — OC