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Nawanshahr girl tops PPMET, Moga girl gets second position
Faridkot, July 16
Manpreet Kaur of Sajabalpur village in Nawanshahr district has bagged the first position in Punjab Para-Medical Entrance Test (PPMET), which was conducted by Baba Farid University of Medical and Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, yesterday.

Students’ election: Two hurt in firing at Noordi village
Tarn Taran, July 16
The ongoing tussle over the students’ election at Sewa Devi SD College led to firing in Noordi village (Quila Kavi Santokh Singh), six kms from here last night, leaving two persons injured.

One booked for kidnapping 13-year-old girl
Hoshiarpur, July 16
Ranjit Singh of Gaag Jallo village has been booked for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old girl of Gaag Sultana village on Sunday night. Dasuya police has registered a case under Section 363, 366, 376, 506 and 511 of the IPC.

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	Nawanshahr girl tops PPMET, Moga girl gets second position Balwant Garg/TNS Faridkot, July 16 Manpreet Kaur of Sajabalpur village in Nawanshahr district has bagged the first position in Punjab Para-Medical Entrance Test (PPMET), which was conducted by Baba Farid University of Medical and Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, yesterday. In the result of the test announced by the university today, Manpreet got 648 out of the total 800 marks in the test. The second position also went to a girl bearing the same name. Scoring 640 marks, Manpreet Kaur of Langeana Khurd village of Moga got second position, followed by Preet of Batala, who got 620 marks. In the Scheduled Caste category, Indrani Verma of Amritsar got the first position, while in the Backward Class category, Mirru of Piranbagh village of Gurdaspur secured the first position. Total 3,390 candidates appeared at 15 examination centres set up in Faridkot for the PPMET yesterday. In the PPMET, the competition for the 220 seats in three government nursing colleges at Amritsar, Faridkot and Patiala and 15 high ranking private colleges. Otherwise 82 nursing colleges in Punjab offer 4,000 seats and the total number of candidates in the PPMET were 3,390. But as the fee in the private nursing colleges is much higher than the government colleges and all three government nursing colleges are attached with medical colleges, so students prefer government nursing colleges. So the competition is for these 220 seats. After these three government nursing colleges, there are 15 private nursing colleges which are in the priority list of the students. "The response of the applicants is encouraging as last year only 3,200 appeared in the test. The test is very important to seek admission in B Sc (Nursing) in government colleges and colleges of repute," said Satpal Singh, Deputy Registrar of the BFUHS.
	Students’ election: Two hurt in firing at Noordi village Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, July 16 The ongoing tussle over the students’ election at Sewa Devi SD College led to firing in Noordi village (Quila Kavi Santokh Singh), six kms from here last night, leaving two persons injured. The city police has booked 12 persons under Section 307, 452, 427, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. Only three accused have been identified so far. They are Jaiveer Singh, Tejinder Singh, Soni of Kakka Kandiala village. The accused, riding an SUV and three motorcycles, reached the residence of Sukhchain Singh, aspirant for the president’s post in the students’ election, at Noordi. Jaiveer Singh and others were opposed to the candidature of Sukhchain Singh for the president’s post. Destruction Jaiveer Singh and his other supporters opened fire from their revolvers and ransacked the house and damaged the motorcycle of Sukhchain Singh. Sukhchain’s father Paramjit Singh and another person Gurjit Singh were injured in the firing. As the accused continued their attack for more than half an hour, Paramjit Singh fired in the air from his licensed rifle and other members of Sukhchain Singh pelted the accused with stones after which they ran away from the spot. The police has deputed policemen in the college campus to avoid any untoward incident. Chain snatched Hoshiarpur: Two motorcycle-borne youths allegedly snatched the gold chain of Raj Kumari, a resident of Mohalla Preet Nagar, near local Gurdwara Ramgarhia, Session Chowk, on Sunday night. Raj Kumari and her father were going to Session Chowk from Government College Chowk on a scooter. When they reached near Gurdwara Ramgarhia, two motorcycle-borne youths snatched her gold chain, weighing 15 gram. — OC
	One booked for kidnapping 13-year-old girl Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, July 16 Ranjit Singh of Gaag Jallo village has been booked for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old girl of Gaag Sultana village on Sunday night. Dasuya police has registered a case under Section 363, 366, 376, 506 and 511 of the IPC. The victim’s father Kulwinder Singh told the police that his daughter who studies in Class VIII had gone to the fields to answer the call of nature when the accused kidnapped her and fled on his motorcycle. He alleged that the accused had threatened him of kidnapping his daughter if he did not marry her to him. In another case Chabbewal police has booked Sukha of Kalewal Fattu under Section 363 and 366 A of the IPC for allegedly kidnapping Rajni of Bhulewal Rathan, on the pretext of marrying her. Rajni was a Class XI student.
	11 injured in clashes Our Correspondent Phagwara, July 16 Eleven persons were injured in two clashes at Khaira and Ranipur villages in Phagwara on Sunday night. In the first incident, members from two communities entered into a clash after a Dalit resident, identified as Lakhwinder, was allegedly beaten up mercilessly at Khaira village on Sunday night. The police said the clash happened over an eve teasing incident. Both groups attacked each other with stones leaving four injured, who were identified as Lakhwinder, Mandeep, Naveen, and Gurpal. The injured were admitted to the Civil Hospital. Four motorcycles were also damaged in the process. In the second incident, seven villagers were injured in a clash at Ranipur on Sunday evening. The injured, identified as Jaswinder, Sukhwinder, Raja, Jatinder, Hardip Singh, Gurdip and Baljinder, were admitted to the Civil Hospital. A quarrel among children led to the clash, the police said.
	Govt depts asked to spread awareness against foeticide Our Correspondent Nawanshahr, July 16 Deputy Commissioner Tanu Kashayap has directed the district health, education and rural development departments to take initiatives on creating awareness on the PNDT Act and the ill-effects of imbalanced sex ratio. Kashayap has asked ADC Amarjit Paul to coordinate the awareness activities of the departments as well as the district-level NGOs Coordination Society --- Upkar --- to chalk out a programme to telecast movies on the PNDT Act in all colleges and senior secondary schools in the district. The DC also asked to put up hoardings at Panchayat Ghar and public places at villages to make people aware about the Act to check the menace of female foeticide. District Education Officer, Amrik singh, while apprising the DC of the efforts initiated by the education department for creating awareness, said the school-level quiz and poster-making competitions on the gender ratio had already been organised and the block-level competitions would be held on July 20.
	Students demand bus pass facility Our Correspondent Nawanshahr, July 16 Harbhajan Bhawra, general secretary, Punjab State SC/BC Employees Welfare Federation, has urged the state government to look into the problem of students who haven’t been provided bus pass facility. Students, who commute daily to schools and colleges on buses, claimed that their application forms for passes duly endorsed by their respective education institutions are not being accepted by Punjab Roadways for want of requisite directions from the higher authorities of the education department.