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Demands accepted, Roadways conductors call off strike
Jalandhar, August 7
The Punjab Roadways and PUNBUS Conductor Union called off the strike after its demands were accepted by the Director Transport on late Monday night. 

Woman found murdered
Hoshiarpur: Shanti Devi, wife Hari Dev of Jaijon, was found murdered at her house on Monday. She had injury marks on her body. Her mouth was also gagged with a piece of cloth. Bam Dev Sharma of Jaijon told the police that Bisnu Priya, wife of Ram Kumar of the same village, came to her house in the evening and asked about Shanti Devi.

Six more gastro cases reported in Dasuya
Hoshiarpur, August 7
As many as six fresh cases of gastroenteritis have been reported at PHC, Mand Pandher in Dasuya subdivision since yesterday.

Activists of the Sikh Students Federation (Mehta) take out a candlelight march for those killed in US gurdwara firing, in Amritsar on Tuesday. A Tribune photo

Inter-district gang busted, two held
Phagwara, August 7
The police has busted an inter-district gang of highways robbers and arrested two of its members, identified as Jaswant Singh of Tarsika village in Amritsar and Sarwan Singh of Khilchian village in Tarn Taran. 

Three held with intoxicants
Pathankot, August 7
The police arrested two persons, identified as Naresh Kumar of Pangodh village and Lakhwinder Singh of Housing Board Colony here and seized 700 gm of intoxicant powder from their possession here today. 

Demands accepted, Roadways conductors call off strike
Kusum Arora
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, August 7
The Punjab Roadways and PUNBUS Conductor Union called off the strike after its demands were accepted by the Director Transport on late Monday night. The union had started their four-day long strike from Monday. They had demanded regularisation of contractual employees. A notification regarding the same was also issued yesterday. Union president Gurmej Singh said they had decided to keep the buses off road from today onwards. “A meeting of the union members took place at Chandigarh yesterday and the decision was announced,” he added. 

Woman found murdered

Hoshiarpur: Shanti Devi, wife Hari Dev of Jaijon, was found murdered at her house on Monday. She had injury marks on her body. Her mouth was also gagged with a piece of cloth. Bam Dev Sharma of Jaijon told the police that Bisnu Priya, wife of Ram Kumar of the same village, came to her house in the evening and asked about Shanti Devi.

He told her that she did not come to her house. He along with Bisnu Priya went to the house of Shanti Devi at 8:30 pm and found her body lying in a pool of blood. On the basis of his statement, the police has registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC. — OC

Six more gastro cases reported in Dasuya
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, August 7
As many as six fresh cases of gastroenteritis have been reported at PHC, Mand Pandher in Dasuya subdivision since yesterday.

Dr Charanjit Singh Kahlon, SMO, PHC, Mand Pandher, said six patients of Chack Mehra village having symptoms of gastroenteritis had been reported in the PHC of which one had been referred to the Civil Hospital, Dasuya. Keeping in view the outbreak of gastroenteritis at Chack Mehra village, two teams of the health department were deputed to conduct a survey of gastro patients in the adjoining Hardo Kalan and Pattan Chack villages as a precautionary measure.

Dr Naresh Kansra, SMO of the Civil Hospital, Dasuya, said 53 gastroenteritis patients had been admitted to the hospital since the outbreak of this disease in Chack Mehra village of which nine were discharged.

Condition of the remaining patients is improving, he said. It may be recalled that the outbreak of gastroenteritis was reported in Chack Mehra village on Sunday. Cases of gastroenteritis had also been reported in Muradpur Awana village near Mukerian and Ward numbers 10, 11, 12 and 13 in Dasuya in the third and fourth week of June, respectively, which was brought under control.

Inter-district gang busted, two held
Our correspondent

Phagwara, August 7
The police has busted an inter-district gang of highways robbers and arrested two of its members, identified as Jaswant Singh of Tarsika village in Amritsar and Sarwan Singh of Khilchian village in Tarn Taran. 

Superintendent of Police Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said the accused were nabbed near the Club Cabbana on a national highway during a nakabandi. The accused were travelling in a stolen car which has been impounded. The police recovered 22 g of heroin and a Carter watch worth Rs 1.5 lakh from them.

The SP said the arrested accused have confessed to their involvement in several incidents of snatching and robbery in districts Kapurthala, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Pathankot and Tarn Taran. 

In another incident, the police nabbed a proclaimed offender, identified as Gobind Ram of Sund Colony, who was wanted in an attempt to murder case. The police has also arrested a drugs peddler and recovered 200 g of opium from his possession, said SP Khakh.

Three held with intoxicants

Pathankot, August 7
The police arrested two persons, identified as Naresh Kumar of Pangodh village and Lakhwinder Singh of Housing Board Colony here and seized 700 gm of intoxicant powder from their possession here today. 

Acting on a tip-off, the Kanwa police laid a naka near T-point on Pathankot-Gurdaspur road. And during search, the police recovered the intoxicant powder from them. The police has registered a case under the relevant sections of the NDPS Act. The police also arrested a woman, identified as Parveen Kumari of Jaini village, and recovered illicit liquor from her. The police has registered a case under the Excise Act. — OC