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Badal criticises temple demolition: Condemning the demolition of a temple in Karachi, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately take up the issue with the Pakistan government. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Badal said the sentiments of the Hindu community were hurt by the razing of a century-old temple Sri Ram Pir Mandir at Soldier Bazaar in Karachi. The temple was demolished by a builder on December 1 despite a Pakistani court hearing a petition seeking stay on the move.
Moga
‘Declare ’84 riots
as genocide’: Over 27,000 Sikhs living in the US have signed a petition prepared by the Sikhs for Justice, a US-based human rights advocacy group demanding the 1984 anti-Sikh riots be declared genocide. In a press release, the group said the petition would be presented before the Administration of US President Barack Obama on December 15. It said as per the US Government policy, a petition requires at least 25,000 signatures to warrant an official response from the President’s Administration. The petition has urged the Obama Administration to fulfill its obligation under Article 1 of the UN Convention on Genocide by recognising the 1984 riots as ‘Sikh Genocide’.
Moga-New Delhi Shatabdi from today: Shiromani Akali Dal Lok Sabha MP from Faridkot Bibi Paramjit Kaur Gulshan and the local Congress MLA Joginder Pal Jain have agreed upon to jointly flag off the Moga-New Delhi Shatabdi Express on Saturday. The train will arrive at Moga on Saturday at 2:05 pm and leave from the station at 3 pm. For the time being, it has been proposed to extend the frequency of the existing New Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi train from Ludhiana to Moga for two days only, i.e. on Saturday and Sunday, in a week.Patiala
Veterinary doctor caught taking bribe: The Patiala Vigilance Bureau has arrested a veterinary doctor for allegedly accepting bribe from a farmer in lieu of releasing fitness certificates for his cows. The Vigilance sleuths allegedly caught veterinary doctor Surjit Singh red-handed while accepting Rs 2,500 from Jaspal Singh, a resident of Hamjherhi village. The doctor was posted at
Patran. Sangrur
Junior engineer held on graft charge: A team of the Vigilance Bureau,
Sangrur, led by DSP Balwinder Singh Sidhu on Friday arrested a junior engineer, Surinderpal Singh, posted with the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited at
Amargarh, while he was allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a local resident, Jaswinder Singh. The DSP claimed that the JE had allegedly demanded Rs 10,000 as bribe from Jaswinder for installing a transformer in his field at Rampur-Bhindran village (near
Bagrian). But Jaswinder approached the Vigilance Bureau, which laid a trap and caught the official red-handed. Leopard injures four in Lehragaga: A leopard injured four persons after straying into Ratta Kherra village, 15 km from Lehragagga, on Friday. The injured have been admitted in a hospital at Budhlada. The police said the leopard later jumped into an 18-ft-deep abandoned well in the village. It said the well had been covered with an iron gate and forest officials informed to rescue the animal.
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