Chandigarh
Govt forms higher education council: The state government has constituted the Punjab Higher Education Council under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan and the National Higher Education Mission. An official spokesman said Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka would be the vice-chairman and Principal Secretary Roshan Sunkaria would be the chief executive officer.
Fatehgarh
Sahib
Junk dealer among 2 hurt in scrap blast: Two persons, including a scrap dealer, were injured while trying to extract metal from a shell at their residence in Ramdass Nagar near the Jalandhar-Rajpura road on Thursday. The injured, Jagatpal and Vijay Kumar, were rushed to the Civil Hospital from where they were referred to the PGI, Chandigarh.
Ludhiana
Dengue: 16 more test positive: Sixteen more patients tested positive for dengue in hospitals across the city today. Out of these, eight are from Ludhiana and three from rural areas. Five patients are from other districts of the state - Two each from Hoshiarpur and Fatehgarh Sahib and one from
Jalandhar.
Moga
Case against Jain adjourned till Dec 9: The case against Moga MLA Joginder Pal Jain and his family was on Thursday adjourned to December 9 due to the one-day strike called by lawyers. Jain has been accused of raising an illegal colony. The local court was to take a decision on declaring MLA's elder son Puneet Jain a proclaimed offender.
Patiala
Three of family commit suicide: Following the alleged suicide of three members of a family, the Samana city police has registered a case pertaining to abetment to suicide against the victim's brother and his relatives. The victims have been identified as Kamaljit Singh, his wife Kuldeep Kaur and son Vikramjit Singh. Sources said Kamaljit, in his suicide note, had blamed his brothers Harjeet Singh and Harvinder Singh who owed him money, but refused to return.
