Fatehgarh Sahib
Minor girl abducted: The Sirhind police have booked a Uttar Pradesh resident for allegedly abducting a 13-year-old girl on the pretext of marrying her. The girl's father, Pawan Kumar, a native of Bihar, in his complaint to the police said he was residing in a rented accommodation in the Nai Abadi locality of the town from where the accused, a resident of Bae Beet village in Dutt Ganj district of UP, abducted his daughter. Sirhind police chowki in charge Narinder Singh said they have registered a case against the accused under Section 363 and 366 of IPC and had launched a search to nab him.

JALANDHAR
Launched: Nik Baker and Headmasters Salon Pvt Ltd have marked their entry in Jalandhar by launching their first store at Model Town here. Also, Schwarzkopf Professional India, dealing in hair care, has tied up with Headmasters Salon Private Limited that has launched Headmasters-Express Salon and Spa here in Model Town.

patiala
Founder's Day celebrated: The weeklong celebrations of the 10th Founder's Day of British Co-ed School concluded here on Tuesday with a reunion of old students for dinner and dance. The celebrations were opened on November 1 with a broad panorama of world dances. Items showcased were a fusion of flamenco and kathak, a Scottish dance and a Russian Cossack number. A play titled "Golden Ticket" was also staged.

PHAGWARA
Sarabjit Singh’s daughter takes charge in Goraya: Swapandeep Kaur (26), daughter of Sarabjit Singh, who died in a Pakistan jail few months ago, has joined as naib tehsildar in Goraya. It is her first posting. The state government has announced a status job for her, a gas agency for her family, besides Rs 50 lakh.

Activists block road: Activists of Mahila Congress led by its state president Kittu Grewal held a demonstration and blocked traffic on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road this afternoon. They were protesting against increase in prices of life saving drugs.

Chandigarh
CM mourns jawan’s death: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu condoled the death of Jat Regiment soldier Monu, a resident of Gamda village in Narnaud sub-division in Hisar. The last rites of the martyr were performed at his native village with full military honours on Tuesday. Monu died when his bunker along the Line of Control in Nowgam village of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir caught fire.

Kurukshetra
Farmers block traffic: Farmers blocked traffic on the Pehowa-Ambala-Chandigarh state highway on Tuesday to protest against the low paddy price being offered to them in the mandis. As many as 100 farmers sat on the road and raised slogans against the government at 4 pm. SDM and DSP, Pehowa, reached the spot and managed to pacify the farmers following which the agitators lifted the blockade.

Sirsa
Varsity XEN held for graft: Satish Vij, an Executive Engineer at Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, was arrested by the State Vigilance Bureau (SVB) at Panchkula on Monday evening receiving a bribe of Rs 75,000 from the owner of an outsourcing agency. The agency- Friends Security Services--was providing 337-odd outsourced employees to the university and its term of contract had ended in August. Harish Kumar, a partner in the agency, alleged in his complaint to the SVB that Satish Vij was demanding Rs 2 lakh as a bribe for releasing the payment of Rs 25 lakh already paid to the outsourced employees. Later, Vij lowered his demand to Rs 75,000.

Sonepat
Man held for raping minor: The police on Tuesday arrested a man on the charge of raping a four-year-old girl of Dhaturi village. The accused, Bhairam, is a native of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh. He was living in a rented accommodation in the village near Gannaur. He would be produced in court tomorrow, the police said. After registering a case against the accused, the police got the girl examined at the Civil Hospital in Gannaur.

Yamunanagar
Boy’s body recovered: The body of Abhineit (in pic) was recovered from Hamida headworks on Tuesday afternoon. Three boys- Abhineit (13) of Chaudhry Colony, Boby (16) of Geeta Colony and Rahul (17) of Gadhauli- had gone missing while bathing in the Western Yamuna Canal (WYC) near Darwa village on Sunday. The boys' parents found their clothes and shoes on the bank of the canal. His body was taken out of the canal with the help of divers. Rescue teams are making efforts to locate the other two boys- Boby and Rahul.