Gold chain, cash snatched, one held

The police have booked three persons for allegedly attacking a Hisar resident and snatching Rs 11,000 along with a gold chain from him. Aayan Kajla had reported that Dilpreet Singh Sidhu, Jitender Singh and Vijay Singh thrashed him and snatched the chain and cash from him at Chandigarh Polo Club, Nayagaon. The police have arrested Vijay, a native of UP.

Punjabi Lekhak Sabha

The following have been elected unanimously as the office-bearers of the Punjabi Lekhak Sabha: president — Deepak Sharma Chanarthal, general secretary — Bhupinder Singh Malik, senior vice-president — Pal Ajnabi, vice-presidents — Gurmail Singh and Manjit Kaur Meet, secretaries — Sukhwinder Singh Sidhu and Simarjit Grewal, and finance secretary — Harminder Kalra.