COURTS

Section 47A of Gurdwara Act challenged
Chandigarh, July 6
The petition filed by Mr Rajinder Pal Singh Randhawa challenging the validity of Section 47A of the Sikh Gurdwara Act will come up tomorrow before a Bench headed by Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Mr Justice B.K. Roy.

AGRICULTURE

Growth of cotton crop satisfactory
Bathinda, July 6
Dr Ajmer Singh, Director, Agriculture, Punjab, today said that so far the growth of the cotton crop in the cotton belt of the state was satisfactory as it was expected that production would cross its target fixed by the department.

Channu farmers may not get relief soon
Channu (Malout), July 6
In a clear example of government apathy, over a dozen farmers of Channu village, falling in SAD chief Parkash Singh Badal’s Lambi constituency, will not be able to get relief from acute water-logging problem in their over 300 acres of land in the near future.

CRIME

15 shopkeepers held for selling drugs illegally
Gurdaspur, July 6
The district police has launched a special campaign against chemists selling psychotropic drugs illegally. In a crackdown, 28 chemists have been booked under the NDPS Act during the past two months.

Blind murder case solved
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 6
The district police claims to have solved the mystery behind the murder of Satpal Singh Kang, a financer of Bassi Pathana town, who had been missing since May 5 and his dead body with multiple injuries was recovered from Bhakra canal on May 9. After post-mortem it was established that he was murdered.

Gold ornaments stolen
Patiala, July 6
Gold worth Rs 67,000 was stolen from local Khanna Jewellers near Dharshani Gate at around 4.15 pm today. According to the information, an employee of the shop was sitting at the counter when an unidentified person entered the shop and asked him to show gold rings and chains.

Two held for murder
Phillaur, July 6
A youth, Sarabjit Rai Saboo, was allegedly kidnapped and strangled to death by five other youths of his village, Bhardwajian, in this sub-division last night. The suspects allegedly severed the head and tried to burn the body, but failed, and threw it in the Kali Bein canal.

Illicit liquor seized, 1 held
Moga, July 6
The police on Sunday arrested a person and seized 50 boxes of illicit liquor. However, two accomplices of the accused managed to give the police a slip. According to sources, the SHO of city no. 2 received a tip-off that three persons, including a woman, were looking for liquor customers at Kothe Sandhua village.

Body found in canal
Moga, July 6
A body of an unidentified person was found in a canal near Mandira village in Baghapurana on Sunday. Despite the canal having no water for the past few days, none of the villagers spotted the body.

EDUCATION

School management bows to protesters
Bathinda, July 6
The two-day protest and the continuous agitation launched by the students of the local SSD Sada Ram School, their parents and other persons against its managements decision to close the same today yielded the positive results, when the management changed its decision and opened the same for regular education.

College to start more courses
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 6
“Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib, has been allowed to start courses in MBA, M.Com and PG diploma in insurance business and risk management by Punjabi University, Patiala,  from the current academic session”  This was stated by Dr Gurmohan Singh, principal of the college. 

500 students attend counselling Dera Bassi, July 6 As many as 500 students along with their parents and guardians attended counselling held at the Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi, for management quota seats in various branches of engineering near here. Students along with their parents queue up during a counselling session at Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi, on Tuesday.