AMRITSAR
Mr Singh International contest: All 44 finalists of Mr Singh International contest, who would vie for the honour on November 20 at Khalsa College here, displayed their talent at Lawrence road on Sunday evening. The contest is being organised by the Akaal Purkh Ki
Fauj. Tributes paid: Hundreds of farmers, workers and communists from all over the state on Sunday paid homage to renowned freedom fighter and communist leader Dalip Singh Tapiala on his 13th death anniversary at his native village here. CPM general secretary Jagjit Singh Layallpuri, secretary Mangat Ram Palsa were among others present on the occasion.
Bathinda
Child killed: A five-year-old child was crushed to death by a tractor-trolley at Partap Nagar here on Sunday. The victim was playing outside his home when the mishap occurred.
Man commits suicide: Mukesh Kumar, a Railway employee, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a ceiling fan at railway quarters near Multania rail bridge here on Sunday. Sahara volunteers took the body to the Civil Hospital for the postmortem examination while the police is investigating the case.
Hoshiarpur
Arms seized: The police on Sunday recovered one .315 bore pistol alongwith three live and two empty cartridges, one countrymade .12 bore pistol alongwith two live cartridges, one gold ring and a pair of gold earrings on the revelations made by Sunil Kumar, alias Kala, and Paramjit Singh, alias Sonu, both alleged kidnappers of Sudha Rani, wife of Puran Parkash of Ahiyapur, according to DSP Malkiat Singh.
Girl abducted: On the complaint of Surinder Kumar of Bakarpur, the police has registered a case against Surjit Kumar, son of Chaman Lal of the same village, for allegedly abducting his niece Nisha Rani (16), daughter of Pawan Kumar of Kabir Nagar, Jalandhar.
Arrested: The police has arrested Karamjit Singh, alias Joti, son of Jatinder Pal Singh of Dasuya, allegedly for forging registry of land belonging to Paramjit Kaur of Rajpur. A case has been registered.
17 held: The police has arrested 17 persons of Gignowal village, including a former sarpanch of the village, Harbans Kumar, allegedly for blocking the Hoshiarpur-Tanda highway in front of the village from on Saturday. The villagers blocked the road in protest against the alleged thrashing of a village boy by Gulzar Singh, owner of White Castle Resort.
Resignation accepted: Mr Avinash Rai Khanna, MP and BJP state chief, has accepted the resignation of Mr Sanjiv Talwar, state vice-president, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha, on Sunday. Mr Talwar had resigned following the rejection of his anticipatory bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in an obscene MMS case registered against him.
NAWANSHAHR
Seminar held: A district level seminar on female foeticide was organised by the district administration at Shivalik Public School here on Sunday. Mr T.R. Sarangal, Managing Director, Punjab Health Systems Corporation, Mr Parkash Singh, Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Krishan Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, and former health directors Dr D.P.S. Sidhu and Dr D.S. Virk were among others who spoke on the occasion.
SANGRUR
Medical camp: A free medical check-up camp was organised by the Mandir Shri Maha Kali Sabha in the Shri Kali Devi Temple complex here on Sunday. About 200 children were examined for various diseases by Dr V.K. Ahuja, a child specialist, at the camp. The sabha provided medicines free of cost to the patients.