BATHINDA
Body found: The body of a local trader was recovered from a room of Hotel Sun Citi Classic here on Sunday. The trader reportedly committed suicide by consuming celphos tablets. A suicide note was also reportedly recovered from his pocket.
DHURI
School's achievement: Guru Tegh Bahadur Public School, Bardwal (Dhuri) in Sangrur district, has achieved a pass percentage of 100 in the Class X examination conducted by the CBSE in 2006. The overall highest pass marks obtained by an individual are 97 per cent, according to a statement by the principal of the school.
Kapurthala
Suvidha Camp: A total of 2213 cases were disposed of on the spot at Suvidha Camp held at Kala Sanghian village here today, a press release said on Monday. It added that 520 learning driving licenses, 492 certificates of scheduled castes, 108 certificates of backward class and 15 certificates of residence were issued. Food and Supply department issued 161 new ration cards while 14 duplicate ration cards were issued and 15 ration cards were amended at the camp and 676 persons were checked by health department. In the camp, CDPO office, Kapurthala, accepted 148 applications for pensions under various categories.
Nawanshahr
Suvidha camp: For people belonging to 33 villages falling under the Naura and Nawanshahr Kanugo circle, the district administration organised Lok Suvidha camp at Govt. Senior Secondary School, Naura, about 12 km from here, on Saturday.
Topper: Talvinder Kaur, a student of Swami Roop Chand Jain Model School, Banga, has stood first in the district in the Middle Standard examination conducted by the Punjab School Education Board. She got 23rd position in the merit list of PSEB. Monika Sharma, another student of the school, also figured in the merit list.
Phagwara
House burgled: In the fourth incident of theft in the town in the last 48 hours, unidentified persons broke into the house of one Ashok Kumar in Mehli Gate and took away half a kg of silver ornaments, some gold ornaments and Rs 10,000 in cash. The house owner was away to attend a marriage with other family members when the incident occurred.
When contacted, Phagwara ASP Sukhchain Singh Gill said the police was on the job and the thieves would be nabbed soon.
Phillaur
Recovered: Noormahal police busted a gang of inter-state smugglers and arrested its two members identified as Avtar Singh of Ludhiana, and Jagtar Singh of Phillaur. Their two accomplices Shingara Singh of Dhadha village in PS Mahilpur and Rani of Khanpur village in PS Phillaur managed to escape. Police has recovered 1440 kg poppy husk from canter number HP-63-0942, which has also been impounded.
