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Cop kicks pregnant woman in stomach
Pathankot October 14
The unruly behaviour of Punjab Police personnel has come to the fore once again. Ranjeet Singh, a head constable posted here, allegedly kicked a pregnant woman,
Puja, in the stomach and hit her mother on the head with a baseball bat.
Puja has now been admitted to the civil hospital here. Her condition is stated
to be stable though the doctors have still kept her under observation.
A lady shows the rampage caused at her house and the baseball bat with which a Head Constable of the Punjab police hit her mother on Friday night.
— Photo by Jangi |
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Sisters commit suicide
Bathinda, October 14
In a suicide pact, two sisters hailing from the local Deep Nagar locality ended their lives by jumping into a canal. Their bodies were recovered from near Bir Behman bridge last evening.
Sukhbir dares CM on job provider claim
Chandigarh, October 14
Shiromani Akali Dal general secretary Sukhbir Singh Badal today dared Capt Amarinder Singh to organise a public rally of 20 lakh persons who had been given or were likely to be given jobs by the present government, as claimed by the Chief Minister in advertisements.
Barnala may be new district
Chandigarh, October 14
Barnala is expected to be made a district soon. The Bhattal Committee
had made a recommendation in this regard. It is already a police district.
Sidhu lands at Rajasansi on Air Slovakia’s maiden flight
Rajasansi, October 14
The Air Slovakia’s Cologne-Bratislava-Amritsar flight with its NRI owner, Mr Harjinder Singh Sidhu, and his daughter Ratanjeet Sidhu landed at Rajasansi International Airport here today.
Mr H.S. Sidhu, owner of Air Slovakia, at Rajasansi airport after alighting from its first flight from Cologne (Germany) on Saturday.
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37 injured in bus mishap
Ferozepore, October 14
Thirtyseven bus passengers were injured when the bus in which they were travelling fell into a 15-foot deep gorge near
Makhu, 50 km from here, last evening.
Seven cops suspended for harassing woman
Phagwara, October 14
Seven policemen were suspended here today for harassing a woman lecturer.
The woman was travelling in a car with one of her male colleagues when they were
stopped by the cops who began demanding money from her. They threatened that
they would otherwise file a false case against her and her companion.
Bhattal
celebrates birth of grand-daughter
Chandigarh, October 14
It was Punjab Deputy CM’s way of telling others that she cared a
great deal for the girl child. All this morning, there was an
atmosphere of jubilation at her home, as also the home of her daughter
Simran Bajwa who delivered a female child.
Hailstorm lashes region
Abohar, October 14
High velocity dusty winds yesterday and hailstorm today again lashed the region in less than a month. The district administration has not been able to submit papers to government for releasing compensation to the farmers who were affected by an unprecedented hailstorm on September 22. Most of the officials involved in finalising the claim at the local and district level have been transferred.
Wrongly placed board causes mishaps
Amritsar, October 14
An erroneously placed iron board on the busy GT road near the Hide Market here today led to inconvenience to commuters and caused accidents.
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