AMRITSAR
Agitation: Following the arrest of 21 college teachers on September 5 (Teachers’ Day), the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union (PCCTU) has decided to intensify its agitation for fulfillment of their long-pending demands.

Case solved : The district police, on Friday, claimed to have traced a blind murder case that took place on August 22 at Sanghna village. A headless body was found from the paddy fields of the village which was later identified as that of Babu Ram, a rickshaw-puller. Two persons, including the wife of the deceased, had been arrested. Sources said Kamla Devi, wife of the deceased, had illicit relations with Swarn Singh. On August 21, Swarn Singh took Babu Ram to a paddy farm outside the village, served him liquor and later killed him. He then chopped off the head and threw the body in the paddy field. 

BARNALA
Dharna: To get three-phase electricity supply,Dalits of Kaneke village, staged a dharna outside the office of XEN (Rural) on Friday. The Dailt basti comprises about 50 houses which are getting single-phase supply for the past four years, said a resident. 

batala
Teachers protest: As part of the agitation launched by the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) to press for the acceptance of their demands, the teaching staff of Baring Union Christian College observed strike after two periods here on Friday and held a rally. Gurdaspur district unit president Pawan Kansra condemned the callous attitude of the Punjab government towards the teachers’ genuine demands. 

BATHINDA
Godown sealed: A team of the state drug control authorities, in association with doctors of the local civil hospital, sealed a godown of a chemist shop on Friday as it was allegedly being used in unauthorised manner. According to sources, the business firm, which has been using the godown to store medicines, does not possess proper documents to do so. 

DHALIWAL
Kisan mela: Stress was laid to minimise the use of pesticides and insecticides for qualitative production at the district-level kisan mela organised by the Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), here on Friday. The farmers of surrounding villages of Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur districts attended the mela. 

GURDASPUR
1 killed: A motorcyclist was crushed to death while his companion sustained injuries in an accident on the busy Amritsar-Gurdaspur-Pathankot highway in Dinanagar, on Friday morning. According to the police, Rupinder Singh and Sarabjit Singh were heading home at Ghot village, near here, on their motorcycle when they lost control, hit a car and were mowed down by a multi-excel vehicle. Rupinder died on the spot while Sarabjit, who was riding pillion, sustained injuries. A case of rash and negligent driving has been registered. 

HOSHIARPUR
Protest: Activists of the Toll Plaza Sangarsh Committee, Punjab, along with transporters and workers of the Left parties, took out a march from Greenview Park to the SDM’s office here on Friday to protest against the 10 per cent hike in the toll on the Balachaur-Dasuya and Hoshiarpur-Tanda roads. They staged a dharna in front of the SDM’s office and presented a memorandum to the SDM. Memoranda were also presented to the Garhshankar, Dasuya and Mukerian SDMs.

Two booked: Following a complaint by Satnam Singh, a son of Tirath Singh of Hayatpur, the Mukerian police has booked Tarsem Singh and Partap Singh, both residents of Masiti, last evening for allegedly duping the complainant of Rs 50,000 on the pretext of sending him abroad. 

Ludhiana
Constable dies: Constable Jagir Singh today succumbed to his injuries at the DMC, Ludhiana. The constable who joined the PRTC, Jahan Khelan, for completing his traffic course, got seriously injured after he fell down from the second storey of the hostel of the PRTC on July 14 night. 

MALERKOTLA
Condemned: Joginder Singh Aulakh, state president, Punjab School Officers Association, condemned the statement of Punjab School Education Board chairman Dalbir Singh Dhillon regarding thin attendance of teachers in schools and appointment of college lecturers in the flying squad during examinations here on Friday.

Rajpura
Freedom fighter dead: The mortal remains of freedom fighter Giani Karnail Singh, who breathed his last here late last night, were today consigned to flames at the local cremation grounds with full honour. Giani Karnail Singh had participated in the Quit India Movement and had even undergone imprisonment during the erstwhile British rule. He was born in 1917 in Sekupura village, (now in Pakistan) and joined the freedom movement in 1941.The funeral was attended by senior officials of the local civil as well as police administration. Local BJP legislator and chief parliamentary secretary (finance) Raj Khurana besides a number of people from different walks of life attended the funeral.The pyre was lit by his eldest son Gurbaksh Singh. Giani Karnail Singh is survived by his wife Surjit Kaur, three sons and two daughters. A guard of honour was presented to the freedom fighter by the police. 

Mobile, cash looted: Two motorcycle-borne youths allegedly snatched a mobile phone and cash from Harpreet Kumar, a resident of Hajipur, near Garhi Matto village, on Wednesday. Harpreet was on the way to his house when the accused attacked him and sped away after snatching his mobile phone (092112-09516) and Rs 2,400. The Garhshankar police has registered a case under section 382 of the IPC. 

Body found: The body of an unidentified sadhu, aged about 65 years, was found on Wednesday from near the cremation ground of Sahri village. The Sadar police has sent it to the civil hospital for a post-mortem examination.