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AMRITSAR
Protest: Local members of the Northern Railwaymen’s Union held a rally near the railway workshop here on Monday to protest against the Union government’s decision to reduce the ceiling on the bonus to Rs 2,500 from Rs 3,500. The protesting employees urged the government to release 70-day bonus of Rs 8,055 as per the new ceiling of Rs 3,500 declared by the government earlier.
BATALA
Petrol pump looted:A petrol pump (Surinder Service Station & Petrol Pump) situated on the Batala-Jalandhar road was looted by four persons who came there on two motor cycles.They went inside the office and took Rs 3,040 at pistol point from an employee Jai
Nath. Tajinder Singh, in charge, Rangar Nangal police station, has registered a case under Sections 382 and 341,IPC.
SSP, Batala, R. N. Dhoke and DSP (R) Dilbagh Singh also visited the spot. BATHINDA
Sought:Residents rendered homeless, following an anti-encroachment drive launched for the construction of the Ring Road, staged a demonstration in front of the DC’s office here on Monday. Demanding rehabilitation under the banner of the Dhobiyana Bachao Action Committee, they alleged that the administration had launched the drive without giving any prior notice to them. They submitted a memorandum to the DC in this regard.
Killed:A youth, Sukhpal Singh, 20, died on the spot while four others sustained injuries in a road mishap on the Goniyana-Bajakhana road on Sunday night. The injured were taken to the Civil Hospital here. One of the victims, Sukhpal Singh, 20, died on the spot. The victims, residents of Jandawala village in the district, were returning home after attending a marriage party.Blood donation:The Shahid Ram Singh Blood Donation Society organised a blood donation camp at the Civil Hospital here on Monday. More than 14 persons donated blood during the camp. The society has decided to induct 500 new members. 2 arrested:The police on Monday arrested
Ashish, alias Bobby, a chemist, and his helper Happy from Mittal Medical Store at Nehian Wala village for selling prohibited drugs.The accused is a son of Chimal Lal
Mittal, member of the committee constituted to combat the drug menace.Twenty strips of capsules and 15 bottles of prohibited cough syrup were seized.A case has been registered. Booked:
Six of a family have been booked by the police for allegedly abetting the suicide of one
Amandeep. According to Paramjit Singh,SHO, Mansa police station,
Amandeep, 29, who was married, committed suicide by consuming poison on Sunday. In his dying declaration before the police, he accused his in-laws for this extreme action. On the base of his recorded statement, a case has been registered against the six under Section 306,
IPC. HOSHIARPUR
Lawyers’ strike:On a call of the Bar Association, Dasuya, members of the association of Hoshiarpur and Garhshankar observed strike on Monday in support of the demand of the former regarding discontinuing of a mobile court started at Talwara in Dasuya subdivision on October 2, 2007.The members of the association of Dasuya are on strike since October 11. Security beef-up:
The law and order situation in the district is normal. Keeping in view a bomb blast at Shingar Cinema Hall,
Ludhiana, on Sunday night, the security at all public places, including bus stands, railway stations and cinema halls, has been tightened. This was stated by
SSP, Hoshiarpur, Anita Punj on Monday. Smack seized: SSP Anita Punj said here on Monday that the Mahilpur police at a special naka on the Garhshankar-Langeri road intercepted a Maruti Wagon-R car and seized 400 gram smack worth lakhs of rupees from the driver of the car, Devi
Chand, alias Roop Chand, resident of Mehra, Saharnpur district in Uttar
Pradesh. A case under sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered. PaTIaLa
Kalam’s b’day celebrated: Scholar Fields Public School
celebrated 76th Birthday of former President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, on
Monday. Principal D.P Guleria said his elevation to the post was not
only a tribute to the qualities of a man, but also to our democratic
system. To commemorate his birthday, the students organised an exhibition based on the principles and concepts of science. The models were also displayed by the students on reflection of sound, producing electricity from water and DNA molecule. Akshay
Nigam, a student of Class X, was adjudged the best for showing passive solar system.
Phagwara
Sumo rams into parked jeep: Ten occupants of a Tata Sumo sustained serious injuries, when the vehicle rammed into a parked jeep near Baharr Majara village on Phagwara-Banga road last evening. The injured, identified as Manjit Singh, Sunil, Vikki, Karan, Joyoti, Gulshan, Satwinder, Naresh and Purshotam, were admitted to Phagwara civil hospital.
RAJPURA
Railway worker run over: A 51-year-old man working with the Indian Railways died after he was run over by a train at the Sarai Banjara railway station this afternoon. Pritam Singh was working as a key man at the Sarai Banjara railway station near here. According to the police, the victim was inspecting the railway lines when he was run over by the train. The railway authorities said that it was an accident. The body was later shifted to the local A. P. Jain civil hospital for postmortem examination after which it was handed over to the family member of the deceased, the police said.
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