Abohar
Vet camp: A team comprising veterinary surgeons Deen Dyal, Shyam Bhalla, Mandeep Singh and Subhash Arora treated 389 cattle in a camp held at village Kattianwali here on Tuesday, sources said.

Eye camp: Eye specialists B.K. Chhabra and Satish Nagpal examined 250 patients on the first day of Surinder Nagpal Memorial free eye operation camp organised by the Lions Club Mandi Abohar at Varun Dham here on Tuesday, S.S. Gagneja, chairman of the project, said.

AMRITSAR
Youth Akali Dal leader challenged by traffic police: The Qualis of a senior Youth Akali Dal leader was challenged by the traffic police in Rayya, under Bead police station, for unauthorised use of the red light and a sun film on the window panes of the vehicle.When contacted, the leader, however, denied that his vehicle was challenged.Police sources said the vehicle was also without a registration number. According to the challan slip, the owner of the vehicle also misbehaved with police officials.The challans were issued at Adda Rayya at 9:45 am.Harjit Singh Brar, DSP, denied that challans were issued to the Youth Akali Dal leader.

Thefts on varsity campus on the rise: Thefts on the Guru Nanak Dev University campus continue with burglars decamping with jewellery and goods worth Rs 1.5 lakh from the house of a deputy librarian on Monday. Thefts keep taking place installation of security cameras on the gates of the university notwithstanding.Dr Sukhbir Singh, deputy librarian, said the thieves did their job in the two hours he was away shopping with his family. “This vindicates the general view on the campus that six cases of theft in recent months are the handiwork of locals knowing the victim’s schedule,” he said.S.S.Chhina, in charge, university security, said security had been stepped up on the campus.

BARNALA
Stove burst: An old woman died after a stove burst at Dhaula village about 15 km from here on Tuesday. The incident took place in the morning when Gurdev Kaur was trying to ignite the stove for making tea. All of a sudden, due to high air pressure, the stove burst. Her clothes caught fire and she was hospitalised at the civil hospital in Barnala where she breathed her last.

Bathinda
Women’s hockey: The District Women’s Hockey Association is organising a north zone women’s hockey championship from November 30 to December 2 here. Teams from Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and PEPSU would take part in the championship. The qualifying teams would be sent for the Nation7al Women’s Hockey Championship 2007, Rajwant Singh Mann, secretary, District Women’s Hockey Association, said.

Contact programme: Punjabi Literary Society Baba Farid College, Deon, is going to organize a contact programme in college campus at 11 am on November 28, i.e. Wednesday with an eminent poet, Dr Surjit Pattar. During the first session, the renowned poet will recite his selected and famous poetry. In the second session, the poet will share experiences about life with students and the audience.

Fazilka
Theft:  According to Sukhvinder Singh of Onkar Engineering Works, rear shutters of his shop and four others, Sethi Bearing Store, Friends Motors, Sandeep Pesticides and State Medical Hall in Mahajan market here, were found broken as thieves stole material and cash worth about Rs 10,000 from the shops.

PATHANKOT
2 killed in road accidents: One person died in a road accident near Babehali here on Tuesday. According to police sources, Avtar Singh, resident of Tibri Cantt, with his father Santokh Singh, was coming to home on a motor cycle, when a truck hit his vehicle resulting in Santokh Singh’s death. In another accident, Balbir Singh, son of Jaswant Singh, resident of Chadwan (J&K), was killed when a motor cycle hit him while he was standing at the Pathankot bus stand.

Cheating case registered: The Dhariwal police has registered a case against Roor Singh, son of Santa Singh, resident of Basti Vihar Maqsooda, Jalandhar, under Section 420, IPC, for promising to send abroad Baljit Singh,a resident of Fajulla Chak. He neither fulfilled his promise nor returned his money.

One booked for theft:The Kahnuwan police has booked Ruldu Ram, son of Uddo Masih, resident of Jagowal, for allegedly breaking open the lock of the Panchayat Ghar and stealing 26 kg wire and 27 kg iron rods worth of Rs14,500. The complaint had been lodged by the Kahnuwan sarpanch Smt Harbhajan Kaur on Tuesday.

Kirch seized: The Dinanagar police arrested Rajesh Kumar, son of Hans Raj, resident of ES Colony, Amritsar, and recovered one kirch from him during checking here on Tuesday. A case under Section 25-54-59, IPC, had been registered against him.

Phillaur
Poor visibility causes mishaps: One person was killed, while fifty persons sustained injuries in different road mishaps that took place in and around Phillaur on Tuesday. Poor visibility caused by thick fog was said to be the reason. According to the information, 19 vehicles were damaged which included a truck, seven cars and three buses.

8 POs held: In a major success, Phillaur Police today arrested eight proclaimed offenders, including Jasbir Singh, who is wanted for murder of his sister-in-law Pushpa Rani. Meanwhile, Phillaur DSP Rajinder Singh Sohal said they have also arrested a person, identified as Kashmir Sheri of Khanpur village and recovered 40 gms of smack from his possession.

ROPAR
Permanent Lok Adalat: The Punjab Legal Services Authority has established a permanent Lok Adalat in Ropar. Paramjit Singh Ahluwalia, a retired Additional District and Sessions Judge, has been appointed as its permanent chairman for a five-year term. The adalat has been established in the district as per a Punjab government notification issued on December 15,2005.

001 goes for Rs 1.65 lakh: Under the new policy of the Punjab government, VIP numbers for vehicles were auctioned today at the district transport office here today. DTO of Ropar J.C. Sabharwal said PB-12K-001 number was sold for Rs 1.65 lakh against the reserve price of Rs 50,000. The number was purchased by Paramjit Singh Badhwan, a resident of Sohana.

SANGRUR
Labourer ‘commits’ suicide: In connection with a dispute over just one and half bigha of land with his close relatives, Sukhdev Singh, a labourer from Jalaan village, near Bhawanigarh, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in the village on Monday night.The Bhawanigarh SHO said on Tuesday that on the statement of the widow of the deceased, the Bhawanigarh police had registered a case against the mother, brother and two other relatives of the deceased under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 34, IPC. Hardip Singh, a brother-in-law of the deceased, said his sister’s husband had committed suicide as the mother, brother and two other relatives were not giving him (Sukhdev) his share in the family property.