AMRITSAR
Ex-SHO booked: The Amritsar Rural police has booked Sukhdev Singh, former station house officer (SHO) of Mattewal police station for representing false reports in the court. The case has been registered against him under various sections of the IPC at Mehta police station.
CHANDIGARH
Rs 10 lakh grant for Dashmesh Academy: Sri Dashmesh Academy, Anandpur Sahib, will be developed as number one educational institute in the
country. The decision to this effect was taken by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal while presiding over a meeting of the Sri Dashmesh Academy Trust, Anandpur Sahib, here on Wednesday. Badal also announced a grant of Rs 10 lakh to carry out an effective publicity campaign of the
academy
Hoshiarpur
Woman jailed under NDPS Act: Additional District and Sessions Judge,
Hoshiarpur, Sunil Kumar Arora on Thursday, sentenced Jasbir Kaur alias Faujan of Mahilpur to four years of rigorous imprisonment under sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act. He has also fined her with Rs 10,000 and in case of nonpayment of the fine she will have to undergo further imprisonment for three months. According to the prosecution report, Mahilpur police arrested Jasbir Kaur on May 6, 2003 and recovered 100 gram smack from her.
Jalandhar
Heroin worth Rs 3 crore seized: Heroin worth Rs three crore was recovered from a
Ferozepur-bound train at the Jalandhar railway station, here on Friday. The packets of the contraband were found in an unidentified bag during a routine check by GRP SHO Mandeep Singh. A case has been registered.
Police hockey tourney from today: The Punjab police will organise All-India Police Hockey Championship-2007 at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here from tomorrow. Talking to
mediapersons, the organising secretary of the championship, IG H.S. Dhillon, said as many as 22 teams from all over the country would take part in the event.
LUDHIANA
Youth beaten to death: A youth in his mid-twenties was beaten to death by a mob at Jodhewal basti here on Friday. He belonged to Kaneth village near the city. The incident occurred over his alleged affair with a girl, reliable sources said.
2 kg of gold stolen: Thieves decamped with more than 2 kg of gold from Neetu Jewellers here on Friday late in the evening. The shop is located on the Gill road. The Shimlapuri police is investigating the case and details were not known till the filing of the report.
NABHA
2 mobiles, SIM cards seized from prisoners: Jail authorities have recovered two mobiles and SIM cards from two prisoners lodged in a maximum security jail here. According to jail superintendent Prem Sagar Sharma a team of officers headed by Jiwan Kumar Garg, principal, Jail Training School, Patiala, two mobiles, SIM cards and some cash were recovered on Thursday night from Anil Jain and Tehal Singh lodged in ward No. 9. The duo had been put in solitary cells as punishment.
PATIALA
Meet : The national co-ordination committee of employees and engineers held a meeting on Friday and criticised the state government’s decision to implement the Electricity Act, 2003 which calls for the unbundling of various electricity boards including the Punjab State Electricity Board
(PSEB). A spokesman of the committee Karamchand Bhardwaj said if the government went ahead with its plans, transmission and distribution losses would increase significantly. Power tariff too would increase for all sections of consumers.
Uniforms distributed
: The DAV Public School management distributed uniforms and books to nearly 250 students of DAV school,
Kakrala, on Friday. The management also gave away quilts and other daily utility items to people of
Kularan, near Kakrala, on the Patiala-Samana road. Chief guest on the occasion was director of DAV schools Hans Raj Gandhar while P.P Sharma, regional director of Patiala and Jalandhar zones and principal of DAV Public School,
Kakrala, were also present.
Voter I-cards
: The district administration has urged the voters of Patiala town assembly segment to get their voter I-cards made from December 10 to 27. Booth level officers have been appointed at the booths which are as follows: Janka Dulari Arya Girls’ College, Khalsa College (east side), Government College for Girls, SD Senior Secondary School
(Arya Samaj), Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School (old Police Lines), Dhudial Khalsa Public School (old Bishan
Nagar), Khalsa College (west side), Guru Nanak Foundation School, Government Girls’ High School, Anardana Chowk and Shiv Ashram.
SANGRUR
Dhindsa inaugurates
three-day health mela: More than 1,650 patients were examined for various diseases by teams of expert doctors on the first day of a three-day Parivar Kalyan Awam Swasth Mela, which was inaugurated by MP from Sangrur Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa at the War Heroes Stadium here on Friday. The patients were also given medicines free of cost at the mela. The mela has been organised with the MP Local Area Development Funds, worth Rs 8
lakh.
TARN TARAN
Two killed in road
accident: Two persons died while seven others were injured in road accident near Ghurakwind village, 20 km from here, on Wednesday.All persons belonged to Akbarpur village from where they were going to Palasaur village near Tarn Taran to solemnise a sagan ceremony.The deceased have been identified as Hardev Singh (20) and his sister-in-law (brother’s wife) Sukhwinder Kaur (28), wife of Baljit Singh. Their jeep was hit by a tractor coming from the opposite side.
Woman sarpanch booked
for embezzling funds: Kulwinder Kaur, sarpanch of Boparai village, falling under Patti police station, has been booked for embezzling Rs 5.93 lakh of panchayat funds.The case has been registered on the statement of Block Development and Panchayat Officer
(BDPO), Patti.
