Amritsar: The Majitha police arrested Mahinder Singh of Nangal Punia village for “sexually assaulting” a young girl of the same village on Friday. The father of the victim stated in his complaint to the police that his 18-year-old daughter was alone at home when the accused, a neighbour, called her to his residence for making tea and resorted to indecency. A case under Section 354 of the IPC against him. TNS
Online leave
Amritsar: The Education Department has asked the district education officers across the state to ensure that all teaching and non-teaching employees apply for their leaves online through e-punjab school portal. With this, employees need not send hard-copy applications and await for long for approval. The project shall be handled by Jaskaran Singh, District Officer, Management Information System. TNS