AMRITSAR
Accident: A private bus knocked down a
cyclist Mr Ram Nath Yadav on the Ajnala road near
Radar station. He died on the spot while his wife
Lakshmi Devi was admitted to the hospital. The
Civil lines police has impounded the bus. The
driver and conductor were absconding. According
to the ASP, Ms Vibhuraj, an FIR has been
registered against the accused. FEROZEPORE
Relay fast: A first batch of 25 members
of the district unit of Mulazam Sangharsh
Committee, Punjab sat on fast outside the office
of the Deputy Commissioner, here on Monday. Mr
Kulwant Singh Lehri Convener of the committee
demanded among other things, promotional scale
after four, nine and 14 years and of the service
and regularisation of Ad hoc worker's and daily
wage workers.
HOSHIARPUR
Flood control: Measures have been taken
to control the floods during the monsoon in the
district. This was disclosed by Mr Iqbal Singh
Sidhu, Deputy Commissioner, here on Monday. He
said control rooms at district and sub-divisional
levels would start functioning from July. The
SDMs have been directed to identify safer places
in their respective areas to shift the populace.
Civil Surgeons and the Deputy Director Animal
Husbandry Department have been directed to
procure medicines and fodder for supplying them
to the affected areas during floods. Similarly
the Civil Supplies Department has also been
instructed to stock essential commodities.
Agitation:
Resentment prevails among the employees
of Kandi Canal against the District Treasury
Authorities for not releasing the Letter of
Credit due to which they have not received their
salaries since October 1998. More than 250
employees were sitting idle for about two years
since the completion of first phase of Kandi
Canal.
LUDHIANA
One arrested: The police has arrested
Kishore for allegedly sending persons abroad,
illegally. In an FIR, Nirmal Singh one of the
victim said the accused had taken Rs 90,000 from
him to get him settled in Malaysia. He was ,
however, arrested on Malaysian border and sent to
a jail there, for six months.
PHAGWARA
Arrested: A police naka at Bein bridge
at Duggan village nabbed Dara Singh and recovered
from his possession a 12 bore pistol and two
cartridges. He was booked under Sections 25, 54,
59 of the Arms Act. He belongs to Barn village
under the Sadar police station.
ROPAR
Thieves arrested: Three burglars, Avtar
Kumar, Joginder Pal and Vimal Kumar, were
arrested on Monday by the Anandpur Sahib police
while they were trying to decamp with valuable
articles from the house of Mr Paramjit Singh. Mr
Jaskaran Singh, SSP, seized valuables worth Rs
1.05 lakh from them. 
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