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Cops collect funds for ‘Jassi Nite’
Ludhiana, July 2
A show of popular Punjabi pop singer, Jasbir Jassi, scheduled to be held at Jagraon on July 14 is generating lot of heat with several persons levelling allegations that the Raikot police, which has certain office-bearers among the club organising the “Jassi Nite”, was “using its office” to collect funds for the show.
PSEB staff to gherao Parliament
Protest against privatisation of power boards
Ludhiana, July 2
Employees of the Punjab State Electricity Board will gherao Parliament on July 24 as part of the nationwide protest against the privatisation of state electricity boards. The gherao is being organised by the National Campaign Committee of Electricity Employees.
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Man shot dead outside
bank
Ludhiana, July 2
In a daring daylight robbery attempt, two unidentified robbers brandishing guns shot dead a youth, employed as a medical representative, outside the Bank of Baroda near Dholewal Chowk here this afternoon.
The robbers could not decamp with the cash as in a hurry they
snatched his bag containing medicines, thinking it to be full of
cash.
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| The scene outside Bank of Baroda in Ludhiana after the shooting incident on Monday. |
Another show-cause notice to PAU Prof
Ludhiana, July 2
Even as Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has given a clean chit to some teachers of Punjabi University, Patiala who were accused of violating service norms by speaking to the press and criticising the Vice Chancellor, not taking any cue from Patiala, the Punjab Agricultural University authorities continue to “gag the academician”.
Row over vice-presidential poll
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 2
The election to the post of vice-president of the Municipal Council, Sirhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, has given rise to a controversy with a group led by Dr Harbans Lal, Congress MLA, and supported by SHSAD councillors claiming that their candidate, Mr Rakesh Verma, was elected vice-president with 16 out of 28 members supporting his candidature, whereas the SAD-BJP group led by the council president, Mr Ashok Sood, claimed that the election was postponed as the election process could not be completed due to a scuffle among the members.
Two labourers held for murder
Ludhiana, July 2
The urge to teach a lesson to a man who was making advances to a female relative led to the murder of a labourer by two migrant labourers who strangulated him and later dumped the body in a vacant plot near Jagraon.
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