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Amritsar
COURSE: The Deputy Director, Army Welfare, Lt Col S.P. Singh, on Monday said a pre-recruitment course would be started for wards of ex-Army officers and their widows from September 25. He said the minimum eligibility for applicants in the general category was 45 per cent marks and 33 per cent for the Schedule Castes in Matriculation examination respectively. Accommodation would be provided to outstation students.
Fatehgarh Sahib
GOVT FLAYED: Capt Kanwaljit Singh, former Finance Minister, said here on Tuesday that the Congress government in the state had failed on all fronts and people were fed up with it.
Fazilka
VISIT: Ms Sabinder Lamba, president, Army Wives Welfare Association
(AWWA), Sudarshan Chakra Division, visited Fazilka Military Station on Monday. Ms Balwinder Kaur Sandhu, president, local
AWWA, appraised various welfare projects carried by the AWWA and the medical facilities being provided to the families of the Army personnel.
Kot Kapura
NO SEWERAGE: The Municipal Council has made no arrangements for sewage disposal in Indira Colony on the Jalaleana road forcing its residents to take up the work on their own. The residents of the colony said they had been facing the problem for the past several months. The residents rued that the sewage water flowed in front of their entrances and they had to dispose it before leaving for work. CRUSHED: Simranjeet Singh (7) was killed and his brother Satnam Singh (10) injured when a tractor-trailer ran over them on the Deviwala road here on Monday. Sources said that the kids were on the way to Prem Nagar on a cycle when the vehicle coming from the opposite direction hit them. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested.
Moga
BOOKED: The police has registered a case under Sections 323, 324, 148 and 149 of the IPC against lady constable Archana Chauhan and four others, Parveen Kaur, Sheela, Raja, and Channa Singh, for allegedly assaulting Mr John Christopher and his son Pankaj over a land dispute. KILLED: Goldy, a wholesale vegetable trader, was killed and Balwinder Singh was injured when a Canter in which they were travelling over turned after one of its tyres burst near Singhawala village here on Monday. SENTENCED: Additional District and Sessions Judge Sukhdev Singh has convicted four persons in a case of kidnapping and rape. While the main accused, Karamjeet Singh, was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment with a fine of Rs 10,000, the others including a woman, Jagir Kaur, were sentenced to seven-year imprisonment with a fine of Rs 5,000 each. VOTERS’ LIST: The work to revise the voters’ list in the district will begin on Wednesday. According to a press release, those willing to get their names included in the list could fill the requisite forms for their claims and objections. A special drive would be launched on September 18 and 19 and October 9 and 10 to guide the public. Nawanshahr
PROTEST MARCH: The district unit of the Dehati Mazdoor Sabha, Punjab, held a protest march from the local railway station to the office of the Deputy Commissioner and staged a dharna and rally on Monday. They were protesting against the anti-labour and anti-poor policies of the state government. Mr Baldev Nurpuri, state vice- president of the sabha, said the government had withdrawn the facilities like pensions, shagun scheme, 150 units of free electricity and stipends. Mr Harpal Singh Jagatpur, Mr Sohan Singh Slempuri, Mr Sarup Singh Rahon, among others also addressed the rally. Pathankot
ELECTED: Mr Vibhuti Sharma of the Congress was elected senior vice-president of the Pathankot Municipal Council here on Monday. AWARD: Young scientist Priyanka Guleria, a student of local Him Shikha High School, has been conferred with the “excellent award” for her unique project “Herbal pesticides for storage of grains”. President of India, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, conferred the award on Priyanka at Rashtrapati Bhavan recently. Sangrur
ARRESTED: A police party of the NDPS Act Cell, led by Mr Jagjit Singh, arrested Ved Parkash and seized 1.5 kg of charas and 500 gm of opium near the Haripura Basti here on Monday. A case has been registered. Tarn Taran
BOOKED: The Border Security Force has arrested Mohammad Saheen, a resident of Harishpur, Chhitagong district, from Kulwant post falling under the Valtoha police station after he crossed over the border from Pakistan. A case has been registered.

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