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Farmers await labourers
Rajpura, June 19
Farmers in the state are finding it hard to even cultivate the paddy crop this season as the number of labourers coming from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have dwindled.
Farmers from various parts of the state can be seen making a beeline outside the Rajpura railway station in order to get hold of migrant labourers arriving here.
Farmers wait for migrant labourers outside the Rajpura railway station.
— A Tribune photograph
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Dist admn gears up to tackle floods
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 19
The district administration has taken all necessary steps, precautions and arrangements to tackle floods, said deputy commissioner Alaknanda
Dayal, while presiding over a meeting of district officials, here yesterday.
Refusal to pay ‘bribe’
Man thrashed, handed over to cops
Chandigarh, June 19
Even as
the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) bosses are busy making tall
claims of an image makeover, the staff down the line seems to be
hellbent on perpetuating their culture of greed and callousness. What
else can one explain the alleged thrashing of a poor farmer over his
refusal to grease the palms of officials of the PSEB.
Fake travel agents’ gang busted, 1 held
Duped six of Rs 58 lakh
Moga, June 19
The district police has claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of fake travel agents, involved in swindling of nearly Rs 58 lakh from six locals, by arresting a member of the gang here today.
NRI assaulted, hospitalised
Hoshiarpur, June 19
NRI Randeep Kaur was allegedly assaulted by deed writer Yadwinder Singh Bedi in the tehsil complex here this afternoon. She was admitted to the Civil Hospital.
Award for Pbi varsity professor
Patiala, June 19
The India International Friendship Society, New Delhi, had selected Dr Sukhdarshan Singh
Khehra, professor of law, Punjabi University, for the coveted 'Shiksha Rattan
Puraskar' for his services in the field of education, official sources disclosed, here today. The award will be presented on July 7 at a function being organised by the society.
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