BARNALA
Campaign: To celebrate the birth centenary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, a state-level rally will be organised at the grain market here on September 28.Revealing this at a press conference here on Saturday, octogenarian play writer Bhai Gursharn Singh Manna and convener of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Birth Anniversary Committee said the preparations were going on full scale.
Five booked: Five persons, Mukhtiar Singh and Jagdish Singh,brothers-in-law, Parmjeet Kaur, sister-in law, Chand Singh,father-in-law, and Sarbjeet Kaur, mother-in-law, were booked under Section 302, IPC, for the murder of the daughter-in-law here on Saturday. The deceased Gurmeet Kaur got married to Gurjant Singh of Cheema village about four years ago. When Gurjant Singh demanded his share of land from his family, a dispute arose among them.In his absence, his family allegedly killed the daughter-in-law with sharp-edged weapons. Gurmeet died on the spot.A case has been registered on a statement from Gurmeet’s family.
FARIDKOT
Burglar held: Harjinder Singh, alias Jinda of Machaki Khurd village, was arrested on Saturday and jewellery worth Rs 1.50 lakh was seized from his possession. He was involved in eight burglaries.
FEROZEPUR
Honoured: At a special function organised here, Pradeep
Dhingra, development officer with Oriental Insurance Company, was honoured by divisional manager V. K. Monga for generating premium of over Rs 1 crore for the past five consecutive years. In the current financial year too, Dhingra has collected a premium of Rs 1.37
crore.
Jalandhar
Ex-PEC director joins LPU as VC: A former director of Punjab Engineering College
(PEC), Chandigarh, Dr Vijay Gupta has been appointed as vice chancellor of Lovely Professional University. Dr Gupta is one of the pioneering academicians in the field of
technical education in the country and has been at the forefront of introducing modernity and innovative techniques in imparting professional education.
NAWANSHAHR
Tribute trouble: Hargopal Singh, former Balachaur MLA and general-secretary of BSP state unit, has accused the administration of not allowing him to pay tributes to martyrs of Babbar Akali Movement during a function held at Daulatpur village. In a statement here the BSP leader said every year, the shradhanjali samaroh was held to commemorate the death anniversary of martyr Babbar Karam Singh at Daulatpur village by the Babbar Karam Singh Memorial Trust.
PHAGWARA
Shobha yatra: A shobha yatra to mark the festival of janamashtami was organised by the dharmic samiti led by Dr Yogender Paul Sharma here on Saturday. The yatra started from Shri Mauni Baba temple and passed through tastefully-decorated main bazars and roads of the town. Punjab technical education minister Ch Swarana Ram took part in the shobha
yatra. Several tableaus on the life of Lord Krishna were displayed in the
yatra. Various bhajan mandlis also took part in the religious procession which concluded at the originating venue.
