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DTO's gunman beats up truck driver
Gurdaspur, January 5
The high-handedness of the Punjab Police once again was witnessed on the Gurdaspur-Mukerian road after a gunman of the district transport officer (DTO) thrashed a truck driver mercilessly and used abusive language.

Ludhiana Ring Road
Defence Ministry's clearance awaited
Ludhiana, January 5
The ring road project for the city, spelling respite to thousands of travellers in the crowded industrial town, has reached the desk of the Ministry of Defence for clearance.

Naib tehsildars working sans mandatory training
Chandigarh, January 5
How officers can hijack a system can be seen in the case of Revenue Department, where a large number of naib tehsidars have been working without doing the mandatory administrative training of 18 weeks at the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration.

FLAME OF DEVOTION

A woman lights candles on the parikarma of the Golden Temple to celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh on Saturday. - Photo by Vishal Kumar

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EARLIER STORIES

	SGPC asstt secy quits January 5, 2008
	Sukhbir threatens to knock at SC door January 4, 2008
	GND varsity gets 'A' Grade again January 3, 2008
	Thermal plant dyke breaches, plugged January 2, 2008
	Only 100 arrive by Samjhauta Express January 1, 2008
	Rajasansi airport set to expand runway December 31, 2007
	Enhance retirement age to 60, assn to govt December 30, 2007
	Samjhauta, Punj-Ab cancelled December 29, 2007
	Level at Pong dam lowest in 10 years December 28, 2007
	Shahi Imam issues fatwa against Aroosa December 27, 2007

POLITICS

Mohali Airport
Badal betrayed Punjab: SAD(A)
Sangrur, January 5
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) alleged today that Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had "stabbed in the back" of Punjab and Punjabis by accepting Haryana's equal partnership in the Mohali international airport.

COMMUNITY

A Tribune Exclusive
Plot within plot in mind of Shingaar blast accused
Ludhiana, January 5
Shingaar cinema blast accused and alleged terror trainer Gurpreet Singh had adopted the path of militancy to wash off a stigma on his family put by Babbar Khalsa International leaders during the militancy days in Punjab.

Hill chill beckons Amarinder, Aroosa
Patiala, January 5
Aroosa Alam, the famed Pakistani friend of Capt Amarinder Singh, has headed for the scenic Dochi-based farmhouse of her royal friend in Himachal Pradesh along with her three female and five male Pakistani friends.

Suffer power cuts for a month
Patiala, January 5
Lakhs of consumers facing long power cuts in rural and urban areas of Punjab are not likely to get any respite in the near future as the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has failed to get power from other states.

He helped govt get 300 cr, but got no award
Chandigarh, January 5
"I have gone through the contents of the enclosed note and would like that Madan Lal Garg, senior assistant, working in the Finance Budget-II branch of the Punjab Civil Secretariat, may be given a cash reward of Rs 51,000 out of the funds placed at my discretion and his services appreciated at the level of the chief secretary.

Don't appoint chairmen of trusts, corpns: Manch
Amritsar, January 5
The Amritsar Vikas Manch (AVM), an NGO led by Harbhajan Singh Gill, urged Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal not to appoint chairman of various Improvement Trusts and corporations as proposed by the government in view of financial constraints in the state.

COURTS

Land Rip-off Case
Ex-estate officer's role under VB scanner
Chandigarh, January 5
In a land rip-off, the Punjab government in 1991 allotted five kanal of prime commercial property for just over Rs 4 lakh to the owner of a petrol pump located on Chandigarh-Ludhiana road. The land was handed over for just Rs 170 per square yard, even though its value even then was anywhere between Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 per square yard.

CRIME

School land grab bid
Arrest of accused sought
Amritsar, January 5
The police should arrest the accused who were involved in the bid to grab the property of the 127-year-old Alexandra High School on Queens Road here.

Petrol station looted
Hoshiarpur, January 5
An armed robbery at a filling station at Chohal village took place today. According to police sources, at least five persons in a white Indica car went to the Khushi Ram and Sons petrol filling station at about 2.45 am.