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AMRITSAR Tractor hits train, one hurt: A tractor-trailer hit the Bandra Express today evening at Vallah level crossing here. The tractor driver was injured seriously. Senior police and railway officials reached the spot to probe. Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh, SSP, who was at the spot, said the gatekeeper had failed to close the gate, which led to the accident. The tractor driver was taken to hospital. Remembrance: The GS Sohan Singh Artist Memorial Trust on Saturday observed the 10th death anniversary of the painter, after whom the trust was named. Among his best art pieces, ‘Hemkund visualised’ depicted the Hemkund Sahib in the lofty ice peaks, where Guru Gobind Singh has shown in communion with the eternal Master. The trust aimed to set up a museum in the vicinity of the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, the Golden Temple complex. Chandigarh Hoshiarpur Jalandhar Ludhiana MALERKOTLA NABHA Blood donation camp: The Jan Sewa Society (Regd) organised a blood donation and eye check-up camp at Kakrala village. Dr Mahesh Ahuja and ophthalmic officer Hardeep Randhawa examined more than 500 patients and operated on 30 for cataract. Twentyfive volunteers donated blood in the camp. Civil Surgeon Kulddep Kaur Sahni and ACS Parshotam Goel appealed to people to donate eyes after death. SANGRUR Scholarship exam results: The district unit of the Democratic Teachers Front (DTF), Punjab, on Sunday declared results of scholarship examinations conducted by it on February 8 for students of classes V, VIII and X. District president of the DTF Tarsem Lal said 3,050 students appeared in the scholarship examinations this year. Gold medalist honoured: The local Sahara Foundation at a function here on Sunday honoured power-lifter Manjit Kaur of Ghabdan village (near Sangrur) for winning a gold medal in power-lifting in the All-India Inter University Competitions held at Vishakhapatnam recently. Foundation chairman Sarbjit Singh Raikhy said Manjit had won a gold medal in a power-lifting Asian championship held in Uzbekistan. ![]() |
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JAMMU Teenager hurt in explosion: A teenager got critically injured in detonator explosion in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police sources said. “The victim identified as Imran, 13, son of Khadim Hussain, resident of Dhariarlout, sustained injuries when a detonator he picked from the roadside exploded in his hand at Dhariarlout in Manjokote area,” the sources said. The PWD authorities in connection with some roadwork have exhausted the detonator, the police said, adding that the injured was shifted to the Government Medical College Hospital for treatment. SRINAGAR Regional potpourri
He has been seeking justice for over three years but none has been able to understand his agony.
Desperate to know his identity Sant Ram alias Harinder Singh, resident of Gurdaspur, sans means,has been fighting for his rights with help from some kind-hearted persons. Disappointed at the attitude of police officials and the the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC), Sant Ram has written to President of India, the Prime minister, Punjab Governor and other authorities, praying for justice. Earlier certain members of the commission helped Sant Ram identify his mother who turned out to be Sahi Shanti,a resident of
Sangrur. She had lost balance and was deserted by a few men in Amritsar. Shanti reportedly was rehabilitated in the After Care Home at Amritsar and later shifted to the State Protective Home, Jalandhar. Following directions of the PSHRC, the Jalandhar police deputed DSP Sharam Singh Uppal to look into the matter and report to the commission. The DSP said Sahi Shanti was sold by certain Sangrur-based men nearly 35 years ago. The woman was resold and purchased a couple of times following which Shanti lost her balance . In the meantime she gave birth to a child, Sant Ram. Sources said the police had also identified certain influential persons involved in the case who figured in DNA tests. Following the DSPs report, Sant Ram has requested for scrutiny of DNA tests to identify his biological father. Father of three daughters, Sant Ram wanted to know his identity after he was removed by Nirmal Singh, a resident of Ali Nangal village near Gurdaspur, after eight years of service. He was renamed Harinder Singh by Punjab Police cop Gurwinder Singh who allegedly smuggled him out of
Hoshiarpur-based juvenile home. Sant Ram worked as domestic help in Gurbinder Singh’s house. “My employers, Gurwinder Singh and his brother Nirmal Singh, attacked me when I demanded salary. They threw me out of their home. This shocked me and I decided to search for my parents,” Sant Ram claimed.
— Bipin Bhardwaj
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