Sarpanch escapes unhurt in firing

Tarn Tarn: Partap Singh, sarpanch of Machhike village, on Monday escaped unhurt after shots were fired at him by a resident, Jugraj Singh of the same village. The sarpanch in his complaint to the Khemkaran police said Jugraj opened fire at him in fields. However, he escaped unhurt. He said the suspect was perturbed over installing interlocking tiles in streets. The police have registered a case. OC

Local DAV unit of PCCTU elected

Amritsar: As per the directive of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU), a local unit in DAV College was elected on Monday. Teachers from various faculties have been elected for the unit. Gurdas Singh Sekhon has been elected as the president, BB Yadav is secretary, staff council, Prof GS Sidhu is the vice-president, Munish Gupta is the unit secretary, Dr Malkiat Singh is the joint secretary and Prof Rajesh Mittu is the finance secretary. For the executive committee, Prof Vikram Sharma, Prof Ullas Chopra, Dr Vikram Chaudhary, Dr Ritu Arora and Prof Puneet Sharma have been elected. Prof Ravi Sharma and Dr Kiran Khanna have been elected as the members of the Amalgamated Fund Committee. TNS