Use e-learning platforms: SGPC

Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday held a meeting with teachers of various schools and colleges in the Majha and Doaba regions and directed them to complete the syllabus using e-learning platforms. The teachers were told to get in touch with students digitally and apprise them of the Sikh history, ‘rehat maryada’ and culture. The SGPC had initiated a special online ‘Dharam parchar’ course and deputed 276 preachers to take classes on Gurbani, Sikh history and ‘rehat maryada’. The classes are being provided free of cost. Manjit Singh Batth, secretary, Dharam Parchar, said as physical classes could not be conducted in view of the restrictions in place, so schools and colleges had been instructed to impart religious studies on video-conferencing platforms. TNS

Two held for seeking ransom

Amritsar: The police have arrested two persons for allegedly threatening Ricky Bhalla, a liquor contractor, and demanding ransom at gunpoint. The suspects were identified as Harsimran Singh alias Simmu of Kishangarh Colony and Rikshit Shaini of Hansli Wali Gali. In his complaint to the police, Bhalla has alleged that the suspects called him from different numbers to demand ransom. He said around 9 pm on Thursday, the suspects intercepted his scooter and again threatened him at gunpoint. As people started gathering, they fled away from the spot, he said. The police have registered a case and launched probe. It was being alleged that the suspects were associates of a notorious gangster but the police were verifying the facts. TNS

Unidentified body found

Tarn Taran: The Government Railway Police found the body of some unidentified person near the railway station, Bhagtanwala, 20 km from here, on Friday. ASI Sukhminder Singh, in-charge of the post, said the body seemed to be of around a 35-year-old clean-shaven man with wheatish colour. The ASI said the body would be kept in the mortuary of the local Civil Hospital for 72 hours for identification and after that if it remained unclaimed it would be cremated at the local cremation ground with the help of the municipal council. OC