Partner booked as financier ends life

Abohar/Sriganganagar: A business partner of a private financier in Sriganganagar has been booked for abetting suicide of Gaurav Gaur (38), who went missing and his body was found near the Indira Gandhi Canal Burji No. 803. The police have booked Nand Kishore Sarda on the statement of deceased’s brother. OC

Health director Dr Kang assumes charge

Chandigarh: Dr Andesh Kang on Wednesday assumed charge as the Health and Family Welfare Director. The postings of the three directors were changed. Giving details, spokesperson of the department said Dr Om Prakash Gojra assumed the charge of Health Services (Family Welfare) Director and Dr Gurinderbir Singh joined as the Health Services (ESI) Director. Tns

Battery-operated tricycles distributed to disabled

Ferozepur: Congress MLA Parminder Singh Pinki on Wednesday distributed battery operated tricycles to differently-abled persons belonging to the border district. “People must show sympathy and respect the differently-abled persons,” said Pinki. OC

Need to strengthen communal harmony: Bitta

Abohar/Sriganganagar: Maninder Jit Singh Bitta, All India Anti-Terrorist Front president and a former chief of the Indian Youth Congress, gave a call to strengthen communal harmony in the country. “Terrorism in various states in India and abroad had killed thousands of people, but political terrorism is more dangerous than militancy/terrorism,” he said. OC

Ameer Singh is PSGPC chief

Amritsar: The Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) unanimously elected Ameer Singh as its new president today after Satwant Singh resigned a year before his term was to be completed, citing personal reasons. Vikas Singh was elected as the PSGPC secretary general for a one-year term. — TNS