Govt declares holiday on Parshuram Jayanti
Chandigarh: The state government has declared Bhagwan Parshuram Jayanti on April 26 as a gazetted holiday. Sabha leaders have been demanding a holiday on Parshuram Jayanti since 2017. The Congress government had cut a number of holidays, including Parshuram Jayanti, after taking over from the SAD-BJP government. Dr Vikram Sharma, president, Dargesh Sharma, working president, and Behari Lal Saddi, general secretary, of the Brahman Sabha, thanked the government for this decision. tns
Markfed signs deal with Hindustan Unilever Ltd
Chandigarh: Markfed has entered into an agreement with Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) for the supply of fast moving consumer goods. Varun Roojam, IAS Managing Director, Markfed, and an officer of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. signed the agreement here on Monday. This will ensure the availability of all Markfed products at retail outlets shortly, said a government spokesperson. TNS
SDO booked for sending obscene video to woman
Muktsar: The Gidderbaha police on Sunday booked an SDO of the Water Supply Department for allegedly sending an obscene video to a woman of Daula village here. The accused, Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, is currently posted at Ludhiana. He is, however, yet to be arrested. TNS
Fazilka student dies in road accident
Fazilka: Student Sukhwinder Singh (17), a resident of Chack Hamid Saidoke village, was killed a in road accident. Sukhwinder Singh’s father Sucha Singh said his son was going on a bicycle from a village to the ITI, Jalalabad, when he was hit by a tractor-trailer coming from the opposite direction. Sukhwinder was shifted to the Civil Hospital from where he was referred to the medical college in Faridkot where he died. OC
Stop threatening cops: Bir Devinder to Sukhbir
Fatehgarh Sahib: Akali Dal president Sukhbir Badal should stop threatening police officers that he would put them in jail after becoming the CM as “he is living in fool’s paradise that he is going to become the CM again”, said Bir Devinder Singh, former Deputy Speaker . OC
