Publicise pro-farmer schemes: Minister

Chandigarh: At the first meeting of the Board of Directors, Punjab State Cooperative Agricultural Development Bank Ltd, Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa said they needed to work at the grassroots level so that their schemes got due publicity among farmers. TNS

Takht seeks arrest over cutting of hair

Amritsar: Akal Takht has demanded the arrest of a man accused of cutting of hair of a baptised Sikh at Dhariwal in Gurdaspur on Wednesday. Officiating Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh called it an attack on religious freedom of a Sikh. TNS

Farmer drowns as car falls into canal

Abohar: A farmer drowned after the car he was driving fell into the Dangarkhera sub-canal in Abohar on Wednesday. Rajwinder, 35, was returning to Kamalwala village from Malout and lost control of the vehicle. OC