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Amritsar: The SGPC has offered free medical aid for the injured.

SGPC offers free medical aid

Gobind Singh Longowal, SGPC, President.. File photo



Amritsar: The SGPC has offered free medical aid for the injured. Appealing to the victims to reach Sri Guru Ram Dass Hospital, SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal termed the incident as a result of sheer negligence of the administration that allowed illegal fire cracker units to operate. “Though no victim was admitted to our hospital, I assure them that we will treat them free of cost. The government should initiate steps to shift such factories out of the city limits,” he said. TNS

Move factories from residential areas: SAD

Chandigarh: SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has expressed anguish at the blast in Batala and demanded immediate enforcement of the SC directions on all firecracker factories. Minister Harsimrat Badal also expressed condolences with the bereaved families. They said the Congress government should direct all district officials to enforce safety regulations on firecracker factories, ensuring they did not operate in residential areas. TNS

Jassi murder: Order on mother’s bail plea reserved

Sangrur: A local court on Wednesday reserved its order for Thursday on the bail application of Malkiat Kaur Sidhu (70), who is accused of murdering her daughter Jaswinder Kaur alias Jassi in 2000. “After hearing the arguments, the court reserved its order for bail application of Malkiat Kaur for Thursday,” said Ashwani Chaudhary, counsel of complainant Sukhwinder Singh alias Mithu. TNS

Muktsar firm owner booked for Rs 2.37-crore fraud

Muktsar: Muktsar (City) police have booked the owners of Shakti Bhog Foods Limited and some other persons for allegedly committing a fraud of Rs 2.37 crore with a local commission agent. The complainant, Shaminder Singh, has alleged that the accused had purchased basmati from the local grain market in 2014-15 and gave him cheques worth Rs 2.37 crore, but these were dishonoured. A DSP-level officer conducted investigation and booked Kewal Krishan Kumar, his sons Sidharth and Divyarth, wife Sunanda, Yashpal Sharma, Rajiv Oberoi, Sumit Sagar and Tarun Kumar, all residents of Delhi. TNS

Dr Bahadur nominated med council member

Faridkot: Dr Raj Bahadur, Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, has been nominated member of the Medical Advisory Council (MAC), to be constituted under the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019. The MAC is to replace the Medical Council of India to usher in mega reforms in the medical education sector. Last month, the Union Health Ministry had written to state medical councils to nominate representatives for the composition of MAC. TNS

Harjinder Thekedar is BACKFINCO Chairman

Chandigarh: Harjinder Singh Thekedar on Wednesday assumed charge as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Land Development and Finance Corporation (BACKFINCO) and Muhammad Gulab as Vice-Chairman. After assuming their charge, the Chairman and Vice Chairman reiterated that they would work for the development of the backward classes. TNS

Rs 97 crore released towards VAT, GST refunds

Chandigarh: The Finance Department has released Rs 97 crore to the Industry Department, Punjab, on account of GST and VAT refunds. Industry Minister Sunder Sham Arora in a press communiqué said out of these refunds, Rs 70 crore has been sanctioned for GST and Rs 27 crore for VAT refunds. He added that the refunds had been released for the period till August 31, 2019. TNS

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