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Chandigarh, Mar 23 :  Hours after announcing a curfew in Punjab to combat coronavirus, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said he was forced to take the extreme measure in the "larger interest" of the state.

Appealing to the people to voluntarily adhere to the curfew imposed to tackle the prevailing "war-like situation", Singh also warned of strict action against the violators.

The Punjab government on Monday clamped a curfew to fight coronavirus, making it the first state to take the drastic measure after finding that many people were ignoring the state-wide lockdown ordered by it.

In a video message addressing the people of Punjab, the chief minister said he was forced to take the stringent step "in the larger interest of the state, and in the interest of all of you", as he had received reports that people were moving around normally in towns, mohallas and cities defying the lockdown that took into effect on Monday morning.

He appealed to the people for their cooperation and said the violation of the lockdown by them was "unacceptable" and it was the responsibility of his government, and his duty as its head, to "save Punjab".

Making it clear that the curfew would be continuous, spanning 24 hours a day, the chief minister, in a statement here, said only those with emergent needs would be allowed to go out, after taking due permission from their respective Deputy Commissioners. The mobile numbers of DCs would be shared with the public.

Difficult decisions need to be taken in difficult times, Singh said, adding it had become necessary to impose and enforce curfew to "survive these tough times".

"Please listen to me, and bear with me," he appealed to the people, emphasising that "We must work shoulder to shoulder to fend off the crisis we are all facing".

"We must save our state, our people; we have children, families," the chief minister said, adding that as a small state, it was all the more reason for Punjab to take all possible steps "to preserve our population and ensure that everyone lives happily for years to come."

Punjab reported 21 positive coronavirus cases till Monday morning.
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Chandigarh, Mar 22 :  With Chandigarh reporting six positive cases of COVID-19, the Union Territory Administration on Sunday ordered a lockdown imposing restrictions till March 31 including suspension of public transport to prevent spread of the infection.

Till 31st March, all non-essential establishments including Offices, Schools, Colleges, factories and other business establishments shall remain closed. All public transport shall also remain suspended, said an official statement here.

All are also advised to stay indoors and not to come out unless there is urgency, it said.

However, essential services including vegetable shops, ration shops, chemists etc shall remain open, it said.

The statement said that people are advised not to believe in rumours and take all preventive steps as being communicated from time to time by authorities concerned.

Earlier in the day, the Congress government in Punjab announced its decision to enforce lockdown in the entire state till March 31 in the wake of the threat of coronavirus outbreak.

Ordered statewide lock down till 31st March to check spread of Covid 19, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh tweeted.

He informed that all essential and government services would continue during the lockdown in Punjab, where 14 have so far tested positive for COVID-19.
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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh


Chandigarh, Jan 29 :  Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday underlined the need for high-end equipment for security forces to detect drones used by Pakistan to smuggle weapons into the border state.

The issue was discussed during a meeting convened by the CM with Congress MPs from both the Houses and to discuss budget proposals for the next fiscal and issues pending with the Centre, a government statement said.

On the Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal issue, Singh asked the MPs to push for amendment in the Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill 2019, pending in Rajya Sabha, to protect Punjab's water resources, it said.

The bill seeks to expedite and streamline resolution of inter-state water disputes through a single central tribunal instead of the existing numerous ones.

The linking of the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers through a canal has been a contentious issue between Punjab and Haryana. Punjab wants a reassessment of the volume of water in Ravi and Beas rivers while Haryana seeks completion of the SYL canal to get its share of 3.5 million acre feet of the river waters.

Last week, an all-party meeting in Punjab called for a new tribunal to assess river water availability. Saying that Punjab does not have surplus water, the parties urged the Centre to ensure that the river water from the state is not transferred to non-basin areas.

During the meeting, the CM also expressed concern over the increase in activities by the Pakistani spy agency ISI near the borders and reiterated the need for developing infrastructure that can detect various kinds of drones.

Singh said he had written to the Ministry of Home Affairs back in August 2019, when the first instance of use of suspicious drones came to light.

A GPS-fitted drone was detected to have dropped weapons and money in August last year. Earlier this month, Punjab Police found two drones used for smuggling drugs from Pakistan.

During the meeting, it was also decided that Punjab Congress MPs would urge the Centre to immediately lift food grains from the state in the wake of shortage of storage facilities and tardy procurement of wheat and rice by central agencies.

The statement said 140 lakh metric tonnes of wheat and 95 LMT of rice belonging to the central pool are currently stored in the state.

As much as 70 LMT of wheat is lying in the open (covered area plinth), including 16 LMT wheat purchased under relaxed specifications (URS) during 2019-20 and 10 LMT wheat procured in 2018-19.

The MPs urged the Punjab CM to approach the prime minister over the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices' reported recommendation to review MSP policy, dubbing it a "serious threat" to the state's farmers.

Any change in minimum support price procurement policy will adversely impact Punjab's economy, they felt, expressing the fear that the Centre would limit procurement as the first step towards putting an end to MSP purchase.

Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar said all MPs should take up in Parliament the issue of the delayed SGPC elections "to break the stranglehold of the Akalis". The tenure of the current SGPC ended in 2016.
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Chandigarh, Jun 21 :  The maximum temperatures on Friday hovered close to the normal limits in Haryana and Punjab, a MeT department official said.

In Haryana, Ambala recorded a high of 38.4 degrees Celsius, Karnal settled at 38 degrees, Hisar recorded 37.5 degrees and Narnaul's maximum temperature settled at 36 degrees, he said.

Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a maximum of 38.2 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said.

Likewise, Amritsar in Punjab recorded a maximum temperature of 38.2 degrees Celsius, Patiala settled at 37.4 degrees and Ludhiana at 36 degrees, the official said.            [Agencies]
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Chandigarh, Feb 21 :  Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday said that his successor Amarinder Singh's only aim was to put him behind bars.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch was reacting to the chief minister's address in the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday wherein he vowed to punish those guilty of the "horrendous" 2015 sacrilege incidents in the state.

"I am prepared to go to jail as their (state government) only aim is to arrest me... I am not afraid of being arrested," the five-time chief minister told media here.

"After reading what Amarinder had said in the assembly, I straightaway came from my village to Chandigarh... I told the DGP that I am available for arrest... I am prepared to go to any jail in the country," Badal said, adding that his fight against the policies of the Congress would continue.

Winding up the discussion on the Governor's address in the ongoing Punjab budget session here, Singh spoke on incidents of sacrilege of religious texts and said that they occurred because of the "failure of the law and order system" during the SAD regime.

"What was that (sacrilege incidents). It was a failure of the law and order system," Singh had said while pointing out that the Badal government had failed to accept even their own Commission's report into the sacrilege incidents.

Amarinder had further informed the House that the Special Investigative Team formed to probe sacrilege and police firing incidents was doing its work and that he would take the findings of the Ranjit Singh Commission report to their logical conclusion.

However, Badal termed the SIT and the Commission set up by the Congress government as a "drama" and asserted: "Amarinder's only goal is to put me in jail." 

The SAD leader further said that the Congress wanted to take control of the Sikh shrines in the state.

"A person who is CM should keep himself away from such things," he added.

However, if there were any shortcomings in the probe of sacrilege incidents by the SAD-BJP combine government, then I apologise for it, Badal said further.

On February 18, the SIT probing the police firing at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura on anti-sacrilege protesters, had arrested Inspector General Paramraj Singh Umranangal on the basis of evidence that he was in command and the procedure adopted to open fire was not correct.

Two persons were killed in the police firing in Behbal Kalan of Faridkot district.

The SIT set up to probe the case had last month arrested former Moga district police chief SSP Charanjit Singh Sharma who led a police party that allegedly opened fire at the anti-sacrilege protesters.

Sharma's arrest was the first in the case after SIT was formed last year after his name was added along with other police officers in an FIR registered at the Baja Khana Police Station in Faridkot for murder and attempt to murder.

Their names were added on recommendations of the Ranjit Singh commission report.

The state government had formed a five-member SIT, headed by Prabodh Kumar, Director, Bureau of Investigations (BOI), to probe sacrilege and related police firing incidents.              [Agencies]
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Chandigarh, Feb 16 :  The Shiromani Akali Dal Saturday asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to expel Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu from the party for calling for dialogue with Pakistan even after the Pulwama terrorist attack in which 40 CRPF jawans died.

Though Sidhu had condemned the "cowardly" attack by a Pakistan-based terror group, he had also called for dialogue to find a "permanent solution" to end the bloodshed.

Sidhu, who had attended the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan as Pakistan prime minister last year, had said, "For a handful of people, can you blame the entire nation and can you blame an individual?" 

SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia said if the Congress president does not sack Sidhu, it would mean his statement was "made at the direction of Rahul Gandhi".

"I want to ask Rahul Gandhi if he will sit quietly... Every patriotic Indian is asking if Rahul will respect their wishes and rise above politics. Sidhu should be sacked promptly," he said.

The Akali leader said the credibility of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was also on test.

"Punjabis are eager to know whether the words he (Singh) uttered in Vidhan Sabha yesterday about the stooges of Pakistan army chief are true. If so, the CM should not wait for Rahul Gandhi's assent to remove Sidhu from his cabinet," said Majithia.

"Navjot Sidhu apparently does not know even now that Pakistan is the fountainhead of terrorism. Even the US has condemned the Pulwama attack and said on record that it was conducted by Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad," he said.

Groups like Jaish were also responsible for Pathankot, Deenanagar and Uri attacks, the Akali leader said.                                PTI
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Chandigarh, Jan 16 :  Punjab Congress on Wednesday suspended its MLA from Zira from the party on the charge of indiscipline, days after his public outburst at an event. 

The state unit had earlier issued a show cause notice the legislator Kulbir Singh Zira after he had alleged inaction against contractors selling illicit liquor.

"Kulbir Singh Zira has been suspended from the primary membership of the party for indiscipline," Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar told reporters here on Wednesday. 

Jakhar said Zira should not have aired his grievance at a public function. He could have raised his matter at party forum.

On January 12, Zira had left his party embarrassed after he boycotted a district level function in protest against alleged inaction against contractors selling illicit liquor in Ferozepur.

He had even accused some police officers including one of an IG rank of being in cahoots with such liquor contractors.                                   PTI
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Chandigarh, Jan 12 : Five persons were killed after a tractor trolley overturned in Punjab's Amritsar district on Saturday, the police said.

The incident took place in the morning at Vallah in Amritsar district when the tractor trolley carrying labourers was on its way to a construction site, Amritsar Assistant Commissioner of Police Jaspreet Singh.

The front wheel of the tractor got dislodged and it overturned near a canal, he added.

The police suspect that construction material including heavy iron pipes, which were being transported in the trolley when it overturned, may have inflicted serious injuries on the labourers leading to their deaths.             PTI
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Ferozepur, Jan 11 : A farmer has killed his wife and two children at Armanpura village in the border district here, police said Friday.

Accused Paramjit Singh Pamma, who owned six acres of land, was allegedly in debt, police said, adding that Pamma has been absconding after committing the crime on Thursday .

He killed his wife Pinder Kaur (35), and two children -- an 11-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy -- while they were sleeping, police said.

The matter is under investigation, officials said.            PTI
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Chandigarh, Jan 11 : Cold weather conditions continued in most parts of Punjab and Haryana even though there was slight improvement in night temperature in some areas, the weather department said Friday.

Gurdaspur in Punjab was the coldest place in the region with a minimum temperature of 3.9 degrees Celsius, an official said.

In Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala braved cold weather conditions at 9.2 degrees Celsius, 7.2 degrees Celsius and 8.6 degrees Celsius respectively.

While, the minimum temperature in Pathankot settled at 7 degrees Celsius, it was 9.1 degrees Celsius in Halwara, 5.5 degrees Celsius in Adampur, 9 degrees Celsius in Bathinda and 9.2 degrees Celsius in Faridkot, the weatherman said.

The Union Territory of Chandigarh recorded a low of 8.2 degrees Celsius.

In Haryana, Ambala recorded a low of at 8.7 degrees Celsius, Hisar 6.2 degrees Celsius and Karnal 6.6 degrees Celsius.

Rohtak, Bhiwani and Sirsa recorded their minimums at 5.8 degrees Celsius, 6.3 degrees Celsius and 8.8 degrees Celsius respectively.

Commuters faced inconvenience due to low visibility caused by fog at a few places, including Ludhiana, Hisar and Ambala.            PTI
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Punjab and Haryana braved cold weather conditions Saturday, with the Met Department recording Adampur the coldest place in the region at 3 degrees Celsius. Bathinda (3.5), Pathankot (5), Amritsar (5.6), Ludhiana (7.9) and Patiala (8.6) districts of Punjab had a cold start to the day. Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded a minimum of 6.8 degrees Celsius.


Chandigarh, Dec 15 (PTI) Punjab and Haryana braved cold weather conditions Saturday, with the Met Department recording Adampur the coldest place in the region at 3 degrees Celsius.

Bathinda (3.5), Pathankot (5), Amritsar (5.6), Ludhiana (7.9) and Patiala (8.6) districts of Punjab had a cold start to the day.

Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded a minimum of 6.8 degrees Celsius.

In Haryana, Hisar and Karnal recorded the minimum temperature at 7 and 6.4 degrees Celsius. Ambala had a low of 8.3 degrees Celsius and Narnaul 4.6 degrees Celsius.

Fog reduced visibility at several places including Ludhiana, an official said.


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The temperatures dropped at many places in Punjab and Haryana Thursday, a day after rains lashed the two states. Bathinda in Punjab was the coldest place in the two states recording a minimum temperature of 4.3 degrees Celsius. Rains lashed several places in the two states, including Chandigarh, Wednesday, a Meteorological (MeT) Department official said here.


Chandigarh, Dec 13 (PTI) The temperatures dropped at many places in Punjab and Haryana Thursday, a day after rains lashed the two states.

Bathinda in Punjab was the coldest place in the two states recording a minimum temperature of 4.3 degrees Celsius.

Rains lashed several places in the two states, including Chandigarh, Wednesday, a Meteorological (MeT) Department official said here.

He said many places in Haryana and Punjab received rains during the night too.

Halwara 5.3 degrees Celsius, Faridkot 6 degrees Celsius, Adampur 6.5 degrees Celsius, Amritsar 6 degrees Celsius and Ludhiana 6.2 degrees Celsius too experienced a cold night.

However, the minimum temperatures in Patiala 9.6 degrees Celsius, Pathankot 11.2 degrees Celsius and Gurdaspur 8 degrees Celsius settled within the normal limits, he said.

In Haryana, Hisar experienced a cold night recording a low of 7.9 degrees Celsius, Sirsa 7.2 rees Celsius and Narnaul 7.2 degrees Celsius also recorded below normal minimums.

Ambala 10 degrees Celsius, Karnal 9 degrees Celsius, Bhiwani 10.4 degrees Celsius and Rohtak 11 degrees Celsius recorded above normal minimums.

Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a minimum temperature of 9.7 degrees Celsius.

Meanwhile, after the rains, the maximum temperatures at most places in the two states dropped sharply Wednesday.

Patiala in Punjab had recorded a maximum temperature of 13.6 degrees Celsius, eight notches below normal limits. 

Karnal in Haryana had registered a maximum of 18 degrees Celsius, down four notches while Chandigarh's maximum had settled at 16.3 degrees Celsius, six degrees below normal limits.


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The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed the Director Generals of Police (DGPs) of Punjab and Haryana to continue in office till January 31.


New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed the Director Generals of Police (DGPs) of Punjab and Haryana to continue in office till January 31.

The police chiefs -- Suresh Arora (Punjab) and B S Sandhu (Haryana) -- were due to retire on December 31.

The Punjab and Haryana governments moved the apex court recently, seeking modification of its earlier order directing states to mandatorily take the assistance of the UPSC in shortlisting the names for appointing DGP. 

The states had said they have enacted separate laws for the selection and appointment of police chiefs.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it will hear their pleas seeking modification of the January 8 order and allowed the current DGPs to continue in office till January 31. 

The top court had on July 3 this year passed a slew of directions on police reforms in the country and chronicled the steps for appointment of regular DGPs. 

It had said the states will have to send a list of senior police officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) at least three months prior to the retirement of the incumbent. 

The commission will then prepare a panel and inform the states, which in turn will immediately appoint one of the persons from that list, the apex court had said.


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Chandigarh, Sep 24: Punjab government Monday issued a 'red alert' in the wake of heavy rain in the state and has asked district authorities to maintain vigil, an official said.

Chief minister Amarinder Singh has also called a meeting of senior officers Monday to review arrangements to deal with flood-like situations, a spokesman of the Chief Minister's Office said here.

"Red alert has been issued in view of incessant rain in the state", he said.

District administrations have been asked to maintain constant vigil in view of rain, the spokesman said.

Punjab has been witnessing widespread rain for the last two days and the downpour continued Monday, prompting state authorities to review preparations to tackle flood-like situations.

District control rooms have been activated for fast response and the Army has also been alerted, the spokesman said.

"The Army has been requested for standby," he said.

District authorities in catchment areas of rivers have been asked to make sufficient arrangements of boats for any rescue operation, the spokesman said. (PTI)

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Chandigarh, Sep 19: Asserting that his hug to Pakistan's army chief has been blown out of proportion, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu targeted the BJP on Wednesday saying it was just a "jhappi" (hug) and "not a Rafale deal".

The cricketer-turned-politician's Congress party has been attacking the BJP-led government at the Centre over the Rafale fighter jet deal and alleged a scam worth several crore rupees in the matter.

After Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the gesture was demoralising for soldiers in India, Sidhu told a group of journalists, "You start raking up this issue again. Sidhu has become such an important person that the defence minister makes a statement...It was just a 'jhappi' (hug)...It is not a conspiracy, 'jhappi' is not Rafale deal, 'jhappi' is not firing bullets at Gursikhs."

"You are not talking about sentiments of Sikhs and you have blown the one-second emotional hug out of proportion. Is it a conspiracy?" he asked.

On Tuesday, Sitharaman said that Sidhu's gesture of hugging Pakistan's army chief impacted soldiers back home and asserted that the Punjab minister could have "avoided it".

Sidhu courted controversy by hugging Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa during his visit to Pakistan for the swearing-in of Imran Khan as Prime Minister last month. Khan is a former Pakistani cricketer.

Sidhu asked whether players will not shake hands when a cricket match takes place between India and Pakistan. "Do not shake hands when there is going to be a cricket match between India and Pakistan. Will you not shake hands? If Pakistan PM, who is a good man and had played several matches here, shakes hands with Indian team or hugs player like Virat (Kohli), will he show his back to him," he said.

He had earlier said that he hugged Bajwa after he told him that Pakistan would open the Kartarpur border for Sikhs from India's Punjab to visit to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan.

Lambasting the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), an ally of the BJP, Sidhu said it was "frustrated" and accused the party of creating hurdles in the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara corridor issue.

"Be partner in this good work. Why are you creating hurdles in it," said Sidhu while criticising Akali Dal leaders without naming them.

"What am I saying is that just get a letter written (from Centre to Pakistan over passage issue) and get it released," he said, adding that Pakistan had already shown positive intent on this issue.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday had attacked Sidhu, accusing him of lying to people on the matter. Sukhbir had called Sidhu as the "biggest traitor" of the country for embracing the Pakistan Army chief. (PTI)
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Chandigarh, Sep 19: Polling to the zila parishads and panchayat samitis began in Punjab on Wednesday morning amid tight security arrangements.

The voting commenced at 8 am and will continue till 4 pm, officials said.

A total of 354 zila parishad members and 2,900 panchayat samiti members were going to be elected in these polls, they added.

There are 22 zila parishads and 150 panchayat samitis in the state.

Thirty three candidates were earlier elected unopposed to various zila parishads and 369 nominees were declared elected unopposed to the panchayat samitis.

There are a total of 1,27,87,395 registered voters, comprising 60,99,053 women and 97 third-gender voters.

The counting of votes will take place on September 22.

A total of 17,268 polling booths have been set up in the state and 35 observers have been appointed to ensure a peaceful election.

Around 50,000 Punjab Police personnel have been deployed across the state in view of the polls.

While the ruling Congress is claiming a "clean sweep" in the local body polls, both the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition and the Aam Aadmi Party are also optimistic about their victory, "provided the State Election Commission ensures a free-and-fair election".

However, the opposition parties had on Tuesday expressed the fear of "large-scale booth capturing" allegedly at the behest of Congress workers. They had claimed that the ruling party wanted to win these polls "by hook or by crook".

With the Congress being touted as the favourite to win the zila parishads and panchayat samitis after a gap of 10 years, the main contest will remain between the ruling party and the SAD-BJP alliance. (PTI)
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Ludhiana, Sep 15: A court here has sentenced a man to death for killing his cousin and her mother in 2013.

The court of Additional Sessions Judge Arunvir Vashishtha pronounced the verdict on Friday.

The court in its order said the convict, Rishu Grover, "be hanged till death" for the crime.

Grover (30) had killed Heena Grover (22) and her mother Usha Rani (55) on the intervening night of May 21 and 22 in 2013 at their residence in Mohalla Fatehgunj near Baba Than Singh Chowk here in the heart of the city.

According to an FIR, Rishu and Heena were in a relationship and the accused was infuriated over Heena's marriage getting fixed with someone else.

After committing the crime, he managed to escape with cash and jewellery, as per the FIR. (PTI)
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Amritsar, Sep 15: A 23-year-old woman suffered severe burn injuries when two unidentified masked men allegedly threw acid on her at Thoba village, police said Saturday.

The incident occurred on Friday when the woman, a student of Bed, was returning from college when two motorcycle-borne men chased her after she got down from the bus at the village, nearly twenty 25 km from here, they said.

The accused fled from the spot after the incident, police said.

Some passersby immediately admitted her to a village hospital from where she was referred to Amritsar Government Guru Nanak Hospital, they said.

A case has been registered against the unidentified accused under section 326 A of the Indian Penal Code for wilfully causing grievous injuries by acid. (PTI)

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Phagwara, Aug 30: A cleaner of a pick up van died in a road mishap here, police said today.

Police identified the deceased as Mohammed Sajid, 30, a resident of Focal Point area in Ludhiana. Sajid was the van's cleaner, they said.

When moving on National Highway 1 near Chachoki village on the outskirts of Phagwara, yesterday, the van's tyre burst, police said.

Sajid, who was sitting in the rear end of the vehicle, fell as the van moved out of control, the police said, adding that he died on the spot.

Sajid's body was handed over to his family after post-mortem examination, they said. (PTI)
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Chandigarh, Aug 23: The Punjab cabinet, led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, today observed one minute of silence as a mark of respect to veteran journalist and noted

writer Kuldip Nayar (95), who passed away in Delhi.

The cabinet described Nayar as a multifaceted personality, who served in different capacities as a diplomat and parliamentarian, an official release said here.

Besides being a fine human being, he was an erudite author, who penned several articles on a wide spectrum of Indian and international topics, including politics and current affairs, in esteemed columns of leading newspapers and magazines, the cabinet noted.

Recalling his remarkable services as a son of Punjab, the cabinet said Nayar would be remembered by one and all for his efforts in strengthening Indo-Pak ties, besides fostering love, peace, brotherhood and amity between the people of both nations.

The cabinet shared its heartfelt sympathies with the members of the bereaved family, relations and friends, the release said.

Nayar, a fierce proponent of press freedom and civil liberties, died in the early hours of the day at the Escorts hospital in Delhi. He was suffering from pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital five days back. (PTI)
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