Chandigarh Notes

Crime file
BATALA
: Police have solved a theft case with the recovery of a stolen truck loaded with wheat and arrested two perosns.SSP Lok Nath Angra said here today the arrested persons Randhir Singh and Darshan Singh had allegedly helped Ranjit Singh alias Rana and Sukhdev Raj to sell the stolen wheat of the Food Corporation of India, stolen by Ranjit Singh and Sukhdev Raj from the FCI godown at Ghoman town. Angra said Ranjit Singh used to pose as an FCI inspector and loot the farmers and defraud the FCI officials.

Ranjit Singh and Sukhdev Raj are absconding.
HOSHIARPUR
: The police have arrested a gangster, who is believed to be a member of a gang, involved in two bank robberies, besides committing several other crimes in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.Stating this here today, SSP Rohit Choudhary said that one countrymade pistol of .12-bore along with three live cartridges had been recovered from Amrik Singh alias Raju alias Hiran of Naarur village near Phagwara.

Mishap
SANGRUR
: English lecturer at Akal Degree College Mastuana Sukhpreet Singh died here in a road accident, according to a press note issued here today by Dr Charanjit Singh Udari, staff secretary of the college. A meeting of the staff was held here to mourn the death.Hailed
JALANDHAR
:THE Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) Association has hailed the decision of the Punjab government to implement the long-pending demand of time bound promotions bringing them on par with their counterparts in the Central government services.A meeting of the PCMS doctors, held here today also called upon the government to cancel all deputations in public interest as it had led to confusion in the department.

Elected
JALANDHAR
: Prof Balwant Singh has been elected new secretary of the state unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).He has replaced Mangat Ram Pasla.

Flayed
AMRITSAR
: R.L .Bhatia, former minister of external affairs strongly condemned the discussion on Jammu and Kashmir by the five permanent members of the Security Council at a meeting being held in London.In a press release here today, Bhatia said the Indian government must protest against interference by anyone in internal matters.

Stir
PATIALA
: The Punjab Nurses Association (PNA) has extended its full support to the agitating nurses of Haryana and criticised the Haryana government decision to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA).Jeewan Preet Kaur, president and Gurchran Kaur, general secretary of the PNA, in a joint statement appealed to Chief Minister Bansi Lal to give up his adamant stance and accept the genuine demands of the striking nurses.

JALANDHAR
:The Jalandhar branch of the Northern India Regional Council of the of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has deplored the proposal to levy service tax on chartered accountants by the Centre government.The council, while criticising the proposal of Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said it was purely discriminatory and justified.