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AMRITSAR: The Hoshiarpur police on Saturday arrested three persons for laying snares in the jungles in which a leopard was caught, and died while being rescued on Friday.
Chief Wildlife Warden, Punjab, Gurbaz Singh and District Forest Officer (wildlife) Satnam Singh said that they conducted the inquiries and found that the accused — Pyare Lal, Gurdial and Tarsem, all residents of Khnagwari village in the Dholbaha range of the district — had laid the snares to trap wild animals. The leopard, which had strayed from the jungles of Himachal Pradesh, got entangled in it and died of exhaustion and stress.
‘Make Punjabi first language in Chandigarh’
AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Avtar Singh Makkar on Saturday shot off a letter to Punjab Governor and Administrator, Chandigarh, Shivraj Patil, demanding that the Punjabi be made the first language in the Union Territory (UT). He said that Chandigarh has a majority of Punjabi population and the city is associated closely with the psyche of the Punjabis. “The language should be primarily used in the all official work of the UT. It should be made the first language'', demanded Makkar.
KAPURTHALA: Around 100 persons were taken ill in the Kesri Bagh area after they drank the contaminated water supplied by the municipal corporation in the locality on Saturday.
Most of those taken ill were vomiting and complained about stomach pain and diarrhoea. Three patients were referred to Jalandhar hospitals while another 15 were admitted to Civil Hospital Kapurthala. Civil Hospital, SMO, Dr Guriqbal Singh said that a door-to-door survey was being conducted and teams of the doctors have been deputed in the area. Also chlorine tablets were being distributed among the residents
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