Ropar: The stone-laying ceremony for the new building of the Ropar bus stand, which was scheduled for Friday, has been postponed for an indefinite period. CM Capt Amarinder Singh, who would launch a state-level cheque disbursal programme to waive loans of landless farmers at Anandpur Sahib, was supposed to lay the stone. tns

Lambi residents thwart breach in feeder canal

Muktsar: Residents of Fattakera village in Lambi Assembly segment on Thursday claimed to have thwarted a breach in a feeder canal at Rajasthan. They said they saw water seepage, and immediately started the work to plug it. SAD Zila Parishad member Tejinder Singh Middukhera reached the spot and spoke to senior officers. TNS

Close slaughterhouses

on Samvatsri: Jain assn

Abohar: The Vishwa Jain Sangathan has sought intervention of the CM and the Governor to close all slaughterhouses in the state on September 11 during Jain festival, Samvatsri. A memorandum has been submitted to the CM and the Governor. oc