India has witnessed an increasing trend in sale of CNG during 2012-13 to 2016-17. Compound annual growth rate of 6.81% has been observed in Sale of CNG in India during the above said period. Sale of CNG was 1817.8 thousand metric tonnes (TMT) in India during 2012-13. It has increased by 6.06% to 1927.954 TMT during 2013-14 compared to 2012-13.

 Secretary rural development and panchayat has failed to act on a local social activist’s complaint against Jalandhar deputy commissioner even after sixteen    months of the Punjab chief minister office’s (CMO)direction in this regard.

The Bilga police have arrested three persons for selling and brewing illicit liquor. Investigating Officer Harpreet Singh said that1500 litters of hooch and 32000 litters Lahann (raw liquor)  and utensils for brewing were recovered from the possession of the accused identified as Paramjit Singh, Chaman and Surjit Singh all  residents of Bhode village.

The Shahkot police have  arrested a notorious gangster on the charge of possessing an illicit pistol and firing.

 The Shahkot police have arrested a  drug peddler on the charge of selling heroin  . Investigating officer (IO) and Malsian police post in-charge Sanjivan   Singh  said that 20 grams heroin was    recovered from the possession of the accused identified as Ramandeep Singh alias Raman ,a resident of Patti Haveli,Malsian  village.

The Nakodar sadar police have booked a married man on the charge of murdering a 18years old girl.

Station house officer(SHO) Mohammad Jamil said that the accused has been identified as Surjit Singh Dhesi son of Jogindar Singh a resident of Hussaina Bad village. He said that the accused is married.

The deputy commissioner Jalandhar Varinder Kumar Sharma on Thursday directed the officials to visit the wheat field to assess the loss to the crop due to recent inclement weather on April 16-17. 

A theatrical presentation on Jallianwala Bagh will be organized at local Indian Academy of Fine Arts (IAFA) on Saturday. The play to be directed by Chakresh Kumar from Alankaar Theatre Group, Chandigarh, is written by Gaurav Kumar and Ankush and will be staged by the Art Gallery in collaboration of North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala, said honourary general secretary Dr. AS Chamak.

Punjab BJP senior leader Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina today asked Congress national President Rahul Gandhi to break his silence over the `inflammatory and communal’ remarks made by Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu in Bihar and elsewhere. He said Sidhu was resorting to communal, unparliamentary and derogatory language and Rahul must explain his stand on communal political tactics that the Congress was adopting.

Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Varinder Kumar Sharma and Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar today finalized the arrangements for the proposed counting centers and strong rooms for the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in the district.