Soldiers of the Sikh Regiment pay tributes to the martyrs of the Saragarhi battle, in Chandigarh. Tribune Photo: S Chandan

 

NRIs join the ‘Green Sriganganagar’ campaign in villages bordering Punjab. Tribune Photo

Chandigarh: Military ambience was all-encompassing at Saturday’s launch of Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s book ‘The 36th Sikhs in the Tirah Campaign 1897-98: Saragarhi and the Defence of Samana Forts’. As a mark of respect to 22 soldiers, who fought to the last man against more than 8,000 Afridi tribals, 22 soldiers from the Sikh regiment paraded with six buglers sounded the last post before observing a two-minute silence for the martyrs. For a while, the audience felt like moving back 120 years to the battleground of Saragarhi.

Army man robbed of cash, valuables

Amritsar, April 9

Miscreants looted an Army man who was returning to his duty after leave.The victim, Gurmeet Singh, told the police that he was going towards the local railway station on a rickshaw to rejoin his duty after leave.He said when he reached near Chitra Cinema near the Hall Gate, two youth came on a motorcycle and stopped his rickshaw. They brandished a sharp weapon and demanded all valuables from him.He said when he resisted, one of the accused assaulted him with a knife on his leg while the other miscreant took out a pistol and threatened to shoot him.He said the accused snatched Rs 4,000 in cash, a mobile phone, two ATM cards and other documents from the victim before escaping from the spot. A case under Sections 379-B, 394 and 34, IPC, and 25, 54, 59 Arms Acthas been registered. — TNS