Jalandhar, February 20

The 112 Infantry Battalion of Territorial Army (Dogra) will hold a recruitment rally for the category of Soldier General Duty, 20 vacancies, and tradesmen, 05 vacancies, at Jalandhar Cantt (Dogra Ground) from March 6 to 15.Candidates hailing from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and Chandigarh (UT) can take part in this rally.Candidates from Punjab & Chandigarh (UT) will be screened on March 6, those from Haryana and Delhi on March 7 and from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir on March 8.The age of the candidate should be between 18 and 42.Details can be had on the website www.indianarmy.nic.in. — TNS

Bags with ‘Army uniforms’ cause panic

Mohit Khanna and Shivani Bhakoo

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana/ Talwandi village, February 20Two abandoned bags full of army uniforms in Talwandi village near Phillaur caused panic, leading to high alert in the area on Monday. A passerby found the bag abandoned under a tree, some 100 metres from a railway track, on Sunday night and alerted police.The station house officer of Ladowal initially dismissed claims of army uniforms being found in the back as rumours.However, later in the evening, Police Commissioner Jatinder Singh confirmed it and said that the bag appeared to belong to a theatre troupe whose name they also found among its contents.Investigators said they found a slip of paper bearing the address of Tarun Talkies at Jammu Tavi, another paper with a list of costumes and sheets of coloured paper in the bag, leading them to suspect that it was stolen from a theatre troupe.DCP Investigation Bhupinder Singh Sidhu said: “We suspect that the may may have been stolen from a train from Jammu and Amritsar route that usually halts near Talwandi Village for signal. However, we are still investigating the case.”Although police claim there was nothing to worry about, some villagers remain unconvinced.Lakhbir Singh, a resident of the village, accused police of presenting an incomplete picture, which he claimed made the villagers wonder if the police was deliberately “hushing up” the incident.“They never bothered to search the houses near the spot where the bag was found. Instead, police searched 2-3 houses of Gujjars.”