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FATEHGARH SAHIB
Lok Hit Morcha: The following have been elected
office-bearers of the newly formed Lok Hit Morcha:
president — Mr Avtar Singh Janjua; senior
vice-president — Mr Mann Singh Bena Buland;
secretary general — Mr Harbhajan Singh Attapuri;
general secretary — Mr Gurwant Singh Sodhi and
treasurer — Mr Harbhajan Singh.
MOGA
Arrested: The Baghapurana police has arrested
Binder Singh of Chandpurana village in the district and
recovered a gun along with a large number of cartridges
from him. The police said here on Tuesday that it had
also arrested Romesh Chand Arora of Sukhanand village
under the Baghapurana police station and seized 24
bottles of country-made liquor from him.
Plea to govt: People
of the district on Tuesday urged the state government to
fulfil its commitments made to the people before the Lok
Sabha elections. They urged the government to complete
work on all roads in the district which were in a
dilapidated condition. They said the Agriculture
Minister, Mr Gurdev Singh Badal, had earlier said the
government had earmarked a substantial amount for the
purpose but neither had new roads been constructed nor
the old ones repaired.
NAWANSHAHR
DYFI meeting: Mr Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon, state
president, Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI),
addressing a meeting of the district unit of the
federation here on Monday exhorted the DYFI activists to
gear themselves up to ensure the defeat of the SAD-BJP
nominee for the ensuing Nawanshahr Assembly bypoll. He
criticised the Shikhia Karmi Yojna of the government and
said only trained teachers should be appointed in the
primary schools.
PHAGWARA
Fight against quackery: Dr O.P. Singh Kande, the
newly elected president of the Punjab unit of the Indian
Medical Association, on Tuesday spelt out his priorities,
including a relentless fight against quackery, female
infanticide, unethical practices by qualified doctors and
unauthorised practice of allopathy by practitioners of
other systems. Dr Kande urged the state and Union
governments to give due representation to doctors in
various committees relating to health care.
ROPAR
Vehicle thieves held: The local police has arrested
two vehicle thieves, Jaswinder Singh of Makorri village
and Dalip Kumar of Ropar. Mr Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, SSP,
said on Sunday the police had recovered a tanker, two
Maruti cars and a motor cycle from them. A case has been
registered under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC.
SANGRUR
Office-bearers: The following have been elected
office-bearers of the local Taxation Bar Association:
president — Mr Naresh Kumar Garg; vice-president
— Mr Yogesh Kumar Aggarwal; secretary — Mr
Manoj Kumar Saxena; joint secretary — Mr K.C.
Mittal; and treasurer — Mr Raman Kumar Aggarwal.
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