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BATALA
GRANT DISTRIBUTED: Mr Jugal Kishore Mannu,
Executive Officer of the local municipal council on
Friday distributed Rs 18,500 to the 37 poor women of the
town under the Balika Samridi Yojna of the state
government. In the first instalment Rs 500 each were
given to the women.
BATHINDA
SEVEN BOOKED: The police has booked seven
persons, including a woman, for smuggling of narcotics in
the region. The district police chief stated in a press
note on Friday that more than 2 kg of opium and poppy
husk were seized from the accused. The accused had been
identified as Kikar Singh, Kuldeep Kaur, Sukhminder
Singh, Balbir Ram, Darshan Singh, Gurdas Singh and
Bhinder Singh.
JALANDHAR
ELECTED: Mr Paramjit Singh Buddhiraja was
unanimously elected president of the Punjab Hotel and
Restaurant Association at its meeting held on Wednesday.
The association has empowered him to nominate other
office-bearers.
LUDHIANA
HONOURED: Punjabi novelist Surinder Singh Narula
was honoured on Friday with the Rabinder Nath Tagore
Award by the Tagore Vidya Mandir here at a function. The
award carries a citation, a memento and a shawl.
CREDIT PLAN: Mr Jaspal
Singh, Deputy Commissioner, on Friday issued Rs 425.63
crore annual credit plan for priority sector prepared by
the State Bank of Patiala for 2000-2001. The plan shows
30 per cent increase over the previous year’s plan.
RETIRED: Dr Harnek Singh
Garcha, Dean, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities,
Punjab Agricultural University, retired on Friday after
29 years of service. He had joined the Department of
Entomology in 1971 as assistant professor. He has been
replaced by Dr M.A. Zahir, Head, Department of Business
Management.
MALERKOTLA
OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected
office-bearers of local Genius Club: president — Mr
Kalim Ahmed; vice-president — Mohd Gulzar; general
secretary — Mr Anwar Ahmed Ansari; finance secretary
— Mr Ahbab Khan; and press secretary — Mr
Zubair Usmani.
MOGA
DRINKING WATER: The panchayat of Bambiabhal
village in this district on Friday complained that the
residents of the village had been facing acute shortage
of drinking water for the past several months due to a
mechanical fault in the tubewell there. The panchayat
urged the administration to look into the matter and take
remedial measures immediately.
PATHANKOT
CASE REGISTERED: Following a complaint by the
Block Development Officer, the police has registered a
case under Section 420/120-B of the IPC against Davinder
Kumar, former sarpanch of Gobindsar, village for misusing
and embezzling government grants. As per the FIR, during
his tenure as the sarpanch of the village from 1993 to
1998, Davinder Kumar had received Rs 11.19 lakh from the
Punjab Government for various development projects. But
this amount was reportedly embezzled by the sarpanch.
PATIALA
AUDIO CASSETTE: Mr Ujjager Singh, District
Public Relation Officer, today released an Audio
cassettes of Punjabi singer Raman. It is titled Paa Kai
Lal Dora. The cassette contains a mix of Punjabi folk
songs and pop songs. Tripet Bhatti has penned the lyrics
for Raman and the music has been composed by music
director Atul Sharma. Raman has also sung for Punjabi
films, including Pagri sambhal jataa and in Hindi serial
Dera.
PHAGWARA
EDUCATIONIST DEAD: Sadhu Singh Parmar (85), an
educationist and social activists died after a brief
illness here on Thursday. He was also a cashier of the
governing council of the local Guru Nanak College and an
executive committee member of the Kamla Nehru College for
Women.
SMACK SEIZED: The local
police on Wednesday arrested Onkar Singh, alias Bobby,
under Sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act and seized
175 gm of smack from his possession. He was nabbed near
Bhularai village by a police party led by the ASI, Mr
Jaswinder Pal. He belongs to Bhadiana village.
LIQUOR SEIZED: The
police has seized 61 bottles of rum in four different
cases and arrested five persons under Sections 61/1/14 of
the Excise Act. These arrests were made on Thursday and
Friday. While three cartons were seized from Sucha Singh
and Gurdial Singh near Rehana Jattan village, eight
bottles each were seized from Surinder Kumar and Paramjit
Singh near Mauli village and nine bottles from Amarjit
Kumar near Khajurala village.
RAJPURA
ELECTED: Mr Om Parkash Kukreja has been
unanimously elected President of Grain Market Arhtia
Association of Rajpura town.
TARN TARAN
PANEL: The following have been elected
office-bearers of the local Mohalla Nanaksar Development
and Grievances Redressal Committee: patron — Mr
Nirmal Singh; president — Mr Gurmej Singh Dhillon;
senior vice-president — Mr Sukhraj Singh;
vice-president — Mr Lakha Singh; general secretary
— Mr Sawinder Singh Pannu; treasurer — Mr Kewal
Krishan Sharma; adviser — Mr Resham Singh Bhullar.
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