ABOHAR
INACTION ALLEGED: Ms Karamjit Kaur Danewalia, honoured for being the best woman fruit grower of the state last year, regretted on Wednesday that the police had not registered an FIR for the theft at her house last Thursday in broad daylight. She requested the Punjab DGP to get a case registered.

THEFT: A theft was committed at the Kundal rural branch of Fazilka Central Cooperative Bank, near here, on Monday night. The loss was estimated at more than Rs 3 lakh.

BID FOILED: The police on Monday foiled an attempt to smuggle poppy husk from Rajasthan. Official sources said when a moped was intercepted on the road linking the area with Rajasthan, the rider escaped leaving the moped and a bag containing 30 kg of poppy husk. He was identified as Jasbir Singh of Kattianwali village in Malout subdivision.

AMRITSAR
EXHIBITION: The Posts Department in collaboration with the Philatelic Bureau will hold a two-day philatelic exhibition at Manav Public School from January 15. About 20 schools will participate. Dr SP Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, will inaugurate it and Mr RS Bawa, Registrar, GNDU, will be the guest of honour. Mr VK Mahendru, Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, said this in a press note here.

DISTRIBUTED: Jan Kalyan Sangam, a welfare society for helping the poor, distributed 75 pairs of boots with socks to school going students of Government Middle School here. This information was given by Mr Parshotam Das Sharma here on Tuesday.

BATHINDA
CONDEMNED: Junior engineers of Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant have condemned the shifting of six posts of AAE from here. Mr Paramjit Singh Sidhu, president of the association of junior engineers, said at a meeting here on Wednesday that the workload of employees had increased manifold.

TRAINING: A week-long training course for women on growing fruits and vegetables, was held at the local Krishi Vigyan Kendra from January 6 to 12. This was stated in a press note issued here on Wednesday.

LOHRI CELEBRATED: Dost Welfare Society, an NGO, celebrated Lohri with students of the Mahant Gurbanta Dass School for Deaf, Dumb and Blind Children and distributed sweets among them on Monday. This was stated in a press note issued here on Tuesday

FATEHGARH SAHIB
GRIEVANCES COMMITTEE MEETING: Nine pending complaints were sorted out on the spot at the District Grievances Committee meeting, held at Bachat Bhavan here on Wednesday. Presiding over the meeting, Mr Vikas Partap, Deputy Commissioner, Fatehgarh Sahib, said that seven new complaints had been received on Wednesday, most of which were related to illegal possession of land. He directed all officials concerned that each complaints, which is entertained in Lok Darbar, should be sorted out within 15 days or earlier so that the applicant does not face any problem. Mr Utpal Joshi, SP (Headquarter), Mr Mohan Lal, SDM, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mr Ashwani Kumar Assistant Commissioner (Grievances), Dr Jujhar Singh, Assistant Civil Surgeon, were among those present on the occasion. 

FARIDKOT
OFFICIAL KILLED: Preet Mohinder Singh Sekhon, Chief Agriculture Officer, died in a road accident on the Faridkot-Sadiq road on Tuesday evening. He was cremated here on Wednesday.

FAZILKA
AID: Nearly 151 poor widows were distributed pensions and aid by the Lala Jagat Narain Widhwa Bhalai Society, Jalandhar, at its 16th monthly distribution programme on Sunday.

GURDASPUR
SELF-HELP GROUPS: Mr K.A.P. Sinha, Deputy Commissioner, on Wednesday said the district would have more than 1,000 self-help groups. A total of 312 self-help groups had been constituted. A majority of the beneficiaries were women engaged in stitching and embroidery of shawls.

LUDHIANA
LOHRI CELEBRATED: A bonfire was lit to celebrate Lohri on the campus of GMT Senior Secondary Public School, Ludhiana, here on Monday. The Principal, Ms Heema Jassal, and director, Mr K.S. Thind, were present on the occasion. All the members of the staff along with the students extended to each other.

LECTURE-CUM-DEMONSTRATION: A five-hour-long personal grooming lecture-cum-demonstration in hair styling, body care, saree wrapping, mehndi application and facials was organised at the Malwa Central College of Education here on Wednesday. The courses were organised for 250 B.Ed. students by Adult Continuing Education and Extension, Panjab University. The Director, Mr Ajaib Singh was also present with the students. The Principal, Dr Ravinder, said resource persons were from the Faculty of Polytechnic of their college.

CELEBRATIONS: The local branch of the Asian Club celebrated Lohri at Deaf and Dumb School, Hambran, Road on Tuesday. The club also gave away Rs 11,000 to the students for their welfare. A cultural programme comprising songs and dances was also held. Two students of the school, Neetu and Amandeep, danced on the tunes of “Kainthe wala”, which was appreciated by the audience.

ELECTED: Advocate Sandeep Kapoor, joint secretary of the District Bar Association, Ludhiana, has been elected as the district representative of the Nehru Yuva Kendra’. A meeting of all district representatives will be held on January 21, 2003, at Vishwa Yuva Kendra ,Chankya Puri; New Delhi. All district representatives will elect the Board of Directors of Nehru Kendra (National Yuva Co-operative Society) at this meeting.

WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION: Dr J.S. Nirala, Associate Professor, PAU, has been appointed as President of the Young Writers Association for the academic session 2002-2003. Mr M.S. Grewal, Coordinator, Cultural Activities, will be the new secretary. This decision was taken at a meeting presided over by the varsity VC. Other members of the association are Dr J.S. Bal, Mr Gurbhajan Singh Gill, Dr R.S. Sethi, Dr (Mrs) C.K. Hira, Mr Surjit Patar and Mr Nirmal Jaura.

NAWANSHAHR
RESENTMENT: Resentment prevails among residents of Mohalla Gandhi Chowk here against the casual approach of the local Municipal Council towards public grievances. The residents allege that the municipal authorities have failed to solve a minor problem of leakage of underground water for the past one month. Dr Shiv Kumar Tejpal, Municipal Councillor of the area, said after many reminders, the authorities undertook the work about a week ago but left it after digging a ditch which had further aggravated the problem.

BLANKETS: The Lions Club, City Smile, Banga, distributed blankets and woollen clothes among 70 migrant labourers at nearby town Banga on Tuesday. Mr Baldev Nayyar, District Chairman, Lions Club, District 321-D presided over it.

TARN TARAN
BOOKED: Mr Rawinder Singh, a resident of the town has been booked under Section 354, 356 and 506 of the IPC for trying to molest a teenaged girl in a bus. Police sources said the suspect had been arrested.

NEHRU BAL SANGH: A meeting of the north zone chapter of the Nehru Bal Sangh was held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Mr Ashwani Sharma, convener. He explained various activities undertaken by the organisation at the 28th national integration camp held recently in Mumbai. It was also decided that the chapter would propose holding the 29th national integration camp, in Chandigarh in November.

APPOINTED: Dr R.J. Dash, Head of the Endocrinology Department at the PGI, has been made Chairman of the Research Forum, which clears all projects submitted by students interested in research work at the medical institute. Dr Dash is also the Chairman of the Academic Committee at the PGI. Being the seniormost Professor at the PGI, Dr Dash shall also be the officiating Director of the PGI till January 23 since Prof S.K. Sharma shall remain on leave for this duration.

PANCHKULA
AWARDS: Eeksha Sharma and Parminder Sandhu, students of St. Xavier's High School, won the best subject category award for their model on weightlessness with signalling during the INTWEL SRDF 2003 Delhi National Fair. The fair was organised from January 8 to 11 at the IIT, Delhi. The students won the cash prize of Rs 5,000 and certificates of merit.

ELECTED: Mr Munshi Ram Khullar was elected president of the District Taxation Bar Association for the third consecutive time. Mr Mahesh Goyal was elected vice-president and Mr Arvind Mehta general secretary.

SAS NAGAR
CREMATED: Sardarni Parvati Kaur (90), mother of Bhai Jasbir Singhji Khalsa (Khanna wale), who died due to failing health on Tuesday was cremated here on Wednesday. Her body had been placed at the open pandal in Gurdwara Gur Shabad Prakash Kal Ashram, Sohana, where large number of people paid their obeisance. A continuous shabad kirtan was performed till the cremation was over. The last journey of Sardarni Parvati Kaur, a Nishkam kirtaniye and social worker, started from the gurdwara in a flower ridden open van followed by a sea of members of religious associations and Singh Sabhas across the state to pay homage. Leading personalities from the state and the township reached the cremation grounds to pay homage. The bhog of Akhand path organised in her memory will be held on Sunday at 7 a.m.