NAWANSHAHR
WORKSHOP HELD: The Bharat Gyan Vighyan Samiti, Punjab, organised a three-day state-level ‘Kala Jatha (cultural troups) Workshop’ at Baba Balwant Gurdwara, Balachaur, about 20 km from here. Mr Surinder Mohan Sharma, SDM, Balachaur, inaugurated. Mr Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner, presided over the concluding session of the workshop on Sunday.

SPECIAL LECTURE: Dr Bikram Singh Ghumman, former Dean, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, delivered a special lecture on ‘Medical Punjabi Literature’ at Sikh National College, Banga, about 12 km from here, on Saturday.

SOCIETY: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Political Science Society, Amardeep Singh Shergill, Memorial College, Mukandpur: president — Mr Sandip Kumar; senior vice-president — Ms Swatantar Kaur; general secretary — Mr Jagtar Malla Bedian; assistant secretary — Ms Bhawna Sharma; and treasurer — Mr S.P. Singh.

PHAGWARA
CAR STOLEN: The case of Dr Mamta Gautam was stolen from her residence in the Hargobind Nagar locality. The police has been informed about it.

DEAD: The mother of Phagwara circle president of the SAD, Jathedar Gurmukh Singh Chana, died of a heart attack here on Saturday. She was 70. Her cremation on Sunday was largely attended.

NAKAS SET UP: The police has set up 10 nakas to check crime. Disclosing this here on Sunday, Mr Harmanbir Singh Gill, SP, Phagwara subdivision, said each naka would be manned by three cops headed by an NGO having wireless sets, barricades and torches.

SAMANA
4 ROBBERS HELD: The police has arrested four members of a gang of robbers operating in various cities of Punjab. A Maruti car, two motor cycles and some arms were seized from them, the DSP, Mr Jaspreet Singh Sidhu, told mediapersons here.

PEC STAFF UNION: The Group “C” and ‘D’ Employees Union , Punjab Engineering College, in a press statement issued, here on Tuesday, said they were not opposed to any policy decision of the government regarding giving deemed university status to the college. The union has, however, urged the government to make all service benefits available to the employees of the union while upgrading Punjab Engineering College to deemed university.

FRESHERS' PARTY: The Psycho Society of Government College, Sector 46, organised a freshers’ party to welcome the new comers to the department. Colourful items of music and dance were presented by the seniors. All former students were also invited to the fuinction by the Alumni Association of the department. Mr Balkaran was chosen Mr Fresher and Ms Vandana, Ms Fresher.

ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Navyug Ramleela and Dusshera Committee of Sector 7-B: chairman — Mr Govind Kumar; president — Mr I.D. Singla; senior vice-presidents — Mr K.K. Arora and Mr Suresh K. Chaudhry; vice-presidents — Mr Laxman Singh, Mr Vikas Soni and Mr Amit Jain; general secretary — Mr Sanjay Kumar; joint secretary — Mr Lalit Sharma; secretary — Mr Azad Thakur; and cashier — Mr Devi Dutt.

OLD STUDENTS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Kabir’s Roll of Old Students, an alumni association of St Kabir Public School, Sector 26: president — Pankaj Chandgothi; vice-presidents — Mandeep Brar and Shweta Dang; secretaries — Puneet Bahl, Simrat Jagdev; treasurers — Adarsh Jain and Vishal Aggarwal; and chairperson — Mr J.P. Singh (principal).

HONOURED: The president of the Friends of Photography (FOP), Mr Adit Aggarwala, and the vice-president, Mr V.S. Kundu, have bagged awards for their outstanding photographs at an international circuit of prints organised by Lucknow-based Horizon International recently. While Mr Kundu has bagged a gold medal for best landscape and a silver medal for best dark room technique, Mr Adit Aggarwala has bagged silver medal for Montage technique. Mr Aggarwala has also bagged “Best Monochrome Print” awards at the All-India Photo Exhibition organised by the Youth Photographic Society, Bangalore.

HAIRCARE TIPS: About 65 beauticians of the city and nearby towns were given tips on haircare and styling by Mr Rajesh Kakran, Director of the Haryana Beauty Parlour and Training Institute, Ambala, during a one-day workshop “Care and maintenance of hair” at a local hotel in Sector 22 here on Tuesday. A member of the National Hair Dressers and Beautician Association and expert hair stylist Mr Kakran while demonstrating the latest hair cuts, styling of long hair, perming and said hairstyle play an important role in bringing about one’s personality.

ASSOCIATION: The following have been elected office-bearers of the PGI Secretaries and Stenographers Welfare Association: president — Mr Sunil Dutt Sharma; vice-president — Mr Ram Karan; general secretary — Mr Tajinder Singh; organising secretary — Ms Manju Agarwal; joint secretary — Mr Ramesh Kumar; and treasurer — Mr Praveen Wadhawan.

SAPLINGS PLANTED: A sapling plantation function was organised at Government Girls High School, Sector 25, here on Tuesday where students and staff planted 100 saplings on the campus. The chief guest, Mr Bahadur Singh, project officer of the Education Department, planted a Gulmohar sapling. He stressed the need for planting more trees to save the environment while the Headmaster, Mr Gurdev Singh, assured the students that a healthy environment would be maintained at the school campus. Later, the students pledged to look after the saplings. A cultural programme was also presented and poems depicting the importance of trees was also recited.

SAS NAGAR
RESENTMENT: A general body meeting of “266-PUDA Pirit Association” of SAS Nagar was held here recently in which members expressed their displeasure at the working of PUDA. Arbitrary notices to the owners of 266 houses drew special attention during the meeting. It was unanimously decided to bring the issue to the notice of higher authorities of the Punjab Government. A delegation of the association will soon meet the local MLA and Chief Minister, Punjab, in this regard.

AMBALA
TALENT HUNT: A talent hunt competition was organised by the Chunmun Club at AR Public School, Kuldeep Nagar, on Monday. In the drawing competition, senior group, Ritu Sharma was first and Anu Sonekar was second. The consolation prizes went to Abhimanyu, Prerna and Sunil. In junior group, the first prize went to Bhawna Aggarwal while Ravi Malik was second. The consolation prizes went to Ashish, Arzoo and Diksha Nagpal, Chunmun Club director Mr Ashok Sharma said. The project director was Ms Monika Sharma. The judges were MM Jain and Sarita.

DEMAND: President of the Anti Terrorist Front of India, Dr Viresh Shandilya, demanded the Indo-Pak bus service should be stopped. ATFI activists burnt the Pakistani flag at Kalka chowk on Tuesday. Dr Shandilya stated even before the Indo-Pak bus service was started, there was apprehension of a terrorist attack and it has now happened. “We demand that the Indo-Pak bus service must be discontinued at the earliest so that Pakistan backed terrorists are discouraged.If within 10 days, no concrete action is taken, we will go to New Delhi and burn the Pakistani flag outside Parliament,” he said.

OFFICE-BEARERS: The election of office-bearers of the Aggarwal Sabha, Model Town, Ambala city, was held at the general house meeting. Mr Raj Kumar Aggarwal was elected the president while Mr Mohinder Bindal was elected the general secretary.

WORKSHOP: SD College, Ambala Cantonment Principal, Dr Desh Bandhu, presented his paper at a workshop on examination reforms held at Aggarwal PG College, Ballabhgarh. Dr Desh Bandhu, who was re-elected general secretary of the Haryana Non-Government College Principals Association, said examination issues like paper-setting, evaluation, reappear, practical exams, re-evaluation and copying were deliberated upon. He said the function was presided over by Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor Dr A.K. Chawla and Dr K.C. Bhardwaj, Controller of Examinations, Maharshi Dayanand University was the guest of honour.

INAUGURATED: Lieut-General B.S. Thakur inaugurated a new telephone exchange in Army Communication Complex at Ambala Cantonment on Tuesday. Senior Army, Air Force officers and regional directors of M/s Tata Telecom were present during the inauguration. Leiut-Gen Thakur was briefed by Chief Signal Officer, Brig P Mohapatra about the exchange and its facilities. He said the new exchange will help in improving the communication infrastructure.

DEMAND: The Haryana Government Teacher Association, affiliated to Haryana Sarwkaramchari Sangh, submitted a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner, Ambala, here on Tuesday. Senior leaders of the state unit had been sitting on dharna at the DEO office which was concluded here. In memorandum, the association has demanded to disaffiliate the administration of primary schools from the control of zila parishad because it creates unnecessary interference in the schools. The association leaders also demanded in that the ad hoc teachers should be confirmed and the teachers should not be allotted the non-academic works.