AMRITSAR
MEDICAL CAMP: About 400 students were examined and provided medicines free of cost at a medical camp organised by Lions Club, Golden Temple, at a private school on the Sultanwind road here on Saturday.

BATALA
FUNCTION : The Political Science Department of R.R. Bawa, DAV College for Girls, Batala, organised a function on “Women and Law” at the college campus on Saturday which was presided over by Dr M.D. Singh, Head of Department of Law, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

GURDASPUR
SUSPENDED: Mr M.S. Bajwa, District Welfare Officer (SC/BC) has been placed under suspension for remaining absent from office without information. According to official sources, a complaint was sent to the Secretary, Social Welfare, that the said officer was a habitual absentee.

HOSHIARPUR
FUNCTION: To honour the jawans of the Punjab Home Guard who had given excellent performance during their duties, a special function was organised at Dasuya, 40 km from here. Mr Romesh Chander Dogra, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, who presided over the function, honoured as many as 100 Home Guards of Dasuya and Mukerian subdivision.

EXHIBITION: Ms Gurpreet Deo, SSP, Hoshiarpur, inaugurated a painting exhibition on the ‘‘Status of women in the society’’ at the Community Policing Resource Centre here on Saturday. The exhibition was organised by MA (Fine Arts) students of the local Government College.

CAMP: A special animal welfare camp was organised by the District Animal Husbandry Department at Ahrana Kalan village on Saturday. Senior officers of the Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development departments explained the causes of various animal diseases.

KHARAR
INAUGURATED: Mr Sukhwinder Singh Gill, SDM, Kharar, inaugurated the Ram Janam Shoba Yatra being arranged by the New Dasehra Committee, Kharar, on Sunday. He announced a grant of Rs. 5,000 for the committee. The shoba yatra passed through various parts of Kharar.

LUDHIANA
CONTEST: Ten students of Class VIII, IX and X participated in the finals of the Hindi declamation contest held at Joseph’s School, Dugri-Dhandra road, here on Saturday. It was followed by a sapling plantation programme. Both the events were sponsored by the State Bank of India, Dugri road branch. The function was attended by Mr L.C. Hans, Assistant General Manager, and Mr B.R. Hira, Chief Manager of the branch. The winners of the contest are: Richi Kundra (first), Sumeer Kaur (second) and Pratima Noorie (third). The consolation prize was given to Kritika Jain.

ANNIVERSARY: The management, staff and students of Nauharia Mal Jain Model Senior Secondary School and its sister concerns, Nauharia Mal Girls Higher Secondary and NM Jain Public School, organised a function to pay tributes to Ved Prakash Jain, ex-chairman of the schools, on his first death anniversary. Mr Gurcharan Singh Ghalib, MP, paid homage to him. He laid down the foundation stone of a hall, which is to be made in the memory of Jain. Mr Ghalib donated Rs 1 lakh for its construction. A book on Jain’s life was released.

NABHA
ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Chemists Association, Nabha: president — Mr Satish Jalota; and secretary — Mr Rohit Verma.

MANDAL: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Nabha Vyapar Mandal : patrons — Mr Prem Goyal and Mr Madan Lal; chief adviser — Mr Jaspal Juneja; senior vice-president — Mr Satinder Mittal; vice-presidents — Mr Parkash Chand, Mr Somnath Dhall and Mr Gurcharan Singh Narang; general secretaries — Ms Tejinder Singh Bakshi, Mr Dewan Chand Mittal; secretary — Mr Subash Sehgal; joint secretary — Mr Sham Lal Banga; and treasurers — Mr Naresh Goyal.

PROBE SOUGHT: The Bharti Kisan Union (BKU-Rajewal) and the Arthiya Association Nabha have demanded an investigation into the death of an arthiya Maghar Singh. Talking to reporters here, the district president, Mr Nek Singh Khokh and the general secretary, Mr Onkar Singh Agol of the BKU, demanded that a probe should be conducted to enquire whether Maghar Singh died of cardiac arrest or was murdered. The chairman of the Arthiya Association, Mr Krishan Bindra, expressed his dissatisfaction over the post-mortem of Maghar Singh.

PATIALA
SEMINAR: The National Theatre Arts Society (NATS), Patiala, organised a seminar on ‘Punjabi theatre and garden theatre movement’ in observance of the Garden Theatre Day. Consensus of the opinion was for holding the next National Theatre Festival at Patiala. Prominent among the speakers were NRI singer-theatre music composer S.S. Bindra, Dr D.D. Singh, a film maker and theatre patron, the educationists-theatre promoters Mr A.K. Shahi and Harpal Singh, social scientist Vijay Goel, Karnail Singh Mast and O.P. Kaushish, NTAS theatre couple Pran Sabharwal and Sunita Sabharwal and other artistes.

GET-TOGETHER: A social get-together at Chandi Mandir on Sunday marked the 176th anniversary of the Regiment of Artillery. A large number of serving and retired gunners rallied together on the occasion in the true spirit of the regiment, a statement issued here said. The Gunners Day is a nostalgic between the past and the present. On this day, the regiment remembers all those who have laid their lives in the line of duty. The gunners have repeatedly proved their indomitable resolve in providing devastating fire support during battles.

PANCHKULA
AWARENESS CAMP: A diabetes awareness camp was organised by the Endocrinology Department of Kaiser Hospital on Sunday. About 70 patients, mainly senior citizens, were given free consultation and check up. Dr S.K. Mathur elaborated on the reasons for diabetes, dietary alterations to be made to avoid the disease, and exercises to be undertaken. He said studies had shown that 20 per cent of urban people and 14 per cent of rural were affected by diabetes. 

PROGRAMME: A bhajan programme “Bhajanamrit varsha” by singer-cum- music director Devki Anand was presented to devotees at Sri Geeta Mandir, Sector 11, on Sunday. The programme started with Ganesh vandana, followed by a bhajan “Naam jap le jinde tu mariye” from his latest bhajan album. Mr Anand’s son, Gaurav Anand, also sang a few bhajans on the occasion.

BLOOD DONATED: The Forum For Common Cause commemorated the 96th birth anniversary of Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh by organising a blood donation camp at the Community Centre, Mansa Devi Complex, Panchkula, on Sunday. The camp was conducted by a team of doctors experts from the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, under the aegis of the Haryana Red Cross Society. As many as 35 units of blood were donated at the camp inaugurated by Haryana Cabinet Minister Jaswant Singh Sandhu. A cultural programme by students of DC Model School, Panchkula, marked the beginning of the camp. Panchkula Municipal Committee President Seema Chaudhry presented mementos to the blood donors.