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AMRITSAR
COMPETITION: To promote
awareness about the heritage of Punjab, the Indian National Trust for
Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Amritsar chapter, organised a
heritage quiz contest, an essay writing competition, a painting
competition and a needle work competition at Khalsa College of Education
here on Sunday. This was stated in a press note here on Sunday.STATUE:
The statue of renowned freedom fighter Ram Singh Ghala Mala was
installed at Ghala Mala Chowk by the Desh Bhagat Com Ram Singh Ghala
Mala Memorial Committee here. Dr Kuldip Rai Arora, Chairman of the
committee, presided. ELECTED: Mr Rakesh Kumar has been elected general
secretary of the District Congress Committee (U). This was informed in a
press release here on Sunday. AGE LIMIT: Mr Phool Chand Gandhi and Mr
Amrik Singh, presidents of the Punjab Amritsar Improvement Trust Workers
Union and the Punjab Works Department Workers Union, respectively, in a
joint letter to Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister, has urged him to
increase the age limit for class III and IV
employees.
BARNALA
CONVOCATION: Mr Vijay Chopra,
Editor-in-Chief of The Hind Samachar Group of Newspapers, delivered the
convocation address at Lal Bahadur Shastri Arya Mahila College, Barnala,
here on Sunday. He gave away the diplomas to 165
students.BATHINDA
STUDENTS’ MEETING: Old Students of the local DAV
College organised a meeting here on Sunday. At the meeting, about 200
students participated, which was presided over by Mr Parshotam Singla,
president of the Old Students’ Association of the college. Mr P.S.
Luthra, Chief Engineer, Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant, Bathinda, was the
chief guest. Mr M.L. Arora, Principal of the college, lauded the role of
Singla in organising the meeting. DORAHA
3 ARRESTED: The three accused who were nabbed by the police in Sahnewal have admitted to their involvement in various crimes committed in the area. Balwinder Singh and Jaswinder Singh, both brothers of Manjali village, were nabbed at Dharaur and Majara villages, respectively. Satjiwan of Nandpur Colony was arrested at Pawa Khagat village. FAZILKA
KILLED: A man was killed and
another injured in a jeep-car collision on the Fazilka-Malout road, near
Arniwala village, on Sunday. According to information, some residents of
Malout were going back from Fazilka in the jeep after meeting their
relatives. The jeep collided with a car coming from the opposite
direction, resulting in the death of Daulla Ram (45) on the spot. HOSHIARPUR
ARRESTED: The Mahilpur police has arrested
Balwinder Kumar and Gurdeep Singh of Chanthu Brahmina village for raping
a married woman of the village for three days. According to police
sources, the two forcibly took the woman to a house while she was going
to the fields on February 15. Their two accomplices were already present
there. They confined the woman to the house till February 17 and raped
her. DIES: Sanjiv Kumar, son of Jagdeep Singh of Musahibpur, succumbed
to his head injuries while being taken to the DMC, Ludhiana, on Sunday.
Sanjiv Kumar was seriously wounded when Hans Raj allegedly hit him on
the head during a quarrel at Talwandi Kalan on Saturday. WORKSHOP:
Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya, organised a workshop
on the topic “Career after Graduation” at the college complex here on
Sunday. An expert, Mr Sanjiv Kumar from DAV SSS, Hoshiarpur, conducted
the workshop. KHANNA
TEACHERS' UNION: A meeting of the Ludhiana district unit of the Punjab Pradesh Teachers Union was held here on Sunday at Prem Bhandari Park under the chairmanship of Mr Bahadar Singh Madnipur, district president of the union. The speakers in the meeting condemned the propaganda against the union by some leaders of the Democratic Teachers Front due to personal rivalry with some leaders of the Punjab Pradesh Teachers
Union.
LUDHIANA
350 PATIENTS EXAMINED: Eye check-up: As many as 350 patients were examined at the 44th free eye check-up camp organised at B.L. Kapoor Memorial Hospital, Purani Sabzi Mandi, here on Sunday. A team of renowned eye surgeons — Dr R. Daniel, Dr A. Chatterjee and Dr Rajinder Singh — examined the patients at the camp, sponsored by social worker Hari Krishan Jain in association with Mr Dharam Paul Gautam. Medicines were also given to the needy patients.
MEDICAL CAMP: A Medical check-up camp was organised by the Ludhiana Midtown Jaycees at Baba Namdev Charitable Hospital on Sunday. About 300 patients were examined. In the camp blood test, X-ray, ECG were done and medicines were given to poor patients free of cost. Dr Gobinder Singh Jassal, Child specialist from London, was the chief guest. EYE
CAMP: The Lions Club, Ludhiana North, organised an eye check-up camp at Guru Teg Bhadur Charitable Hospital. Lion IPS Saluja, PRO of the club, said Mr Malwinder Singh Jaggi, SDM West inaugurated the camp. About 50 patients were operated upon for cataract and lenses were fitted and about 500 patients were checked free of cost by the eye surgeon Dr Ajay Pal Singh. MUSHAIRA: A mushaira-cum-musical evening was arranged by Gulistaan-E-Adab — a literary club — here on Saturday at Punjabi Bhavan. Mr J.S. Arora, MD, Win Cable Network, presided over the function while Mr Harkesh Mittal was the chief guest. The poets who participated in the mushaira were Bakhshi Ram Kaushal, Ajit Singh Hasrat, Yaqoob Masih Salaam, Shabnam Sultana, Shahina Rang, Nitika Jain, Mahesh Ludhianvi, Jai Kishen Singh Veer, Afzal Mangalori, D.R Bazmi,Aarif Gobindpuri, Faiyaz Gorakhpuri, Samuel Nasrani, Dagar Sailkoti , Ramneek Tanha and Neelam Jyoti. MEETING HELD: A meeting of the Bhagwan Parshuram Brahman Sabha was held at Gita Bhavan Dharamshala. It was attended by members from Raikot, Khanna, Gursar Sudhar, Machiwara, Doraha and Sahnewal. District President of the sabha Dr Krishan Rai Sharma said Mr Om Prakash Bhardwaj had been made the chief patron of the
sabha. SEND-OFF: A warm send-off was accorded to the Superintendent of District and Sessions Judge, Mr G.D. Raju, on his retirement on Saturday. He served for 34 years in the judiciary. The Judicial Employees Welfare Association had organised the function. His role in redressing the problems of employees was lauded. COURSES FOR DISABLED: The Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre, the Central/State Social Welfare Board, the Rehabilitation Council of India, affiliated to the Indian Council of Social Welfare, and the Punjab School Education Board have decided to start special education courses for physically and visually challenged. The courses offered are as follows: Special education (LKG to class V) only for physically and visually handicapped. One year diploma course in computer science for physically, visually handicapped. Poor women can also apply. Certificate course in Tele-communication, public relation and office management. Application forms can be obtained from the Director’s office, Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre for Blind and Disabled, Haibowal Road, Opposite Kitchlu Nagar,
Ludhiana. PAKISTAN'S OFFER: The International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) has urged the Central Government to accept the Pakistani offer of a 2-km corridor for Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, near Dera Baba Nanak sector, in Gurdaspur. In letters to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L.K.Advani, the IHRO Chairperson, Mr D.S.Gill, has asked them to respond positively to the Pakistani offer. VENUE CHANGED: Mr K.L. Chitkara, general secretary of the Northern Railway Pensioners Association, has said the monthly meeting of the association that was being held at Government Higher Secondary School, near Railway Institute, Jagraon bridge, on the first Sunday of every month would now be held at Pensioners Bhavan in the Mini Secretariat on the 6th of every month at the same
time. MERGE DA: Punjab pensioner and employees, at a meeting held here on Sunday, urged the Punjab Government to merge 50 per cent DA/DR with their basic pay/pension w.e.f. April 1, 2004 on the Central Government pattern and release another DA/DR installment due from January this
year. COURSES: The Kala Sewa Society has launched three short-term training courses—embroidery on purses and napkins, making greetings cards and sculpture—in the Rehabilitation Centre of Juvenile Observatory, Shimla Puri, Ludhiana. Ms Shewta Verma, Chairperson of the Children Welfare Council of the District Red Cross Society, inaugurated the courses for the Juvenile Observatory inmates at a function on
Saturday. JUNK FOOD: To bring awareness among the masses about harmful effects of junk food, the Indian Health Foundation on Friday organised a
lecture. To control the increasing childhood obesity, the health experts in the city have warned the parents not to allow the children less than 12 years of age to have the junk food. Dr
A.S. Chawla, a paediatrician, said children liked noodles, burgers, hot dogs, manchurian, paav bhaji, pizza, etc which did not have any nutrition
value. INAUGURATED: A computer centre was inaugurated at the Child Development Centre, BRS Nagar, recently. Ms Manjit Dhillon, Dean, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, was the chief guest. She said children could learn stories, rhymes and various other concepts of shapes, colours, fruits and vegetables from computer-aided programmes. Dr Paramjit Nanda, professor of Human Development, spoke on new concepts of confidence building and personality development of children through art, music and plays. Dr Harbans Singh, Director, Child Development Centre, was present on the occasion. SUTLEJ CLUB ELECTIONS: Mr Anurag Verma, Deputy Commissioner president of the Sutlej Club, announced that the elections to the new executive body of the club would be held on March 28 on the club premises. The detailed programme for the elections would be issued separately, he added. In the annual general meeting of the club held on Sunday evening under the
chairmanship of Mr Verma, the audited balance sheet for 2002-2003 was also approved after detailed discussions. KHADI SHOWROOM: Kalsi Khadi Showroom was inaugurated in Sunder Nagar by Mr Rakesh Pandey, Minister for Printing and Stationery, Punjab, on Sunday. The Vice-Chairman of the Khadi Board, Mr Mewa Singh Chauhan, was also present. The owner of the factory, Mr Harwinder Happy, said they were offering kurta-pyjamas at very reasonable
rates. SURGERY FEAT: Doctors at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital have claimed to have successfully conducted surgery on a 71-year-old patient for enlarged prostate with the super pulse plasma kinetic tissue management system. Dr Baldev Singh Aulakh claimed that the method had probably been used for the first time in
Punjab. STRIKE THREAT: Employees of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) union have threatened to go on an indefinite strike if their demands were not considered at the earliest. The union leaders alleged that they were being forced to take such a step because of the callous attitude of the management. Mr Chander Mohan Kalia, the union president, said they were worried about the future of the 50 ‘sacked’ Hero DMC Heart Institute (HDHI) employees. Meanwhile, the union members continued their dharna on the hospital premises on Monday. NAWANSHAHR
MEETING: The local unit of the BJP
organised a workers’ meeting at Vaidan Mandir here on Sunday to mobilise
them for the ensuing Lok Sabha poll. Mr Ashwani Ballagan, district BJP
president, Mr Chamkaur Singh Thandi, former Municipal Council president,
Mr Resham Singh Thiara, SAD leader, and Mr Sham Lal Saraf, Mandal BJP
president, addressed it. PHAGWARA
TRIBUTES: Tributes were paid to
Pandit Amarnath Gautam, a freedom fighter and a Congress leader, who
died here on February 24 by various leaders here on Sunday. Punjab
Social Welfare Minister Joginder Singh Mann, Punjab Revenue Minister
Amarjit Singh Samra, sitting MPs Santosh Chowdhary, Charanjit Singh
Channi, Congress MLAs Tarlochan Singh Soondh and Parkash Singh, ADGP D.R.
Bhatti, and Nagar council president Malkiat Singh Ragbotra were among
those who paid the tributes. SAMRALA
JOINED: Mr Kuldeep Singh joined as the Assistant District Attorney here on Saturday, replacing Mr R.S. Sivia, who has been promoted and transferred to the Ludhiana District Courts as Deputy District Attorney. MANAGER: Mr Romesh Singhi took over as the Manager of the local Primary Land Mortgage Bank on Saturday, replacing Mr Manjeet Singh Pabla, who has been promoted as District Manager of the bank at Ludhiana.
TARN TARAN
BOOKED: The Chabal police
has booked three persons for making a fake passport. Police sources told
this correspondent here on Sunday that the suspects included Paramjit
Singh and Charanjit Singh, both constables posted in the police
district, and their brother Satinder Pal Singh, all residents of Chabal
village.
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