CRITICISED: The Shriomani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has criticised a suggestion of the Left parties to the UPA government to impose tax on the income of religious shrines, including the Golden Temple. In a press release note here on Saturday, Mr Sukhdev Singh Bhaur, general secretary of the SGPC, said the income from offerings of devotees was being spent on providing free langar, sarai, schools and colleges.
PROTEST: Shopkeepers outside Hall Gate blocked traffic nearly for two hours here on Saturday. They were protesting against the alleged looting of their shops by the Valmiki Samaj during a rally here on Friday. They said the police, the district
administration and political leaders had not taking any action against the miscreants.
Barnala
CAMP: The Indian Dental Association, Sangrur unit, in collaboration with the Rotary Club held a dental check-up camp at Gandhi Arya Senior Secondary School here on Saturday. A team of doctors led by Dr Tarjan Sharma conducted the camp. Mr
Ashutosh, secretary of the club, said as many as 200 students were
examined.
Batala
RETIRED: Management and teaching staff of Baring Union Christian College hosted a party in the college to bid farewell to Ms Promila Chopra, Head, Department of Library. She retired after putting 38 years of service.
SEIZED: The police has arrested Vinod Kumar, a son of Mr Darshan Lal, a resident of Khosla Mohalla, and seized 200 pirated CDs from his possession.
Hoshiarpur
MEAL TO STUDENTS: To provide cooked meal to students of primary schools under a special scheme, the Food Corporation of India will provide 100 gms of wheat to each students free of cost, daily besides Re 1 each for labour and fuel. This was stated by Mr Kirandeep Singh Bhullar, Deputy Commissioner, at Kot Patial village here on Friday.
CASE REGISTERED: A team of doctors led by Dr Gurdial Singh, District Family Welfare Officer, raided Bansal Hospital and Scan Centre at the Mall Road here on Saturday. The team caught red handed Dr Rakesh Kumar Bansal, owner of the centre, while performing sex determination test. Dr Y.C. Markan, Civil Surgeon, said a case under the PNDT Act had been registered.
Muktsar
LEGAL SERVICE WEEK: On the fourth day of legal services week being celebrated by the District Legal Service Authority, a seminar on free legal aid was organised here on Saturday. Mr B.R. Banga, District Magistrate, Mr Bhajan Ram, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Hardial Singh, Additional Sessions Judge, Fast-Track Court, and Mr Chaman Lal, president of the local Bar Association, were present on the occasion.
Pathankot
APPOINTED: The Department of Food and Supplies and Consumer Affairs appointed Ms Veena Mohindru, an educationist and social worker, a member of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Gurdaspur, on Thursday.
Patiala
WORKSHOP: A five-day sculpture workshop-cum-camp was organised at
Khalsa College here in which renowned took part. Students of the
Department of Fine Arts evinced keen interest in the creation of
artefacts made out of uncut stone. Students learnt to cut stone with
chisel and used the machines as well.
Phagwara
SEMINAR: The District Legal Aid Authority, Kapurthala, held a seminar in the judicial complex to provide free legal aid to the public here on Saturday. A Lok Adalat was also held. Mr Sham Sunder Gupta, District and Sessions Judge, Kapurthala, presided over both functions. He said 75 seminars and several legal aid camps had been held in the district so far.
Sangrur
SEMINAR: A seminar was organised to provide information about schemes for free legal services to the public in the court complex at Dhuri on Saturday. Later, a Lok Adalat was also held in which 96 cases out of 103 were settled. Mr K.C. Gupta, Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Dhuri, Mr Daljit Singh, SDM, Dhuri, Mr Gandhi Singh, president of the Dhuri Bar Association, and Mr R.K. Sharma, ADA, legal services, addressed the gathering.
