HOSHIARPUR
Youth killed: Harjinder Singh, a son of Jaspal Singh of Doinana, was allegedly killed by Sukhwinder Singh and Harwinder Singh of the same village on Tuesday. According to police sources, Sukhwinder Singh and Harwinder Singh killed Jaspal Singh after a quarrel while playing play-cards. The Tanda police has registered a case under Sections 304 and 34, IPC, against Sukhwinder Singh and Harwinder Singh on the complaint of Paramjit Kaur, mother of the deceased.

JALANDHAR
Peddler held: The police on Tuesday arrested Paramjit, a resident of local Qazi Mandi, for allegedly possessing about 35 sachets of smack. Rajinder Sharma, SHO, police division No 8, on tip off laid a trap and arrested Paramjit.

Ludhiana
Janamashtami: Janamashtami was celebrated at Chanda Mama School. A feast was given to “Bal Krishna” and his friends by “Radha” and her friends. They all sat on the grass in the “jungle” under the shade of trees and ate goodies made of cow’s milk.Banana leaves were spread in front of them to serve as plates. The children enjoyed the feast provided by the school and went home happy singing, “Jai Krishna, jai Gopala”.

CONTEST: A drawing and painting competition was held at Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, Ludhiana. Topics relating to various aspects were given to students who tried their skills and vied with one another to sketch drawings on the canvass. A landscape was the chief attraction and won applause from one and all.

PATHANKOT
Sentenced: Mr H.S. Mann, Judicial Magistrate, First Class, on Tuesday sentenced Satnam Singh to one year rigorous imprisonment for rash and negligent driving resulting the death of a woman.

ISKCON chief: H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswamiji, governing body commissioner and spiritual master of ISKCON, arrived at Hare Krishna Dham, Sector 36, here on Wednesday from Mauritius. He is on a world tour to preach the gospel of Lord Krishna. He will fly to Russia after attending the Janamashtmi celebrations here.

Mangat opens lab: “Computer education is must for every student and the PTA should come forward to supply more computers for the students,” said the Director Public Instruction (School), Chandigarh Administration, Mr D.S. Mangat, who was inaugurating a mathematics lab at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19-C, here on Wednesday.

Labour societies: The Administration has decided to encourage formation of labour and construction societies in order to encourage employment opportunities among unskilled and semi-skilled workers. Mr R.K. Rao, Deputy Commissioner, said the eligibility for the registration of such societies is a minimum of 11 members who all should be residents of Chandigarh. The societies can participate in tenders and take up construction and labour work in the city.

N-E handcrafts on display: Attractive items from seven north-eastern states are currently on display at Lajpat Rai Bhavan where a special exhibition of NE handlooms is on under the aegis of NE Handicrafts and Handloom Development Organisation. The exhibition has been sponsored by Government of India’s Ministry of Development of NE Region and is sponsored by the Development Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles.

Ramleela committee: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Navyug Ramleela and Dussehra Committee: chairman — Mr Govind Kumar; president — Mr Bharat Singh Negi; senior vice-president — Mr Ajit Kumar Golu;vice-president — Mr Rajesh Mahajan; general secretary — Mr Sanjay Kumar; secretary — Mr Laxman Singh; joint secretary — Mr Rakesh Nainwal; director — Mr Pardeep Kumar; stage secretary — Mr Harikesh Sharma; cashier — Mr KK Arora; assistant cashiers — Mr Kaxman Pathania and Mr Jadbir Singh; press secretary — Mr Jyoti Sharma; mal mantri — Mr Darmendra Prasad; and dress in charge — Mr Monu.

Janmashtmi on August 26: Nav Yuvak Janmashtmi Festival Committee, Mauli Jagran Complex, is organising a festival of Janmashtmi at Ramlila ground, Mauli Jagran, on August 26. The President of the local unit of the Congress, Mr B.B. Bahl, would inaugurate the function.

HISAR
College staff seek review: The Haryana Private Colleges Non-Teaching Employees Union has urged the state government to review its decision of giving a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the dependents of government employees on their death instead of giving them jobs. This was stated by Mr Rai Singh Litani, general secretary of the association, here on Monday.

KAITHAL
Councillor attacked: The newly elected Municipal Councillor from ward No 9 Om Parkash Narula and his family members were allegedly attacked by one of defeated candidates and his supporters. On the complaint lodged by Mr Narula the police has registered an FIR against Himansh Chawla the defeated candidate, Sham Sahni, Narinder Gosain, Ashok Kalra, Rajinder Lal, Sonu Chawla and others under Section 323, 452, 148, 149 and 506 of the IPC.

Panipat
Youth electrocuted: One person was killed and four others were injured in different parts of the district. Mohinder, a resident of Atawla village, electrocuted when he was taking his bath at a tubewell. In another incident, four persons were injured when their truck collided with an other truck at Samalkha.

SONEPAT
8 injured in clashes: As many as eight persons, including three women, were injured in clashes which took place at Gopalpur and Khanda villages in the district on Monday. The police has recorded the statements of the injured and started investigations.

BILASPUR
Youth given prize: The police has given a cash prize and an appreciation letter to Vibhore Sharma son of Purushottam Sharma of the Baba Bangali (Raura) sector for preventing a theft in a road-side shop.

CHAMBA
Poverty blamed on illiteracy: The lack of education is the root cause of backwardness and poverty thereby proliferating the main problems like increase in population and giving rise to grinding penury, observed Mr Sagar Chand Nayyar, a former Education Minister in a statement here on Tuesday. Mr Nayyar asked the elite to motivate the illiterate to get education as most of the schemes of the government were focused on imparting education.

KUMARHATTI
Labourer killed: A migrant labourer was killed when a rack containing iron items fell on him in a factory at Parwanoo on Tuesday night. Shamshu Din from Uttar Pradesh was declared brought dead by doctors at the ESI Hospital, Parwanoo. The deceased was doing some welding work in Niti Raj Private Limited in Sector 2 when the rack balance got disturbed and iron pipes, angles and sheets lying in rack fell on him. A case has been registered.

NAHAN
Road mapping process: Mr R.S. Negi, Deputy Commissioner, Sirmaur, presiding over a meeting of officers of the PWD, I&PH, and Revenue Department on Tuesday said that road mapping process had already been undertaken in the district and it would be completed soon. He said these officers would meet on Saturday at every tehsil in the district and accelerate the process.