Amritsar
SGJC chief takes charge: Manmohan Singh Brar on Saturday assumed charge as chairman of the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission (SGJC). Earlier, incumbent Kashmir Singh Patti, an appointee of the previous government, had resigned following a inquiry on the direction of chief secretary Ramesh Inder Singh. Later, Brar paid obeisance at the Golden Temple.
B’desh national held: The BSF nabbed Mohammad Doraz Ali of Dhaka (Bangladesh) while he was trying to cross over to Pakistan through the Indo-Pak border in Ajnala sector in the wee hours of Saturday.He was handed over to Lopoke police station under the Amritsar (Rural) police district. Indian, Pakistan and Bangladesh currency, besides a Bangladesh passport, were seized from him. A case has been registered.
BARNALA
Aggarwal Sabha: Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bhola Singh Virk has informed that SAD MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa has sent to the Aggarwal Sabha a cheque worth Rs 75,000 from his MPLAD fund as first installment. The money would be used for the construction of a community hall. Sabha president Jhanda Ram
Bansal said a meeting of the sabha was held here on Saturday and after passing a resolution, the sabha members thanked Dhindsa for the donation. He further said that the Aggarwal Bhawan is under construction at Lakhi colony where Lakhpat Rai has donated 10 biswas of land.
BATHINDA
Punjabi conference: The Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha will hold a Punjabi conference here in the first week of November, Jagdish Singh
Ghai, executive member of the Sabha said in a press release issued here on Saturday. It was decided at the meeting that was held under the presidentship of Anoop Singh
Virk. Foreign delegates would also participate in the conference. Various issues regarding Punjabi language, literature and culture will be discussed on the occasion.
Bangi Ruldu Zila
Parishad: The double bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed the writ petition filed by Jaswinder Kaur, a Congress candidate of Bangi Ruldu Zila Parishad zone, who had challenged the rejection of her nomination papers. As per information, petition filed vide 7758/2008 dated May 15, 2008 has been dismissed by the double bench comprising Justice K.S. Garewal and Justice Daya Chaudhary and now there would be two contestant for the
elections.
FATEHGARH
SAHIB
Cases solved: As many as 49 pending cases out of 114 were solved with mutual consent and an amount of Rs 69,59,792 was given in form of compensation. The cases were solved during a lok adalat held at Fatehgarh Sahib by the District Legal Services Authority.
HOSHIARPUR
PSHRC seeks information: Considering the complaint of Human Empowerment League of Punjab member Parvinder Singh Kitna regarding advertisements in the print media about medicines for improving one's health/sexual power which dupe illiterate people, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) has sought information from the principal secretary, Health, and the director, Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, whether such advertisements violate any law or any instructions/guidelines on the subject.
MANSA
Mid-day meal scheme: The students up to middle standard would get meal under the mid-day meal scheme in this district. This was decided in the meeting of the mid-day meal district monitoring committee on Saturday. The meeting was presided over by deputy commissioner Surjeet Singh
Dhillon. On the occasion, district education officer Harbans Singh Sandhu informed that there were 287 government primary schools and four government-aided schools where 47,683 students were getting education. District manager of mid-day meal scheme P.S. Mittal said proper funds were available for the scheme. Civil surgeon Mansa was asked to check the quality of mid-day meal scheme and the health of children.
Waterlogging in Mansa : On the day of the chief minister’s visit, the streets of Mansa were flooded with water as rains exposed the drainage system. Streets like
Dhir, Labh Singh, Channi Chakki and Baba Bujha Singh Bhawan, Thuthian wala road and Sabzi Mandi road were the worst affected. A resident, Jaspal Singh rued that due to rain, he couldn’t go out for work.
‘Refrain from increasing prices’: The Radical People’s Forum, Punjab, asked the central government to refrain from the increasing the prices of diesel and petrol. Forum suggested that the central government should not follow the policies favouring the USA. Forum leaders Sukhdarshan Singh Natt and Jaspal Singh Khokhar said the government had sold public sector institutions, which were profitable, and these were sold at very low rates. If the government hadn’t sold these institutions, the money for these would have been used for controlling the oil
prices.
NABHA
Board exams results: Students of the Punjab Public School, Nabha, have shown excellent results in the ICSE (X) and ISC (XII) Board exams conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. In ICSE (X), the result is 100 per cent. Sarfraz Singh Dhaliwal has stood first by securing 91.4 pc marks, while Harsimran Kaur and Irandeep Kaur shared the second position with 90.8 pc marks. Fortytwo students got the distinction while 62 students got first division.
PATHANKOT
Truck recovered: The Sadar police recovered a truck (HP-38-A-6745) from Milwan Thakur Dwara,35 km from here, on Saturday. Rakesh Kumar lodged a complaint at Nangal Bhur police station on Friday that his vehicle was missing. The police recovered it from Nangal Bhur, but the driver had fled from the scene. DSP Karamjit Singh said the police raiding to nab the culprits.
PATIALA
Elected: Bal Krishan Singla was, on Saturday, unanimously elected as president of S.D. Kumar
Sabha, Patiala, a social organisation, which is engaged in the running of hospitals and educational institutions in the city. Outgoing president Ram Prasad Seth proposed his name which was seconded by many others.
Function: The third annual prize distribution function of Mata Sahib Kaur Khalsa Girls College of Education was celebrated at Dhamo Majra on Saturday on the college premises. Chief guest
K.S. Badungar, former president of SGPC, presided over the function. Students were awarded prizes and merit certificates for their achievements during the session.
Welcomed: Residents of the town and artists of the National Theatre Arts Society hailed the decision of the Patiala municipal corporation to close the filthy drain around Bhasha Bhawan near Sheranwala Gate, which was a source of nuisance since a long time.
SANGRUR
11 new bank branches: The Malwa Gramin Bank, with its head office here and spread over five districts Sangrur, Patiala, Mohali, Barnala and Fatehgarh Sahib, is going to open 11 new branches, eight in the first fortnight of June and three in July, in Sangrur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala and Barnala districts. With the opening of these branches, the bank is expecting to do additional business of Rs 50 crore in a
year. All new 11 branches will be fully
computerised.
Farmers block rail traffic: Demanding the augmentation of a power transformer from 7.5 mega volt ampere (MVA) to 20 MVA at the 66-KV grid sub-station of the PSEB at Chhajli village (near Sunam), members and activists of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan), led by state president of the union Joginder Singh Ugrahan, blocked the rail traffic for two hours on Ludhiana-Jakhal track at Chhajli village on Friday.They wanted the power supply improved in the Chhajli area at the earliest in view of the ensuing paddy season.
ZIRAKPUR
Suicide: Mansa Kumari (30), an Ambedkar Colony resident, ended her life by consuming poison on Saturday. The victim was rushed to the civil hospital, Sector 6,
Panchkula, where the doctor declared her brought dead. According to the police, Mansa Kumari was suffering from depression, which could have resulted in the extreme step. As her husband is working in
Yamunanagar, she was putting up with her sister and brother-in-law at Ambedkar Colony. The police has initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the
CrPC.
