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ABOHAR
Overbridge inauguration: Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal will inaugurate a railway overbridge here on January 12. The bridge constructed over railway level crossing number 48-A on the Abohar-Hanumangarh road connects two parts of the city. As the construction of the bridge took over two years despite the fact that it was supposed to be completed within 15 months, residents were disappointed over the delay and have been facing difficulty to reach from one side of the bridge to the other side.
Bathinda
Tributes paid: Rich tributes were paid to superintendent post Bathinda division, TC
Goyal, who had died on December 31, 2009, just hours before his retirement from service, on Sunday. Goyal had reportedly suffered a massive cardiac arrest while working in his official chamber. Postal officials along with their family members and others paid homage to the departed soul during a function organised in
Bathinda.
School holds baby showB: Seerat Kaur clinched the title of Miss Malwa while
A tiny-tot being given prize during a baby show organised at the Doon Public School, Kararwala, Bathinda on Saturday. A Tribune photograph |
Chinmay of Jyoti Vatika went away with Mr Malwa title during the baby show organised by the Doon Public School,
Kararwala, Bathinda on Saturday. Harleen Kaur of Jyoti Vatika bagged the first prize of the most beautiful smile while Dev of Jai Tulsi won first prize for most active child. Various play schools, including Jyoti
Vatika, Kids Playway, Toddler Playway, Little Angel and others participated in the show. Chairman of school
G.S. Dhillon and the principal Parminder thanked all for making the show a big success.
Local boy tops Pbi varsity in BCom:
Anuj Dhawan |
Anuj Dhawan, a student of local Government Rajindra College, has stood first in the Punjabi University,
Patiala, for the session April 2009 by scoring 76.94 per cent marks in
BCom. He has been awarded with a university medal by the vice-chancellor of the university.
CHANDIGARH
Whole-wheat flour launched: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal launched Sohna Brand whole-wheat flour of Markfed here on Sunday. Markfed Chairman Jarnail Singh Wahid apprised the Chief Minister that the Markfed had produced the whole-wheat atta without separating ‘suji’ and bran from quality wheat so that all ingredients of wheat could be provided to consumers. He further said the Markfed would not only market this flour in Punjab but also in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan. He said the rate of this product had been reasonably fixed as compared to other such brands of flour available in the market.Death mourned: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday expressed grief over the death of Chairman of the Punjab Sugarfed, Pritam Singh Kounta, who died after a brief illness on Friday. In a condolence message, Badal described Kounta as an able administrator and a true votary of farmers, who always safeguarded their interests. Shashi Kant is DGP PAP: The state government has transferred and posted Shashi Kant, DGP-cum-Commandant General, Home Guards and Civil Defence, as DGP, PAP, Jalandhar, against vacant post with immediate effect. Shashi Kant is DGP PAP: The state government has transferred and posted Shashi Kant,
DGP-cum-Commandant General, Home Guards and Civil Defence, as DGP, PAP,
Jalandhar, against vacant post with immediate effect.
Jalandhar
Primary schools closed till Jan 12: Keeping in mind the difficulties being faced by small students while going to schools in the chilly weather, District Magistrate Ajit Singh Pannu in a press-note issued here today ordered that all government and private primary schools would remain closed from two more days on January
11 and 12.
Nawanshahr
Talent search exam held: Two examination centres were set up at Government Senior Secondary School and JSFH Khalsa Senior Secondary School here for conducting the Punjab State Talent Search Examinationfor meritorious students of Classes VIII and X today.
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