Bank woos NRIs:The State Bank of India’s NRI branch organised an NRI meet yesterday, which was attended by at least 40
NRIs.TK Berry, regional manager, gave information about products offered for
NRIs.Suresh Goyal, chief manager, said it was the only branch in and around Chandigarh exclusively for NRIs.
KURUKSHETRA
Seminar on Shakespeare: One-day seminar on Shakespeare’s Sonnets was organised jointly by Dr Sarup Singh Chair, department of
english, Kurukshetra University and The Shakespeare Association at Senate Hall, Kurukshetra University on Friday to commemorate the
quadri-centennial of the publication of Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1609). Prof Brajesh
Sawhney, chairman, department of english, welcomed the guests and informed about the theme of the seminar.
REWARI
4 students injured: Four girl students, Rinku, Manisha, Pooja and Meenakshi, all residents of Kharkhara village, near Dharuhera, were seriously injured after they were hit by a speeding tractor at the village bus stand on the NH 8 on Saturday. The mishap took place when they were waiting at the bus stand to catch a bus for their college in Rewari. Meanwhile, the Dharuhera police, which registered a case of rash driving, has impounded the tractor while its driver reportedly fled after the incident.
Villager electrocuted: Umed Singh (44), a resident of Nahar village and an employee of the village post office, was electrocuted after he happened to touch the iron bars of the foundation of an under-construction overbridge of the Railways in the station area in Kosli on Saturday. As the construction was being done with the help of a generator, a strong current was flowing through the iron bar. The incident took place when Umed Singh was going to the Kosli station to deliver the mailbag. He is survived by his wife two daughters and a son.
SONEPAT
Gramin adalat: As many as 46 out of 52 cases were settled with mutual consent of the parties concerned at the Gramin Lok Adalat held at Kundli village in the district. Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM)-cum-secretary of the District Legal Services Authority Falit Sharma told the village sarpanch to prepare a list of the cases of his village pending in different courts and motivate the parties concerned for a compromise. He also asked him to avail the services of the responsible persons of the village and get the compromise approved by the lok
adalat.
Contact programme: Several Congress leaders of party’s different cells in the district have welcomed the new initiative of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to hold “Janata Chaupal” and “Karyakarta Milan” programmes to interact with the party workers and general public at every district and sub-divisional headquarters. In press statements issued here on Friday, AICC member Sumitra Chahan, DCC ( Urban) President , Pradeep Gautam said the programme would not only help in prompt redressing the public grievances promptly, but would also accelerate the tempo of development in the district.
