| ABOHAR Ordered
The Sub
Divisional Magistrate on Saturday directed the
cinema house owners here to remove obscene film
posters in the town. The warning was issued after
a deputation of the women wing of the BJP met the
SDM and lodged a protest against the posters.
Rally
The
district Congress Committee will organise a rally
at Ferozepore on August 9 in connection with Quit
India Movement day. The PPCC Chief Mr Amarinder
Singh will address the rally.
AMRITSAR
Plea on prices
Mrs Laxmi
Kanta Chawla, MLA, has urged the Punjab and Union
Governments to check the increasing prices. In a
press note issued here on Saturday, Mrs Chawla
said there was an urgent need to take steps to
bring down the prices. She said that common use
items like onions, potatoes, and tea should be
supplied through the public distribution system
at controlled prices.
BATHINDA
Office-bearers
The
following have been elected office-bearers of the
Rotary Club: president — Dr K.K. Bajaj;
vice-presidents — Mr Jagdish Gupta and Dr
S.K. Bansal; secretary — Dr Subash Singla;
and treasurer — Mr Kiran Seth.
FATEHGARH
SAHIB
Lok Adalat
A Lok
Adalat was organised here on Saturday by the
District and Sessions Judge, Patiala, Mr
K.S.Grewal and the District Additional and
Sessions Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mr A.N. Jindal.
Ten cases relating to accidents and various other
matters were settled. Claims worth Rs 43.10 lakh
were settled in the adalat. Five cases in the CJM
court and 2 cases each in the court of H.S.
Grewal and Poonam Ratti, Judicial Magistrates
were settled.
KAPURTHALA
Three killed
Three
persons have been killed in two different road
accidents in the town in the past two days.
Swaran Singh (60), and Piara Singh (55), both
residents of Muktrawala in Sultanpurlodhi
succumbed to their injuries sustained when their
scooter collided with a four-wheeler on the
Kapurthala-Sultanpurlodhi road on Friday. The
police has arrested the driver of the
four-wheeler and registered a case under Section
304, IPC. In another accident Mohinder Pal was
killed when a roadways bus hit him on Thursday.
Exhibition
An
exhibition on rail components was organised at
the Rail Coach Factory here on Saturday for
improving the quality of coach components. A
seminar was also organised in which vendors from
all over the state participated. The general
manager of the factory, Mr V.P. Ojha, inaugurated
the exhibition and advised the vendors to improve
the quality of components supplied to the
factory.
MALERKOTLA
Nominated
Mr Azmat
Khan, president of the local Municipal Council,
has constituted subcommittees for the smooth
working of the council. Mr Rakesh Sharma , Mr
Mohammad Saddiq, Mr Mohammad Yakoob and Mr
Mohammad Rafiq have been nominated chairman of
the house tax, finance, works and sanitation
subcommittees, respectively.
MANSA
Arrested
The
Sardulgarh police has nabbed Kulwant Singh, alias
Manak and Harcharan Singh, members of an
inter-state gang engaged in the smuggling of
'bhukki,' Mr Yurinder Singh Hayer , SSP said on
Saturday. The police also seized 48 bags of
'bhukki,' weighing about ten quintals and the
truck carrying the 'bhukki'. The police has
registered a case under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of
the NDPS Act and under Sections 468, 471, 473,
474 and 475 of the IPC.
PATHANKOT
Tree plantation
Members of
the Lions Club here planted more than 100
saplings on the premises of Shri Guru Harkrishan
Public School on Friday. The club president said
more saplings would be planted to make the town
pollution free.
Rotary club
Mr Raman
Trehan and Ms Beena Misra have been installed
president and general secretary, respectively, of
the Rotary Club (Midtown).
PATIALA
Body found
The body
of Raj Kumar, a resident of Bishan Nagar, was
found from the Patiala Nadi on the Rajpura road
on Friday. The body has been sent for a medical
examination.
Injured
Four
persons were injured in a fight in Corgiwala
village on Friday. The sadar police station SHO,
Mr Ashish Kapoor, said a case under Sections 324,
323 had been registered against Mr Gurmail Singh,
Gurvinder Singh, Satinder Singh and Rinku for
inflicting injuries on each other. The injured
had been admitted to Rajindra Hospital.
Elected
The
following have been elected office-bearers of the
Zonal Welfare Society Phase-II Urban Estate:
president- Mr J.S.Buttar, general secretary - Mr
R.P.S. Kohli and treasurer - Mr R.K. Malhotra.
Selected
The
president of the Indian Dental Association,
Punjab, Dr Vijay Goyal, has been selected for the
award of fellowship of "Pierre Fauchard
Academy",. It will be presented to him at
the 12th annual convocation to be held at Rajpura
on September 12.
PHAGWARA
Office-bearers
The
following have been elected office-bearers of the
Rotary Club (Central): president — Mr
Jatinder Singh Kundi; vice-presidents — Mr
Mahesh Gautam, Mr Ramesh Kaura and Mr K.P. Sayal;
secretary — Dr N.P.S. Makkar; and treasurer
— Mr N.S. Bawa.
SAMRALA
Protest
The Lok
Sangharsh Committee on Saturday took out a
procession and held a rally against the rise in
prices of essential commodities , bus fares and
electricity. Mr Bharpur Singh, convener of the
committee, submitted a memorandum to government ,
through Mr Sanjay Popli, SDM, to check the rising
prices.
Postponed
The Punjab
Tourism Karamchari Dal has postponed its proposed
strike from August 6 to 9, according to Mr Mangal
Singh Hundal, co-convener of the dal. It has also
put off the wearing of black badges. Mr Hundal
said this decision had been taken after a meeting
with Smt. Vini Mahajan, Managing Director of the
corporation.
TALWANDI SABO
Settled
As many as
63 cases were settled at a Lok Adalat organised
in the local court complex here on Saturday by Mr
V.P. Soni, Additional Civil Judge (Senior
Division). 
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