Strike
Non-teaching employees of private colleges observed strike on Friday against the delay on the part of the government to release the revised pay scales as per the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission.
Favouritism
A ruling party MLA, Mrs Laxmi Kanta Chawla, alleged in a press note on Friday that the Education Department had indulged in nepotism while ordering 91 transfers. She added that the department had violated the rules by appointing junior principals as district education officers.

HOSHIARPUR

Congress Committee
The following have been elected office-bearers of the District Congress Committee: president — Mr Hukam Singh Yadav; vice-president — Mr Satpal Sikri; general secretary — Mr Vinod Kumar Kal; and treasurer — Mr Dharampal.

KAPURTHALA

Medical camp
A medical and an eye checkup camp, is being organised at Begowal on September 3 in connection with the death anniversary of Bawa Charanjit Singh. Medicines free of cost will be provided to the patients.
Rate lists
Mr Usha R. Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, has directed the district Food and Supplies controller to ensure that the shopkeepers display rate lists at their shops.
Purchasing centres
The district administration has set up 46 purchasing centres for the purchase of paddy in 11 zones, according to the Deputy Commissioner. Each zone has been put under the supervision of a Subdivisional Magistrate, an Executive Magistrate and tehsildars.
Held
Mohinder Singh, a clerk in the office of the Deputy Commissioner, was arrested by the police on Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 300 from Jaswinderjit Singh. A case has been registered.
Registered
The Sultanpur Lodhi police has registered a case against Jaspal Singh of Railway Station Mohalla for allegedly attempting to kill his wife, Baljit Kaur, by setting her on fire on Thursday.

NAWANSHAHR

Water scarcity
The problem of drinking and irrigation water being faced by residents of the Kandi area would be tackled on priority basis. This was stated by Dr Roshan Sunkaria, Deputy Commissioner, while presiding over a "sangat darshan" at Saroya village on Friday. Various development and welfare schemes would also be undertaken during the year, the DC said.

PATIALA

Elected
The following have been elected office-bearers of the local Tej Bagh Colony Welfare Society: president — Mr Ramesh Chopra; vice-president-cum-treasurer — Mr J.S. Behl; and general secretary — Mr Gobind Kumar.
Vanamahotsava
The local Lions Club (Central) and the State Bank of Patiala (New Officers Colony branch) celebrated vanamahotsava on Friday by planting saplings at Bhupindra Road.
Union
The following have been elected office-bearers of the Language Department Class III Karamchari (non-clerical) Union, Punjab: president — Mr Kesar Singh; general secretary — Mr Satnam Singh, vice-president — Dr Balwinder Kaur Joshi; and treasurer — Mr Satnam Singh.
Urged
The Tripuri Main Bazar Welfare Association in a statement on Friday has urged the municipal corporation to repair the roads in the area.

SAS NAGAR

Tree plantation
More than 200 saplings were planted by the phase VII branch of State Bank of Patiala at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research here on Friday. Dr C.L.Kaul, director of the NIPER, inaugurated the function.

Donation
The Lions Club here donated a Maruti van to Sahyog, an organisation for the welfare of mentally-retarded children, on Friday.

ROHTAK

Undertrial freed
A group of youths freed an undertrial prisoner from police custody while he was being brought back to jail from Rewari after a court hearing on Thursday. The freed prisoner has been identified as Ramroop belonging to Ladravan village in Bahadurgarh subdivision.

SIRSA

Suicide
Ravi Kumar (24) of Mandi Dabwali, 60 km from here, committed suicide after consuming poison at his house on Thursday. The cause of the suicide is not known.
Dead
Dinesh Grover of the local Dwarkapuri locality succumbed to his injuries at Hisar on Friday. According to sources, he was injured when his scooter collided with a cycle on Thursday.
Car stolen
A Maruti car belonging to Dr Harrattan Singh Gandhi, a resident of Khairpur Colony here, was reportedly stolen from his house on Friday.
Raped
Hardeep Singh and Nihal Singh of Nakodar village were arrested by the Ellenabad police on Friday under Sections 376 and 34, IPC, on the charge of raping a woman of Talwara village on Tuesday.

SONEPAT

Janata Dal
The following persons have been nominated as office-bearers of the district Janata Dal: president — Mr Harpal Singh; vice-presidents — Mr Mange Ram, Mr Sukha Nand, Mr Sher Ali and Mr Chet Ram Jangra; general secretaries — Mr Dharampal Dar, Mr Chandan Singh Verma, Mr Rajbir Singh, Mr Risal Singh and Mr Ashok Dhalia.
Nominated
Mr Jagdish Gupta has been nominated as the president of the Beopar cell of the district unit of Janata Dal on Friday. Mr Krishan Kumar and Mr Hari Singh were nominated as the presidents of the Sonepat and Baroda assembly constituencies in the district.
Molestation
The Ghanaur police has registered a case against Satpal and a woman of Shahpur Tagga village for the alleged molestation of a woman of the same village. According to the police, the woman was working in a field when Satpal allegedly raped her with the help of another woman.

YAMUNANAGAR

Sentenced
The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jagadhri, Mr A.K. Verma, sentenced Behari Lal to six months' imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1000 under the Food Adulteration Act on Thursday.

Arrested
The police here has arrested Rukamdeen, Dharamchand and Bhagat Ram for allegedly carrying 207 cases of liquor without permit in a vehicle at Suhar Ghat, near here. The SP stated on Friday that a case under the Himachal Pradesh Excise Act had been registered.

SUNDERNAGAR

Killed
Vijay Kumar of Delhi, at present a resident of the local Purana Bazar, was killed when his vehicle was involved in an accident on the national highway near Dhanotu, 2 km from here on Wednesday. A case has been registered under Sections 279 and 304A, IPC.