The Tribune...Regional Briefs

	R E G I O N A L... B R I E F S....	Monday, July 6, 1998
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PUNJAB BRIEFS
AMRITSAR
Threatened: Veteran CPI leader, Satya Pal Dang has sought the intervention of Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal to accept the demands of the medical and dental teachers of three medical colleges in the state. In a statement here on Saturday, he said that teachers had threatened to abstain from hospital duties. Meanwhile, the PCMS Association, Punjab, and the Junior Doctors Association has supported the demands.

BATALA
No salary: A meeting of the employees of the Government-Aided Privately Managed Schools of Gurdaspur district was held here on Friday at the local Guru Nanak Khalsa Senior Secondary School, under the chairmanship of Mr Harbhajan Singh Bajwa. He alleged that employees were not paid salaries since April due to delay in the release of grants-in-aid.

GURDASPUR
Office-bearers: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local unit of the Private Doctors Association: president — Dr Daljit Singh; vice-president — Dr Surinder Pannu; secretary — Dr Ashok Oberai; and treasurer — Dr Seerat Gupta
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HOSHIARPUR
Cases registered: The Deputy Commissioner has ordered the registration of a case under Sections 379, 409, 511 and 120B, IPC, against Mr Harsh Kumar, Divisional Forest Officer, Garhshankar, Mr Avtar Singh, Forester, Mr Daulat Ram, Forest Guard, Mr Ashwani Kumar and others for allegedly misappropriating the timber from the forest depot of Garhshankar. The inquiry conducted by the Additional Deputy Commissioner revealed that the Divisional Forest Officer on May 27, unauthorisedly tried to lift timber from the forest depot.

LUDHIANA
Elected: Dr Tejinder Pal Singh, former chairman, Homoepathic Council of Punjab, has been elected member of the council from the Ludhiana constituency.

PATHANKOT
School timings: The Deputy Commissioner, Gurdaspur, has ordered the change of timings of the government schools. The middle, high and senior secondary schools will open at 8 a.m. and close by 2 p.m. and the primary schools will open at 8 a.m. and close by 1 p.m., with immediate effect, according to Mr Bishan Dass Sharma, District Education Officer (Secondary).

Elected: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local Lions Club Greater: chairman — Mr Vinod Mahajan; president — Mr Vidya Sagar Verma; general secretary — Mr Ravi Gupta; and treasurer — Mr Kasturi Lal Babuta.

PATIALA
Elected: Dr Krishan Chand Batish has been elected member council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab.

SANGRUR
2 buried alive: Two persons identified as Giga Khan and Bhura Singh were buried alive while digging 30-feet deep well for the commissioning of electric motor for tube well in the fields of Bachan Singh at Pakhokalan in Barnala subdivision the district, yesterday, the police said on Sunday
The farmers in the district have to dig deep pits due to decline in subsoil water table.

HARYANA BRIEFS
FARIDABAD
Two arrested: The District Food and Supplies Department has launched a drive against the illegal sale of kerosene in the city. According to the District Food Controller, a team raided two premises in Sector 15 and seized 50 litres of kerosene from Manoj and 80 litres from Ashok on Friday. Manoj was arrested but Ashok escaped.

SIRSA
Camp: A 21-day training camp on dairy farming organised by the District Dairy Development Department and the Krishi Gyan Kendra concluded here on Friday. Dr S.S. Wadhwa, District Dairy Development Officer, said in the current year the target was 150 commercial and 28 mini dairy farms.

SONEPAT
No trust move: A no-confidence motion was passed against Mr Dharam Chand, Sarpanch of Mauzam Nagar village, at a special meeting held in the office of the Block Development and Panchayat Officer in Kharkhauda on Saturday. As many as 133 of the 241 members of the gram sabha were present while 126 members voted against the Sarpanch, two voted in favour. Five votes were invalid.

Vyas pooja: Thousands of men and women and children participated in the Vias Pooja Mahotsava organised by the Shri Gita Prachar Samithi in Shri Radha Krishan Temple here on Sunday. Swami Divyanand Bhikhshu Ji Maharaj of Hardwar, performed the pooja.

Dharna: Members of the Haryana Agricultural Development Officers Association sat on a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner office here on Saturday in support of their demands. Their demands include the implementation of the National Agriculture Commission report. Cases under Sections 457 and 380, IPC, have been registered against them.

HIMACHAL PRADESH BRIEFS
BILASPUR
Bridge construction: The Central Government has allocated Rs 1 crore for the construction of bridge at Gambhrolia near here, on the National Highway No 21, within six months, according to Mr Suresh Chandel, MP, on Saturday. He met the Union Minister for the Surface Transport, Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Dr M. Thambi Durai on Friday.

Two arrested: The police has arrested two persons belonging to Malerkotla on a charge of stealing currency notes from a shop in Dholera ward here.