| ABOHAR Murder:
Joginder Singh of Seetogunno village in this
subdivision was allegedly killed by his brother,
Rajinder Singh, on Thursday, police sources said
on Friday. The accused suspected his brother of
having illicit relations with his wife. A case
under Section 302, IPC was registered.
AMRITSAR
SPO
commits suicide: Jatinder Kumar (26),
SPO, committed suicide with his service rifle
while on duty here on Thursday.
Science mela: Mr Bhag Singh
Ankhi, Honorary Secretary, Chief Khalsa Dewan,
Amritsar, inaugurated a three-day science fair at
the local Shri Guru Har Kishan Public School on
Friday. As many as 57 teams participated in
various competitions.
BATALA
Holy bath:
Devotees from all over the country
visited Achleshwar Temple, 7 km from here, on the
Batala-Jalandhar road on Friday and took a holy
bath there. Every year a festival is organised
here during October.
FARIDKOT
Eye
operation camp: The Elders Service
Society here and the district Health Department
will organise a four-day free eye operation camp
at Deepsinghwala village from November 6.
Medicines, spectacles and other necessary items
will be provided free of cost.
Elected: The following have been
elected office-bearers of the Punjab Gazetted
School Officers Association: President — Mr
Joginder Singh Aulakh (Sangrur); Senior
Vice-Presidents — Mr Sadhu Singh Randhawa
(Amritsar) and Mr Lachhman Singh Brar (Faridkot);
Vice-Presidents — Mr Jagjit Singh (Mansa)
and Mr Avtar Singh (Hoshiarpur); General
Secretary — Mr Sarabjot Singh (Amritsar);
and Treasurer — Mr Dharam Singh (Sangrur).
FAZILKA
Crushed:
One man was crushed to death by a truck on the
Abohar-Fazilka road near Banwala village on
Friday. According to reports, Kakka Singh (60) of
Bhangala village had gone to Korian Wali village
to pay obeisance at the village temple. A case
has been registered.
GURDASPUR
Prohibited:
Mr S.K Sandhu District Magistrate, has prohibited
all types of movements from the international
border to the fencing by the BSF from 9 pm to 5
am daily in the district. However, this order
will not be enforceable on GT Road from the
border barrier to Gurdaspur. He has also banned
wearing of identical uniforms of police,
para-military forces and army officials. Both
these orders will remain in force till December
25.
Association: The following have
been elected office-bearers of the Retired
Municipal Employees Union of Gurdaspur and
Dhariwal: President - Mr Sohan Lal;
Vice-President — Mr Mehnga Ram; Secretary
— Mr Santokh Singh; and Treasurer — Mr
Chander Prakash.
HOSHIARPUR
Land
registration: The Revenue Department has
decided to do land registration work from 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m. daily at all tehsil offices in
Jalandhar division. This was stated by Mr V.K.
Sirivastava, Commissioner, Jalandhar division, at
a meeting of the Deputy Commissioners of
Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Nawanshahr,
Gurdaspur and Amritsar on Thursday.
Dental camp: The local branch of
the State Bank of India and the Civil Hospital
here organised a dental check-up camp at
Government Middle School, Jaipur on Thursday. As
many as 165 children were examined and medicines
were given free of cost.
Jhuggis gutted: A fire broke out
in jhuggis near the pressure cooker factory on
the Phagwara road on Thursday. About 50 jhuggis
were gutted. The cause of fire is not known. No
loss of life has been reported.
JALANDHAR
Mela:
The seventh "Gadari Babian Da Mela"
started with a musical competition here at Desh
Bhagat Yaadgar Hall on Friday. Artistes from
various parts of the state participated.
LUDHIANA
Training
programme: A training-cum-demonstration
programme on preservation and processing of
fruits and vegetables was conducted at the
Regional Centre of Central Food Technological
Research Institute from October 26 to 30. The
training programme was attended by 22 women of
the Nishkam Seva Sangh Training Schools and seven
other prospective entrepreneurs from Ludhiana,
Patiala and Amritsar.
Nominated: Mr Jagjit Singh Shad,
President, Northern India Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, has been nominated member of the
Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee
for two years.
MALERKOTLA
Compensation:
Mr Nusrat Ali Khan, Sport Minister,
Punjab, on Thursday visited the site of the fire
in which seven khokhas were reduced to ashes at
Ludhiana bypass here on Tuesday. The minister
promised to secure full compensation to the
sufferers.
Consumer service month: A
meeting was organised by the Indian Oil
Corporation at the local Parmeshwar Oil Company
on Thursday in connection with the consumer
service month observed by the company.
MOGA
Body
found: The police found a body on Grand
Trunk Road on Thursday. It was sent for a
post-mortem examination.
Inaugurated: The Deputy
Commissioner, Mr Kulbir Singh Kang, inaugurated a
three-day Punjab University Zonal Youth Festival
at the local S.D. College for Women.
Banned: The District Magistrate,
Mr Kulbir Singh Kang, has banned the export of
DAP fertiliser from the district with immediate
effect. These steps have been taken following an
increase in the demand of DAP by farmers busy in
sowing the rabi crop.
PATIALA
Drama:
The local National Theatre Arts Society staged a
play at Baba Mal Singh Memorial Girls College,
Chappa village in Sangrur district recently.
ROPAR
Science
congress: A children's science congress
of the district was held at Government Senior
Secondary School for Girls here recently. In the
elementary category, Ashish Aggarwal of RTP Nuhon
colony stood first, Pushpinder Kaur of the local
Government Senior Secondary School for Girls came
second and Harmanjit Kaur of DAV Senior Secondary
School, here was third. In the senior category,
Poonam Bedi of DAV School here came first and
Satwinder Kaur of Senior Secondary School for
Girls, Anandpur Sahib, stood second.
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