| AMRITSAR Visit: A
high-powered committee on the welfare of
Scheduled Caste and scheduled tribes will visit
Amritsar on Monday. The committee will meet
senior officials of Punjab and Sind Bank to
ensure the implementation of welfare schemes for
these sections, a bank press note stated.
BATHINDA
Eye
donation: As many as 25 cadets of the
NCC unit of the local Industrial Training
Institute has pledged to donate their eyes during
an eye donation seminar held jointly by the NCC
and the District Blindness Control Society.
FATEHGARH
SAHIB
Charge:
Mr Gurpal Singh Bhatti, PCS, took over as ADC(G)
and Mr Devinder Pal Singh Walia as ADC (D) here
on Thursday.
FEROZEPORE
Flayed: The
Punjab Government Pensioners Association has
criticised the alleged indifferent attitude of
the State Government towards pensioners. The
association demanded the immediate release of the
DA instalment at 6 per cent from July 1, 1998.
GARHSHANKAR
Office-bearers:
The following have been elected office-bearers of
the managing committee of SGGS Khalsa College,
Mahilpur: Senior Vice-President — Mr
Rachhpal Singh; Vice-President — Mr Sohan
Singh; General Secretary — Mr Jang Bahadur
Singh Rai; and Treasurer — Major Bakhtawar
Singh.
GURDASPUR
Case
registered: The district police
registered a case against fertiliser dealer of
Purana Shalla on Thursday for allegedly selling
DAP fertilisers at a rate of Rs 450 per bag
against a control price of Rs 415 per bag. A case
has been registered on a complaint of Mr MS
Chahal, Chief Agriculture Officer.
JALANDHAR
Urged:
Mr Harpreet Inder Singh, President, Government
School Lecturers Association, Punjab, has urged
the government to implement its non-financial
demands without further delay. He said the State
Government had already accepted the demands at a
meeting held on April 24.
LUDHIANA
Eye camp: A
two day eye operation camp held at Srinanaksar
Baba Nand Singh Ishar Singh Hospital, Nanaksar,
concluded on Friday. As many as 300 patients were
examined and 40 eye operations performed.
Medicines and spectacles were provided free of
cost to the patients.
MALERKOTLA
Installation
ceremony: Mr Ravinder Parkash Goyal,
district Governor, Lion District 321-F, lauded
the role of lion Clubs in the service of mankind.
He was speaking here on Saturday on the occasion
of the installation ceremony of the local Lions
Club. Mr Mohan Lal was installed President.
MUKTSAR
Market
committee: The following are the
office-bearers of the Market Committee Gidderbaha
: Chairman — Mr Surjit Singh Mann;
Vice-Chairman — Mr Saroop Chand and members
include Mr Gurcharn Singh, Mr Hari Singh, Mr
Balwant Singh, Mr Bawa Singh, Ms Jasmel Kaur, Mr
Ashok Kumar, Mr Subash Chand, Mr Sham Lal, Mr Ram
Bhuj, Mr Gurcharn Singh and BDO Gidderbaha
(Cooperative Societies).
PATHANKOT
Medical
camp: A medical check-up camp was
organised by the Lions Club at Nangal Bhur
village on Sunday. During the camp as many as 700
patients were examined and medicines distributed
free of cost among them.
PATIALA
Homoeopathic
dispensary: A free homoeopathic
dispensary has been started by the Shri Ram
Chahan Memorial Trust at AC Market, Tripuri town,
here. The dispensary was inaugurated by Dr K.C.
Batish, member council, Homoeopathic System of
Medicine, Punjab, on Guru Nanak Jayanti.
PHAGWARA
Protest:
Members of the local Hindustan Club held a
protest march on Saturday against the rising
prices of essential commodities. They submitted a
memorandum to the local authorities.
SANGRUR
Gang
busted: With the arrest of three
persons, the district police claims to have
busted a gang of car thieves, according to Mr
Arpit Shukla, SP. The police has recovered two
stolen cars from them. A case has been registered
against them.
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