FEROZEPORE
Strike: Members of the local branch of the All-India Telecom Employees Union, Class III (Namboodni), on Wednesday observed a strike and staged a dharna in front of the GMT Office here. They demanded, among other things, a raise in pay scales and grant of time-bound promotions.
Demanded: Members of the Senior Citizens' Welfare Association in a press note issued here on Wednesday demanded that gas cylinders should be supplied to them after 20 days instead of 28 days and legal aid should be given to them, free of cost.

NAWANSHAHR
Eye camp: The S.S. Jain Sabha organised a free eye operation camp at Jain Upasara here. More than 600 patients were examined and 74 were operated upon, Mr Surdershan Kumar Jain, president of the Sabha, said here on Wednesday.
Scribes' body: The following have been elected office-bearers of the district unit of the Punjab Chandigarh Patrakar Parishad: President — Mr Jasbir Deep, Vice-Presidents — Mr Chaman Lal Banga, Mr Sarup Singh Rahon and Mr Balwainder Singh, and Joint Secretary — Subash Joshi.

PATIALA
Elected: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Punjab Draughtsmen Association here: President — Mr Darshan Singh, Secretary — Mr Girdhari Lal Sharma; and Treasurer — Mr Balvir Singh.

HOSHIARPUR
Wheat sowing: Capt Avtar Singh Randhawa, (Retd), Director, Agriculture Punjab, addressed a meeting of Chief Agriculture Officers and Agriculture officers of Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr and Ropar here on Wednesday. He said 55 per cent of wheat sowing had been done as compared to 34 per cent last year. Instructions had been issued to Punjab Agro Industries to provide three bags of fertilisers to small farmers.

PHAGWARA
Panch booked: Rammurti, General Secretary of the Block Congress Committee (rural) and a panch of Bhanoki village, has been booked for cheating and forgery under Sections 420, 120-B and 467, IPC. He was remanded in judicial lock up till November 26 on Wednesday. He had allegedly sold a plot from the Panchayat land illegally under fake name of a woman.

GURGAON
Case registered: The Ferozepore Jhirka police has registered a criminal case against Ibrahim and Akhtar of Dauha village on a complaint filed by the SDO, Haryana Vidyut Corporation. The two clashed with corporation officials who had come to record meter reading in the village.
Sarpanch killed: Issab, a former sarpanch of Sheikhpur village, died on the spot when his motor cycle was hit by a mini-bus near Kamed village. The police has registered a case against the driver of the mini-bus.

KURUKSHETRA
Teachers' body: The Following have been elected office-bearers of the Haryana Rajya Vigyan Adhyapak Sangathan: President — Mr Anil Joshi; Vice-President — Mr Jagjit Singh; Secretary — Mr Krishan Kumar; Joint-Secretary — Mr Ram Swaroop; and Treasurer — Mr Suresh Saini.
Karamchari sangh: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Regional Engineering College Karamchari Sangh: President — Mr Sumer Chand Sharma; Senior Vice-President — Mr Jai Ram; Vice- President — Mr Ved Prakash; General Secretary — Mr Tulsi Das Batra; Joint Secretary — Mr Bachna Ram; and Treasurer — Mr Joginder Singh.
Ashram body: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Banvasi Kalyan Ashram: Patrons — Dr Pawan Goyal, Dr Om Prakash Lalit and Mr Naresh Kumar Garg; President — Mr Gobind Lal Setia; General Secretary — Mr Shyam Sunder Sharma; Vice-Presidents — Mr Shiv Datt Sharma, Dr Girish Grover, Mr Arjun Singh Saini and Mr Harikrishan Sharma; and Treasurer — Mr Jagdish Nagpal.

YAMUNANAGAR
Agriculture market: A sum of Rs 500 crore will be spent on the construction of an agriculture market at Rai in Sonepat district. Mr Ved Pal, Chairman, Haryana Agriculture Marketing Board, addressing traders at the food grain market here on Wednesday said Chief Minister, Bansi Lal had agreed to send a high-level delegation abroad to get the latest technology in agriculture market. Nearly 400 acres of land had been acquired for the purpose.

CHAMBA
Fire: An old woman was burnt to death, six houses partially burnt and five were gutted in a fire which broke out at Rathiar village near Khajjiar, about 24 km from here on Thursday. Mr K. Sanjay Murti, Deputy Commissioner, said on Friday that the loss was estimated to be Rs 10 lakh

BILASPUR
Community centres: Twenty community centre buildings will be completed during this financial year in the Gehadwin constituency, Himachal Cooperative Minister Rikhiram Kondal said this while laying the foundation stone of a community centre at Baroti village, about 70 km from here, on Tuesday.

NURPUR
Robbed: Mr Sunil Kumar, a salesman of a wine shop, was reportedly robbed of Rs 11,500 by two armed youths at gunpoint at Dhameta in Jawali-sub division on Tuesday. Alert villagers nabbed culprit Anil Kumar from Khatiya village and handed him over to the police. A sum of Rs 6500 was recovered from him. The other culprit has absconded. The police has registered a case.

KULU
Pensioners' sangh: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Himachal Pensioners Kalyan Sangh, (Banjar block): President — Thakur Lal Singh; Vice-President — Mr Moti Ram; Secretary — Mr Anup Ram; Assistant Secretary — Mr K.C. Ruddar; and Treasurer — Mr Bhagat Ram.

NAHAN
Arrested: The police claims to have solved the murder case of Keshoram (50) with the arrest of his sons, Vikram Singh and Sanjeev Kumar of Kurukshetra district. The victim reportedly had strained relations with his wife and sons. According to the police, the two brought Keshoram to Renuka on the pretext of paying obeisance where they allegedly murdered him.