KHARAR
Closing ceremony: Chakwal National Senior Secondary School, Kurali, celebrated the closing ceremony of its golden jubilee celebrations on Saturday. Mr Madan Mohan Mittal, Food and Supplies Minister, Punjab, was the chief guest and Ms Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal, MP, Ropar, presided over the function.

MOGA
Society formed: The newly formed Drug and AIDS Control Society in the district will organise seminars in educational institutions with an aim to impart knowledge among the young generation about the disastrous results of drug addiction.

PHAGWARA
Foster parents: About 250 needy school children will have Rotarian foster parents in Rotary District 3070, comprising parts of Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, for the welfare of these adopted kids, according to Mr Arun Kapoor, District Governor, Rotary District 3070.

TARN TARAN
Computer education: Mr Rajan Kashyap, Principal Finance Secretary, Government of Punjab, has appealed to non-government organisations to give computer education to school children to make them familiar with the latest technique. He was addressing the tehsil-level prize distribution function organised by the Punjab Rural Education Promotion Council, Ludhiana at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Fatehabad, on Saturday.
Office-bearers: The following have been elected office-bearers for the block units of the local tehsils of the Democratic Teachers Front, Punjab: (Tarn Taran-I) President — Mr Gurnam Singh Bawa; Secretary — Mr Tejinder Singh; and Treasurer — Mr Arjan Singh; (Tarn Taran-II) President — Mr Kuldeep Lal Bharti; Secretary — Mr Barjinder Singh; and Treasurer — Mr Satinder Singh; (Naushehra Pannuan) President — Mr Tasveer Singh; Secretary — Mr Dilbag Singh; and Treasurer — Mr Gian Singh.

FATEHABAD
Power supply: A comprehensive plan to strengthen the power supply system in the district has been formulated, under which the length of the present 30 supply feeders of 11 KV each will be shortened in phases. This was stated by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr V. Raja Shekhar, at an open darbar organised in Rattia on Saturday.
Nominated: A society for the control of blindness in the district has been set up under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner. The Civil Surgeon, Dr Beena Choudhary, has been nominated as the Vice-President and the district Health Officer, Dr S.P. Mimani, as the Secretary of the society.

FARIDABAD
Inefficiency: Resentment prevails among residents here against the inefficiency of the Department of Telecommunications in distributing telegrams. Residents allege that a large number of telegrams have been dumped at the office and not distributed for the past one week.
Dowry death: Vijay, a housewife of Mukesh Colony in Ballabhgarh, allegedly committed suicide by setting herself and her one-year-old son on fire on Friday. She reportedly took the extreme step due to the alleged harassment by her in-laws for not bringing enough dowry. A case has been registered against her mother-in-law, father-in-law and brother-in-law.

HISAR
Project: A Rs 25-lakh research project has been sanctioned to the CCS Haryana Agricultural University by the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany, for a period of three years. Dr R.S. Malik, Project Director, CCSHAU and principal investigator of this scheme, said on Saturday that under this project research studies on design and development of optimum water filtration techniques and effects of different degrees of filtrated water would be taken up.
Sentenced: The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr Diwan Chand, on Saturday sentenced two persons to life imprisonment in a double murder case. According to the prosecution, Yashpal and Kulwant along with nine others had murdered Mukesh and Yashwant on March 5, 1995.
Imprisonment: The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr B.M. Bedi, on Saturday awarded 10 years' imprisonment to two persons, Hansa of Rattangarh and his relative Bhola of Jamalpur, for possessing 10 kg poppy husk. The court also fined them Rs 1 lakh each.

PANIPAT
Mass marriages: The Indian Women Welfare Committee will organise "Tulsi marriage ceremony" here at the DAV park on December 2. Mr Mahabir Parsad, Governor of Haryana, will bless the married couples.
Ration depots: The district Food and Supply Department cancelled two ration depots, suspended the supply of another two and seized Rs 1,500 security fee of two depots for the alleged irregularities. This was stated by Mr Anurag Rastogi, Deputy Commissioner.
Encroachments: The anti-encroachment drive launched by the district administration under the chairmanship of Mr P.K. Sharma, Subdivisional Officer (Civil), removed about 150 encroachments from the Sanoli road on Saturday.

SIRSA
Blood donation camp: About 21 girl students of CMK Girls College donated blood at a camp organised by the district Red Cross Society and the local NSS on the college premises on Saturday.
Attack: Satnam Singh was seriously injured with sharp edged weapons by two persons near Moriwala village on the GT road on Saturday. According to sources, the two followed Satnam Singh on a motorcycle when he was going on his scooter, and attacked him.
Arrested: Duta Singh of Alikan village in the district has been arrested by the Rori police on Saturday on a charge of criminal intimidation and house trespass in order to commit an offence. Mahesh Kumar of the same village, the complainant said that he was a witness against Duta Singh in a case, because of which the accused entered his house and threatened him. A case under Sections 451 and 506, IPC, has been registered.
Case registered: A case under Sections 379 and 430, IPC , has been registered against Mander Singh, Jaipal Singh and Dalip Singh, all farmers of Ding, on Saturday on a complaint of the Subdivisional Officer, Department of Irrigation, Sirsa. It has been alleged that all three accused were indulging in the theft of irrigation water from a canal in the Ding area by using rubber pipes. All three have absconded.

SUNDERNAGAR
Fire: Four houses were gutted in a fire at Khanokhar village of this subdivision on Saturday. No loss of life was reported. The authorities have sanctioned Rs 5,000 per family as relief.

BILASPUR
Elected: Mr Gobind Ram and Ms Satya Devi have been elected panchayat samiti members from the Dhaunkothi and Badgaon wards, respectively. Mr Krishan Dass Gautam has been elected pradhan of the gram panchayat, Barthin, and Ms Mira Devi member of the gram panchayat, Mussaur, in the byelections, Deputy Commissioner Ramesh Kapil, announced here on Saturday.
Afforestation: The Himachal Minister of State for Cooperatives, Mr Rekhi Ram Kondal, has said that Rs 1.50 crore will be spent on an afforestation project in the district during the current financial year. All polluting industries have been directed to install anti-pollution devices. The minister speaking at a district-level children's science congress at Barthin, on Saturday.
Kol dam project: Mr Suresh Chandel, MP and BJP state President, has declared that the Central Government has agreed in principle to execute the 800 MW Kol Dam Hydel Power Project in the district. Work on it will start as soon as all formalities are completed. He was speaking at the Nehru Yuvak Kendra in Gandhi Ropa village on Saturday.

NURPUR
Suspended: The Deputy Commissioner, Kangra, has suspended Mr Rampal Verma, pradhan of the Dhameta gram panchayat in Jwali subdivision, on the charge of misutilisation of the panchayat development funds. He was found guilty in an inquiry conducted by the district Panchayat Officer.