Strike
Teachers of the local Dashmesh Public School have gone on an indefinite strike in protest against the non-acceptance of their demands. Teachers from the sister concern of the local institution in Kot Kapura also joined the stir on Thursday.

GURDASPUR

Literacy centres
As many as 499 centres have started imparting education under a literacy scheme in the district. This information was stated by Mr S.K. Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner, at a meeting held here on Thursday. A total of 10,300 literacy centres have been finalised which will start functioning by the end of this month.

LUDHIANA

Campaign
Under the measles control campaign children in the age group of 9 months to 1 year will be vaccinated in the civil hospital, primary health centres, rural hospitals and government dispensaries on September 21, according to Dr R.P. Chander, Civil Surgeon.

MANSA

Lions club
The following have been installed office-bearers of the Lions Club: president — Mr Jiwan Jindal; secretary — Mr Harsh Goyal; and treasurer — Mr Moti Ram Goyal.
Office-bearers
The following have been elected office-bearers of the Environment Society: president -- Dr Vijay Singla; secretary — Mr Parveen Rishi; and treasurer — Mr Mohinder Kumar.

NAWANSHAHR

Prohibitory orders
Mr Rajeshwar Goel, Subdivisional Magistrate, on Thursday prohibited the carrying of arms, lethal weapons and explosives within the periphery of Kala Amb police station and Trilokpur village during the Balasundri Fair from September 21 to October 5. Offering of coconuts inside the temple has also been banned.
Licences cancelled
The district Agriculture Department has cancelled the licences of five dealers of Aur, Rahon, Mukandpur and Balachaur for selling spurious insecticides, the Deputy Commissioner, Dr Roshan Sunkaria, said while addressing the district Agriculture Production Committee here on Tuesday.
One arrested
The local police has arrested Bhupinder Singh of Chak Hazipur village and recovered a scooter, a revolver and six cartridges from him. A case has been registered against him.

PATIALA

Employees' union
The following have been elected office-bearers of the local GIC Employees Union: president — Mr R.S Gujral; senior vice-presidents — Mr Rakesh Badhlan and Mrs Amarjeet Kaur; vice-president — Mr K.S Kwatra; general secretary — Mr Mukhtiar Singh; and treasurer — Mrs Nirmal.

PANCHKULA

Elected
The following have been elected office-bearers of the Shree Ramlila Samiti of Sector 19 here: president — Mr H.B. Bhatia; senior vice-president — Mr Vidya Sagar; vice-president — Mr Sanjay Kapoor; general secretary — Mr Kishan Goyal; joint secretary — Mr D.S. Patwal; cashier — Mr Anil Sethi and propaganda secretary — Mr Ravinder Thakur.
Nagar sudhar
The following have been elected office-bearers of the Nagar Sudha Sabha of Sector 12-A: Chairman — Mr Ram Singh Kaka; president — Mr Vikrant Mohan Sharma; senior vice-president — Mr Rambaj Sharma; vice-president — Ms Siksha Devi Vassia; general secretary — Mr Satnam Bhardwaj; joint secretary — Mr Adhil Chauhan; cashier — Mr Vishwa Nath Sharma and press secretary — Mr Shiv Gautam.
Yuva morcha
The following have been elected office-bearers of the district unit of the Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha: president — Mr Ajay Mittal; vice-president — Mr Parmod Kumar(Barwala) and Mr Kamal Sharma (Kalka); general secretary — Mr Sanjeev Kumar; secretary — Mr Neeraj Single (Raipur Rani); finance secretary — Mr Shailja Grover.
Demand
The Panchkula City Youth Congress (I) Committee has demanded telephone facility at the Sector 16 police post here. The President of the city youth wing of the party, Mr Anil Pangotra, said absence of the facility was a handicap as police personnel at the post could not be contacted in case of an emergency.

Arrested
The police has arrested Surinder Sharma, a truck driver, for hitting one of the cars in the cavalcade of the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bansi Lal, here on Tuesday. He was booked under Sections 279 and 336 of the IPC.

BHIWANI

Martyrs' memorials
A meeting of the district Sainik Board was held here on Wednesday. Presiding over the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Krishan Kumar, said that special attention would be paid to the maintenance of martyrs' memorials at Charkhi Dadri and Bhiwani by raising iron grills around them.

NARAINGARH

Eye camp
The local Lions Club, held a five-day eye operation and check-up camp which concluded on Tuesday. The camp was presided over by the Minister of State for Transport and Architecture, Mr Raj kumar Saini. As many as 48 patients suffering from cataract were operated upon and 795 patients were examined.

SONEPAT

Killed
A youth, Birjender, was killed in a clash that took place between two groups at Rajlu Bhogipur village, 10 km from here, on Tuesday. A dispute over land is said to be the cause of the clash. A case has been registered.
Suicide cases
Three cases of alleged suicide were reported in the city and nearby villages on Tuesday. The victims have been identified as Bijender (14) of Pipli Khera village, Nafe Singh (52) of Mahabir colony here and Poonam (16) of Rathdhanna village. According to the police, the victims had taken insecticide.
Buried
Ranbir (20), a labourer, was killed on the spot when he was buried alive under debris at Qumashpur village, 12 km from here on Tuesday. According to the police, the victim was removing earth from a well when the mishap occurred.
ECE workers
Workers of the ECE Mazdoor Sangh and the UTUC (Lenin Sarani) took out a march here on Tuesday in protest against the false cases instituted against Mr Dharambir Singh Dahiya, president of the Sangh and others by the police. They sought the withdrawal of these cases and action against INTUC-led activists.
Rally
The district unit of the HMITC held a rally here on Tuesday urging the state government to implement the Fifth Pay Commission's recommendations and remove anomalies in the pay scales of the employees.

Conference
The Akhil Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad will hold a two-day conference at Dharamsala from September 19. More than 200 delegates from all over the state are scheduled to participate in the conference.

MANDI

Criticised
Mr Lawan Thakur, organising secretary of the Mandi Seraj Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, has criticised the market committee for its failure to set up a regulate market at Takoli village for which land had been given to the committee in 1989. He said that this had resulted in exploitation of the growers by middlemen.

NURPUR

Serai
Mr Shanta Kumar, former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, will lay the foundation stone of a hospital serai here on September 18. He has sanctioned Rs 10 lakh from his MP's fund for the construction of the serai.

SHIMLA

Elected
The following have been elected office-bearers of the divisional unit of the Northern Zone Insurance Employees' Association: president — Mr A.C. Chauhan; vice-presidents — Mr H.S. Verma and Mr O.P. Sharma; secretary — Mr Devi Dass; joint secretaries — Mr Surender Singh and Ms Ranjana; and treasurer — Mr Aashutosh Gautam.