| AMRITSAR Boycott
The local
Labour Law Practitioners Association on Friday
decided to continue the boycott of Mr M.S.
Lubhana, Sessions Judge, at present the presiding
officer of the Industrial Tribunal, for his
alleged remarks against the workers. It demanded
the transfer of the judge and decided to hold a
protest rally on September 22.
BATHINDA
Association
The
following have been elected office-bearers of
Northern India Cotton Association Limited:
president — Mr Satish Ahuja; vice-president
— Mr Ashok Kapur; and treasurer — Mr
Jagdish Mantari.
FARIDKOT
Government
departments
The Punjab
Government will open various government
departments, including RTA, Deputy Director,
Local Bodies, Food and Supply and Labour Court,
in Faridkot division. This assurance was given by
the Chief Minister of Punjab to a deputation of
local lawyers who met him on Friday.
Strike
Over 200
teachers of the local Dasmesh Public School and
its allied branches at Kot Kapura and Bargari
carried banners and took out a protest against
the adamant attitude of the management of the
local Bhai Pheru Sikh Educational Society. The
management has closed the institution till
September 25.
FEROZEPORE
Sales tax
The Excise
and Taxation Commissioner, Punjab, Mr Sudhir
Mittal, has stressed that all suitable steps will
be taken to check the evasion of sales tax and
warned that the tax evaders will not be spared.
He was addressing a meeting of the officers of
the Excise and Taxation Departments of Faridkot
and Ferozepore divisions here on Friday.
PWD union
The
following have been elected office-bearers to the
Punjab PWD Mulazam Union: chairman — Mr
Gurdev Singh; president — Mr Tarsem Singh
Bhagtana; senior vice-president — Mr Surjit
Singh Kaler; vice-presidents — Mr Fauja
Singh, Mr Akal Chand and Mr Nanak Chand; general
secretary — Mr Savinderpal Singh Renu; and
treasurer — Mr Chuhar Ram.
HOSHIARPUR
Old-age home
The
construction of a "varidh ashram"
(old-age home) will start on September 21 on the
Gaushala premises here. The Deputy Commissioner
will perform the "bhoomi pooja"
ceremony.
Rally
The Deputy
Commissioner, Mr Iqbal Singh Sidhu, flagged off a
blood donation chetna rally organised by the Bhai
Ghaniayaji Mission here on Saturday. More than
1,000 students of various local schools and
representatives of social organisations
participated.
Open darbar
An open
darbar was organised at Behbal Manj village in
Mukerian subdivision of the district on Friday.
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Iqbal Singh Sidhu,
presided over the darbar.
Office-bearers
The
following have been nominated office-bearers of
the local unit of the Bahujan Samaj Morcha:
president — Mr Lal Singh Lali;
vice-presidents — Mr Baljit Singh Saini, Mr
Ashok Kumar Khosla, Mr Kalyan Singh, Mr Bhat
Singh and Mr Balwant Rai; general secretaries
— Mr Mohinder Singh Saini, Dr Madho Ram, Mr
Narjan Singh Bains and Mr Dilbag Singh and
treasurers — Mr Satish Kumar Sharma and Mr
Sham Kumar.
JALANDHAR
Refresher
course
The
Central Institute of Languages, Mysore, has
started a 21-day refresher course for Punjabi
lecturers here. The course is being held at local
DAV College.
KAPURTHALA
7851st coach
The Rail
Coach Factory (RCF) on Saturday rolled out its
7851st coach on its annual production day. The
General Manager, Mr V.P. Ohja, said the RCF would
manufacture 1,075 coaches in this financial year,
thus surpassing the planned capacity to
manufacture 1,000 coaches annually.
MOGA
Killed
One
labourer was killed on the spot and three others
were injured, two of them seriously, when the
tractor on which they were travelling overturned
near Sandhuawan village, according to reports
received here on Friday.
PATHANKOT
Conference
The 30th
"shaheedi conference" was held at the
Railway Yard by the All-Government Employees
Trade Union Council on Saturday. Homage was paid
to Comrades Dev Raj, Gurdip Singh, Raj Bahadur,
Gama and Laxman Shah.
PATIALA
Nominated
Mr Vijay
Kumar Goyal, president of the Lions Club (Patiala
Fort ) has been nominated as honorary
vice-president of the local Red Cross Society. He
has also been nominated to the executive
committee of the Red Cross Society.
PHAGWARA
Engineers'
association
The
following have been elected office-bearers of the
Subdivisional Engineers Association of
Kapurthala, Nawanshahr and Jalandhar: president
— Mr Ajit Singh (Bholath); vice-president
— Mr M.L. Sood (Nawanshahr); general
secretary — Mr Ram Paul (Phillaur); and
finance secretary — Mr Mohinder Paul
(Jalandhar). 
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