JALANDHAR
Youth Congress: Mr Jatinder Chopra has been appointed general secretary of Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress (PPYC) by Mr Davinder Singh Babbu, President of PPYC.

BSP: Mrs Hardev Kaur has been appointed general secretary of the Mahila Wing of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Punjab unit, by its national president, Mr Kanshi Ram.

KHARAR
Alleged: Mr Avtar Singh Sidhu, President, Bar Association, Kharar has alleged that the Punjab State Electricity Board has failed to supply electricity for 24 hours a day, in Abaipur village, inspite of necessary charges deposited by the villagers about two years back. While giving this information here on Monday he urged the board to take necessary action in this regard immediately.

Camp: The local Rotary Club is organising its third and final immunisation camp against Hepatitis-B on April 25, at Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Kharar from 9 a.m. Giving this information here on Monday, Mr Harpreet Singh Rekhi, secretary of the club, appealed to all those persons who got their children immunised in earlier two camps, to again get their children immunised in this camp.

LUDHIANA
Medical education programme: A continuing medical education (CME) programme was organised by the gastroenterology unit of Christian Medical College and Hospital here on Sunday in order to update doctors of Punjab about the latest developments in the field of gastrointestinal and liver diseases. The function was inaugurated by Dr A.G. Thomas, Principal and Acting Director of CMC.

MOGA
Stir threatened: An emergency meeting of the Punjab Unemployed Teachers Union held here on Sunday and chaired by its president Amardeep Singh Nabha urged the state government to immediately accept their demands otherwise they would launch a statewide agitation. Their demands include to call them for interview for the posts which were advertised during 1997 and which the meeting said had already been cancelled. The posts of the unemployed teachers who served for 89 days during 1992 be restored and they be appointed at the same place where they had been working for that period, were some other demands.

Crops gutted: Farmers of various villages under Baghapurana police station in this district on Sunday suffered loss of several lakh rupees following a devastating fire which broke out on their respective villages burning their harvested crop lying in fields during the past two days. According to reports, harvested crops of Baljit Singh of Wander village and the crop of another farmer lying in Baghapurana village were burnt following a spark from transformer installed in their fields. Similarly crops of farmers of Smalsar, Chotian, Thoba, Jaimalsinghwala, and other villages falling under Baghapurana police stations also were burnt.

Closed: Local DM College for Education and all its allied institutions, including Arya Boys and Girls Senior Secondary Schools and Model School, on Monday remained closed in memory of Premlata Goel, wife of Girdhari Lal Goel, member of the managing committee of these institutions, who died here on Sunday after prolonged illness.

NAWANSHAHR
Ambedkar function: Mr Satnam Kainth, MP and national president of Bahujan Samaj Morcha, while presiding over a function here on Sunday organised the local Ambedkar Mission Society in connection with the birth anniversary of Dr B.R.Ambedkar, stressed the need for making the ideology of Dr Ambedkar a mass movement to bring in social equality. Dr Roshan Sunkaria, DC, while paying rich tributes to Dr Ambedkar, said that an Ambedkar Bhavan at a cost of Rs 74 lakh was being constructed in the district.

TARN TARAN
Demand: Prof Major Singh Cheema, president and Prof Prem Singh, secretary of Government College Teachers Association, Patti unit, in a press statement issued here on Sunday condemned the move of the Punjab Government to reduce the government aid to the private colleges from 95 per cent to 90 per cent. The association leaders said that this policy would badly hit the rural area colleges.

Dowry case: A case under Sections 306, 34, IPC, has been registered in police station Harike against mother-in-law Surjit Kaur and husband Karam Singh of Jasbir Kaur, who committed suicide on Friday. The police said here on Sunday that Jasbir Kaur was married to Karam Singh of Ratta Gudda village about seven years back. Her husband and her mother-in-law were allegedly torturing her to bring more cash and demanding to get her younger sister to marry with Karam Singh's younger brother for which Jasbir Kaur's parents were not willing.

Road repair fund: The Haryana Government has sanctioned Rs 50 lakh for repair of the old roads and construction of new roads in Dadri town. The construction would be done by the local Market Committee and Municipal Committee. According to reports, the Market Committee was constructing six new roads at a cost of Rs 34 lakh. Besides, the Municipal Committee would construct metalled streets and cemented roads inside the town.

SHAHABAD
Visit: The Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.N. Roy, paid a surprise visit on Sunday to the new grain market here for checking the lifting arrangements of wheat. He was accompanied by the SDM and the Administrator of local Market Committee, Mr Lajpat Singh. The SDM said that five teams had been appointed to control and supervise the purchase and lifting operations of wheat in this mandi, which is flooded by huge arrivals of crop. The Deputy Commissioner warned that no irregularity would be tolerated in the purchase operations.

Probe sought: Swami Krishana Nand, president, All-India Hindu Mahasangh, has demanded a probe into misappropriation of offerings at the Naina Devi Temple during the recent Chaitra Navratra fair. In a letter written to the Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, he has alleged that during the Navratra fair, the collection shown by the management was Rs 8,34,600 and 265 gm and 500 mg of gold whereas the actual amount of gold offered at the temple was 290 gm and 200 mg.

Inquiry demanded: Mr Krishan Parmar, senior Congress leader, has demanded a high level inquiry into the alleged irregularities committed by the Block Smithi, Dehra, in the allotment of newly-constructed shops. In a press note issued here on Monday, Mr Parmar alleged the Chief Minister had promised to allot the shops to needful persons. However, instead of giving the shops to the genuine persons, the panchayat smiti officials were indulging in malpractices, he alleged.

SHIMLA
Campaign: The state unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad will carry out a week-long campaign from Monday to identify problems plaguing the educational institutions in the state. Volunteers of the parishad will conduct surveys in campuses of various institutions to enlist the major problems as perceived by the students.

B.Ed classes: The state unit of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) has urged Dr S.K. Gupta, Vice-Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh University, to start B.Ed classes for the arts students in Shimla from the ensuing academic session. It has also demanded introduction of M.Phil course in Physical Education.