GARHSHANKAR
Rallies: On a call given by the
Punjab Chandigarh College Teachers Union,
teachers of Garhshankar, Pojewal, Mahilpur
colleges held a demonstration in front of their
respective colleges. The teachers were demanding
the implementation of new pay scales, pension,
gratuity and also the release of quarterly salary
grants. Shop
gutted: A readymade cloth shop at
Mahilpur village was reduced to ashes in a fire
on Wednesday. The cause of the fire is not
ascertained.
LUDHIANA
Rally: The local Rotary Club
(Central) has organised a pulse polio awareness
rally in which as many as 500 school children
participated and distributed handbills to create
awareness among public. The club earlier
organised a polio awareness exhibition at
R.S.Model Senior Secondary School, according to
Mr Atamjit Singh, Project Chairman of the club.
PATIALA
Punjabi Vikas Manch: The Punjabi
Vikas Manch will organise a function here on
January 17 in which a book, entitled "Main
Gurbani De Adhar Han" by Dr Sarabjit Kaur
Sandhawalia, would be released. The president of
the manch said Mr Harinder Singh Khalsa, a former
MP, who had been appointed a member of the
Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Minority
Commission, would also be honoured on the
occasion.
Mr and
Miss Punjab: Rahul Mandok (Jalandhar)
and Parminder Kaur Pam (Patiala) have been chosen
as Mr and Miss Punjab respectively here at a
function organised by the Rashtriya Jyoti Kala
Manch, according to a press note issued by the
manch here on Friday.
SAMANA
Blood donation camp: The local Shere
Punjab Youth Club organised a blood donation camp
on Friday at Aggarwal Dharamshala. The camp was
inaugurated by the Public Health Minister,
Punjab. As many as 40 persons donated blood.
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