Office-bearers: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local unit of the Bharat Vikas Parishad: president — Mr Ram Parkash Mittal; vice-presidents — Mrs Jatinder Kaur Sabharwal, Mr Praveen Chawla and Mr Rudradev Gumber; secretary — Mr Sandeep Watts; and treasurer — Mr Raj Kumar Gupta.

GARHSHANKAR
Elected: Mr Preet Mohinder Pal Singh and Dr Jaswinder Kaur of SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, have been elected president and secretary, respectively, of the local unit of the Panjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union. In the district-level election Prof Vinod Vij of SPN College, Mukerian, has been elected president.

JALANDHAR
Waste treatment plant: A solid waste treatment plant will be set up near Variana village. This plant will solve the problem of garbage in the city and provide fertiliser to the farmers.

PSEB official held: The vigilance bureau arrested Krishan Kumar, a Junior Engineer of the PSEB, Nadala, on Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1500 from Mr Jarnail Singh, a resident of Model Town, Talwada, in Kapurthala District, according to Mr Amrik Singh, DSP. A case has been registered against him.

NAWANSHAHR
Laboratory inaugurated: The state government is planning to set up soil testing laboratories at the block-level. This was stated by Agriculture Minister Gurdev Singh Badal after inaugurating a soil testing laboratory at Saroya village, 25 km from here, on Friday. A district-level farmers training camp and oil seed seminar was also organised on the occasion. He said the government had decided to distribute 1 lakh mini kits of peas, 4,000 of maize seeds, and 1 lakh tonnes of urea at the old price among the farmers.

PANIPAT
Imprisonment: A local court on Friday sentenced three rapists to 10-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 4,000 each. According to the prosecution, the three had raped a 16-year-old girl on May 2, 1996, here.

PATIALA
Two injured: Two students were injured on the university campus on Thursday when they were allegedly attacked by other students of the university. According to the police, Rishi, a student of MBA, and Rajpal, a student of Law Department, were injured in an attack.

Rally: A 'surya namashkar' and rally will be organised at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33 on the occasion of International Sun Day on Monday at 8.30 am. The function will be organised by the Children Alliance for the Protection of Environment (CAPE).

Demanded: The Association of Retired Excise and Taxation Officers, Punjab has demanded that the Punjab Government should release the DA instalment of 10 per cent of basic pension. Mr H.K.S. Bakshi, Secretary of the association said that they wanted the pension to be released from January 1, this year.

Sunil Dutt: Renowned film star Sunil Dutt will be the chief guest at a state-level function being organised at Kajheri village by Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sports and Cultural Club at 10 am on Sunday. Mr Dutt will address the youth of the village, according to a statement by Mr Surjit Singh and Mr Jatinder Kumar, president and secretary of the club, respectively.

PANCHKULA
Programme: The Family Planning of India (FPAI) organised an interaction programme for parents and teachers on "sexual and reproductive health and needs of adolescents" at the DC Model School in Sector 7 here on Saturday. As many as 65 parents, teachers, and volunteers of the local branch of the FPAI participated in the programme. The teachers asked for orientation training for themselves and the parents. The Branch Manager of the FPAI, Mr Amit Gupta, said the principals of different schools agreed to work on a curriculum regarding sexual education in consultation with the FPAI.

May Day: The Labour Nirman Sangh observed May Day at Labour Chowk in Sector 16 here on Saturday. The President of the sangh, Mr Jagdish Kashyap, said the administration had provided a temporary water connection at the site for the convenience of labourers.

SAS NAGAR
Camp: A career guidance camp will be organised by the Rotary Club at the CEDT on May 8.

Blood donation: The Mohali Industries Association will organise a blood donation camp here on May 21.

NURPUR
Forest fires: As many as 15 forest fire incidents have been reported in the Nurpur forest division till Friday. According to the Divisional Forest Officer, Nurpur, about 77 hectare of forest land caught fire which has resulted a loss of Rs 1.84 lakh.