FEROZEPORE
Assumes office: Mr Jagpal Singh Sandhu and Mr
Kulbir Singh Sidhu have taken over as the new
Divisional Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner,
respectively, of the district, according to
official information received here.HOSHIARPUR
Boy released: The son of a local cloth
merchant, Rohit (8), who was abducted by some
unidentified persons from the local Nai Abadi
locality on Tuesday, was released in front of his
aunt's house in the new Hari Nagar locality on
Thursday.
Murder case
solved: The local police has solved the
murder case of Sital Singh of Akhlaspur village,
whose body was found on June 18 in a farm.
Karnail Singh, cousin of the deceased, has been
arrested in this connection. The SSP, Mr R.P.
Mittal, told newspersons here on Thursday that
during investigation it was found that Karnail
Singh had mixed poison in Sital Singh's food
resulting in his death. Karnail Singh had
confessed to his crime, he said.
MALERKOTLA
Eye camp: The local Rotary Club organised a
free eye camp at the Mandir Kali Devi dharamshala
here recently. As many as 737 patients were
examined and 97 operations were performed.
Office-bearers:
The following have been elected
office-bearers of the Atma Ram Seva Samiti, Dera
Baba Atma Ram, Malerkotla: president — Mr
Beant Kinger; vice-president — Mr Manoj
Kumar; general secretary — Mr Rajesh Kumar;
joint secretary — Mr Jaswinder Kumar ; and
treasurer — Mr Parveen Jain.
MOGA
Persons rescued: Three persons working on a
tubewell in Jamailwala village under the
Baghapurana police station in the district, who
were reportedly buried alive under a mound near
the tubewell were saved by passers-by after about
three hours. According to a report reaching here
on Thursday, the passers-by, who noticed the
incident, immediately rushed to the spot and
extricated all of them alive from under the
mound.
Injured
person dies: Chand Singh of Bhekha village
under the Baghapurana police station in the
district, who was seriously injured after he fell
into a ditch on Wednesday, succumbed to his
injuries at a hospital in Ludhiana on Thursday.
PATIALA
Book released: Mr G.P.S. Sahi, Principal
Secretary, Higher Education and Languages,
released a book, "Adivaasi" in Punjabi,
authored by Mrs Praveen Singhal, Head, Department
of Human Biology, at the inaugural function of
the week-long celebrations of the Department of
Languages here.
PHILLAUR
Course on positive thinking: A three-day
course on positive thinking was organised at the
local Punjab Police Academy, which concluded on
Thursday. The course was inaugurated by Mr A.A.
Siddiqui, Director of the academy. As many as 25
staff members of the academy attended the course.
The course was organised by the local Brahma
Kumari Ashram. Various aspects, like the process
of self change, leadership, attitudes and
behaviour, stress management, mind management and
evolution of personality, were covered during the
course.
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