BARNALA
Office-bearers: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local Leo Club (Supreme): President — Mr Naveen Garg; Vice-Presidents — Mr Vikas Kumar and Mr Rohit Garg; Secretary — Mr Kulailash Bansal; and treasurer — Mr Tarun Bansal.

FARIDKOT
Eye Camp: As many as 800 eye patients were examined at a four-day camp organised by the Lions Club which concluded here on Tuesday. Presiding over the function, Mr Darshan Singh Sandhu, SDM, said the District Blindness Control Society had set up an eye bank for the needy.

FATEHGARH SAHIB
Buses impounded: On a directive given by the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, the District Transport Officer, Mr M.S. Jaggi, has impounded more than 30 buses which have been running without valid permits. Meanwhile, various police stations of the district have been flooded with private buses impounded by the DTO as their owners have not paid penalties.

GURDASPUR
Two killed: Two persons died in a collision between a bus and a scooter near a barrier on the GT Road, 4 km from here, on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Dalip Singh (68) and his grandson Karanwinder Singh (10), both residents of the local Sant Nagar.

Arrested: The police on Monday arrested Vipan Kumar, a proprietor of gas a agency in the Malhotra Shopping Complex, Pathankot, for issuing fake transfer vouchers of Lakshmi Gas Agency and Burma Gas agency both located at Itava in Uttar Pradesh to persons goings on transfers for gas connections at their new places of posting. The other two suspects, Surinder Pal Singh and Chander Kant Kushwaha, are still at large.

HOSHIARPUR
Resentment: Members of the district unit of the Indian Telecommunication Service Association at a meeting held here on Tuesday opposed the tradition of appointing the Chairman of the Telecom Commission of India from the IAS cadre. They expressed resentment against the appointment of Mr Vinod Vaish as Secretary of the newly created Department of Telecom Services.

Price hike: The office-bearers of the District Legal Cell of the Youth Congress have condemned the recent hike in the prices of petroleum products by the state and the central government. At a meeting held here under the chairmanship of Mr Mandeep Sharma on Monday, the governments were urged to withdraw the decision. They pointed out that it would also increase the prices of all the commodities which would affect the common man.

JALANDHAR
Conference: The 36th classical music conference will be organised by the local Sangeet Kala Manch at Guru Nanak Dev District Library on October 24. The General Secretary of the Manch, Dr Joginder Bawara said here on Tuesday that artistes from all over India would take part.

Mishaps:Rickshawpuller Ranjit Singh (32) was run over and killed by a train at Surranussi level-crossing when he was driving the vehicle on the track on Sunday, the police here said. A Bihari migrant Rajan Sareen, (19) was electrocuted when he tripped over a tubewell wire at the farmhouse of Darbara Singh at Hardeep Nagar on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur road while feeding cattle there on Monday.

LUDHIANA
Play staged: The founders day celebrations of Kundan Vidya Mandir culminated here on Sunday. The students staged a play," Ali Baba 40 Chor" on the occasion. The Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation, Mr S.S. Sandhu, was the chief guest.

NAWANSHAHR
Presidents elected: Dr H.S. Gupta, Mr Paresh Narad, and Mr Randhir Singh Rana have been appointed presidents of the local units of the General Category Welfare Federation, medical wing, PSEB wing and the Punjab Roadways wing, respectively, according to Mr Vijay Dutta, president of the local unit of the federation.

Ban imposed: The District Magistrate, Dr Roshan Sunkaria, has banned unauthorised lucky draw schemes in the district and has imposed Section 144 of the Cr PC till December 18. The orders were issued on Monday.

PATHANKOT
Untraceable: The boy who allegedly murdered an old man on Saturday is still not traceable. The police has registered a case. The local S.P said raids had been conducted at various hideouts to apprehend the suspect.

PATIALA
UGC course: A UGC-sponsored refresher course in contemporary physics was inaugurated at Punjabi University here on Sunday at which more than 40 teachers from different universities and colleges participated. Speaking on the occasion Mr V.P. Nayyar, Head, Department of Physics elaborated on how development in different fields of physics was playing a major role in science and technology and helping improve the quality of life.

ROPAR
Eye camp: As many as 35 patients were operated for cataract and about 240 persons were examined at an eye camp organised by the Doon Welfare Society, Dumewal, in collaboration with the local district blindness control society at Dumewal village near Nurpur Bedi on Saturday. The patients were provided medicines free of cost.

KURUKSHETRA
Function: Kurukshetra University will organise a three-day state level function at the university auditorium from October 29. About 2000 boys and girls from various colleges affiliated to the universities in Haryana will participate in function.

SIRSA
Demand: A deputation of the Haryana Minor Irrigation Tubewell Corporation Employees Union headed by the State President of the Sarv Karamchari Sangh, Mr Lal Chand Godara, handed over their charter of demands to Mr Ajay Singh Chautala, MP, and the State President of the Indian National Lok Dal ( youth wing) hare on Sunday.

Postmen demanded: Resentment prevails among residents of Mandi Ellenabad in the district against the postal authorities as only three postmen recruited 30 years ago have been distributing letters in the town. Since the population has increased to more than 50,000 in recent past, they have demanded that three more postmen should be recruited.

Recruitment: Resentment prevails among farmers of this district who have alleged that they are being victimised by the authorities of the Food Corporation of India (F CI) who have refused to purchase their paddy. A senior leader of the Janta Dal, Mr Jiwan Ram Chaperwal, alleged on Sunday that the FCI had not been purchasing paddy at the support price to please businessmen and factory owners.

SONEPAT
Encroachment removal: The police her on Monday removed the encroachments from the gram panchayats land at Rewli village. According to official sources the land was illegally occupied by Narinder and some other persons of the village. The members of the gram panchayat had approached the police for the eviction.

Two arrested: The police has arrested two brothers namely Jagbir and Joginder, both residents of Jahri village for allegedly murdering Rai Singh of the same village on October 8 following a dispute over the erection of an electric pole on the path of field.

SOLAN
Woman commits suicide: Uma Devi a resident of the Thodo ground locality of this town, allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticide on Sunday, according to the Additional SP, Mr Sundar Lal. The police had sent the body for the post-mortem to the District Hospital. Meanwhile, Khem Prasad ( 45) died of injuries suffered in a fall from a truck near Parwanoo on Sunday.