Monday, January 3, 2000, Chandigarh, India
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FARIDKOT HOSHIARPUR JALALABAD PHILLAUR SAMRALA Fertilizers supply: The district administration has made arrangements to provide sufficient DAP and urea fertilisers to eliminate any chances of their shortage in the district. These fertilisers are being provided to the farmers at the rate of Rs 410 and Rs 190 per bag, respectively. Stating this here on Sunday, Deputy Commissioner Amit Jha stated that Hafed had tied up with manufacturers of insecticides, pesticides and weedicides to ensure supply of these agro-chemicals at reasonable rates. Panch arrested: A
panch of Panniwala Mota village in the district was
arrested on Tuesday under Sections 353/186, IPC.
According to the information received on Sunday, panch
Ramji Lal was arrested for obstructing official work on a
complaint by the BDPO, Odhan. |
KAITHAL Power supply: Disruption of power supply affected normal life here on Saturday as taps remained dry and residents of the town remained without power till 10 a.m. Resentment also prevails among citizens over frequent undeclared power cuts imposed by the power authorities these days. Backward classes: Members of the backward class here have protested against the non-inclusion of any member of the community in the screening committee recently constituted by the Congress for the selection of candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections in the state. In a memorandum to the AICC President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, Mr Pyare Lal Verma, former HCS officer, and others urged the AICC chief to nominate three members of the community to the screening committee. SIRSA |
BILASPUR Torchlight procession: Led by Mr Pradeep Thakur, hundreds of youth took out a torchlight procession on the Friday night under the aegis of the Nodal Youth Club at Barmana, 18 km from here, and pledged to work for removal of social and economic evils. Eye camp: Specialists from National Vision Handicapped Institute, Dehra Dun, will organise a free eye camp at the community health centre, Ghumarwin, 30 km from here, from January 20 to 23. This was stated by Chief Medical Officer M.L.Mahajan on Sunday. Scribes plea: The Himachal Pradesh State Journalist Federation has condemned threats being given by some forest officials and "forest mafia" men to a Sirmour-based journalist for reporting regarding illegal felling of trees in the Renuka Lake area. The federation has appealed to the Chief Minister to order a probe into the entire episode. JAWALAMUKHI KUMARHATTI PALAMPUR |
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