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BARNALA
Special drive: Mr Ishwar Singh, SSP, stated here on
Wednesday that a special drive against drug and liquor
smugglers by the police had yielded encouraging results.
He said the drive against antisocial elements had also
been intensified.
Gherao: Residents
of Jodhpur village gheraoed a raiding team of the Punjab
State Electricity Board on Wednesday in a house for five
hours. The villagers alleged that some PSEB officials
were engaged in unfair means and this led to the
incident.
GURDASPUR
"Handicap free" district: The district will
be "handicap free" within four years, according
to Mr S.K. Sandhu, Deputy, Commissioner. He said a survey
in this connection had been ordered and the first camp to
provide limbs to the handicap would be held at Paniar in
the middle of February.
JALANDHAR
Succumbed: Jethu Ram of Bargaon in Maharashtra, who
was injured after being hit by a train, succumbed to his
injuries at the local Civil Hospital on Thursday. He was
hit by the train while crossing a railway line.
KAPURTHALA
Mishap: Joginder Singh, an employee of the rail coach
factory, died on the spot in an accident on Thursday on
the Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi road. According to police
reports, a military truck hit his cycle and crushed him.
A case has been registered.
Effigy burnt:
Students of DIET on Thursday took out a protest march in
the town in support of their demands. They also burnt the
effigy of Mr Tota Singh, Education Minister, at Court
chowk.
Eye camp: The
local Rotary Club will organise a free eye check-up camp
at Rotary Bhavan on January 30, according to Dr Hari
Singh, president of the club.
LUDHIANA
List approved: The local unit of the Janata Dal
(United) on Thursday announced a list of 46
office-bearers approved by the state President, Mr Jagir
Singh Ganesh. The new list has a senior vice-president,
five vice-presidents, six general secretaries, five
secretaries, six joint secretaries, 17 executive members,
four constituent Assembly unit members, a cashier and a
press secretary.
MALERKOTLA
New dates: The dates for the educational survey of
children, aged 6-11 years and 11-14 years, have been
changed in Sangrur district. According to sources, the
survey would now be conducted from January 19 to 21
instead of January 14 to 16.
MOGA
Non-functional telephones: Telephones of Puranewala
village in the district have been out of order for quite
some days. The department has never bothered to repair
them although repeated complaints had been made,
villagers alleged. They further said the
Telecommunication Department had been sending inflated
telephone bills.
Lahan seized: The
Baghapurana police in the district on Thursday seized
over 1 quintal lahan from the house of Jagir Singh of
Budhsinghwala village. A case has been registered.
PATIALA
Yoga camp: A 15-day yoga camp will be organised
from January 17 on Punjabi University campus. Mr Muni Lal
Kumra, yoga instructor, said in a press release issued
here that yoga training would be given in the morning at
hostel No. 7.
PATHANKOT
Eye check-up camp: The Lions Club here organised a
free eye check-up camp at Modern Sandeepni School in
which 129 cataract operations were performed. Medicines
and spectacles were given free of cost to the patients.
PHAGWARA
Theft: A theft was committed on Thursday at Pandori
village in which valuables worth Rs 19,500 were burgled.
A case under Sections 457, 380, 148 and 149, IPC has been
registered.
ROPAR
Eye bank: The District Blindness Control Society will
set up an eye bank at the district headquarters here.
This was stated by Mr Gurinder Singh Grewal, Deputy
Commissioner-cum-Chairman of the society while presiding
over a meeting of the society here on Thursday. The
meeting was attended by Mr Khushi Ram, Additional Deputy
Commissioner, Dr Rajinder Singh, Civil Surgeon, Mr
Sukhdarshan Singh, secretary of the district Red Cross
Society.
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