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BARNALA
Convention: The annual convention and
elections of the Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha (Sekhon)
will be conducted at Central Library, Patiala, on Sunday.
Punjabi writer Jaswant Singh Kanwal will preside. This
was stated by Dr Tejwant Maan, general secretary of the
sabha, here on Friday.
FARIDKOT
Nominated: The Punjab Youth Congress has
nominated Mr Sandeep Singh Brar (Sunny) as president of
the District Youth Congress here. Other office-bearers
will be appointed by him.
Appeal: The
newly-constituted district Public Relations Committee has
appealed to the state government to provide adequate
funds, restore telephone connections, fax and telephonic
facilities for journalists. A meeting in this connection
was held here on Friday. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr A.
Venu Parshad, presided.
JALANDHAR
Robbers held: Two of the seven armed robbers,
who had come to loot a house on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur
road on Friday, were overpowered by the owner of the
house and his teenaged son and handed over to the police.
A pistol and four cartridges were recovered from them.
KHANNA
Four-laning: Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, a former
Union Minister, said the Punjab Government would start
the work on four laning of state highways soon and a
vegetable-processing plant at a cost of Rs 100 crore
would also be established near Khanna. He was speaking at
a press conference held at MLA Bachan Singh Cheema's
office here on Friday.
KHARAR
Students' demand: About 30 class X students of
Christian High School here in a letter sent to the
Education Minister, Punjab, on Saturday demanded that a
mathematics teacher should be appointed in the school.
They wrote that their examinations were near and there
was no teacher in the school to teach mathematics. They
demanded early action in this direction.
Donation for
bridge: The Gram Panchayat and residents of
Chadiala Sudan village at a meeting held on Friday
thanked Mr Balbir Singh Sidhu, Organising Secretary of
the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, for giving a
donation of Rs 10000 for constructing a small bridge on a
choe on the Chadiala Sudan-Govindgarh road. According to
a press note issued here on Saturday the Sarpanch has
written that school children were facing a lot of
problems while crossing this choe.
LUDHIANA
Course concludes: A refresher course in
fingerprints at the Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur,
concluded on Friday. The course was organised under the
guidelines of the Additional Director-General of Police,
Computer and Wireless, Punjab.
Conference: The
annual conference of the northern zone Chapter of the
Indian Orthopaedic Association opened here on Friday at
the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. More than 50
companies are participating in the trade exhibition being
held.
MALERKOTLA
Criticised: Mrs Sajida Begam, a former MLA and
general secretary, Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee, has
criticised the proposal of charging Rs 1.50 per unit from
industrialists for using generators. She urged the
government to stop its implementation.
Representation: The
local Bar Association has said the judicial complex at
the Kisan Vikas Bhavan is congested. In a representation
to the Chief Minister they urged him to look into the
matter.
MOGA
Women’s day: The state-level
International Women’s Day will be held at Sherpur
village in Sangrur district on March 8. This was stated
by state Social Security Women and Child Development
Minister Gobind Singh Kanjla here on Friday.
PATIALA
Probe ordered: The Deputy Commissioner here has
directed SDM, Nabha, to inquire into the allegations
levelled by Scheduled Caste residents of Galwatti village
in the district about their 27-year-long wait for
allotted 100-yard plots. The villagers alleged that even
though 27 years had passed, they had not got the plots as
the patwari had not demarcated the land for plots.
TARN TARAN
Probe sought: Mr Rattan Singh Randhawa, district
secretary of the CPM, Amritsar district, in a press note
issued here on Friday sought a high-level probe into the
death of Hardev Singh (27), son of a BSF jawan of Khatrai
Kalan village.
Rice millers: Members
of the Punjab Rice Millers Association at a meeting held
here on Friday resented the indifferent attitude of the
state government regarding the non-lifting of rice from
the mills for the past four months.
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