Friday, April 21, 2000, Chandigarh, India
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DERA BASSI FARIDKOT FAZILKA JALANDHAR KAPURTHALA SEMINAR ORGANISED: A seminar was organised by the District Legal Service Authority on Tuesday regarding free legal services being given by the authority to people. Mr Nirmal Singh, District and Sessions Judge, presided over the function. KHANNA MALERKOTLA CIVIC BODY: The post of the vice-president of the local civic body has been lying vacant since February when Mrs Salma Parveen had to quit following no-confidence motion. Due to this the development work in the town has come to a standstill. SMALL SAVING SCHEMES: Deputy Commissioner Anirudh Tiwari has stated that Rs 147 crore have been collected under small saving schemes in the district.He said the amount would be spent on the development work in the district. MOGA DONATED: Mr Jagmeet Singh Brar, MP, at a function on Wednesday donated Rs 5 lakh for development of Phulewala village and Rs 2 lakh each for Upoke and Nathake villages in the district from the MPs area development fund. He also donated Rs 5 lakh out of the fund for raising a memorial in honour of Mr Jagdev Singh Khudian at Khudian village. CONNECTIONS: Indian Oil Company (IOC) and Bharat Petroleum have released 1.12 lakh domestic gas connections in the first three months of the current year in Haryana. This was stated by Mr Dharamvir, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Food and Supplies, here on Wednesday. The total number of connections in the state was now 16.50 lakh. SURVEY: To redress grievances of farmers regarding non-purchase of wheat from the mandis and other purchasing centres in the district by the official procuring agencies,Mr Dharamvir, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Food and Supplies, went round various foodgrain markets in the town on Wednesday. DAMAGED: A large number of gadgets were damaged due to high voltage in power transmission lines at Sikka Colony on Wednesday night. Residents of the colony also complained about repeated power cuts and voltage fluctuations and demanded a high-level inquiry into the incidents. SOLVED: The local police on Wednesday arrested Chanan Ram in connection with the murder of a tanker driver whose body was recovered from the Sirhind Canal near Doraha, 20 km from here. The accused also confessed his involvement in two theft cases. PATHANKOT PATIALA COMPLAINTS: Deputy Commissioner Jasbir Sing Bir directed the SSP on Thursday to take action under the Prevention of Dowry Act on two complaints received by him in sangat darshan programme. The complainants, Ms Sinderjit Kaur of Ranjit Nagar and Mr Inderjit Kaur complained in separate representations that they were being harassed for bringing insufficient dowry and were being regularly beaten. REAFFIRMED: Term
deposits and certificates of deposit of State Bank of
Patiala have been reaffirmed MAAA and AI plus rating,
respectively, by the Investment Information and Credit
Rating Agency of India Limited. These rating indicate the
highest safety with best prospects for timely repayment,
an official release said on Thursday. |
FARIDABAD |
KANGRA ROAD MISHAP: One person was killed and three injured when a Maruti car going to Vaishno Devi from Delhi collided with another vehicle on the G.T. Road near here. The injured were rushed to a hospital at Ludhiana. KULU SUNDERNAGAR |
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