Wednesday, May 31, 2000, Chandigarh, India
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GURDASPUR WATER SHORTAGE: There is shortage of drinking water in Gharota village under Dinanagar Development block. The village has one tubewell which does not function properly. The Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, who visited the village on May 5 had announced a grant to install another tubewell and repair the old one. But nothing has been done so far.
NAWANSHAHR ORGANISED: The district unit of the Government Teachers Union organised a dharna in front of the office of the District Education Officer here on Monday in support of its demands. DRUG AWARENESS: Mr Ishwar Singh, SSP, delivered a lecture on drug addiction at Shivalik Public School here, on Tuesday. He called upon the students to come forward with information about their drug addict friends and persons living in their surrounding. He said the police would take stern action against the drug traders. The police in collaboration with the Health Department would also provide counselling and medical treatments to the addicts. PATIALA PRESENTED: Students of Yadavindra Public
School presented a cheque of Rs 29,000 to Deputy
Commissioner Jasbir Singh Bir on Monday for the Prime
Ministers Relief Fund. The cheque was presented by
Mallika Gupta, head girl and Virender Singh Bhullar, head
boy. WITHDRAWN: In view
of the non-compliance and violation of the terms and
conditions of affiliation, Punjabi University has
withdrawn the temporary affiliation given to Guru Amar
Dass business school, Mohali. Giving this information, Dr
Jodh Singh, Dean, College Development Council, said the
students of this school had been provided a special
opportunity to appear as private candidates though
ordinarily the students of professional courses were not
allowed to appear as private candidates. He said this
unprecedented step had been taken by the university for
the sake of the career of the students. URGED:
Seven deputations, under the umbrella of the Bijli
Mulazam Front, urged the Punjab State Electricity Board
(PSEB) management to reconsider its transfer policy for
2000-2001. In a press note, the front said the transfer
policy formulated by the PSEB was biased against its own
employees. It threatened that if the PSEB management did
not take a second look at the transfer policy, the front
would have no other option but to resort to dharna and
other means to see to it that the transfer policy was
re-drafted or totally changed. PHILLAUR ROPAR ASSOCIATION: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Zail Singh Nagar Welfare Association: president — Mr Ram Murti, vice-president — Mr Dayal Singh, secretary — Mr Jaswant Singh, treasurer — Mr Joginder Singh and joint secretary - Mr Nirmal Singh
Nirmal.
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SONEPAT MURDER CASE: The Rai police claimed on Tuesday that it had arrested Mohinder of Nangal Khurd village in connection with the alleged murder of 65-year-old Attar
Kaur of same village on May 25. The district police chief said more arrests were likely. ELECTROCUTED: Sumitra (35), a housewife, was electrocuted at Kharkhauda town, 19 km from here, on Monday. According to the police, she was handling a table fan when the accident occurred. |
BILASPUR NURPUR OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Himachal Pradesh Government Teachers Union of Fatehpur unit: president — Mr Ramesh Sharma and general secretary — Mr Karnail Singh; and of Raja Ka Talab unit: president — Mr Akshey Chowdhary and general secretary — Mr Pawan Sharma. |
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