Wednesday, August 2, 2000, Chandigarh, India
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KHARAR LUDHIANA TEEJ FUNCTION: Teej will be celebrated on August 4 by the wives and dependent of the members of the Sutlej club. On the occasion, famous Punjabi singer Dolly Guleria will perform live. According to Mr A.S. Chawla, honorary general secretary of the club; various stalls of typical Teej food and other dishes will be provided in the club lawns. The eatables will be served free of cost. NAWANSHAHR PATIALA PUNJABI MANCH: The chairman of the Punjabi Vikas Manch, Mr Hardev Singh Rosha, presided over a meeting of office-bearers of the manch held here in which Mr Kushaldev Singh Dhillon was unanimously elected president. RED CROSS CAMP: The district Red Cross Society, St John Ambulance and the District Education Officers organised an inter-school junior Red Cross training camp at Government Girls School, Model Town, in which 75 girls took part. DHILLON MADE PRESIDENT OF MANCH: The Chairman of the Punjabi Vikas Manch, Mr Hardev Singh Rosha, presided over a special meeting of the office-bearers of the manch held here, during which, Mr Kushaldev Singh Dhillon was unanimously elected the President of the manch for two years. Mr Navinderjit Singh, IAS, had proposed his name. Addressing the office-bearers, the newly-elected President of the manch said that along with his coworkers, he would work for the development of the manch. He said that for the promotion of Punjabi language and culture, functions would be organised in community halls of villages in collaboration with the North Zone Cultural Centre. ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT: Mr Ranjit Khosla was installed as the 57th President of the club here on Tuesday. During the function, outgoing President Raj Kumar Seth was conferred upon the Rotary hall of fame award. Mr Ranjit Khosla said the club would be laying more emphasis on the literacy programme with a view to reach out to more and more womenfolk. Nominations were being invited from the needy as well as from the students who had excelled in academics for scholarships. OFFICE-BEARERS: Thakur Kamal Raj Singh has been elected President of the Rajput Welfare Society, Patiala. The other office-bearers are Senior Vice-President — Capt Prem Nath Chowdhury; Vice-President — Capt B.S. Jaswal; General Secretary — Dr A.K. Kaushal; Treasure — Dr Jasmer Singh. |
SIRSA SEWERAGE PROBLEM: Residents of the local Jandwala Mohalla, enraged over the poor sewerage facilities prevailing here for the past fortnight, blocked traffic on the Bhadra road and raised slogans against the district administration, especially the Public Health Department. They were led by the Organising Secretary of the district Congress, Mr Hoshiari Lal Sharma, and former Municipal Councillors, Mr Prem Sharma and Mr Sudhir Arya. The agitators did not budge till executive engineers of the department arrived and supervised the drainage operation. SONEPAT SUICIDES: Two cases of suicide were reported in the city and a nearby village on Monday. According to the police, the victims have been identified as Ram Singh (75) of Vishal Nagar and Saroj of Khanda village. BURN INJURIES: Four employees of the PWD (B&R) sustained serious burn injuries from hot coal tar while carrying out repair work on the Sonepat-Murthal road here on Monday. INJURED: Two persons riding a motor cycle were injured when a bus hit them near Bayyanpur village, about 3 km from here, on Monday. |
BILASPUR JAWALAMUKHI KUMARHATTI TRUCK OVERTURNS: A truck laden with apples overturned near the Timber Trail resort, 23 km from here, on Monday. The accident took place when the truck driver suddenly applied the brakes. The truck was coming from Kumarsain, near Narkanda. All four occupants of the vehicle — driver Chanchal Singh, Mr Devinder Kumar, Mr Kapoor Chand Verma and a Nepalese migrant labourer — sustained minor injuries. NURPUR |
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