AMRITSAR
HEPATITIS-B CAMP: The Lions Club (Golden Temple), and the Leo Club organised a hepatitis-B vaccination camp at Baba Deep Singh Ji Charitable Hospital on Sunday. As many as 300 children and adults were vaccinated.BATALA
CREMATED: Pritam Singh Bhatia, member, executive body of the SGPC, was cremated at Qadian, 20 km from here, on Saturday. His funeral was well attended.
BATHINDA
PULSE POLIO: Members of United Welfare Society visited slum areas to make the residents aware of the pulse polio immunisation drive to be organised on November 5, Dr Jagjit Singh, District Immunisation Officer, said here on Sunday.
MURDER CASE: The district police has registered a criminal case against Nachhattar Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Jasveer Singh for their alleged involvement in the murder of Jagraj Singh of Kotshamir village, 15 km from here. The police sources said Jagraj Singh was attacked by the three accused on October 22. He was admitted to a hospital, where he died on Saturday.
GURDASPUR
GANG BUSTED: The police busted a gang engaged in illegal felling of mango trees. Mr Varinder Kumar, SSP, said on Monday that five members of the gang, identified as Pritam Singh of Jogar, Sucha Singh of Sahanpur, Roshan Lal of Daburji, Balraj Singh of Marara and Balbir Singh of Taragarh had been taken into custody and were released after paying a fine of Rs 3,000.
LALRU
CELEBRATED: An impressive cultural programme by a Karnal-based group was the highlight of the 3rd anniversary celebrations of a resort, near here, on Sunday night. A large number of residents and industrialists thronged the venue to enjoy themselves in the evening. The children had a gala time as they danced to popular Punjabi folk and pop, and Hindi numbers belted out by the group. The fireworks and Bhangra re-mix continued till late in the night. An added attraction for the visitors was makki ki roti and sarson ka saag.
LUDHIANA
CLUB MEETING: A general body meeting of the Sutlej Club was held under the presidentship of Mr S.K.Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner, at the club lawns, on Sunday. Minutes of the last general body meeting were confirmed and audited balance sheet of the club , for the year 1999-2000, was approved in the meeting. A committee was constituted to decide on the term of the executive committee of the club. The tenure of elected executive committee had also been changed from November - March to April 1 to March 31. Dr Harbans Singh, one of the senior members of the club, made a proposal to honour intelligent children and grandchildren of the club members. The proposal was immediately approved by the president and the members. Mr A.S.Chawla, Secretary of the club, read the secretary's report.
OFFICE-BEARERS: A meeting of the Yuwak Sewa Club, New Simla Puri, held under the presidentship of Mr Fateh Singh, discussed the future programmes for welfare of the youth and development of the locality. Besides others, Chairman of the club, Mr Darshan Singh, Vice- Chairman, Mr Sukhwinder Singh, General Secretary, Mr Shamsher Singh, and treasurer, Mr Harjit Singh, attended the
meeting. The following have been elected office-bearers and members of the executive committee, in addition to the existing office-
bearers: Senior Vice- President— Mr Dharamjit Singh ;Vice- President— Mr Devinder Singh ;Press Secretary— Mr Gurcharan Singh; Public Relation Secretary— Mr Jaspal Singh . Mr Randhir Singh, Mr Baljinder Singh, Mr Sanjay Kumar and Mr Surjit Singh have been appointed members of executive committee.
MALARIA: The residents of Shakti Nagar and its adjoining localities in the South Model Gram area have complained that the anti-malaria teams of the municipal corporation were neglecting these colonies in the matter of anti-mosquito spray, which is essential to prevent the outbreak of diseases like malaria and
dengue. Certain residents alleged that the MC employees were working in a pick and choose
manner. They were visiting some parts of the colonies regularly for anti-malaria spray, while the other areas were left
uncovered, they said.
SALARIES
PAID: Ms A.K. Bansal, Principal, Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, said on Monday that the teachers of the college had been paid the salary for all the 26 days during which they had gone on strike in response to a nationwide call. Reacting to reports published in a section of media, she refuted the claims made by some union leaders that the salary had not been paid.
SHOW: To mark the 131st birth anniversary of Jain Acharya Sri Vijay Vallabh Sureeshwar, a light and sound show “Yugvir” on the life of the acharya was held at Sri Atma Nand Jain Senior Secondary School, Daresi Road, on Monday. The show was directed by Mr Sunder Lal Jain with an aim to impart knowledge about the life and achievements of the acharya to the students. Present on the occasion were Mr Y.P. Jain, Principal, Mr Kashmiri Lal Jain, president of the management committee and Sikandar Lal Jain, general secretary.
MUSIC
AWARD: Sardul Kwatra,71, has been awarded with the “Millennium Music Award for Punjabi Music” at a function held at California, recently. Sardul has been associated with the film industry since 1946 and got the inspiration of singing from Mohammad Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Shamshad Begum, Talat Mehmood, Mohinder Kapur and Anuradha
Paudwal. He dedicated the award to his friends and music lovers.
MALERKOTLA
PRIZE DISTRIBUTION: The first annual prize distribution function of the Hakim Abdul Hameed Memorial Welfare Society was held at the Malerkotla Club here on Sunday. Mr H.S. Randhawa, In charge, Vigilance Bureau, Flying Squad
Ist, Punjab, was the chief guest.
INJURED: Six persons were injured when a three-wheeler in which they were travelling fell into a canal when they were on their way from Kallarh to Ahmedgarh, 20 km from here, on Sunday. They were admitted to a hospital in Ahmedgarh. They have been identified as Paramjit Kaur, Harpal Kaur, Naseeb Kaur, Maya Devi, Kaka Singh and Gurdev Singh.
PATHANKOT
LPG CYLINDERS: The police arrested Ashok Kumar of Sukhochak village here for selling LPG cylinders in black market. According to the police, Mr Sanjiv Kumar, in charge, police post, Taragarh, along with Mr Mohinder Pal Singh, Inspector, Food and Supply, conducted a raid on the shop of the suspect at the village and seized six filled and 18 empty LPG cylinders. A case has been registered.
SUMMONED: Mr Karnail Singh, Judicial Magistrate, on a complaint filed by Mr Bir Singh of Gandlan Lahri village here has summoned Mr
R.K. Luna, DFO, Mr Chaman Lal, Forest Ranger, and three others for threatening Mr Bir Singh. Mr Bir Singh had complained that the suspect had threatened to destroy his crop and kill him on October 10.
PHAGWARA
BLANKETS DISTRIBUTED: M/s Indian Autos Industries observed the sixteenth death anniversary of Kirpal Singh Sethi, the founder of the group, by distributing 400 blankets among workers on Saturday. Pritam Singh, SDM, gave away the blankets at a function at KU house.
ROPAR
IMPRISONMENT: The Special Judge, Mr Mohinder Pal Singh, sentenced Wazir Chand, to three years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000. He was caught while accepting a bribe of Rs 5000 from Mr Gurdev Singh Boparai. In another case, Ratan Singh Paker, an ex-postal employee, has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5000 for accepting a bribe of Rs 2000.
TARN TARAN
VACCINATION CAMP: As many as 1000 persons were vaccinated against hepatitis-B at a camp organised by the Tarn Taran Employees Welfare Society in association with Guru Amar Das Mission Hospital, Goindwal Sahib, here on Saturday.
