Saturday, December 2, 2000, Chandigarh, India
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ABOHAR AMRITSAR APPROVED: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mumbai, has approved the proposal for a research paper on “Role of informal rural financial markets in Punjab — a case study”, to be prepared by Dr Gian Kaur, Professor of economics, Guru Nanak Dev University, according to a communication received by her. The bank has also approved a grant of Rs 45,000 for the purpose. BARNALA LOK ADALAT: Mr Justice H.S. bedi of the Punjab and Haryana High Court will preside over a state-level lok adalat to be held here at the local courts complex on December 3. This was stated on Thursday by Mr Dilbag Singh Johal, Additional Civil Judge (Senior division), Civil Courts, Barnala, who is also the chairman of the local Legal Services Aid Committee. BATALA BATHINDA AIDS AWARENESS: A rally on AIDS awareness was organised by schoolchildren, volunteers of various NGOs and the NSS here on Thursday. The rally was flagged off by the Deputy Commissioner. GRANT RELEASED: Panchayats of 33 villages in the district have been provided Rs 1.25 crore in the form grants announced by Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, during a “sangat darshan” programme at Dhade village on November 22. This was stated by Mr Jaspal Singh, Deputy Commissioner, in a press note issued here on Thursday. DEMANDED: Engineers of Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant ( GHTP) Lehra Mohabbat, are on a collision course due to the non-implementation of the policy of the Punjab State Electricity Board regarding the shift duty of engineers. They have been wearing black badges since November 17 to register their protest. The regional secretary, PSEB Engineers Association (GHTP) in a press note issued here on Thursday, demanded that shift duty be implemented at the GHTP. ALLEGED: Satpal Bharty, vice-president, CITU, has alleged that the policies of the government have rendered more than three lakh brick-kiln and other industrial workers jobless. A press note issued here on Thursday said CITU would hold a state-level rally on December 3 to press for the acceptance of workers’ demands. OBSERVED: Various functions were organised in the city to mark World AIDS Day. A district-level function chaired by Mr Jaspal Singh, Deputy Commissioner, was organised at the Goodwill Society office. A cultural programme was presented by school children of the city. GURDASPUR HOSHIARPUR 2 HURT: Vir Singh and his father were seriously injured when a tractor-trailer hit their scooter near the railway station, Dasuya, on Wednesday. Both were admitted to the Civil Hospital, Dasuya. The police has registered a case under Sections 279/337 of the IPC against tractor driver Sukhwinder Singh of Jaura village. KHAMANO KHANNA STATUS GIVEN: Dhanwantri Ayurvedic Society has welcomed the state government’s decision to give Class A gazetted status to ayurvedic medicinal officers of the state. Talking to mediapersons, Dr Anil Garg, organising secretary of the society, said that it had been a long pending demand of ayurvedic medical officers. Punjab was the first state to give this status to AMOs. He also demanded that any ayurvedic specialist be appointed as Director of the Ayurvedic Department, so that Ayurved may progress in the right direction. Secretary of the society, Dr Somesh Batta, said that a function would be organised next month at Mandi Gobindgarh to honour Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal and Health Minister, Dr Baldev Parkash. It may be mentioned here that the state government had notified Class A gazetted status for AMOs under pay scale for 7220-11660 on November 28. LUDHIANA MOGA TWO KILLED: Gurmeet Singh and Bikkar Singh of Kahan Singhwala village were killed on the spot when their scooter was hit by a vehicle coming from opposite direction on the Faridkot-Talwandi road. The police has registered a case and bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem examination. Another youth, who was injured in the accident, has been hospitalised. FOLK SONGS CONTEST: A folk songs competition, organised by the management of the S.D. College for Women, concluded here on Wednesday. College Principal Surinder Brar gave away the prizes. NAWANSHAHR WORKSHOP: The Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, in collaboration with local educational institutions and NGOs, organised a workshop to create awareness about children’s rights here at Ralla Mall Bhuchard DAV Centenary Public School on Thursday. This was stated by Mr Parveen Kumar Singh, Deputy Director, Punjab Police Academy. PATHANKOT PATIALA PANEL DISCUSSION: The Institute of Multi-culturalism and Sikh Studies has decided to organise a series of seminars and discussions on recent trends in international organise a series of seminars and discussions on recent trends in international thought by inviting eminent scholars specialising in various fields. The first panel discussion in the series of ‘multi-culturalism’, accepted as the cultural philosophy of Canada and the USA, will be held on Saturday. The panel consists of Prof. Jasbir Jain, Head, English Department and Director, Academic Staff College Rajasthan University, Jaipur, Prof. Bhupinder Brar, Head, Political Science Department, Panjab University, and Prof Gurbhagat Singh, former head of the English Department, Punjabi University, Patiala. PHAGWARA COP KILLED: Police driver Jarnail Singh was killed when his vehicle was hit by a truck near Dadwindi village on Wednesday. He was cremated on Thursday at his native village Chairan. SAHNEWAL |
AMBALA Specialists in various fields will render free service of consultation, diagnosis, treatment and medicines, free of cost will be given to patients, a press note said. MEETING HELD: A meeting of the Haryana Ministerial Staff Association was under the chairmanship of former association president, Mr Surinder Rana. It was decided at the meeting to give moral support to the ongoing agitation by the Pichdawarg Karamchari Kalyan Sangh. The association urged the government to immediately implement the order regarding reservations, otherwise they too would be forced to hold agitation, a release said. URGED: The vice-president of the Haryana Library Association Mr R N Arora, has urged the union HRD Minister, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi to release the scale of Rs 14940 to college librarians at par with college teachers. He said the UGC had already recommended this scale to the college librarian under the carrier advancement schemes. ORGANISED: The students of Government Senior Secondary School, Samalheri village, organised a ‘Youth Parliament’ on Thursday. The students who were portraying the roles of different ministers raised several crucial questions regarding the problems faced by the nation. They deliberated upon, among others, the condition of farmers and the women’s reservation bill, a release said. Speaker was portrayed by Yogesh Verma, PM was portrayed by Malkit Kaur, Leader of the Opposition was Rita Saini, Home Minister was Suruchi, Sports Minister was Harmandip Mann, Human Resources Minister was Kusum Rani, Finance Minister was Om Vir, Tourism Minister was Jaswinder Kaur, Family Welfare Minister was Rajiv Kumar and Minister of State for Home was Saurabh Mahajan. BHIWANI HISAR SIRSA PHOTO I-CARDS: Several villagers have alleged that they have not been issued photo identity cards by the Municipal Committee, Kalanwali. According to information received on Thursday, villagers were told by committee officials that the work of making new identity cards had been stopped and they should come again. The chief of the committee said a new date would be fixed for giving identity cards to those left out. SONEPAT GANG BUSTED: With the arrest of four persons, the police claims to have busted a gang of thieves operating in the region for the past few months. Mr A.S. Chawla, SP, said on Friday that Babloo, son of Pritam Singh, Parveen, son of Mehar Singh, Sunil, son of Abhey Yadav and Parveen, son of Ved Parkash, all residents of Kundli village, had been arrested in this connection. The police also recovered stolen property worth lakhs of rupees from their possession. |
KANGRA HAMIRPUR BAN ORDER: Mrs Anuradha Thakur, District Magistrate, has imposed a ban on carrying of firearms, ammunition and other lethal weapons in the district from December 4 to December 20. The order has been issued under Section 144 of the Cr PC, keeping in view the ensuing panchayat and civic body elections in the district. SHIMLA SUNDERNAGAR |
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