Monday, February
19, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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ABOHAR ARRESTED: Shiv Kumar, son of Bhola Ram of Dutaranwali village, has been arrested by the police for illegally carrying a 12-bore gun. He was challaned under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act, official sources said on Saturday. REMANDED: Raj Kumar of Sukhera Basti, arrested in connection with a theft, was remanded in judicial custody by a local court on Friday. NABBED: The Sadar police on Friday arrested Pipal Singh, alias Titu, of Ghuriana village for carrying illicit liquor. VETERINARY CAMP: As many as 658 head of cattle were examined and eight operated upon at a free veterinary camp organised by the Bharat Vikas Parishad at Ramsara in the subdivision on Friday. AMRITSAR CHEQUE PRESENTED: Mr Kirpal Singh, president of the Chief Khalsa Diwan and former MP, on Saturday presented a cheque for Rs 4 lakh to Mr Parkash Singh Badal towards the relief fund for earthquake victims of Gujarat. The sum was collected by students and staff of Sri Guru Harkrishan Senior Secondary School being run by the Chief Khalsa Diwan. SEIZED: Officials of the Agriculture Department seized hundreds of litres of spurious pesticides from a local seed store on Saturday. The police has registered a case under the Essential Commodities Act. INFO-TECH CENTRE: An info-tech centre was inaugurated here on Saturday by the Minister of State for Local Government, Mr Balramji Das Tandon. The centre has been set up in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Advanced Computing and Management. The Punjab Health Minister, Dr Baldev Raj Chawla and the Punjab Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Mr Nirmal Singh Kahlon, were among those who spoke on the occasion. BARNALA BATHINDA TECHNICAL CAMP: The Community Polytechnic Wing, Bathinda, organised a camp at Nandgarh village to the district to provide information regarding technical and village services to villagers. This was stated in a press note issued here on Saturday by Mr Vijay Kumar Singla, Assistant Project Officer of the wing. Mr B.R.Gupta, Principal, Government Polytechnic Institution, Bathinda, inaugurated the camp. FARIDKOT TRAFFIC AWARENESS: The District Traffic Awareness Committee organised a traffic awareness seminar at the local K.N. Jain Senior Secondary School for Girls on Friday. Dr Arun Kumar Araon, district police chief, presided. FEROZEPORE HOSHIARPUR KHANNA DECIDED: The local Khatri Sabha has decided to call its general body meeting, in next10 days to discuss the role of the president, Mr Vinod Ghai, in a meeting organised here on Sunday. According to a press note, sabha condemned the role played by some members in the last meeting. ROBBERY FOILED: An attempt to loot the State Bank of Patiala branch was made by some unidentified robbers on Thursday night. Robbers entered in the bank building to break the building wall and tried to open the safe. Sources said that an attempt to loot UCO Bank situated in Sanghol was also made few days back. A complaint has been lodged in the local police but no arrests have been made so far. DISTRIBUTED: About 40 pairs of shoes were distributed to the needy students of Government Primary School, Khamano Khurd, by a social worker Hardev Singh Kang. LUDHIANA CONTRIBUTED: The employees of the State Bank of India, Railway Station Branch, in the city have contributed Rs 3,950 towards Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for the earthquake victims. According to the SBI Staff Association of the branch, the members of staff had also collected hosiery goods for the quake affected people of Gujarat. CELEBRATED: The SC/BC Employees Coordination Committee has decided to observe the birthday of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule with traditional gaiety on February 20 and has made an appeal to the entire SC/BC community to join the celebrations. A meeting of the district unit of the committee, presided over by Mr Gurmit Singh Railway, described Mahatma Phule as a pioneer of women education, particularly those from the weaker and opressed sections of society. The meeting also condemned defacing of the statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar in Nasik (Maharashtra) and called upon the government to bring the culprits to book. Among others, the meeting was attended by Mr Mewa Singh Mehmi, Mr Kewal Singh, Mr Jaswant Singh Kharag, Mr Amrik Singh, Mr Bara Singh, Mr Balwant Singh Mehton, Mr Kuldip Singh and Mr Jaswinder Pal Singh. MANSAFAREWELL FUNCTION: Anmol Agarwal and Ramandeep Kaur Dhaliwal were chosen Mr DAV 2000 and Ms DAV 2000, respectively, at the students’ farewell function organised by the local SDKL DAV Centenary Public School on Friday. OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the district BJP Kisan Morcha: president — Mr Sukhdev Singh Farmahi; senior vice-president — Mr Jugraj Singh Gandukalan; vice-presidents — Mr Mohinder Singh Hirawala, Mr Darshan Singh Farmahi and Mr Hertej Singh Alampur Mandirm; and general secretary — Mr Jagdeep Singh Malsinghwala. FLOWER SHOW: The local Environment Society will hold its annual flower show next Sunday. The show will be held at the local Government Senior Secondary School for Girls. This was stated by Mr Ashok Spolia, convener of the society. SFI CONVENTION: The fourth district convention of the Students Federation of India (SFI) was held here on Friday. Delegates at the convention demanded that the state government set up a college at Sardulgarh, Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) at Bareta and Jhumir, a polytechnic college at Jhunir, and complete the buildings of the local government Nehru Memorial College and the local ITI. This was stated in a press note issued by the district president of the SFI, Mr Swarnjeet Singh. PATIALA FLAYED: Mr Hari Singh Tohra, president of the Punjab State Karamchari Dal, took serious notice of the imposition of 30 per cent income tax on savings and provident fund of employees. The dal said the various restrictions put forth by the committee should not be accepted by the Central Government. VICE-CHANCELLOR: The Punjab Government College Teachers Association has taken serious note of the deteriorating situation in Punjabi University due to the bureaucratic and irresponsible attitude of the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, towards the demands of teachers. In a press note, Mr Jaipal Singh said there were various instances which proved the carelessness on the part of the university authorities in performing their duties well on time in a proper manner. He said the denial of promotions to teachers, evaluation of teachers by students, denial of accommodation to teachers and victimisation of Professor K.C. Singhal were some such acts. LAUNCHED: Chairman of the Washington State Network for Human Rights, Dr Swaraj Singh, said on Sunday that it had launched a campaign against western cultural invasion. He said there was social instability, economic decline, pollution and fall in educational and economic standards. Mr Pran Sabharwal presided over the function. PLAY STAGED: The play Ajaat Ghar was staged by students of the Department of Theatre and Television in the Studio theatre of the department of the Punjabi University on February 16. The play written by Rameshwar Prem, was directed by Daljit Singh. The play showed how communal tensions make individual psyche. Shahzad Khan and Ashish Kaushal did justice to their respective characters. KASHMIRI STUDENTS: Thirty students from remote areas of South Kashmir visited the city as part of an Army project. The students were given track suits and other material by Army cadets. The children visited Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwara and Harmander Sahib. SEMINAR HELD: A seminar on better service to customers — improvement in the PSEB functioning was conducted at Rajindra Medical Auditorium here on Sunday. More than 1500 delegates participated. In the presidential address, Mr Sukhdev Singh, highlighted the role of junior engineers in the power sector. He expressed concern over developments in the Enron case. Mr G.S. Sohal, chairman of PSEB, informed that revenue of the board increased to 700 crore as compared to the previous year. PCMS DOCTORS: The PCMS Association, Punjab, has said PCMS doctors doing postgraduation (PG) courses in government medical colleges will continue to be considered on duty and get full pay instead of a stipend as mentioned in a recent advertisement for admission to PG courses. Dr M.S. Randhawa, Dr D.S. Gill and Dr Manjit Singh, patron, president and general secretary, respectively, of the association said in a joint statement that the Punjab Chief Minister and the Health Minister had given their consent to the association in this regard. GUJARAT RELIEF: Residents of Jagpalpur village, near here, on Saturday sent a truckload of relief material for victims of the Gujarat earthquake. The truck was flagged off by Mr Pritam Singh, SDM. SAMRALA KABADDI CUP: In the memory of Alankar Toni, son of International kabaddi coach Devi Dayal Sharma, 2nd International Kabaddi Cup will be held on Mangat Waryam Stadium Kubba, 10 km from here, on February 21 and 23 according to Mr Gurmel Pehlwan, chief patron of the tournament, here on Sunday. The teams from Canada, England and California will participate in this tournament. A show match of girls from Jalandhar and Amritsar will also be held. The first prize will be Rs 71,000 and second prize Rs 51,000. Foreign teams of bhangra and giddha will be a centre of attraction in the tournament according to Mr Devi Dayal Sharma. CULTURAL COMPETITION: In the third inter-college cultural competitions held at Malwa College, Bondli-Samrala here, Mr Sandeep Hans, SDM, Samrala, chaired the morning session while Mr Charanjeet Singh Atwal, Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha, presided over the afternoon session on Saturday. He declared a grant of Rs 50,000 to the college. On this occasion Ms Tarnjot Kaur of Mata Ganga College, Manji Sahib Kotan, was declared best dancer. Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Model Town, Ludhiana, won the trophy for poetry recitation. Mr Ganga Ram of Government College, Karamsar Rara Sahib, stood first, and Harbeer Kaur of Guru Nanak Khalsa College stood second and Arminder Kaur of GNN College, Doraha, stood third in poetry recitation. In the lok geets Harmandeep Singh of GHG College, Gurusar Sudhar, stood first and Harbeer Kaur of Ludhiana stood second and Tarnjeet Kaur of Mata Ganga Sahib College for Girls, Manje Sahib Kottan, stood second. SANGRUR |
JHAJJAR PANIPAT RAPE CASES: The police has arrested Ramesh of Furlak village on the charge of raping a minor girl of the local Ramnath Colony. In a complaint lodged at the city police station, the girl’s father alleged that she was enticed and raped by Ramesh. In another case, Ashok and Raju of Sutana village have been arrested on the charge of attempting to rape a girl of Panipat on January 27 in the village. HIT-AND-RUN CASES: Prabhu Dayal (60) of Noorwala village was hit by a vehicle on Saturday. He was taken to Civil Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. In another case, Shanker of Palri village was knocked down by a vehicle in front of Shingla Palace Hotel on the GT Road. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. SIRSA SONEPAT |
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