MOGA
COMPLAINT: Residents of several villages in this district complained on Monday that they had not been getting drinking water for the past many months as the water works at Korewala village in the district, which supplied water to them, was not functioning. Mr Gurbachan Singh Brar, former president of the association of field officers of the Public Relations Department, on Monday demanded villagers’ grievances be removed.

CHEATING CASE: Bahadur Singh of Gholiakhurd village in the district lodged a complaint with the Baghapurana police on Sunday against Chet Singh, a resident of Baghapurana town in the district, stating that the latter had taken money from him for selling his tractor but had not delivered it so far. He alleged that Chet Ram had instead obtained a loan against the tractor.

BURNT: A tractor and some quantity of harvested wheat of a farmer of Hariawala village in the district was burnt on Sunday in his field. The damage is being assessed. The cause of the fire is stated to be short circuit.

PHAGWARA
TRIBUTES PAID: Ms Santosh Chaudhary, Congress MP from Phillaur, on Saturday announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh for two cremation grounds on the Banga and Hoshiarpur roads in memory of environmentalist and educationist Kuldip Singh. She was addressing a “shradhanjali samaroh” in memory of Kuldip Singh who died on April 16. Paying tributes, Punjab Tourism Minister Swarna Ram declared that the road from the old Civil Hospital to the Sarabha Nagar residence of Kuldip Singh would be named Kuldip Singh Marg.

RAMGARHIA SABHA: Mr Baldev Singh Kalsi was elected as president of the Ramgarhia Sabha at the elections held here on Sunday. Giving this information at a press conference here on Monday, Mr Joginder Singh Bhogal, chairman of the election committee, said Mr Kalsi, who polled 266 votes, defeated his nearest rival, Mr Tehal Singh Matharu, by a margin of 116 votes. While Mr Matharu polled 150 votes, the third candidate, Mr Sarban Singh Matharoo, polled only 12 votes. The 20-member executive besides the auditor, Mr Chattarpal Singh Phul, were also elected. The nine office-bearers will be selected from the executive. Mr Kalsi said besides expanding the welfare activities of the sabha the new executive would introduce computerisation in Maharaja Jassa Singh Public School run by the sabha.

ASSOCIATION: Mr Tarlochan Singh Bittu and Mr Parmod Khaneja were elected as president and general secretary, respectively, of the Property Consultants Association of Chandigarh, SAS Nagar and Panchkula at the general body meeting here on Sunday. Mr Bittu took charge from Mr Tirlok Singh. The general body authorised Mr Bittu to nominate the other office-bearers, according to a press note.

BAHUJAN CHETAN SAMMELAN: As part of the birthday celebrations of Dr B. R. Ambedkar, the local unit of the Backward and Minority Samaj Employees Federation (BAMSEF) organised the “Bahujan chetan sammelan” at the Ambedkar Bhavan here on Sunday. Mr Habhajan Singh, Lakha, a former MP, who was the chief guest, spoke about the contribution of Dr Ambedkar to the Indian Constitution. Mr Ram Nath, Senior Deputy Accountant-General, Punjab, stressed the need of educating the children of the Bahujan Samaj. Mr Waryam Singh Khizra and Swaran Singh, president and general secretary, respectively, of the BAMSEF, also spoke.

AYURVEDIC CAMP: A free ayurvedic camp for the treatment of piles was the highlight of the concluding day of the Bhagwan Parshuram jayanti celebrations at the Bhagwan Parshuram Bhavan in Sector 37-C, here on Monday. According to a press note, 101 of the 153 patients, were operated upon by a team of doctors headed by Dr JN Agnihotri and Dr Alka Juneja. The remaining patients were given medicine. Earlier, the camp was inaugurated by Mr JK Kaushal, an advocate.

ELECTED: Mr J.D.Chawla, a resident of Sector 38 West, has been elected as president of the LIG Group II Residents Welfare Association. Other office-bearers of the association are: vice-president — Mrs Paramjit Kaur; general secretary — Mr Jawaharlal and cashier— Mr R.S. Rawat.

FOUNDATION STONE: The Shri Valmik Sabha organised a function in the Guga Mari Valmik Bhavan, Sector 32, here on Sunday. During the function a foundation stone of the bhavan was laid by Ms Satinder Dhawan, Municipal Councillor. She requested the gathering to donate liberally for the construction of the bhavan. Among others who spoke on the occasion were Mr Jagan Ram, Chairman of the sabha, Mr Phool Chand, Mr Kesar Dumra, Mr Prem Chand Premi and Mr H Sarhadi. Mr Sita Ram, president, and Mr Shanti Dass, general secretary of the sabha, said the hall would be completed within a year.

JOURNALIST HONOURED: The first Sardar Mehar Singh Rawel Memorial Award for the best Punjabi journalist of the year 2001 was given to Mr Kuldip Singh Arshi, Editor, Rah Dasera, at the function held at the Rotary Club hall, here on Sunday. The Vice-Chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Dr J.S. Gujral, honoured in journalist.

PLEA: A former Senior Deputy Mayor, Mr Prem Sagar Jain, has resented the issuance of eviction notices by the Panjab University authorities to shopkeepers. Mr Jain, who is also the area councillor, in a written statement, said the shopkeeper should not be treated in this manner so as to force them out of business. They should be invited for negotiations for finding solution to their problems. These shopkeepers should not be treated like shopkeepers in other sectors since they work for a limited period due to holidays and exams, he added.

MEMORANDUM SENT: The local unit of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) has criticised the lathi-charge on morcha activists, including its national president, Mr Shivraj Singh Chauhan, at Raipur in Chhattisgarh recently. A press note issued here on Monday warned that such “barbaric” acts of the government would not be tolerated. The local unit has sent a memorandum to the Chhattisgarh Governor. The national secretary of the BJYM, Mr Rajan Tewari, and in charge of the Chandigarh affairs, who halted at the city during his journey from Himachal to Delhi, asked the morcha activists to be ready to face such challenges.

AMBALA
CULTURAL FUNCTION: A cultural function was organised by Ambala Kurukshetra Gramin Bank at Sohan Lal DAV College, Ambala City, on Monday. The function was inaugurated by the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr Mahinder Kumar. Mr Yashpal Mehta was first and Mr Satish Kumar was second in the poetry recitation. Mr B.S. Bhatia was first and Mr V. M. Kaushik was second in the joke competition. Ms Rama Kalra was first and Ms Manju Kapoor and Mr B.S. Bhatia were second in singing. Ms Harshi Miglani and Mr O. P. Miglani were given award in duet. Mr V. M. Kaushik was first in monoacting and Mr Mahinder Pal Chapaula was second, according to a press note.

BHIWANI
‘INFLATED’ BILLS: Sore over “inflated” bills sent by the HVPN, the Congress has decided to gherao the Superintending Engineer of the nigam here on May 5. The district unit president of the party, Dr Vasudev, and Mr Dharmbir, MLA, Tosham, alleged that farmers of the Bhiwani, Badhra, Behal, Satnali and Mandhiali areas had been issued electricity bills to the tune of Rs 5,000 to Rs 7,000 each for a month’s meter reading.

FARIDABAD
CASH LOOTED: A scooter-borne youth looted a bag containing Rs 14,000 from a woman who was going on a rickshaw in Sector 15 here on Saturday. The incident took place just an hour before the visit of the Chief Minister.

KALKA
HONOURED: Ms Geeta Goel, Manager of the local branch of Canara Bank, has been given an appreciation letter at a function organised by the Haryana Pradesh Women Kalyan Samiti. The award was given for the work done for uplifting of women in the area through the social banking scheme. Mr Harvilas Jindal, Chairman, Ruchi Group of Industries, Ms Veena Chhibber, MLA, Ambala and Ms Kuldeep Kaur, Chairman, Block Samiti, Kalka, were the chief guests.

ROHTAK
FLOOD CONTROL: An amount of Rs 1.57 crore will be spent on flood-control measures in the district till June 30. This was stated by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anil Malik, here on Sunday while inspecting the measures adopted by the canal authorities to tackle floods.

SUICIDE: A youth committed suicide by consuming poison at Bahadurgarh town, 40 km from here, on Sunday. He has been identified as Manoj of Sankhol village in the town. In another incident, Bhateri of Samar village in Meham subdivision, who had received burns two weeks ago, died at the PGI on Sunday.

SONEPAT
BODY FOUND: The Government Railway Police found the body of a girl on the railway track near the Ganaur railway station, 16 km from here, on Sunday. The police also found a diary in which her name was written as Priyanka Sinha.

KILLED: One person was killed on the spot and another injured seriously when a tanker rammed into a stationary truck on the G.T. Road near Larsauli village, 12 km from here, on Sunday.

POWER SUPPLY: The three-day old power crisis which had hit a majority of the areas fed by the Subzi Mandi feeder ended around 4.30 p.m. on Sunday following the restoration of normal power supply after a gap of 20 hours at a stretch.

DEMONSTRATION: A large number of taxi and jeep operators held a demonstration here on Monday to register their protest against the non-renewal of their registration numbers by the state government. They also submitted a memorandum to the district authorities.

CHAMBA
LIGHTNING: A cow and a calf perished and a house destroyed by lightning at Kilooni village in the district on Saturday night. According to official sources, a loss of more than Rs 5 lakh has been assessed.

KANGRA
SPORTS CLUB: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Mahrishi Balmiki Sports Club, Kangra: chairman — Mr Ramesh Chand Gupta; president — Mr Narinder Garhdwalia; senior vice-president — Mr Jaspal Gill; vice-presidents — Mr Prem Kumar Rana and Mr Anil Kumar Sindhi; general secretary — Mr Rajinder Kumar; joint secretary — Mr Sanjay Malhotra; organising secretary — Mr Sanjay Chouhan; and treasurer — Mr Vijay Malhotra.

KUMARHATTI
DEMANDED: Residents of Dagshai, 3 km from here, have demanded setting up a sub-post office in the Sadar Bazaar area where most of the civilian population of the cantonment resides. The residents have to trudge long distances to reach the post office. Inadequate bus service in Dagshai has made matters worse for them.

SOLAN
RAPE: A 16-year-old girl of Shob Dochi village under the Kandaghat police station filed an FIR on Saturday alleging that she had been raped and made pregnant by a fellow villager, Ram saran, in July last. She delivered the baby in March this year. The police has arrested Ram Saran after registering a case under Section 376, IPC, against him.