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Friday,
June 1, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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AMRITSAR BARNALA FARIDKOT OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Loins Club, Kotkapura: president — Mr Devinder Ahuja; secretary — Mr Sat Pal Kamra; and treasurer — Mr Sawtantar Goel. JAGRAON JALANDHAR WATER SCARCITY: Residents of the local Master Tara Singh Nagar and its adjoining areas were facing an acute shortage of drinking water for the past two months. The diversion of water supply to the residence of the municipal town planner had resulted in this shortage and the repeated requests to the municipal corporation authorities had not borne any result, alleged Mr Naresh Thatai, general secretary of the Master Tara Singh Nagar Welfare Society on Wednesday. KHANNA HELD: The Khanna police has arrested a person under the Gambling Act. He is identified as Narinder Kumar and 510 have been recovered Rs 510 from him. A case has been registered under the Gambling Act. LUDHIANA SUN TV: The Punjab Tamil Sangam has demanded the telecast of Sun TV in Punjab. In a representation to the Siti Cable, the sangam has expressed its displeasure with stopping of the telecast of the channel for last some time. According to Mr P.M. Sundar Raj, joint secretary of the
sangam, there are about 3,000 Tamils living in Ludhiana alone. While Sun TV was telecast till recently, however, its telecast has been stopped for last one week, much to the disappointment of the Tamil population. The sangam has urged the Siti Cable management to resume the telecast of the channel as it helps the Tamil population to watch the programmes in their mother tongue and also keep the link with their culture alive. NO GRANT: It sounds hard to believe but it is true that till date no development grant has been provided to panchayat of Harkishan Vihar, located on the periphery of the city. According to Mr Girdhari Lal, sarpanch, the panchayat came into being in 1998, when the panchayat of Meharban village, which was common to many villages, was divided into three separate entities. Mr Girdhari Lal lamented that in the absence of development grants from the government, the village population was denied civic amenities like water supply and repeated pleas made to the district officials had failed to evoke any response so far. SUSPENDED: The Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Dr S.S. Sandhu, has placed under suspension Mr Jasbir Singh, a clerk in the Octroi Department, for complaints of causing financial loss to the department by charging less octroi. Dr Sandhu has warned the MC employees to perform their duty honestly, otherwise strict action will be taken against them. CAMP: Bhai Ghanaya Ji Sewa
Sanstha, Haibowal, organised a free dental check-up and blood group testing camp in Sarinh village in Jalandhar district. According to Mr Shamsher Singh
Sekhon, president of the sanstha, a team of doctors, headed by Dr Jasbir Singh Kharbanda examined more than 222 persons for dental diseases. Defective teeth of about 50 patients were extracted while another 30 received fillings. Another 210 persons got their blood group tested and were provided with blood group cards. RED
CARDS: Under directions from the state government, the district administration has decided to issue new red cards to riot victims, who had arrived in Punjab before the stipulated date (November 15, 1985), but could not get themselves registered in the office of the Deputy Commissioner by February 1986. According to Ms Anita
Darshi, Assistant Commissioner (Complaints), the riot victims, who have already submitted their applications, should contact the RRA branch in the office of Deputy Commissioner, along with a copy of their ration card, affidavit and migration certificate, as proof, within one week. No further applications after this date will be entertained, she added. MACHHIWARA OFFICE-BEARERS: A deputation comprising of all safai karamcharis of nagar panchayat, Machhiwara, met the executive officer Mr Balwinder Singh regarding their demands. The deputation was headed by Mr Raj Kumar Gill, vice-president of the Punjab Safai Karamchari Union. The EO assured them for considering their demands
sympathetically. After that the local unit of the union was set up. The office-bearers of this unit include: Mr Prem Sagar — president; Bimla Devi — senior vice-president; Anubala — vice-president; Roshan Lal Hans — general secretary; Hem Raj —secretary; and Nand Lal — cashier. MEETING: A meeting of the Lok Bhalai Party’s local unit was held under the chairmanship of Mr Paramjit Singh Sidhwan, national general secretary of the party, at Gurdwara Charan Kanwal Sahib, Machhiwara, on Wednesday. The meeting was called to reinstate the local unit which was dissolved some days ago. Mr Sidhwan directed Dr Daljit Singh Dhanda, former president of the local unit, to send the list of office-bearers to the party office. In his brief address, Mr Sidhwan said their party would not go for alliance with the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal. The party would field 90 candidates in forthcoming assembly elections, he
added. TRANSFERRED: According to Mr Sushil Kumar, DSP, Samrala, the in charge of police post, Behlolpur village, of the police station, Machhiwara, has been transferred to the police station, Samrala. Mr Haqam Singh, ASI, has taken over as in charge of the Behlolpur police post. CONDOLED: A monthly meeting of the Sahitya Sabha, Machhiwara, was held at local Government Senior Secondary School under the presidentship of Mr Gurdial Dalal on Wednesday. According to press secretary Mr Niranjan
Sookham, the members, expressed deep sorrow over the demise of Punjabi writer Piara Singh Padam and English writer
R.K. Narayan. MALERKOTLA MANSA ONE KILLED: Harpal Singh, a junior accountant in Mansa Central Cooperative Bank Limited, was crushed to death by a truck. He was going on a scooter from Sardulgarh to Jattana Kalan village on Friday. MURDERED: Akbar Khan, alias Tara (19), a resident of Khiwan Kalan village, was reportedly killed by unidentified persons on Wednesday. The deceased was on his way to fields when he was attacked. MOGA SANGAT DARSHAN: A sangat darshan programme will be held at the office of the Deputy Commissioner on Friday to review the developmental work and redress the grievances of the villagers. This was started by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Kanwal Bir Singh Sidhu, here on Wednesday. NAWANSHAHR DUPED: The local police has arrested Surjit Kaur of Islamabad, Hoshiarpur, for duping Gian Chand of Mahil Gahilan village in Nawanshahr of Rs 40,000 on the pretext of helping him to get his money refunded from a travel agent, Ravinder Bagga of Ludhiana, who had promised to send his nephew abroad. MEETING: Dr Joginder Singh, Director, Health Services and Family Welfare, addressing a meeting of health officials at the Civil Surgeon’s office here on Wednesday said the state unit of the National Population Commission would hold a meeting on June 16 to draw a comprehensive plan to create awareness among the masses regarding family planning. PATHANKOT HANDWRITING: A handwriting competition was held by the Ramanujan Academy of Mathematics here on Tuesday. More than 50 students participated in the trilingual competition. In Punjabi the first three positions went to Shikha, Jatinder and Nishu, in Hindi Priyanka, Shagun and Kamini won the first three positions in English Shajun, Vishal and Tanupriya got the first three positions. PATIALA FAST: The indefinite fast by members of the PRTC Workers Action Committee entered its sixth day on Tuesday. Members said if their demands were not met by the management then a massive rally will be held on June 4 in front of the PRTC head
office. COMPETITION: The State Bank of Patiala organised essay writing and poetry recitation competition at Government Primary School, Jalal Khera, on Tuesday. The function was attended by the bank officials and village panchayat. The bank also organised various other community services for the weaker sections of society. The activities comprise medical check-up camps, adult literacy camps, veterinary camps and special programmes for school children. OFFICE BEARERS: Capt B.R. Soin has been elected as the president of the Elders Welfare Society at a meeting held here on Thursday. The other office-bearers are: vice-president — Mr Ranjit Singh Thakur; general secretary — Mr R.K. Kataria; secretary — Mr R.K. Dhanda; joint secretary — Dr Vijay Sharma; and cashier — Dr
B.K. Singla. BOOK RELEASED: The Minister for Social Welfare, Woman and Child Development, Mr Gobind Singh Kanjala, released a book ‘Comparative Linguistics’ by the State Language Department here on Thursday Mr Kanjala was attending a Literary Meet organised for Dr Krishna Kalsia, renowned Punjabi writer. Mr Kanjala assured that more financial assistance will be given to the department by the government for the publication of pending books. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Chief Minister, the government will provide financial assistance required by the State Language Department for the publication of various hand-written scripts. He also released the 550 hand-written books recently published by the Reference Library of the Language Department. PENSIONERS’ WELFARE: Water-coolers, chairs and fans worth Rs 50,000 have been installed for the pensioners. This was stated by Mr Manjit Singh Narang, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), on behalf of the Punjab Pensioners Welfare Association while addressing the pensioners at the Treasury Office here on Thursday. Mr Narang inaugurated the shed installed by the District Parishad for the welfare of the pensioners. Other members who were present on the occasion were Mr H.S. Sodhi, president, Punjab Pensioners Welfare Association, Mr B.S. Gautam, senior vice-president and Mr O.P. Grewal, secretary. CULTURAL WORKSHOP: The Devinder Cultural Centre for Children, Sular, will be organising workshops for the children from slums. The workshop will be organised at Daru Kuta Basti. The painting workshop will be organised from June 1 to 15 while a Theatre-cum-Cultural workshop will be organised from June 16 to 30. According to Dr Ravi Bhushan, Executive Secretary of the Cultural Centre for Children, the Purpose of the workshop is to provide opportunity and exposure to the poor children who normally are deprived of such facilities. Ms Praneet of Government College of Girls, Ms Neetu and Ms Sukhraj of Punjabi University, Patiala ,will guide the participating children during the painting competition. Mr Sudhir Kumar and Mr Satvinderjit will assist the children in theatre workshop. PHILLAUR SUICIDE: Sanjeev Kumar committed suicide by allegedly consuming some poison in his home at Shahkot on Wednesday following a quarrel. MEETING HELD: A police-public meeting was held at Apra village on Thursday where Mr Ashok Baath, DSP, appealed to the villagers to remain vigilant and organise “theekri pehras” in villages. He also heard their complaints. ROPAR SAHNEWAL TRAINING CAMP: The Red Cross Society, Ludhiana, organised a first-aid and home nursing training camp at Government Girls High School, Ramgarh. According to the headmistress, Ms Malkit Kaur, 79 students were accorded training for a week in which students of Classes VII, VIII and IX participated. SAMMELAN: A sant sammelan was organised at Gurdwara Dhakki Sahib, Khasi Kalan. Sant Baba Joginder Singh, Baba Sona Singh, Baba Jag Mithiya Singh, Baba Bhagat Singh’s Sant Sewak Jatha collaborted to organise the sammelan. After the bhog of Shri Akhand Path, Baba Gurdial Singh Tande Wale, Baba Amrik Singh Panch Bhainian, Baba Gurmail Singh Rampur, Baba Randhir Singh Bhanglan, Baba Sarbjit Singh Ahmedgarh and Baba Nihal Singh Halware Wale, expressed their views to the sangat. SANGRUR |
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AMBALA CBI RAID: The CBI raided the office and residences of an estate officer of the Punjab Wakf Board on Wednesday. A CBI team went to the headquarters of the board located in Ambala Cantt and sought certain files concerning the estate officer. The team is believed to be looking into alleged assets disproportionate to known sources of income. The Chief Executive Officer of the board, Sahibzada Akhlaq Ahmed Khan, categorically stated that the raid had got nothing to do with the functioning of the board. “The CBI raided the residences of an estate officer in Ambala as well as Malerkotla. They asked for certain documents in the office, which were handed over to them,” he said. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP: Dr V.K. Malhotra of GMN College, Ambala Cantt, has gone to Denmark to conduct a peace research project titled “Military restructuring in South Asia: Problems and prospects.” In a letter from Copenhagen, Denmark, Dr Malhotra writes “Copenhagen Peace Research Institute has again given me the guest research fellowship to complete the project”. WORKSHOP: A writing workshop will be organised at Solan from June 3 to 6 by the Kahani Lekhan Mahavidyalaya. A press note said the workshop would be inaugurated by the Himachal Pradesh Governor, Mr Suraj Bhan. A number of experts will be addressing the workshop. WELFARE SCHEMES: Nearly 585 backward class persons have benefited from Rs 132.32 lakh spent by the Haryana Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Finance and Development Nigam. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr D.D. Gautam, said a number of welfare schemes were being run by the nigam for the social and economic upliftment of the backward classes. He said the loan facilities were extended for those persons from backward classes living below the poverty line. COMPUTER-BASED ROBOT: Four final year students of electronics and communication engineering from MM Engineering College, Mullana, have made a user-friendly computer-based robot. The robot, made by Lalit Bansal, Manish Jain, Pardeep Bharti and Vikas, can be operated in two modes — manually through the keyboard and automatically by giving commands to the computer. Built at a cost of Rs 10,000 and weighing about 6 kg, the robot took two months to be completed. The robot can move around in a room of 10 feet by 10 feet. It can rotate its arm up to 360 degrees in both direction. The robot will be beneficial to industries where the products are difficult to handle manually. HONEST GIRL: An honest girl of Ambala, who had found a wad of notes lying at the Chandigarh railway station, deposited the money with a railway official. Kanupriya Sharma, a student of Convent of Jesus and Mary, was at the platform No 1 on Tuesday when she found it lying underneath a bench. The amount was about Rs 1,500. Later, her father, Mr Ashok Sharma, who is a railway official, was informed that the money belonged to a Kalka resident, Mr K.P. Singh. STUDENTS HONOURED: The Ambala Junior Chamber, under the leadership of its president, Mr Sanjay Mittal, presented awards to 36 students of different schools at a function held at Aggarwal Dharamshala, Ambala Cantt. These students had stood first in annual examination of session 2000-2001. Anchors of the programme “Awards to brilliant students” were Hemant Batra and Ravi Sharma. The Indian Junior chamber has decided to construct 1000 cottages of 100 sq feet area each in Gujarat in aid of earthquake victims. The Ambala Junior Chamber has decided to construct one cottage at Gujarat. NARNAUL REWARI STONE LAID: Mr Om Prakash Chautala laid the foundation stone of Rs 1-crore water supply augmentation scheme at Mandhia Khurd village, 12 km from here, on Tuesday. The project, which would be completed next year, would benefit over 7,000 residents of Haluhara, Beharipur, Dhokia, Bodia Kamalpur, Mandhia Khurd and Rasooli villages. SONEPAT PROCESSION: The district unit of the Brick-Kiln Mazdoor Vikas Sangh has decided to hold a march on June 3 in connection with their demands of enhanced labour charges and enforcement of labour laws. Mr Ram Diya Ratewal, President of the sangh, stated this here on Thursday. NOMINATED: The following have been nominated office-bearers of the district committee of the human rights cell of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee: president — Mr Azad Singh Nehra; organising secretary — Mr Gulshan Alaiwadi; members — Mr Naresh Tyagi, Ms Saroj Panno, Mr Lal Chand Mehta, Ms Billo Saini, Mr Rajesh Vashisht and Mr Satya Narain Gaur.  |
BILASPUR ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the HP State Employees Federation (Ganga Singh Faction): president — Mr Lakhram Kondal; senior vice-president — Mr Bishandass Sharma; vice-president — Mr Rakesh Chandel; general secretary — Mr Ranbir Singh; and finance secretary — Mr Kamaldeep. PROGRAMME HELD: A district-level “prashasan janata ke dwar” programme was held under the chairmanship of the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.L. Sharma, at Suinsurhaad, about 45 km from here, on Wednesday. As many as 145 cases were disposed of. APPOINTED: Ms Rattni Devi has been appointed district mahila organiser, while Mr Daya Ram and Mr Raj Kumar Sharma have been appointed district organisers of the Congress Seva Dal of Para district. Mr Rashid Ahmed and Mr Santosh Kumar have also been appointed organising secretary and chief organiser, respectively, of the Bilaspur block of the Dal. KULU NAHAN NURPUR INFLATED BILLS: Consumers of urban areas here are irked over the inflated bills. Rupees 30 has been included in the got power bills as additional meter inspection fee, while water bills include the revised water tariff. Moreover, telephone subscribers also received bills with five months’ advance rent charges worth Rs 600. SHIMLA BRIBERY CASE: The Vigilance Department caught a patwari, Mr Ram Asra of Chamba Patwar Circle, under Nalagarh tehsil, while accepting a bribe of Rs 500. He was arrested on Tuesday by a police party headed by Mr Hari Chand, Deputy Superintendent of Police of the anti-corruption zone, Solan. ADEQUATE WATER: The president of the Himachal Pradesh Hotel & Restaurants Association, Mr Mohinder Kumar Seth, claimed that there was no water-shortage in Shimla hotels and that most of the hoteliers of the area were augmenting the water-supply by ferrying it to facilitate the running water supply in their hotels. The municipal corporation was also supplying water regularly because of the rise in water-levels in its reservoirs. |
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