DHURI
COMMITTEE: More than 300 representatives of 47 local trade unions, employees unions and social organisations at a meeting held at the Civil Hospital here on Wednesday formed a 51-member “Ravi Kant murder action committee” to pressurise the police to arrest the killers of a local youth, Ravi Kant, who was allegedly kidnapped on August 14 and later found dead. They staged a dharna and held a rally in front of the local police station to protest against the inaction of the police.
DORAHA
DEATH ANNIVERSARY: The death anniversary of Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, would be observed at his native village, Kotli, on August 31, informed Mr Gurkirat Singh Kotli, grandson of Beant Singh. A function would be organised at the grain market in Payal and the gathering would be addressed by Capt Amarinder Singh, Dr Manmohan Singh, Mr Moti Lal Vohra and Ms Ambika Soni, he added. Mr Bant Singh Duburjee, a Congress leader, said many leaders would pay tributes to the former CM.
GUGGA MARI MELA: The ‘mela’ of Gugga Mari will be held at Railway Station, Doraha, on Sunday and Monday, according to Baba Sahi Ishak Ali Shah, in charge of the place. On the first day, a ‘qawwali’ programme would be presented and ‘langar’ would be served, he said, adding that a large number of people were expected to attend the fair.
LITERARY MEET: The Sahitkar Sadan, a literary wing of the Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle, will organise a literary meet with Dr Ajmer Singh,
District Education Officer of Ropar and an author, at Bhai Mani Singh Seminar Hall, Model Town Extension, on Saturday. Stating this in a press note, Mr Harmit Singh, secretary of the organisation, said Dr Ajmer Singh was the author of ‘Sikhya te bhagti’ and would answer queries of the readers and visitors on the topic.
FARIDKOT
MEDICAL TRAINING: The Central Government plans to introduce training for pharmacists in various medical disciplines like
ayurveda, homeopathy and Unani to promote sidha systems of medicine in Punjab. Keeping in view the potential of these systems, the government has already set up the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and
Homoeopahy. In this connection, the government has approached Baba Farid University of Medical and Health Sciences here, according to Dr
J.S. Gujral, Vice-Chancellor of the university.
KAPURTHALA
MEETING: A meeting of Dastak, a public grievances redressal forum formed by the district police, was held here on Thursday, according to Ms Gurpreet Deo, SSP. She said three complaints were filed on the spot while 16 were sent to the police officers concerned for inquiry, who were asked to submit their reports at the next meeting of the forum.
KHARAR
JUDICIAL REMAND: Mr Roshan Lal Chauhan, Judicial Magistrate, Kharar, on Thursday remanded Jagdish Chand of Labour and Employment Department, Punjab, who was arrested by the Vigilance Department while accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000, in judicial remand till Sept 1. Mr Baljeet Singh Sahota, Assistant Public Prosecutor, appeared on behalf of the State.
REMAND: Mr Roshan Lal
Chauhan, Judicial Magistrate, Kharar, on Thursday remanded Manjit Kaur in judicial custody till Sept 1. She was arrested by the SAS Nagar
police for possessing narcotics.
APPOINTED: Dr Anil Gupta of Kurali has been appointed Zonal Chairman by the District Governor, Mr
D.K. Sood, of Lions International, to over see the administration of Lions Clubs at Ropar,
Morinda, Kurali and Chamkaur Sahib.
JAIN FUNCTIOIN: Mahaparv Sambatshri celebrated with enthusiasm here at Jain Sathanak on Wednesday. A function was organised to mark the occasion in which cultural programme based on the preachings of Jainism was presented. On this occasion, women saints, Kamlesh Ji Maharaj, Chandna Ji Maharaj and Shereshta Ji Maharaj, appealed to the people to follow the path shown by Lord
Mahavira.
CABLE CHARGES: Residents of Kharar have made a complaint to the local Sub-Divisional Magistrate against the arbitrary enhancement of cable charges by the cable operators in the town. They have demanded that the SDM should interfere into the matter and order the cable operators to maintain status quo in the existing subscription fees.
TUBEWELL TROUBLE: Residents of Mundi Kharar village have been facing shortage of water as the tubewell which was ordered by the local Municipal Committee from the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board in January this year was yet to start functioning.
SEMINAR: A seminar of rice shelling units of Chandigarh and Ropar district was organised by the State Bank of Patiala here on Friday. Mr Salil Misra, Deputy General Manager, Chandigarh Zone, presided over the function. Mr Sunil Kowsal, Assistant General Manager, Region I, Chandigarh, also attended the seminar. The seminar was attended by rice sheller owners and various features of the bank’s policy for the rice shelling units were discussed. The participants freely interacted with bank officials and scheme were discussed and doubts cleared.
PSB CAMP: The Punjab and Sindh Bank (PSB) organised a camp for the maintenance of tractors and the welfare of animals at Mundi Kharar village on Friday. In a press note Mr Charanjit Singh Kang, Manager of the PSB, said experts from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, addressed the farmers and imparted the latest knowledge about machinery, maintenance of tractors and the welfare of milk animals. At the camp, Acting Director from Punjab and Sindh Regional Development Centre, Ludhiana, informed the participants about various bank loan schemes.
LUDHIANA
LECTURE CONTEST: Baljit Kaur, who spoke on “Dharam Yodha Guru Gobind Singh”, won the vedic lecture contest organised by the Ved Parchar Mandal at Guru Nanak Khalsa Girls High School (Gujjarkhan) here on Thursday. Manpreet Kaur and Harpreet Kaur, who delivered lectures on “The real manifestation of religion” and “The importance of spiritualism in modern education”, were adjudged second and third, respectively. Mrs Usha Bhatia and Mrs Ravinder Kaur were the judges. The students would also imbibe leadership qualities by participating in such contests. More contests of this kind should be held so that children, could become good citizens, said school principal Surjit Kaur
Rikhy.
GARMENT PLAZA: The textile4all.com, a textile industry website promoted by Mr Ashok
Oswal, has launched a special feature, virtual garment plaza, to serve exclusively the Ludhiana clientele. According to Mr
Oswal, the users would be able to find details of brand names, price range and the available variety of garments in his range. He claimed that within a short span of time the website had succeeded in gaining position amongst the five best textile portals in
India. The textile4all.con is a global platform for online trading in textiles, apparel, textile accessories and textile machinery.
NABHA
REMAND EXTENDED: The police remand of Devinder Kumar, alias Krishna Avatar, a local resident, has been extended till Monday by a court at Solan. He was arrested from his Basal Road (Chambaghat) residence in a raid conducted by the ASP, Solan, Mr Sunder Lal, on the night of August 17. He was booked under Sections 420, 465, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC at the Solan police station and was remanded in police custody till Thursday.
PATIALA
SANGAT DARSHAN: Mr Kulwant Singh, a resident of Waraichapatti, in Samana has filed a complaint against Patwari Sukha Singh for demanding a bribe of Rs 5,000 for demarcating his field. This was stated during a sangat darshan programme held at Red Cross Hall here on Friday. The grievances were heard by Mr Gagandeep Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), along with other senior officials. Meanwhile, Dharam Singh, a Numberdar of Isharheri village, Bhunerheri block, complained that the diet and other material for the workers and children of Anganwari had not been coming for the past one year.
RESENTMENT: Mr Prem Gupta, chairman, Employees and Teachers Cell and general secretary Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, in a statement here on Thursday resented the new transfer policy adopted by the state for board staff.
BANK LOANS: The State Bank of India, Patiala office, delivered a presentation on educational and other loans to individuals at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, here. About 200
participants attended the meet.
SAMRALA
SEMINAR: A seminar on child rights was organised here on Thursday in the local Girls Senior Secondary School by the Lions Club in association with the Punjab State Apex Body of NGOs. Mr R.N. Dhoke, SSP, Khanna, presided over the function. On this occasion, 42 persons donated blood. An eye camp was also organised. Mr Gurtej Pal Singh, Mr S.M. Singh, Mr Rupinder Singh Roobi, Dr Thareja, Rajbir Singh Mangat, Dr Pritpal Singh, Dr Jasbir Singh, SMO, Ludhiana, Principal Bachittar Singh Barn and Mr Gursharanjeet Singh, secretary of the Punjab State Apex Body of NGOs, were
honoured.
RECOMMENDATIONS FLAYED: The recommendations for the dismissal of 1,288 teachers, who includes 274 lecturers, 88 vocational teachers and 926 masters, by the Punjab Assembly panel have been criticised by Mr Behari Lal Saddi, vice-president of the Government Secondary Schools Teachers Union here on Friday. Mr Saddi said that these teachers were recruited by the Congress Government in view of the 1992 advertisement. Mr Saddi said that a time of about six years had elapsed since the appointment of above teachers and the action of the panel was time-barred. Moreover, the panel had not published the criterion of eligibility or ineligibility of the teachers, thus the report of the panel was an act to victimise teachers.
SANGRUR
TORCHLIGHT RALLY: A large number of local residents under the banner of Sunil agwa action committee led by its convener, Mr Pali Ram Bansal, held a torchlight procession on Thursday night to protest against the failure of the police in tracing a one-year-old Dalit boy, Sunil Kumar, who was abducted on July 19. The protesters gheraoed the police station and also held a rally.
DOCTORS’ DEMANDS: Members of the Punjab Civil Medical Services Association (PCMSA) are up in arms against the Punjab Government for not accepting their long-pending demands, already recommended by the Fourth Punjab Pay Commission. Dr Hardeep Singh and Dr Surinder Singla, president and general secretary, respectively, of the state unit of the PCMSA, in a press note issued here stated that the state executive of the PCMSA would hold its meeting on September 2 at the ESI Hospital, Ludhiana, in this regard.
