FATEHGARH SAHIB
ELECTED: The following were elected office-bearers of the district unit of the Ministerial Staff of Education Department for two years in a meeting held here on Friday: Chairman — Mr Rajinder Kumar Parashar; president — Mr Rajesh Kumar Sharma; general secretary — Mr Jagdev Singh; cashier — Mr Sushil Kumar Syal; advisor — Mr Rakesh Kumar
Bhambri.PROHIBITED: Complying with the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the District Magistrate, Mr Vikas Paratap, exercising the powers conferred under Section 144 Cr PC has immediately prohibited the manufacture and use of polythene bags, made of virgin or recycled plastic having thickness of less than 20 macrons and using carry bags or containers made of recycled plastic for storing, carrying, dispensing or carrying food stuff. He has directed the shopkeepers not to sell polythene bags having thickness less than 20 macrons and has also directed the wholesale dealers of the district to get their firms registered with the Punjab Pollution Control Board within 10 days of the issue of this order. This order shall remain in force up to August 17, 2002. The Superintending Engineer, Punjab Pollution Control Board has been made responsible for the implementation of these orders.
GURDASPUR
ANIMAL TAGS: The Central Government will spend Rs 40 lakh to tag all animals in the 6-km-long border belt in Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Ferozepore districts. The tags will indicate batch number, serial number and area code number. According to official sources, a demonstration in this regard was held at Derawal Daroga in the district on Wednesday.
RAIDED: District Drug Inspector Rajesh Suri on Thursday conducted raids on several medical stores at Dinanagar. He said a large number of medicines were seized from a medical store. The chemist had kept certain intoxicants without maintaining their record.
JAGRAON
CYCLIST KILLED: Sajjan Singh, son of Bharpur Singh of Pakhowal village, was killed on the spot when he was hit by a PRTC bus (PB 29-B-9557) near Halwara on the main road. According to the complainant, Mr Harnek Singh, the bus came to a halt 50-60 yards after hitting the cyclist. The police has registered a case under Sections 279, 427 and 304 A, IPC.
LUDHIANA
REFRESHER COURSE: The five-day refresher course on “Finger Print Identification System” was organised at Punjab Police Academy, Prihar. Twenty four investigating police officers from all over Punjab participated in the course. On the concluding day, Dr S.S. Chauhan, Superintendent of Police, Finger Print Bureau, stated that such courses were beneficial to the law enforcement agency during investigation. The course is being organised under the directions of Mr D.R. Bhatti, Additional Director General of Police, Computer and Wireless Punjab.
PROGRAMME: The Dhan-Pothohar Brotherhood would organise a “sabhyacharak programme” on Sunday at Punjabi Bhavan. The programme would be dedicated to the birth celebrations of Master Tara Singh. Mr N.S.Nanda, the president of the association, in a press note stated that prominent scholars would read their papers on the life and sacrifices of Master Tara Singh. A cultural programme would also be presented by amateur artistes and
poets
FREE MEDICAL CAMP: A free medical check-up camp would be held at Acharya Shri Atma Ram Jain Hospital, on the Jamalpur-Chandigarh Road, on Sunday. Mr Mohinder Paul Jain, secretary of the hospital, in a press note stated that general check-up would be conducted by Dr Archan Garg. Dr Parul Goyal, Dr J.S.Batra, Dr Puja Aneja, Dr Parveen Malhotra, Dr Ritu Dhingra, Dr Ashish Jain and Dr Monical Jain will conduct eye, medical, dental, gynae and homoeopathy examinations.
CRITICISED: The Punjab Ophthalmic Officers’ Association has criticised the freezing of dearness (DA) allowance for one year, ban on the leave travel concession (LTC) and replacement of medical reimbursement scheme with medical insurance scheme. The association members have warned that if proposed budget was not scrapped they would be forced to resort to
agitation.
APPEAL: The Aas Kiran De-addiction Centre of Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle has appealed to all socio-religious, cultural and academic organisations to observe International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking which falls on June 26. The theme of the year is: ‘Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS’. The circle, which has been chosen as the chief organisation of the Federation of Indian NGOs engaged in Drug Abuse Prevention, intends to launch a public opinion against the rampant drug abuse in the state. Besides illicit trafficking, the members of the organisation have appealed to curb the growing menace of prescription drug abuse by way of which numerous chemists all over are doing a brisk business of selling drugs to the addicts.
DEATH MOURNED: The Punjab Agricultural University authorities have mourned the demise of Dr Satwant Kaur Bhangu, Professor in the Department of Home Science Extension, who passed away on June 17. Lauding her role, colleagues said she had spent 25 years spreading light among rural masses. She had also written for several magazines, newspapers and journals. Her father, Col C.S. Dhillon, was also present at the meeting.
CONTAMINATED COLD DRINK: The People for Common Cause, a voluntary organisation, on Friday seized a contaminated bottle of multinational soft drink company, Coca Cola. The sealed bottle contained insects and particles clearly visible to the naked eye. The organisation has demanded the district administration to take necessary action and monitor the quality of products of the multinational and big companies. It was bottled on May 12 with 9567TR as bottle number. It was stated that the matter would be taken up with the authorities concerned for necessary action against the company.
MALERKOTLA
KILLED: Jaswant Singh, son of Bhan Singh, was killed while his brother was injured in a road accident near Amargarh village on Thursday. The two were going to their village when their scooter collided with a tractor. Jaswant Singh was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead.
REFLECTORS: The administration has launched a campaign to affix reflectors on the rear sides of tractor-trailers, richshaws, bicycles and other vehicles to prevent accidents. SDM Pardeep Kumar said these reflectors were being provided free of cost.
PATIALA
ACHIEVERS: Dr Tanjit Kaur Jeji, a resident of Patiala, has secured the first position in the postgraduate entrance test for MD/MS conducted by Baba Farid University. Dr Vikesh Gupta, another resident of Patiala, has attained the 12th rank in the postgraduate entrance exam for MD/MS conducted by the PGI, Chandigarh, and ranks 23rd in the exam conducted by AIIMS, New Delhi.
BUDGET CRITICISED: The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) Officers (Accounts) Association, at an emergency meeting held on Friday condemned the Punjab Budget. Calling it an anti-employees, the association president, Mr J.P. Makol, appealed to the Congress government to reconsider its decision regarding freezing of DA, LTC and alignment of pay and allowances of PSU’s with those of the Punjab government employees. He further said the government must take immediate action to curb the menace of theft and link the tariff with the cost of providing service to the consumer at his end.
PHAGWARA
FOUNDATION STONE: Mr Jagat Singh Palahi, president of the local Guru Nanak College, on Friday laid the foundation stone of Guru Hargobind block in the college. Mr Palahi was also honoured at the function for his contribution to the promotion of education in rural areas.
SEMINAR HELD: A counselling cell will be set up in the local Guru Nanak College. This was stated on Friday by Mr Inderjit Singh, Principal, at a seminar on “Mapping the course in Higher Education”. The seminar was presided over by college president Jagat Singh Palahi.
SUICIDE BID: A woman tried to commit suicide, along with her two children, on Thursday but timely medical aid saved the three. According to information, the woman consumed an insecticide and gave it to her eight-year-old son and 10-month-old daughter. However, the three were rushed to a private and Civil Hospital where their condition was stated to be out of danger.
