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PUNJAB

FARIDKOT
NIGHT PATROL: Mr A. Venu Prasad, District Magistrate cum-Deputy Commissioner, Faridkot, has under the Villages and Small Town Patrol Act ordered all able-bodied youths to launch night patrol along rail tracks in village like Dwarana, Wanderjatana, Kharu and other sensitive areas to prevent mischief by anti-social elements. 

HOSHIARPUR
INSURANCE FRAUD: The Mahilpur police arrested Jasbir Singh of Jain village and Sukhwinder Singh of Bajwara village on Wednesday night and found a jeep belonging to Rakesh Chander of Javali, Himachal Pradesh, from them. A fake complaint on the missing jeep had been lodged with the Mandi Sadar police station by Rakesh Chander to claim insurance money. But actually he had handed over the vehicle to the arrested.

TWO ARRESTED: A naka party arrested Lakhwinder Masih of Umarpura (Mukerian) and Jasbir Singh of Ramgarh Kullian on Wednesday near Bullowal. The police found a motor cycle (HR-07-2171) and two sharp-edged weapons in their possession. During interrogation they revealed that they were planning to dacoity in the forest area.

VEHICLES STOLEN: Miscreants stole a Maruti car (PBO 7J-1294) at Krishna Nagar here and Chetak Bajaj scooter (PB-07K-8392) in Hari Nagar on Wednesday. Cases in this connection have been registered.

LUDHIANA
FESTIVAL: The Vishwa Yoga Sansthan will organise its 10th annual musical Shrimad Bhagwat Yajna Mahotsav at Kedarnath Dharamshala in Shivaji Nagar from July 7 to 14, according to a spokesman of the sansthan. A ‘shobha yatra’ will be taken out from the Guru Nanak chowk in Shivaji Nagar at 6.30 am on July 7 before the start of the mahotsav. Acharya Rameshji Maharaj from Vrindavan will recite the story of Vyasa every day from 9 am to 12 noon and from 4 pm to 7 pm. The special attractions of the week-long festival would be Nandotsav in the evening on July 10 and Shri Krishan-Rukmani marriage ceremony, which will be held on July 12.

PATIALA
INVITED: Dr Malkiat Saini, Professor in the Department of Zoology at Punjabi University, has been invited to participate in the 3rd Bionet- International Global Taxonomy workshop being held at Pretoria, South Africa, from July 8 to 12. The workshop is being hosted by Safrinet, a global network for taxonomy. Dr Saini is one of the 12 experts invited from India .

SAMRALA
ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local Lions Club: president — Mr Deepak Verma; senior vice-president — Mr Gurtej Pal Singh Bhagwanpura; secretary — Mr Rajesh Singla; and treasurer — Mr Virinder Jain, according to Mr Rajvir Singh Mangat, a former president of the club.

APPOINTED: Mr Parminder Singh Dhillon, a local businessman, has been nominated a member of the Northern Railways, New Delhi. Local leaders have welcomed his appointment.

OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local General and Crockery Shopkeepers Association: president — Mr Harjit Singh Arora; vice-president — Vickey Kumar; secretary — Sanjeev Kumar; general secretary — Mr Pardeep Aggarwal; cashier — Mr Rakesh Kumar; and executive members — Mr Satnam Singh Makkar and Mr Gurminder Aggarwal, while Mr Hans Raj Khaneja is patron. Meanwhile, the association has decided to close their shops on the last Sunday of every month.

FRAUD: Two car-borne cheats deprived a shopkeeper in Harike village of his movie camera. The police has registered a case under Section 420, IPC. The youths came to the shopkeeper and hired the camera at the rate of Rs 800 per hour. They went in their car towards Patti and disappeared. 

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NURPUR
TEACHERS’ UNION: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Kangra district unit of the Himachal Pradesh Government Teachers Union: president — Mr Onkar Rana; senior vice-president — Mr Rajnish Choudhary; vice-president — Mr Vidya Sagar; general secretary — Mr Susheel Nag; finance Secretary — Mr Ramesh Sharma; and organising secretary — Mr Sohan Lal Sharma.