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ABOHAR LIBRARY OPENED: Mr H.R. Gandhar, Director, DAV Public Schools, North Zone, inaugurated an air-conditioned library at the local DAV College on Wednesday. The Principal, Dr B.C. Josan, said a seminar and rally on drug awareness would be organised by the college soon. TWO ARRESTED: The police has arrested Mukhtiar Singh of Paliwala Jalalabad village and Taini Meghwal of Ghallu village on the charge of stealing vehicles in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. A jeep and four motor cycles were recovered from them. Further investigations were on, sources said on Wednesday. COUPLE INJURED: Binder Kaur and her husband Dara Singh were seriously injured when a jeep allegedly hit the motor cycle they were riding near Kandhwala bypass here on Tuesday evening. The couple was going from Alamgarh to Innakhera. SUICIDE CASES: Hans Raj of Patel Nagar reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his residence on Tuesday. Likhma Ram of Ghallu village near here, reportedly committed suicide by consuming insecticide. GIRL DIES OF BURNS: Pooja (15) succumbed to her burn injuries a few hours after being admitted to the civil hospital here on Tuesday evening. Family sources said her clothes had caught fire while she was cooking at her residence. BAIL GRANTED: A local court has accepted the bail pleas of Vijay Kumar Jhantia, Ashok Kumar, alias Billu Bhateja, Sudhir Midha, Vikram Singh and Gurvinder Singh. They were booked on Saturday night on charges of cricket betting. FIVE INJURED: Five persons, including a woman, were injured in a clash between two groups at Telupura village in the subdivision on Tuesday night. The condition of Omvati (50), who received head injuries, was reported to be stable.
AHMEDGARH STERN ACTION SOUGHT: Local leaders of the Congress have demanded stern action against the teacher whose beating allegedly caused the death of Jagroop Singh, a student of Government Senior Secondary School,
Pakhowal. Mrs Amarjit Kaur Mander, General Secretary, Punjab Pardesh Mahila Congress Committee, Mr Harbant S. Sohal VP District Committee, Mr Narinder Singh
Barundi, District Secretary, Mr Vijay Dhand and Mr Bant Ram Bains, Block President, are among the others who have urged the Education Minister to take action against the guilty teacher. BATHINDA HOSHIARPUR KHAMANO LUDHIANA SCHOOL
TIMING: Keeping in view the prevailing hot weather conditions, Mr Anurag Aggarwal, District Magistrate, has cut short the school timing for students of all primary classes to 12 noon. The orders would apply till July 30 for students up to Class V in all private, aided and government schools. BHANDARA: The annual bhandara of Baba Balak Nath was held at Mahavir Temple in Amarpura under the supervision of Mr Anup Lal on Monday. Ms Sushila Gupta, Deputy Mayor, who was the chief guest on the occasion, was given a rousing welcome on her arrival, among others, by Mr Mulakh Raj, Mr Baldev Raj, Ms Joginder Kaur, Mr Om Parkash Chhabra, Mr Shahi Lal, Mr Lekh Raj, Mr Bhushan Sehgal and Mr Charanjit Singh
Sehgal. KATHA: Shri Banke Bihari Seva Parisar will hold a state-level Shrimad Bhagwat Katha Gyan Yajna at the Dasehra ground in B-block of Aggar Nagar here from September 12, according to Mr Rajesh Gupta, a spokesman for the parisar. He said during the yajna, Acharya Kishore Vyas from Puna will recite the story of Bhagwat for the first time in
Punjab. DISCOURSE: Shiv Muniji Maharaj will arrive at Jain Sthanak in Sunder Nagar along with his disciples and Gian Muni, Bhole Baba Rattan Muni and Mahasadhvi Kaushalya on Wednesday, according to Mr Ram Kumar Jain, chairman, Chaturmas Committee, and Mr Sanjay Jain, president, S.S. Jain Sabha, Sunder Nagar. The acharya will stay at the sthanak till July 19 and deliver his discourses in the courtyard of the sthanak, they
added. CHATURMAS: Mahasadhvi Sushil Kumari, a disciple of Mahasati Priyavati Maharaj, will enter her ‘chaturmas’ on Thursday at 6 am at Jain Sthanak in Kitchlu Nagar, according to Mr Sanjiv Jain, president, Shri Vardhman Jain Yuvak Sangh, Kitchlu Nagar. ELECTROHOMEOPATHIC DOCS: A meeting of the Electrohomeopathic Doctors Association was held here on Wednesday at Holistic Health Centre to express concern over the proliferation of electrohomeopathic colleges in Punjab. Dr Kuldip Singh Khera, president, Students Welfare Wing, in a press statement said the state government should form a directorate for the progress of this system and all colleges should be affiliated with this directorate. They demanded that a law should be made so that certificates of this system, which were being circulated in bulk, should be stopped. The meeting was attended by Dr Balwinder Singh, Dr Bhupinder Singh and Dr Tarsem
Singh. MACHHIWARA MANSA DC’S ORDER: Mr Alok
Sekhar, Deputy Commissioner, exercising the powers of the Registrar, has authorised Dr Indu Malhotra, SDM, Mansa, to register documents at Mansa,
Bhikhi, Sardulgarh and Jhunir. He has also authorised Mr Navtej Singh Sandhu, SDM, Budhlada, to register documents at Budhlada and
Bareta. NAWANSHAHR RESENTMENT: Mr Kulwinder Singh Chahal, general secretary, Punjab Students Union, in a press note issued on Tuesday criticised the state government for discontinuing science group at the Government College, Pojewal, the only government college in the district and the kandi area. The PSU would launch a stir if the government did not withdraw its decision, he said. ELECTED: Mr Gurinder Singh Toor, Mr Jawahar Lal Jain, Mr Varinder Ummat were installed president, secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the local Rotary Club on Tuesday. Mr M.S. Sachdeva, District Governor, presided over the ceremony. ELECTION: The following have been elected office-bearers of the district unit of Punjab State Education Department, Ministerial Staff Association chairman — Mr Sardara Singh, vice-chairman — Mr Kamal Krishan; president — Mr Prem Kumar Rattan; general secretary — Mr Purshottam Lal Bains; senior vice-president — Mr Joga Singh; vice-presidents — Mr Gurdev Singh, Mr Janak Raj and Mr Joga Ram; and joint secretaries — Mr Suresh Kumar Dhir and Mr Bharat Bhushan. HORTICULTURE: Mr Ashok Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, in a press note issued on Tuesday has advised farmers not to purchase any fruit sapling from persons other than the Horticulture Department or nurseries registered by the Horticulture Department. He warned these were being sold at exorbitant rates by certain persons from other states. YC TO PROTEST: More than 1,000 activists of the district unit of the Youth Congress will go to New Delhi next Monday and gherao Parliament to oppose the “anti-youth’ and “communal” policies of the BJP-led government at the Centre. Mr Manoranjan Kalia, Mr Lalit Mohan Pathak and Mr Satvir Singh told mediapersons here on Wednesday. OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local DC Office Ministerial Services Staff Union: president — Mr Jasvir Singh; senior vice-president — Mr Jagan Nath; general secretary — Ms Bimla Devi; joint secretary — Mr Khusha Ram; assistant secretary — Mr Raj Bahadur Yadav; and treasurer — Mr Sant Ram. PHILLAUR SAMRALA MEDICAL CAMP: The local Shri Brahaman Sabha, in association with the International Council of Ayurveda (Punjab unit) is organising a seminar and free medical camp on July 21 on the premises of Shri Durga Mandir, according to Mr Pawan Kaushal, general secretary of the sabha. Dr B.K. Dutt, chairman of the council, will speak on ‘How to care your health through domestic plants’ and will distribute free medicines among diabetic patients. Dr Ghansham of Sham Medical Hall will provide free medicines. PLEA: Residents of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar here and the parents of Shamsher Singh have demanded an inquiry into the death of Shamsher. His body was found under mysterious circumstances in New Delhi on Saturday. TARN TARAN
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AMBALA TELEBANKING: Punjab National Bank has started telebanking facility in its Talkies road, Ambala City branch, from Wednesday. The customers of this bank now can get the details of their saving and current accounts on phone. According to the Manager of the bank, Mr Ravinder Kumar Goel, the customers can also have the information about the last five transactions of their account. The customers having fax facility at their place can get the written statement of their account free of cost. Mr Goel said it was the first branch in the city providing such facility to its customer. He said two branches of Ambala Cantonment of the PNB had also started such facility for their customers. SGPC MEMBER’S APPEAL: Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee member Dhian Singh called for the unification of the different factions of the Akali Dal, on Wednesday. Talking to mediapersons here, Mr Dhian Singh said the unified Akali Dal can choose a new leader. He strongly criticised the tenure of Mr Parkash Singh Badal as CM of Punjab. “Although I belong to SAD, I am disappointed with the functioning under Mr Badal’s leadership. The party workers were not given due importance even though we made a number of sacrifices,” he said. Mr Dhian Singh said Mr Badal had failed to solve several key issues. “I am of the opinion that he did not work for the people,” he said. To a query, he stated that he did not agree with the demand for a separate SGPC for Haryana. KALKA CRITICISED: Local employees of the Haryana Roadways have objected the new policy of payment of overtime decided by the authorities. Bani Singh, president of the Roadways Employees Union, while criticising the policy, said the new policy regarding payment of overtime to the roadways employees was not in the favour of the employees. He added that the employees would not accept the new policy and if it is not withdrawn, the employees will be forced to launch an agitation against it. The president of the union has urged that the overtime of the employees should be calculated on the daily basis. The president added that the payment of overtime should be fixed against the overduty. PINJORE BLOOD DONATION CAMP: A blood donation camp was organised here by the employees of the HMT factory. The camp was conducted by the Blood Bank Society of Chandigarh and the doctors of the PGI, Chandigarh. More than 120 HMT employees and members of their families donated blood in the camp. The members of the HMT Ladies Club led by its president Promila Dhar also participated in the camp and beside looking after other donors who donated blood. The HMT Officers Association and HMT Karmik Sangh also took active part in the camp. SIRSA DEMAND: The Kisan Sangharsh Samiti submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner on Tuesday demanding better power and water supply in the district. The convener of the Samiti said the condition of water and power supply in the district had become deplorable especially for farmers who were facing drought-like conditions.
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BILASPUR SUICIDE: Yashpal Thakur, (24), son of a prominent PWD contractor, was found hanging in his room at his house in Raura Sector here on Monday. Sources said that he was under depression since long. JAISINGHPUR |
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Postal services in bad shape THE quality of postal services provided to the people has been deteriorating even though customers have to pay revised rates from time to time. Not to talk of ordinary letters even the delivery of registered letters or money orders cannot be relied upon. According to a survey of post offices conducted by this correspondent, Amloh post office at the time of Independence was functioning from the upper storey of the main gate of the town known as Nabha Gate. At that time one postman, one sub-postmaster and a clerk ran the post office. The building of the main gate was declared unsafe by the PWD. The post office was shifted to a rented building which was got vacated by the landlord. Later it was again shifted to the outskirts of the town on Khanna Road causing hardship to the people, especially senior citizens. The one-room building on a monthly rent of Rs 800, is not only inadequate to the public but also the staff. The Amloh post office has no drinking water nor toilet facility for the public and the staff (See photo). Ten post office branches in villages are attached to this main post office. Telegraph facility was also provided to it along with one extra post of clerk. At present, the total establishment consists of one postmaster, two clerks and one postman. With the increase of population over the past 50 years, establishment of banks, schools and offices and delivery of insured letters, money orders and telephone bills to the consumers have increased the workload manifold. One result is delivery of telephone bills on time is impossible and consumers more often than not have to pay their telephone bills along with penalty for the delay for no fault of theirs. This is not the end of people’s woes; candidates miss their roll numbers and interview letters. Besides people have to face shortage of various types of postal forms and revenue stamps. Enquiries made at Amloh, Mandi Gobindgarh and Khanna post offices confirmed the shortage of forms and revenue stamps. Mandi Gobindgarh, an industrial town in Amloh sub-division feels ignored by the postal and telegraph department. The town has over 300 steel rerolling mills, several banks and offices, labour colonies, railway station, schools, hospitals and a number of colleges, but the post office has been run for a small rented building for Rs 895 per month. The post office building situated on the road joining the G.T. Road with the Government College and main bazar, has no parking space, causing traffic hold-ups. It also lacks drinking water and toilet facility. As there is no covered space people have to stand in queues on the road. Mr Bant Singh, Postmaster, admitted the shortage of forms but said the demand has been sent to the other head office at Rajpura. Heart centre at Pathankot soon As a step towards providing super-speciality cardiac care to patients in the Pathankot region and areas in J&K, HP and Punjab, the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (EHIRC), New Delhi, will soon open a Heart Command Centre at Pathankot to bring the latest in cardiac care to the population of this area. EHIRC has tied up with Dr Ajay Mahajan, a nursing home owner, to set up the command centre — the first of its kind in the area. The Escorts Heart Command Centre (EHCC) will have a state-of-the-art ICU with a full-fledged heart station. It will provide specialised cardiac care in the form of curative and emergency services. Facilities of a 2D Echo-Doppler, Stress Echocardiography, TMT, EKG, Holter Monitoring, Peripheral Doppler studies will be available. The hospital will be backed by in-house laboratories performing a complete range of investigative tests in the field of radiology, biochemistry, haematology, and microbiology. The EHCC will be centrally air-conditioned and environmentally sealed to ensure optimum comfort. A power generator and UPS system ensures that life-saving equipment function without interruption. Contractors defy toll tax rules Following complaints of forcible collection of entry tax from vehicle drivers plying past toll tax barriers set up at entry points, musclemen of private contractors have started refusing to entertain toll permits. The state government had framed toll tax rules before auctioning barriers to private contractors. Under these rules, vehicle owners can get toll permits. After paying a nominal entry fee for quarterly, half-yearly and yearly periods, the permit holders were granted toll tax exemption for the validity of the permit. Intriguingly, token permits issued at one barrier are being denied toll tax exemption by the contractor on the other barrier, causing a lot of harassment to permit holders. Mr Ramesh Verma, a resident of ward No. 6, who had paid toll tax at Kandwal barrier near Nurpur and received a permit valid up to September 9, 2002, is running from pillar to post to get justice. The musclemen of the contractor at Marawari barrier in Una district had demanded Rs 30 as toll tax from him when he happened to cross that barrier on July 7. Even after showing his toll permit, he failed to convince the barrier staff and was made to pay the toll. He has given a written complaint to the Excise and Taxation Minister as well as excise department officials. Alongside are photostats of the toll tax receipt for Rs 30 paid by Mr Verma and the toll tax permit issued to the former (right) at Kandwal barrier. Contributed by Bhushan Sood, Bharat Bhushan Dogra and Rajiv Mahajan. |
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