Saturday,
August 17, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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MEMORANDUM: The Daht Dasta Virodhi Andolan submitted a memorandum to Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, Minister for Local Bodies, here on
Independence Day stating that they were bonded labourers even after 26 years of the Act abolishing this slavery.CABLE CONNECTION: Mr Baldev Singh, a resident of Ranjit Avenue has filed a complaint against a cable operation service in the area with the SHO, Ranjit Avenue. He stated when he filed a case of unreasonable, inflated charges against the cable operator in the consumer court here, the operator cut his connection. He paid the advance for August. He has urged that the police to file a case of criminal breach of trust and cheating against the cable service operator. FARIDKOT
SEMINAR ORGANISED: The Punjab Recognised and Affiliated Schools Association will hold a state-level seminar about the advantages and disadvantages of the new education policy of the Punjab Government here on August 23. Mr Jagdish Rai Sharma, president of the association said here on Wednesday that several educationists will deliver lectures in the seminar. INAUGURATED: Mr A. Venu Prasad, Deputy Commissioner, inaugurated a block comprising nine houses at Baba Farid Kushat Ashram here on Friday to provide better residential facilities to nine leper families. The project was built at a cost of Rs 4.75 lakh. HOSHIARPUR
STUDENTS’ DILEMMA: Resentment prevails among students who are seeking admission to B.Ed classes against the Punjabi University, Patiala decision to abolish the seats in the B.Ed course for those boys who have a combination of Physical Education in BA. The affected students, Gurkiranjit Singh, Vishal Sharma, Daljit Singh, Pardeep Kumar and Rakesh Kumar, said here on Friday that the university had abolished seats for the boys who have a combination of Physical Education whereas it had kept seats for girl students only. The combination was allowed in the course last year. DOWRY COMPLAINT: On a complaint lodged by Rajni Bala, daughter of Sukhdev Singh of Bilga village, the Mahilpur police registered a case under Section 498A, IPC, against her husband Naresh Kumar of Badhowan on Thursday. In her complaint she alleged that she was beaten up and tortured by her husband for dowry. LIQUOR SEIZED: The Tanda police arrested Bal Kishan Singh of Miani and seized 6750 ml of illicit liquor from his possession on Thursday. The police also arrested Avtar Singh of Bhagwani and seized 6750 ml of liquor from his
possession.
KHAMANO
MEETING: A meeting called by the local Nagar Panchayat on the issue of shop tax here on Friday ended with a deadlock. Issues like sanitary, disposal water, public park, illegal encroachments, etc. were also discussed . The meeting was presided over by SDM Gurdip Singh. Mr Dharampaul EO, Mr Tarsem Lal, all councillors and the ruling party’s representative, Mr Amarjit Sharma, were also present.LUDHIANA
DA INSTALMENT: The Government Pensioners Association has urged the Union Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, to release the additional DA instalment at the rate of 3 per cent which has become due to Central Government employees and pensioners with effect from July this year. According to the additional general secretary of the association, the new rate of instalment will raise the quantum of dearness allowance from 49 to 52 per cent. KILLING CONDEMNED: The employees of Ludhiana Improvement Trust on Friday condemned the killing of a Junior Engineer who was shot by a land grabber on Wednesday when a demolition squad had gone to take the possession of the land. The employees appealed to the district administration and state government to provide all benefits to the children of the deceased, N.S. Bhullar, and also take steps to ensure that such events did not
occur in future. The employees of other improvement trusts in Punjab also held condolence meetings and paid tributes to the deceased employee. EYES DONATED: The eyes of Amit Marwaha (25), who had recently died in an accident, were donated to the Eye Bank, Mansuran. According to a press release, Amit was a resident of MIG, Dugri, and was dealing in spare-parts. The victim died on the spot after he met with an accident near Nawanshahr. Dr Ramesh, Director, Eye Bank, Mansuran, transplanted both the eyes to two needy persons.
MALERKOTLA
MURDER: A person was robbed and murdered here on Thursday. According to information, certain persons robbed Pritam Singh (23), of Kangra, of Rs 44,500 and murdered him with an iron rod. The robbers entered the petrol station, where the victim used to work and attacked him while he was sleeping. A case has been registered. NAWANSHAHR
BLOOD DONATION CAMP: The Lions Club organised a blood donation camp to mark Independence Day here at the BDC Complex on Thursday. As many as 60 units of blood were collected, according to Mr Iqbal Singh, president of the club. FUNCTION HELD: The Lions Club (Banga Mehak and City Smile), Banga, organised a function at Government Middle School, Bhootan, about 5 km from here, on Thursday to mark Independence Day. Stationery items and sweets were distributed among schoolchildren on the occasion. Mr Baldev Nayyar, a social worker, presided. AWARENESS RALLY: Students of different schools at Banga, about 12 km from here, on Friday took out an awareness rally to mobilise people against narcotics. The rally was flagged off by Mr Paramjit, President, Municipal Council. DIABETES CAMP: Mr Baldev Nayyar, a social worker and district chairman (diabetes) of the Lions Club, along with the Lions Clubs (Banga Mehak, City Smile and Charan Kanwal) organised a diabetes awareness and detection camp at Banga town, about 12 km from here, on Friday. Dr K.S. Purewal, Civil Surgeon, inaugurated the camp. Medicines were given free of cost to patients. PATIALA
CELEBRATIONS: Tiny tots of of Blossoms School here celebrated Independence Day on August 15 by singing patriotic songs and performing dances. The director of the school, Ms Daisy Grewal, and the Principal, Ms Ravi Singh, praised the students for their efforts and urged the parents to attend all functions organised by the school so that small children were encouraged to participate in the various functions. CRITICISED: A group of intellectuals of Punjabi University have termed the latest edition of a book published by Guru Nanak Dev University under the heading ‘B-40, Janamsaski Guru Baba Nanak Paintings’ as a ‘pirated’ edition of the original. In a press release, the intellectuals have claimed that the latest edition of the book was sending wrong signals to affiliated colleges and scholars of the university. MEETING HELD: An emergency meeting of the Punjab State Electricity Board’s (PSEB) and SC Power Engineers and Officers Association was held at Chandigarh on Friday. The representatives from various departments of the PSEB condemned the delay in the implementation of the 85th constitutional amendment. A joint action committee under the chairmanship of Mr Viru Mal was constituted and it was demanded that the reservation policy be brought under the 9th Schedule of the Constitution and that the 85th amendment be implemented immediately.
PHAGWARA
MEMORANDUM: As part of PCCTU programme a deputation of the local private college teachers presented memorandum to state Parliamentary Secretary Gurbinder Singh Atwal, MP Mrs Santosh Chaudhary, MLAs Joginder Singh Mann and Ram Lubhaya here on Thursday. They drew the attention of the leaders to the cut in grant-in-aid to private colleges.
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