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PUNJAB

AMRITSAR
WOMAN MURDERED: A woman, Kartar Kaur, was murdered allegedly by her tenant, Avtar Singh on Thursday. A dispute over money was said to be the motive behind the murder, said Mr Ashish Kapoor, DSP. A case has been registered against the accused who is absconding.

BATALA
RESENTMENT: The road outside Khajuri Gate which leads to Mr Ashwani Sekhri’s residence is in a bad shape. This road bifurcates the two municipal council wards No. 22 and 30 where the two councillors of the Congress reside. The sewerage passing through Mr Ashwani Sekhri’s residence remains blocked. There are three colleges, including one girls college and six schools approachable by this road. Approximately about 1000 students of these institutions travel daily on this road.

BATHINDA
OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local unit of the MES Workers’ Union president — Mr Gurmej Singh, vice-presidents — Mr Billu Singh, Mr Bishram Singh and Mr Saudagar, general secretary —Mr Hardeep Singh and treasurer —Mr Sukhdev Rai.

CONFERENCE: ‘Kalpana-2003’ a regional conference of region II, district 321-F of the Lions Club will be organised in the city on March 22.

SANT SAMMELAN: The annual ‘sant sammelan’ will be organised in the city between March 22 to 24 by the Swami Gobind Giri Memorial Trust.

OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Bhai Kanhaiya Vikas Club, Kot Shamir village: patron — Mr Balwinder Singh; president — Mr Malkit Singh Bhutar; vice-president — Mr Gurmail Singh; secretaries —Mr Dharampal Singh and Mr Gurjant Singh and treasurer — Mr Jagroop Singh.

EXHIBITION TRAIN: An exhibition train depicting different aspects of history of the Indian Railways would be in the city on March 22 between 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The local railway officials said the train would halt at Platform No. 1 of the railway station. The train which will visit major cities of the country has been started to commemorate the 150th year of the Indian Railways.

DORAHA
SEIZED: Constable Baldev Singh seized 10 lt of wine from Paramjit Singh of Timbarwal village on Thursday. A case under sections 61 and 14 of the Excise Act has been registered in this connection by Payal police.

ARRESTED: Balwant Singh of Gobindgarh was arrested by the Payal police for gambling and Rs 650 were seized from him. A case under sections 13, 3 and 67 of the NDPS Act has been registered.

RALLY: The Punjab State Pensioners Federation, Doraha, will hold a rally in front of the residence of Chief Minister at Patiala on March 22. According to Mr Madan Mohan Sharma, press secretary, a meeting in this regard was held under the presidentship of Mr B.R.Kaushal at Doraha on Thursday.

ELECTED: Mr S.P.Verma has been unanimously elected the president of Artiya Association, Doraha.The meeting was held under the presidentship of Mr Ram Saroop and among others who attended the meeting were Mr Narinder Pal Angrish, Mr Vinod Bector, Mr Pardeep Thapar and Mr Raghbir Singh.

CAMP: A plantation camp was organised for the students of BCA, commerce and arts at Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, on Friday. Mr Bandeep Singh and Prof Kuldip Singh of the college educated the students about the role of plants in our environment.

KHAMANO
INJURED: Certain persons were injured when their relatives were pelted with stones at a bhog function held here on March 20 at Ward No.11 over the issue of a child’s custody.

KHARAR
BAGS OF WHEAT: The storage of wheat in the open by the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation on the premises of the office of the market committee, Kurali, has created problems for residents of the township, near hear. Mr Sukhwinder Singh Gill, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, said he on Thursday written to the District Manager of the corporation to immediately shift these bags. He had earlier too written to the corporation in this regard, he added. 

LUDHIANA
NOMINATED: Dr Jaswant Singh Grewal, Principal, Nankana Sahib Senior Secondary Public School, Kot Gangu Rai, has been nominated ‘Man of the Year-2003’ by the American Biographical Institute’s International Board of Research, North Carolina, USA, for his accomplishments and contribution to society. Earlier, Dr Grewal was given state award by the Punjab Government in 1989 and national award by the Government of India in 1992 for his contribution in the field of education. He was honoured by the district administration in 1992.

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES: The death anniversaries of Pt Faqir Chand Kaushal, Mukhtiar-e-aam, Sardar Dyal Singh College Trust, and Kailash Wati Kaushal, who left for heavenly abode on February 26, 2001 and March 26, 2001, respectively, would be observed at Urban Estate, Phase II, on the Dugri road here on Wednesday. A havan and parvachan would be performed by Ved Bharati and bhajans would be sung by Mr Mehndiratta. 

SUMMONED: Summoned by the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr Rahul Bhandari, Principal R.S. Patial of DAV Public School and Sister Helima of Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School gave their statements in connection with complaints filed by some parents. It had been alleged that these principals had asked for heavy donations from the parents seeking admission of their kids in their schools. The parents had said that when they expressed their helplessness, they were refused admissions. 

SEMINAR: The LMA would organise a seminar on “Indian industry in the globalised economy- issues, challenges and responses” here on Monday, said Mr Rajinder Gupta, president and Mr V.K. Goyal, general Secretary of Ludhiana Management Association (LMA). Mr Goyal said Mr Rajiv Gupta, Managing Director, Resource Development International (RDI) and Mr T. K. Sabarwal, head, Learning Solutions and technology, RDI, would be the keynote speakers. RDI is a global organisation, with headquarters in UK and operates in 30 other countries.

INAUGURATED: Dashmesh Dental and General Charitable Hospital, a branch of Sukh Dham Sewa Trust was inaugurated at New Shakti Nagar, near Basti Jodhewal by Mr Mohinder Singh Kalyan here on Thursday. The chairman of the trust, Mr Jorawar Singh Johl, the general secretary, Dr S.S. Gill, Mr Gurjit Singh, Mr Dalip Kumar and Mr Surinder Singh Chhinda were also present. A free medical check-up camp was organised in which more than 200 patients were examined. The patients were given medicines, free of cost.

ELECTED: In a meeting of Northern Chapter of Associations of India (NC-ASI) at Pal Auditorium, Punjab Agricultural University, Dr Satish Jain, medical director-cum-chief of surgery and surgical oncology Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, was unanimously elected president of NC-ASI for 2003-04. Dr Jain has been awarded fellowship of Associations of Indian Surgeons, International College of Surgeons and also nominated as member of the American College of Clinical Oncology and Academy of Medical Sciences.

MANDI GOBINDGARH
BOOK RELEASED: Punjabi poet Surjeet Singh Murjara’s, book ‘Jindan Ehai Nidosian’ was released here by Swami Harbhajan Singh at Mata Inder Kaur Bachan Memorial Public School Guru Ki Nagri, according to a press release issued by Punjabi Likhari Sabha here on Monday.

MANSA
DISMISSED: Mr Jaspal Singh, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mansa, has dismissed the bail application of Mr Naginder Singh Harika, Managing Director, Khalsa Rural Dental College and Hospital for Women, Nangal Kalan, in the district who was booked by the Sadar Mansa police in a case of forgery, cheating and fabrication of documents registered on November 4, 1999, on a complaint of Mr Suresh Kumar Sharma, an IAS officer of the New Delhi cadre. Mr Harika has been in judicial custody since May 1, 2001, in the above case.

PATIALA
FELICITATED: A function was organised to felicitate Mr Amar Singh on his nomination as the office director on the board of State Bank of Patiala, Mr A.K. Das, managing director of the bank, presided over the function. Mr M.J. Walia, chairman of Associate Bank Officers Association (ABOA), Patiala Unit, and Mr J.R. Devgan, general manager (operations), also spoke on the occasion.

COMMITTEE FORMED: The Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir Nirman Sangharsh Samiti president, Mr Des Raj Gupta, here on Thursday formed a 17-member committee to carry out the struggle. The samiti has called a meeting on Friday to discuss preparations for the satyagrah that will start on March 27. Sukhjit Brar, Ms Parvin Gupta, Chandigarh Vikas Manch Councillor Jatinder Bhatia and Rajinder Lakhanpal have been appointed vice-president of the committee, white Surinder Rana and Mool Chand have been appointed joint secretaries. Rajinder Kumar, Dr Mohinder Kumar, Ms Santosh Sharma, Raj Kumar, Anil Bhalla, Ram Dhan Aggarwal, Ashok Kumar, Alakh Niranjan, Bhajan Parkash Singh, Jai Kishan Rana and Abhay Lamba have been appointed members of the executive. 

LIBRARIANS: The Punjab College Librarians Association has expressed resentment over an inordinate delay in issuing orders by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development regarding the revised Career Advancement Scheme for librarians. Mr Mohinder Singh Dhillon and Mr Barjinderpal Pal Dhiman, newly elected president and general secretary of the association, in a statement issued here on Friday said in spite of written agreements the Union Government had failed to issue the relevant orders since the past four years.

PHILLAUR
BODY FOUND: The body of a middle-aged man was found in the fields of nearby Virk village on Thursday. The police has sent the body to the civil hospital for a post mortem examination.

KILLED: Two occupants of a tempo were killed on the spot while more than 12 passengers, including women and children, sustained serious injuries in a collision between a tempo and a bus near Goraya on the national highway on Thursday. According to reports received here, the Ludhiana-bound tempo went out of control when its front tyres burst and the vehicle rammed into a road divider and collided with a bus coming from the opposite side.

TARN TARAN
SEMINAR: A seminar on materia medica was organised at the local Kalyan Homoeopathic Medical College here on Thursday under the presidentship of Dr S.P. Singh in which more than 100 homoeopaths of the area participated. Besides Dr Singh, Dr Pavittar Singh, Director of the KHMC, Dr Gurmeet Singh, Principal of the college, Dr Nirmal Singh and Dr Surinder Singh spoke on the occasion about materia medica.

HARYANA

YAMUNANAGAR
LITIGANT SHED: Lawyers of the District Bar Association, Jagadhri, demanded construction of a litigant shed in the Judicial Complex, Mr Ram Kumar Radauri, president, District Bar Association, in a press note issued here on Friday said that a delegation headed by him along with Mr Vijay Kumar Gautam, general secretary, and Mr Balinder Dhanda, senior vice-president, and other members of the bar called upon Mr Om Parkash Chautala and submitted a memorandum in this regard.

HIMACHAL PRADESH

PARWANOO
HDFC BANK: HDFC Bank opened its first offsite ATM at the Kalka-Shimla national highway here on Friday. It was inaugurated by Gurdial Singh, in charge, Punjab region, of the bank. Vinneet Arora, in charge, Haryana region, and Ashok Chatterjee, Business Manager, Samtel Colour Ltd spoken besides Mr Gurdial Singh.

SHIMLA
NEEDLE REMOVED: The ordeal of 20-year-old, Ms Leela, finally came to an end when a team of doctors at Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital, here on Thursday, successfully removed a sewing needle, which she had accidentally swallowed two days ago.