: Punjab Agricultural University will host a prize
distribution function of dairy farmers of Punjab on Monday. Mr Jagmohan Singh Kang, Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Punjab, will be the chief guest. Mr D.S. Bains, Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, will be the guest of honour. The function will be presided over by Dr K.S. Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor of the university. IT
EXHIBITION: “PC Experience 2003”, a two-day exhibition on information technology, began at Hotel Friends Regency here on Saturday. It is being organised by HCL and Microsoft. Various hardware and software manufacturers, Internet service providers and website designers are taking part in the exhibition.
FUNCTION: A literary function will be organised by the Punjabi Ghazal Manch, Punjab, Sirjandhara and Punjabi Lekhak Kalakar Society in collaboration with the Punjabi Sahitya Akademi on Monday. Gurcharan Kochar’s book ‘Ahsaas di Khushboo (a collection of ghazals ) will be released by Mr HS Hanspal, President Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee, on the occasion. Dr Surjit Patar, president, Punjab Sahitya Akademi will preside. Prof J.S. Bedi of Chandigarh will present a paper on the book while Randhir L.Kanwal, Seema and Ravneet will recite ghazals penned by
Kochar.
INAUGURATION: Nine members of the Pensioners ‘Organising Committee met on Friday under the chairmanship of Dr S.P. Joshi. He reviewed the arrangements of the inaugural function of the Pensioners Information Centre. Mr Gurcharan Singh, Ghalib, MP, would inaugurate the centre, Mr BR Kaushal, member Pensioners District Committee, said. Mr Kaushal said that Bhawan has been constructed at a vantage point in the ‘mini secretariat. Mr Anurag Verma, Deputy Commissioner, will preside over the function.
SUICIDE: A man committed suicide in a bizarre manner at the New Lajpat Nagar on Saturday. He banged his head into some parked car on a street and threw stones on some sleeping labourers before hitting a brick on his head. He died on the spot. The identity of the man could not be established. The police said he seemed to be a Punjabi.
RESENTMENT: Resentment prevails among members of the District Taxation Bar Association (Sales tax) over the repeated extension of the period of limitation by the Excise and Taxation Commissioner without assigning any reason. A meeting of the study circle of the association was held under the presidentship of Mr P.C. Garg to discuss the issue. The meeting was largely attended by tax practitioners. The meeting discussed the power conferred on the Excise and Taxation Commissioner under the PGST Act, 1948, regarding extension of period of three years for passing the order of assessment.
PATHANKOT
NEW COURSES: Two more courses in M.Sc (mathematics) and PGDCA will be introduced from the current academic session at SMDRSD College here. Mr
S.K. Baria, Principal of the college, said here on Friday that Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University had accorded permission to the college to start these courses.
APPOINTED: Mr P.C. Passi, has been appointed new president of the city unit of the Congress. He replaces Mr Rakesh Kumar Mahajan Pammi. The local MLA, Mr Ashok Sharma, while congratulating him here on Friday said the party would be strengthened with the appointment of Mr
Passi.
PATIALA
SAFETY WEEK: Electrical Safety Week was organised recently in the
DCW. During this safety week, a special drive was launched to check electrical installations, electrical switch boards and panels from safety point of view. Besides seminars, workshops and documentary films on the electrical safety were also shown to the staff. The main aim of this safety drive was to create awareness among the members of the staff and general users towards electrical safety.
ELECTED: The members of Bharat Vikash Parishad has elected its new office-bearers and executive members at its general body meeting which was held here on Saturday. Mr Sukesh Jain has been appointed as president, Mr
R.C. Modi as vice-president, Bhupinder Singh as secretary, Mr Pawan Kumar Sharma as treasurer and Ms Baljit Kaur as convener of the women cell.
APPOINTED: Mr
K.L. Verma of the Lion Club Patiala Fort has been appointed as the Region Chairman of Region 4 for the year 2003-04 by District Governor
R.K. Mehta.
PHAGWARA
FAKE PARCHIS: Nagar Council president Malkiat Singh Ragbotra conducted a surprise check at an octroi post on GT Road towards Jalandhar side and found some red-colour fake transit slips
(rahdari parchi). He was accompanied by senior councillors — Manmohan Sharma and Brij Bhushan
Parbhakar. While the official of the private octroi contractor denied this, the civic body staff present there said the fake slips were being used to cheat the government of the its due share.
TUBEWELLS: Work on two tubewells and one submersible pump was inaugurated on Friday in the local Ratanpura-New Model Town in Ward No 27, in Tambaku Kuttan Mohalla in ward No. 19 and in ward No. 16 represented by Brij Bhushan Parbhakar, Ms Kusum Sharma and Ms Sita Devi.
DEAD : A migrant, Guru Parsad, died after falling from a roof at Bhagana village on Thursday. Hailing from UP, the 40-year-old man was working as a peon in a school and was reported to be drunk at the time.
NEW CHAIRMAN: Congress leader Mr Harjit Singh Parmar, joined as the new chairman of the Improvement Trust, Phagwara, on Friday. He said he would accord top priority to providing clean, transparent and accountable administration.
PLEA: Dr Raman Kumar Aggarwal, vice-president, Indian Medical Association, Punjab units on Friday wrote a letter to the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for taking up the issue with his Punjab counterpart of inclusion of doctors of Himachal in the electoral rolls of the Punjab Medical Council.
PROTEST: Shopkeepers of the Cinema road here took out a march on Thursday in protest against octroi staff who had allegedly attacked a shopkeeper and his companion. The protesters alleged that the shopkeeper, Mr Harwinder Singh Tony, was beaten up even though he had paid octroi. However, octroi official denied any high-handedness.
CASE REGISTERED: The police has registered a case under various Sections of the IPC, including an attempt to murder, against 36 persons and arrested nearly 12 of them in connection with the group clash between two groups of Dalits at Sangatpur village on Wednesday. Twentythree persons, including nine women, were injured.
APPOINTED: Eight Returning Officers have been appointed for this Subdivision in connection with the June 29 panchayat elections, an official press note said here on Thursday.
SAMRALA
MEETING: A meeting of the Lok Bhalai Party was held under the presidentship of Mr Darshan Singh Sekhon (Ottalan) at his residence on Saturday in which Dr Jagroop Singh Barwali, Jaswinder Singh Sarwarpur, Mohinder Singh Sarwarpur, Sukhwinder Singh Purba, Kulwant Singh Panch and Ranjeet Singh Raja also participated. At the meeting the problems being faced by farmers with regard to the power supply were discussed.
SAMAGAM: The Bhai Ghanaya Seva Dal and the gurdwara managing committee, Bondli, will organise a religious natak samagam to mark the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev on Monday at Bondli village. Mr Harnek Singh, president of the Dal, said a play “Tera Bhana Mitha Lage”, written by Rajwinder of Samrala, will be staged. Mr Jaspal Singh Jassi, SDM, Samrala, will be the chief guest and Mr Ujagar Singh Bondli will inaugurate it.
TARN TARAN
CRUSHED TO DEATH: An unidentified mentally challenged woman was crushed to death by a truck on Friday near Rasulpur village, 6 km from here. The woman, aged about 40 years, was reportedly moving in the area for the past several years. The local Sadar police has registered a case under Section 174, Cr PC, and the body was cremated by the local municipal council after the post-mortem examination.
