LUDHIANA
NSUI WIN HAILED: Jaspreet Singh, president of the local unit of the National Students Union of India has expressed happiness at the victory of the four NSUI candidates in the Delhi University student body poll held recently. In a press note, he said only the NSUI was capable of providing solid leadership and solving students’ problems.WELCOME
PARTY: Senior students of the Department of Computer Sciences and Applications, Arya College, organised a party on Sunday on the college premises to welcome freshers. The function was inaugurated by the Principal, Dr S.M. Sharma. Mr Sameer Sharma, Head of Department, welcomed the freshers. Naveen and Meena, both PGDCA students, were declared Mr Fresher and Ms Fresher, respectively. The show was
compeered by Inderjeet, Surya, Manoj and Saurav.
THANKSGIVING: The thanksgiving function of the Government College for Women was held on Monday. The function was presided over by the Principal of the college, Dr Inderjeet Kaur Gill Vashisht. The function began with a thanksgiving speech by Abha. It was followed by dance numbers by Sheetal, Divya and other group dancers.
MEETING: At the general meeting of the ITI Pensioners’ Welfare Association, held here on Friday under the chairmanship of Mr B.S. Grewal, its members strongly opposed the move of the Punjab Government to privatise ITIs and state polytechnics. They said handing over these institutions to the private sector would prevent students from poor families from studying in these institutions, resulting in more unemployment among the youth.
CHILDREN'S
MELA: While inaugurating a children’s mela at Everest Model High School, Giaspura, Mr Hakam Singh, counsellor and member of the Finance Committee, municipal corporation, said the school had played a significant role in the development of the area by spreading education among children of the Backward Classes. Students presented a colourful programme of songs and dances on this occasion. The Director of the school, Mr Rajinder Sharma, gave a detailed report of achievements of the school.
HEALTH
CAMP: Chest specialist, organised a free-check-up camp in the Lifeline Poly Clinic and Nursing home, Civil Lines, here on Sunday. The patients with asthma, bronchitis, TB, allergy and cough were examined in the camp. Doctors also demonstrated the use of inhalers for the control of asthma.
MANDI
GOBINDGARH
TEACHERS' UNION DEMAND: The SC/BC Teachers' Union, Punjab, in a press statement here today, has urged the government to release drawing and disbursing (DD) powers to the heads of upgraded schools at the earliest. The teachers working in these schools have not been paid their salaries for the past five months. It further stated that promotion in the Education Department should be made as per provisions established by the law.
MANSA
CLERK HELD: Mr Om Parkash a railway clerk at Budhlada was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 3000 from Major Singh of Khokhar village. A case under Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 was registered against the clerk. He was produced in a court at Mansa on Saturday. He was remanded in judicial custody till September 20.
MOGA
EXCESSIVE FEE: Parents of schoolchildren of the town wrote to the Education Minister on Sunday for action against the public schools charging excessive admission fee, building funds and donations at the time of admission. They demanded the Maharashtra type Act banning interviews of the parents of children, seeking admission in nursery classes. They alleged that schools did not issue receipts of the donations received from them.
CONTAMINATED WATER: People of several localities here resented the supply of contaminated water to them. This has caused diseases like jaundice etc, they alleged.
PATIALA
DISCOURSE: The Chinmaya Mission, Patiala, will organise a series of discourses on “Bhaktiyoga and Gyanayoga” here from September 9 to September 15. Stating this here on Monday the secretary of the mission, Mr Mohan Lal Garg, said Swami
Subodhananda, Regional Head of the North India Chinmaya Mission, would deliver the discourses in Hindi in the seminar hall of the Central State Library. The discourses will be held from 7.15 a.m. to 8.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. daily.
PHAGWARA
TWO KILLED: Two persons were run over by trains near here on Sunday. An 8- year-old boy was crushed to death on the railway track near the village of Mehtan and a 55-year-old man was found dead on the track near the village of
Chiheru.
MISHAP: A motorcyclist, Pankaj Sharma, who was found injured near the
G.T. Road bypass, succumbed to his injuries at a Ludhiana hospital on Sunday. He was the son of Ravinder Sharma, a theatre and TV artiste from purbian mohalla here. Pankaj Sharma was hit by a vehicle and left bleeding on the road for a long time.
ROPAR
RALLY: The district administration on Monday organised an awareness rally to motivate people to donate eyes. The rally was flagged off by the Deputy Commissioner, Ms Seema Jain. A large number of students from various schools and members of local NGO’s participated. On the first day of the campaign, 25 members of the Lions Club and Mr Jagmohan Singh, a resident of
Ghanauli, pledged to donate their eyes.
VISIT: A delegation of the Nigerian government visited Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant, here on Monday. The delegation was led Mr Alhani
Atsan, Senior Acting Governor of Jafna in Nigeria. Mr P.S. Luthra, Chief Engineer of the plant, said the delegation comprised Mr M.A.
Anka, Agriculture Minister, Mr A.H. Moriki, Water Resources Minister, Mr
S.G. Rikini, Special Adviser to the Governor, and Mr Satish Sharma, Managing Director, West Asia Agro Limited Project.
SAMRALA
FUNCTION: A social function was organised by the local Community Centre Club on Sunday. Mr Sukhdev Singh Libra, MP (Rajya Sabha), was the chief guest. The president of the club, Mr J. S. Jassi, SDM, highlighted the social and cultural activities undertaken by the club. Mr Libra announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh for the club.
OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Ram Lila Committee, Samrala: president—Mr Surinder Kumar Thukral; chairman—Mr S. K. Vashisht; vice-chairman—Mr Taj Thapar; general secretary—Mr Ashwani Kumar Thekedar; joint secretary—Mr Harminder Babbu, treasurer—Mr Gurmel Singh Ahrti. Mr Surya Kant Verma and Mr Satish Khullar have been elected director and president, respectively, of the Dasehra Committee. On the occasion, many members of the Ram Lila Committee joined the Congress in the presence of the local MLA, Mr Amrik Singh Dhillon.
