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Heart camp: A free heart check-up camp will be organised in the Durgiana Temple complex. The camp is being organised jointly by Saffola Healthy Heart Foundation with Escorts Heart Institute and Super Specialty on Sunday.Power
shutdown: Power supply would remain suspended from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday. Feeders supplying power to areas around
Hussainpura, near Headwater Works, Ghee Mandi and Chhatiwind will be affected. This was informed in a press release here on
Friday. Senas plea: India should boycott talks with Pakistan till Hindu jathas to Pakistan were given permission to visit shrines on their special religious occasions, Mr Surinder Kumar
Billa, chief of the All-India Hindu Shiv Sena in, said in a letter to the Ministry for External Affairs on Friday. DERA BASSI
FUNCTION: Students of Lord Mahavir Jain Public School, Dera Bassi, presented colourful items to mark their annual function here on Saturday. Capt Kanwaljit Singh, MLA, Banur Assembly constituency, was the chief guest. Mr Jagjit Singh
Dalli, former president of Dera Bassi Municipal Council, and certain other prominent persons of the area were also present on the occasion. SEMINAR: Points on personality development were highlighted at a seminar organised for students and the staff of Government College, Dera Bassi, here on Saturday. Mr
S.M. Kant, State Liaison Officer, Youth Services, Department of Punjab, was the chief guest on the occasion. SEMINAR: Ten main points on personality development were highlighted at a seminar organised for the students and the staff of Government College, Dera Bassi, here on Friday. Mr
S.M. Kant, State Liaison Officer, who was the chief guest on the occasion said one can overcome any impediment in life. Ms
Shakuntla, college Principal, appealed to the students to take part in extra-curricular activities for the overall personality development. NAAC TEAM: A team of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council,
Banglore, will visit Government College, Dera Bassi, on Monday. The team comprising Dr. Naresh Chandra, Dr. Ancy Jose and Prof. K.K. Bhardwaj will inspect the college premises for its assessment and accreditation, informed Ms
Shakuntla, college Principal. Hoshiarpur
Arrested: The Mahilpur police has arrested Jasbir Kaur wife of Davinder Singh of Barian Kalan under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act and seized 60 gms of smack. The Hariana police has arrested Lakhbir Singh of Moga Patti and Charanjit Singh of Arjanwal of Jalandhar district and seized 112.5 gms of poppy husk from them. Case
registered: On the complaint of Balbir Kaur, wife of Terbinder Singh of
Khudda, the Tanda police has registered a case under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC againt Jagtar Singh, alias Jagga of Rallan village. In her complaint she alleged that her daughter Amandeep Kaur, a student of plus one class, had been abducted by Jagtar Singh.
Ludhiana
Annual day: Jetking, Computer Hardware and Networking Institute, organised its annual day at Nehru Sidhant Kendra here on Saturday. Mr Nahar Singh Gill, Mayor, municipal corporation, inaugurated the function. He was welcomed by Mr Vinod Kumar and Mr Rajesh Vaidya, managing directors of the company. Students organised various cultural items, including skits, bhangra, songs, fashion shows solo and western dances.FAREWELL PARTY: Students of Classes X and XII of Shivalikwala Doon School, Rishi Nagar, were given farewell party by their juniors at a hotel here on Friday. Though the atmosphere was emotionally changed yet there were cheers for the winners of various fashion contest rounds. Ashish Albert won the coveted Mr Outgoing title and Ruby Sharma was declared Ms Outgoing. Apart from this, Mr Personality title was clinched by Vikram Makkar while Ms Aditi won Ms Personality contest. Akhil was chosen as Mr Gait and Heena was declared Ms Best Gait. Among the boys, Rohan won the Best Smile title. Saloni won the same title among the girl
students. Blood donated: The NSS unit of Devki Devi Jain Memorial College for Women organised a blood donation camp here on Saturday. The camp was inaugurated by Mr Narinder Kumar Jain, president of the managing committee. Nearly 50 students donated blood to help thalassaemic children. A team of doctors from Dayanand Medical College and Hospital lead by Dr Parveen Sobti and Dr Hitesh Narang from the Department of Pathology conducted the camp. Ms Kamla Jain, Principal, appreciated the effort of the students and staff members of the NSS unit. 38 POs HELD: The Ludhiana police has arrested 38 proclaimed offenders in January, bringing the total number of such criminals held by the special proclaimed offenders wing to 1,634, according to Mr Narinderpal Singh, SSP. He said in a press note issued on Friday here today that among the 38 proclaimed offenders held last month, three criminals were wanted for murder, two for intent to murder, nine criminals booked under the NDPS Act, six for theft, two for dacoity, two for fraud, 12 under the local and special law and 2 for beating. These included proclaimed offenders who had been evading the law for more than 10 to 15 years, he added.
PATIALA
STONE LAID: The foundation stone of a 66 kv grid substation at Dakala village in the district was laid by Finance Minister Lal Singh on Saturday. Ms Preneet Kaur, MP, presided over the function. Six new feeders will be installed at a cost of Rs 2.5 crores in this regard. SEMINAR: A seminar on income tax and sales tax was organised by the office of the State Accountant General (A&E) here on Friday. As many as 50 divisional accounts officers participated from different divisions of Punjab and Chandigarh. The seminar was inaugurated by Accountant General Nand Lal. Speaking on the occasion Mr Nand emphasised the importance of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department in the maintenance of accounts of the state government in more effective manner in the fast changing scenario of public finance. DECISION HAILED: The Punjab Government College Teachers Association on Saturday welcomed the announcement of the merger of 50 per cent dearness allowance with the basic pay made by the Chief Minister recently. While appreciating the lead taken by the Chief Minister in implementing the decision of the Central Government, the president of the association, Mr B.S. Sandhu, also hailed the proposal to raise the retirement age of state government employees to 60 years. The general secretary of the association, Prof Jai Pal Singh, also urged the state government to consider other pending demands of college teachers, which include counting the total service for placement in senior scale, raising the retirement age to 62 years, extending relaxation of participation to orientation courses up to January 31, 2004 and filling all vacant posts in government colleges in the state. ZIRAKPUR
ANNUAL FUNCTION: Students of Guardian Angels Public School, Zirakpur, celebrated their annual function near here on Saturday. Capt Kawaljit Singh, former Finance Minister, Punjab, was the chief guest while Mr Narinder Sharma, president of the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat was the guest of honour. Trophies were given to meritorious students.
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