Doraha
SAD rallies: A meeting organised by the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) at Gurdwara Kalgidhar at Payal decided that the party will organise rallies in the Payal Constituency on March 13, 15 and 16. Mr Parkash Singh Badal, President, SAD, and Capt Kanwaljit Singh, ex-Finance Minister will address party workers of Payal constituency at a rally on March 20.

Hoshiarpur
TRAFFIC WEEK: Mr Paramjit Singh Sarao, DIG (Jalandhar range) inaugurated Traffic Awareness Week at J.R. Government Polytechnic here on Monday. A function was organised to mark the occasion by the district police. Addressing the gathering Mr Sukhdev Singh Bhatti, SP (D) Hoshiarpur, said the police would create awareness about traffic rules among students, drivers and general public during the week. A free eye check-up camp for needy drivers will be organised on Wednesday. A pollution check-up camp, free of cost, will be held on Thursday and Friday. A camp for issuing learning driving licences will be held at the District Transport Office on Saturday.

Ludhiana
Machinery installed: Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation has upgraded its diagnostic facilities by adding more the state of the art equipment in their new wing. Dr Satish Jain, Director, Mohan Dai Hospital, said mamography from GE USA, colour doppler from the USA and image intensifier have been added to the new wing.

Lecture: Dr Sukhdev Singh, coordinator, Postgraduate, Department of Commerce, delivered a lecture at Master Tara Singh Memorial College for Women on Monday. The theme of the topic was “Need for updating accounting knowledge.” 

Competitions: The students of the Institute of Management Studies (IMS) have won several prizes in inter-college competitions, including Ehsas, Crescendo and Infovision held recently. Saranjeet Kaur won first prize in mehndi contest. Sujata and Shivani were declared winners in web-designing competition. Sujata and Namrita topped debugging competition. Happy Loomba won “Dance to the tune” competition.

Award for doctor: Dr Samit Malhotra, NRI doctor and retired officer from Emirates Airlines Dubai, has been awarded with “IMA Medical Education and Research Award” by the Indian Medical Association for 2003-04 for research in the field of neurology. Dr Malhotra is an active worker of Art of Living, Ludhiana. 

Meeting: The Sanchar Nigam Executive Association (SNEA) held its urgent meeting at Bachat Bhavan on Monday under the presidentship of Mr G.L. Yogi, general secretary All-India SNEA. Mr Inderjit Singh, vice-president and Mr Amarjit Singh, secretary, Punjab circle, were also present. The members said the centre working committee conference would be held on March 13 and 14 at Pal Auditorium, Punjab Agricultural University. 

Phagwara
CHAIN SNATCHED: Two scooterists snatched a 5-tola gold chain from Mrs Narinder Kaur Bawa, wife of a former District Mandi Officer, on Sunday. The couple was on their two wheeler when the scooterists stopped them, pushed Mr Bawa down and sped away after snatching the chain from his wife.

BJP MEETING: The local unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) convened a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the programme details for welcoming Mr Lal Krishan Advani, Deputy Prime Minister, on his visit to the city on March 24, according to a press note. He is scheduled ot address a rally at Nehru Park, Sector 22. 

CONG FUNCTION: Hundreds of women participated in a function organised by the Chandigarh Mahila Territorial Congress in connection with the International Women’s Day at Colony Number IV here on Monday. The function was presided over by Maj Krishna Mohini (Retd), Vice-President of the All-India Mahila Congress.

grievances aired: A delegation of the Scheduled Tribes Joint Action Committee met the UT Administrator on Tuesday to apprise him of the grievances regarding the non-implementation of reservation guidelines in colleges regarding admision to various technical, professional and arts colleges in the city. The members also rued the non-implementation of employment guidelines by the Chandigarh Administration.

PARKING SITES: The Chandigarh Administration decided on Tuesday that private buses occupying parking space in city markets will now use earmarked and notified parking sites in the city. One site has been earmarked in Sector 41 and the other in Mani Majra.

Office-bearers: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local unit of the Welfare Society (North): president — Mr B.B. Mahajan; vice-president — Maj-Gen A.S. Kahlon; founder secretary — Dr B.R. Pruthi; finance secretary — Mr S.P. Bector; joint secretary — Dr A.K. Attri. 

MYCOLOGISTS’ MEET: The mycology laboratory in the Department of Medical Microbiology in the PGIMER will organise the three-day fifth national conference of the Society for Indian Human and Animal Mycologists here from Friday. A pre-conference CME will be held on recent developments in medical and veterinary mycology on Wednesday. 

INTERVIEW SESSIONS: IDP Education Australia, offering opportunities to Indian students aspiring to study in Australia, hosted interview sessions here on Monday. The students met and interacted with representatives and faculty members of at least 33 universities and institutions across Australia. 

Kaithal
EXHORTED: The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Aggarwal, has called upon women to become strong and raise their voice and start a movement against social evils like dowry, child marriage and female foeticide. He was addressing women on ‘Women Day’ here on Monday. He said through stringent laws existed to curb the practice of female foeticide, but even then practice was continuing.

INVITED: The Department of Non-Conventional Energy Resources has invited applications from farmers of the district through DRDA for the installation of solar energy driven tubewells. The ADC, Mr Pankaj Yadav, said that such tubewells could be installed in such areas where the water level was not more than 30 feet deep. Such tubewells had no running cost and were sufficient.