Pathankot
SEMINAR: A seminar on career opportunities will be organised by Punjab Technical University here on June 16 at Sheetal Palace. Mr S.K. Bhatia, director (Outreach), PTU will award degrees to the students of the varsity.MEDICAL CAMP: A one-day free medical check-up camp was organised on Sunday at Jagat Giri by K.D. Hospital. More than 800 patients were examined and were given medicines free of cost.
PATIALA
ELECTED: Following have been elected as office-bearers of the Sri
Brahman Samaj : Nand Lal — president; Pushpinder Pathak and Ved
Prakash Prabhakar vice presidents; Ved Prakash Sharma — general
secretary; Kulbhushan Sharma — press secretary; Dharam Pal Sharma —
cashier; Sandeep Dixit — secretary; Roshan Lal Sharma — office
secretary; and Jit Ram Sharma — auditor.
WELCOMED: The local
unit of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union has welcomed
the SGPC decision to appoint Mr Harmail Singh Tohra as Additional
Secretary of the local Parmbandhak Committee, Khalsa College, on Monday.
The union further said that under the guidance of Mr Harmail Singh, the
college would further progress in all aspects. The president of the
local unit Mr Jaswant Singh, appealed to Mr Harmail Singh to resolve the
‘long pending’ land dispute of the college.
ELECTED: The
following have been elected office-bearers of Sri Brahman Samaj:
president — Nand Lal; vice-presidents — Pushpinder Pathak and Ved
Prakash Prabhakar; general secretary — Ved Prakash Sharma; press
secretary — Kulbhushan Sharma; cashier — Dharam Pal Sharma;
secretary — Sandeep Dixit; office secretary — Roshan Lal Sharma; and
auditor — Jit Ram Sharma.
POSTPONED: The PSEB Diploma Engineers’
Association decided to postpone its chain fast agitation following talks
between the Secretary, Punjab State Electricity Board and the delegation
of the association here on Monday. Mr C.S. Gill, general secretary of
the association, said that the Secretary, PSEB, had assured to settle
the issue of underemployment expeditiously.
Phagwara
TWO DIE IN MISHAP: In a hit-and-run case,two pilgrims, Mr Kuldip Singh of Palahi road and Laddi of Banga returning on their motor cycle after paying obeisance at Mata Chintpurni shrine in Himachal Pradesh on Monday were knocked down and killed by a speeding vehicle near Khati village, 4 km from here on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road. Both were in their early twenties. The SMO, Civil Hospital, Dr Subhash Sharma, rushed the hospital ambulance to the site on hearing about the accident. According to eyewitnesses, a Qualis had hit the motorcyclists fatally before speeding away.
NEW POLICE TEAM: The patrolling section of the Police control Room (PCR) Cell, comprising as many as 70 constables and head Constables, has been transferred from Phagwara to Kapurthala police lines. A new team has taken over, it was learnt on Sunday. The change was ordered by Kapurthala SSP S.K. Asthana. The new team has been given a 21-day training before its deployment here. It will keep round-the-clock vigil in Phagwara and is fully capable of meeting any contingency.
BOOKED FOR FRAUD: Mr Balbirpal Dhadian, his wife Asha Dhadian and daughter Sapna Dhadian of Panchkula have been booked for allegedly duping Mr Kulwaran Singh of Narur village of Rs 11 lakh. They had reportedly promised to send him to Canada but instead sent him to Indonesia where he was arrested. Mrs Avinash Kaur, wife of Mr Kulwaran Singh, had lodged a complaint with the Kapurthala SSP, Mr S.K. Ashtana, who had ordered registration of a case of fraud.
Sangrur
SAD (A) PRESS SECY QUITS: Mr Harpreet Singh Bhandari, press secretary of the Sangrur district unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), resigned from his post on Monday. Mr Bhandari said he had not resigned from the primary membership of the party, as he had full faith in the leadership of Mr Simranjit Singh Mann and policies of the party. He had resigned as he was not happy with the groupism among jathedars at the lower level in the district unit of the party.
