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Amritsar
Dead: Ms Manminder Kaur sister of Mr Manjit Singh Calcutta, former secretary of the SGPC, died in Kolkata on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. She was 50.Seminar: Desh Bhagat Institute of Management and Computer Sciences, Mandi Gobindgarh, organised a career guidance seminar at Bedi Model School, Patti, here on Wednesday. Mr Chetan Gupta, director of the institute, said the faculty of institute discussed about the scope and job opportunities of different professional course like MBA, MCA, BCA, BMIT and hotel management. Faridkot
ANTI-ENCROACHMENT DRIVE: The local municipal council has launched a 10-day anti-encroachment drive to vacate council land and government land. All platforms constructed by residents in a haphazard manner on drains will be dismantled to drain out storm water. Hoshiarpur
Accident: A woman died and eight other injured when a Tata Sumo in which they were going to Mohali collided with a truck near Bahowal, about 20 km from here, on the Hoshiarpur-Chandigarh road on Wednesday. All injured persons were admitted in the Civil Hospital, Mahilpur. Suicide: Jit Singh of Bahowal village committed suicide by hanging himself with the ceiling of his room in the village on Wednesday. According to the police, he was doubtful about the character of his wife. Farmers’ meet: The branch of Punjab National Bank Adda Kot Patoohi organised a “Kisan Ghoshti” (farmers’ meet) at Adda Kot Patoohi which was attended by large gathering of farmers from various villages of Mahilpur and Garhshanker blocks on Wednesday. Mr T.S. Ahluwalia, Senior Regional Manager, Hoshiarpur region, presided over the meet. The farmers were apprised of the latest schemes of the bank. Mr Ahluwalia highlighted the performance of the bank and congratulated the branch officials for maintaining first position in the region in deposits. Kapurthala
rail safety: A seminar on ‘Role of manufacturing units in enhancing rail safety’ was organised at Rail Coach Factory (RCF) here on Tuesday. Mr R. Rajamani, former Chief Commissioner of Rail Safety, was the key speaker. Addressing the officers, he said the railway authorities were doing a lot for enhancement of safety in train but still a lot more had to be achieved. He appreciated the efforts made by the RCF in introducing Alstom-LHB coaches on the Indian track.
Moga
CAUGHT : A vigilance team caught a clerk while accepting Rs 1,500 as bribe here on Wednesday. Dr Balbir Singh, a farmer from Bukadwala village, who had purchased a plot and got it registered, was being harassed by a clerk working in the registry office, Harpreet Singh, for the copy of the registry. When Harpreet Singh was handing over the copy of the registry after accepting the bribe, the vigilance team caught him red-handed. TWO KILLED: Two labourers from Bihar working at Ammiwala village died after reportedly consuming some poisonous food on Monday night. They were admitted to a private hospital at Kot Ise Khan, where they died during treatment. Their bodies were sent to the civil hospital at Moga for postmortem examination. BSP MEETING: The president of the Punjab unit of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Mr Avtar Singh Karimpuri, had a tough time when he faced sloganeering from party workers during a party meeting here on Wednesday. They raised slogans against the expulsion of BSP leaders Satnam Singh Kainth, Devidas Nahar, Shingara Singh and Mangat Ram. A police party reached the venue and brought the situation under control. SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Eight per cent of the works on the disposal of sewerage water and the gram sabha hall under the Composite Rural Programme have been completed in the district at a cost of Rs 129.75 lakh, said Deputy Commissioner G. Ramesh Kumar here on Wednesday. Works on the disposal of sewerage water had been completed at Ajitwal, Mahla Khurd, Sangla, Rerwan and Kokri Kalan villages at a cost of Rs 32.7 lakh. Muktsar
LOAN DISBURSEMENT: In order to boost dairy-related vocations in Muktsar district, Rs 1.5 crore will be distributed as loan during the current financial year, said Deputy Commissioner B.R. Banga here on Thursday. He instructed officials to tackle the sewerage water problem in the low-lying Gandhi Nagar area.
Pathankot
15 injured: Fifteen persons of a marriage party were injured on Tuesday near Ranipur village, near here, when the driver of truck in which they were travelling lost its control. According to sources, they had come from Mangwal village (H.P.) and were going to attend a function at Shahpurkandi. The injured were shifted to RSD Hospital where the victims were reported to be out of danger. POPPY
HUSK SEIZED: The police has arrested a person and allegedly recovered 400 gram of poppy husk from his possession. According to police sources, the alleged accused, Narinjan, a resident of Kairon village of Amritsar district, was caught by the police on a tip-off on Tuesday when the police laid a special naka near Simbal chowk. A case under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered.
Samrala
AGRICULTURE CREDIT CAMP: Oriental Bank of Commerce on Thursday organised an agriculture credit camp at Malwa College (Bondli), Samrala. The function was presided over by Mr G K Sachdeva, General Manager of the Bank. Mr Sachdeva handed over sanction letters to the loanees of Machhiwara, Khanna, Doraha, Sahnewal, Ikolaha, Jamalpur Awana and Samrala branches amounting to Rs 2 crore and addressed the gathering. Mr Rajiv Rishi, Dy General Manager of the bank, also spoke on the occasion.OFFICE-BEARERS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Panjab Patwar Union (unit Samrala Sub-division) here on Thursday; president — Mr Budh Singh, Sr vice president — Mr Jagtar Singh, Jr vice-president — Mr Ashwani Kumar, general secretary — Mr Parminder Singh Toor, cashier — Mr Ram Pal and joint secy — Mr Gurbachan Singh.
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