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Abohar BOOKED: On a complaint of Mr Rajesh Bhadoo, a commission agent, the police booked Baldev Singh, Angrej Singh and his father Ajaib Singh, residents of Dalmeerkhera village, in a case of cheating, here on Friday.
Amritsar RALLY: The Amritsar Consumers Welfare Forum organised a rally on the occasion of national Consumer Rights Day here on Saturday. The motive of the rally was to spread awareness about consumer’s rights. Dr H.S. Sidhu, chairman, Punjab State Education Board, flagged off the rally. About 5,000 students from various schools of the city took part in the rally. MOURNED: Ms Satinder Kaur Gujral, Vice-President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, and other leaders of the Congress mourned the demise of former Prime Minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao, here on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, she said he was statesman, scholar and linguist who contributed a lot to the nation during his political career. CELEBRATED: Police DAV Public School, Police Lines, celebrated Christmas and New Year on the school premises here on Saturday. Tiny-tots presented a dance show. Bathinda MEETING: The General Samaj Party organised a meeting for representative of regional and national political parties here on Friday. Mr Suresh Goyal, president of the party, said the aim of the meeting was to chalk out a strategy to fight for an oil refinery project, which had been hanging fire for the past so many years. CASE
REGISTRED: A case has been registered against D.R. Singh, manager of the local branch of Canara bank, Avtar Singh, owner of a chemist shop and Ashok Kumar for their alleged involvement in a bank fraud case.
Jagraon X-mas celebrated:
A number of Christians gathered here today at the premises of Chapple Church of India on Tehsil Road, Jagraon, to celebrate Christmas. Mr Deepak Parkash, Father, advised the gathering to follow preaching of Jesus. Ludhiana
PATIALA Sports Utsav: The Mata Gujari Sahara Trust organised a blood donation camp on the occasion of its third Sports Utsav. Mr Nakshatra Singh gave details of the Trust at the function which was presided over by Sub- Divisional Magistrate T. P.S. Phulka. The school Principal, Mr Aulakh Singh, former Finance Minister Captain Kanwaljeet Singh, and the representatives of the Young Sikhs Association, Singapore, also attended the function. Christmas celebrations: A Christmas function was organised at the Barandari Church, here on Saturday. On the occasion, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and his wife Mrs Preneet Kaur said Christians were an important part of the Punjabi society and they had made useful contributions towards the development of the state. National Karate Championship: The National Karate Championship was inaugurated by Mayor Vishnu Sharma, here on Saturday. President Mr Ajay Thapar accorded a warm welcome to all and informed that Captain Amarinder Singh would also come on December 26 to give his blessings to the participants. He also added that a total of 400 sportsmen from 15 states were participating in this championship. Rally:
The Punjab State Pharmacists’ Association will organise a protest rally in support of their demands in front of the Civil Surgeon’s office here on January 10. The president of the association, Mr S.K.K. Singla, said their demands included clearance of pending ACP cases, supply of essential medicine, stationery to rural dispensaries and issuance of GIS statements. Paper presented:
Prof Ashwani Kumar of the Bikram College of Commerce presented his paper at the All-India accounting conference held at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. The title of the paper was “Target valuation in mergers and acquisitions’. he represented the states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. New parking:
The Managing Director of the State Bank of Patiala, Mr A.K. Das, inaugurated a multi-level parking for SBOP employees on the Mall Road here on Friday. Mr Yogesh Aggarwal, Managing Director (designate) was also present. Speaking on the occasion Mr Das informed that the building had been constructed by the bank at the cost of Rs 108.85 lakh. He said the facility would solve the parking problems of the staff as well as customers besides facilitating the easy flow of traffic. Prizes given: Meritorious students of various government schools of the district were awarded prizes by the District Red Cross Society here on Friday. The prizes were given away by the Deputy Education Officer, Mr Yashpal Manvi, to students belonging to Government Girls High School, anardana chowk, and government girls senior secondary school, old police lines. According to Mr kaka Ram Verma, District Officer, Red
Cross, these students had participated in various competitions held on Children’s Day at Chandigarh recently. Function:
The valedictory function of the Rural Entrepreneur Development Programme on machine shop and sheet metal shop jointly sponsored by NABARD and the State Bank of Patiala was held at the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, here on Friday. In this six-week training programme, 27
entrepreneurs were introduced to various self-employment schemes. Christmas Celebrations:
Students of Springles-Kidzee celebrated Christmas Eve by organising a dance and music show here on Friday. The Director of the school, Ms Sunil Pandhi, and the Managing Director, Mr Sameer Pandhi, initiated the celebrations by cutting a cake. Ropar PTU merit
list: Students of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bhaddal, have bagged 38 meritorious positions in six branches in the exams conducted by the PTU. The first position secured by students in three different branches of the eighth semester were Ms Triveni Gaba in the CSE branch, Ms Anu Sachdeva in the EIE branch and Ms Rupinder Verma in the ECE branch, said the principal of the institute here today. Bloc meeting:
Senior leaders from New Delhi and Punjab will take part in a state-level meeting organised by the All-India Forward Bloc at Netaji Model School on December 27, said Mr V.P. Saini, the state General Secretary of the organisation here on Friday. Samrala MOURNED: Commission agents of grain market here under the presidentship of Mr Harpal Singh Dhillon, chairman of the market committee and president of the Arhtiya Association mourned the death of Mr Malvir Singh Khattran, member panchayat samiti Samrala.
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AMBALA Fatehabad Jhajjar Sonepat KILLED: One person was killed and three were injured in an accident on National Highway No.1 here on Saturday. The victim was identified as Sham Lal (65), an employee of Moti Lal Nehru School of Sports at Rai. The injured were Ram Mohan, his wife, Raken and son, Parveen. Yamunanagar |
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