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WINNERS: Two locals Shiny and Sandeep Khanna, have been selected for best advise to “Jassi” of serial “Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin”, viewers were asked to send their views whether to forgive or punish ‘Armaan’ for his deviousness. The winners will spend a day with “Jassi”.SKILLED WORK FUND: Mr Gurmit Singh Virk, Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies, has said skilled work requiring funds up to Rs 15 lakh will be given to the Cooperative Labour and Construction Society Limited (CLCS). DELEGATION: A team of six Rotary members from Brazil, led by Mr Luiz Claudio Dib Binato, visited Khalsa College here on Tuesday. The Principal of the college, welcomed the team and discussed various courses and teaching programmes with delegates. GESTURE: The All-India Pingalwara Charitable Society, a society for the disabled, on Tuesday distributed 18 tricycles among polio-affected children at various schools. Mr Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer-turned politician was the chief guest. Dr Bibi Inderjit Kaur, president, Pingalwara Society, spoke on the occasion. Faridkot
SENTENCED: Sessions Judge Mahinderpal Singh has sentenced Jagdev Singh and Jagtar Singh of Chakshahu village to life imprisonment for the murder of Jaswinder Singh, a cloth merchant of Golewala village, in 2001, and imposed a fine of Rs 1,500 on each on them. Another accused in the case, Daljeet Kaur, has been acquitted.
Khanna
PURSE SNATCHED: Two scooter-borne youths snatched a purse from a woman on Monday night n ear Jandi Mandir on the G.T. Road, Khanna. According to Jaswinder Kaur, she was going to her house after shopping at about 8.30 p.m. When she reached near Jandi Mandir, two youths snatched her purse and fled.DISTRIBUTED: A function to distribute sweaters and shoes to needy students was organised at Shaheed Karnail Singh Isru Government Senior Secondary School, Isru. These articles were distributed among students by the Khanna SDM, Mr Jaspal Mittal. Mr Sukhjinder Singh Tiwana, Tehsildar, Khanna, APRO. Rashim Verma and Principal Harjit Singh Balari were also present on the occasion. A cultural programme was also
organised.
PATIALA
FUNCTION: The State Bank of Patiala, on the occasion of Lohri, organised a loan distribution function at
Bhadaur, near Dhuri, in which loans amounting to Rs 1.70 crore were distributed to nearly 200 persons under different schemes of the bank. The Deputy General Manager of Patiala zone, Mr
C.S. Kang, presided over the function. While addressing the gathering, he requested the customers to get maximum benefits from the various schemes provided by the bank. DONATED: Chairman of the Improvement Trust here K.K. Sharma, donated Rs 35,000 by way of his five months salary for tsunami victims. The employees of the trust also handed over a cheque of Rs 1.25 lakh to the CM’s relief fund. The Adalat Bazar Traders Association, also donated Rs 2.30 lakhs to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.
Tarn Taran
BAR PANEL: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local Bar Association: president — Mr Joga Singh Sandhu; vice-president — Mr Shamsher Singh Kang; secretary — Mr Kanwaljit Singh Virk; and joint secretary — Mr S.S. Sandhawalia. DHARNA: On a call by the Government Teachers Union, a large number of teachers of the local subdivision staged a dharna on Tuesday front of the office of the treasury office against the state government’s decision to go back on higher scales for qualified teachers. LOHRI FOR GIRL CHILD: A function to celebrate Lohri of 60 female babies was celebrated at Dhotian village on Tuesday. The function was jointly celebrated by the village panchayat, Shahid Bhagat Singh Sports and Cultural Society and the Social Security Department.
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