Amritsar
Protest held: Over 125 shopkeepers of the Ghanta Ghar Chowk area held a protest against the notification of their shops under the beautification plan of the surroundings of the Golden Temple. Commission
raised: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has raised the commission to have more PCOs in the urban and rural areas. The General Manager, Telephones, BSNL, said here on Friday that commission was on non-graded basis. He said for 8,000 calls per month the commission would be at 32.5 per cent and for 10,000 and above the commission would be up to 35 per cent.
Submitted:
The Rattan chand Road Welfare Association on Friday submitted a memorandum to the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, against the illegal constructions in their area.
Hoshiarpur
Funds released: Mr Avinash Rai Khanna, MP, on Friday released Rs 5.88 lakh from the MP Local Area Development Scheme Fund for the completion of a causeway being constructed at the Bhangi Choe bed at Gaushala Bazar. He also appealed to Mr D.K. Tiwari, Deputy Commissioner, Hoshiarpur, to get the causeway completed as early as possible.
2 SUCCUMB TO INJURIES: Vidhi Chand, an employee of BDPO office, Talwara, succumbed to his injuries at BBMB Hospital, Talwara, on Friday evening. He was seriously injured when his scooter suddenly slipped at Adda Amvi due to which he fell down from it. Satpal Sharma of Daulatpur Chowk also succumbed to his injuries in BBMB Hospital. He and his wife Kamlesh Rani had been seriously injured when a speedy bus (No. PB07E-6797) hit their scooter near ITI Chowk, Talwara, on Friday. Kamlesh Rani was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh.
SUICIDE: Puran (35), who was running a dhaba at the local Tanda bypass road, consumed some poisonous substance at the District Court complex here on Friday. He was admitted to the local Civil Hospital where he breathed his last. It is reported that he took a loan from some financier and could not return it. The financier filed a case against him in the local court. Puran came to the court but in frustration committed suicide.
Kapurthala
Cell connections: BSNL is installing 1,000 additional towers in Punjab to increase its mobile phone connection capacity to 13.5 lakh from its present capacity of 4.5 lakh connections in the current year. This was revealed by General Manager (Telecom), Jalandhar Telecom District, Mr S.K. Chownk at an open house session with local subscribers and mediapersons.
Nawanshahr
Cremated: Keshavananda Kalia, a local veteran Arya Samajist, who died on Thursday following a massive heart attack, was cremated here on Friday. A large number of political and social leaders of the area were present. The local Arya institutions remained closed as a mark of respect to the departed soul.
Nabbed: A team of the Vigilance Department led by DSP, Mr S.S. Sandhu, caught red-handed Rajinder Singh, a patwari, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2000 from Sohan Lal of Mehatpur Ulladhani village on Friday.
TOPPERS: Nisha Sharma and Maninderjit Kaur, first-year students of BSc (IT), of Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial College, Mukandpur, have brought laurels to the college by getting first and third positions in the merit list, respectively, in the examination conducted in April by Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Nisha secured 644 marks and Maninderjit 616 marks out of 900, informed Dr Gurjant Singh, Acting Principal.
ABOVE 90 PC: As many as six students, Deepak Soniyare, Sukhmanpreet Kaur, Aditi Sareen, Jashandeep Singh Gill, Harsimranjit Kaur and Dipesh Kumar, of the local Shivalik Public School have got more than 90 per cent marks in the matriculation examination conducted by the CBSE in March this year. As many as 141 students of the school appeared in the examination and remained successful, informed Dr Darshan Singh Bedi, Principal, here on Saturday.
Pathankot
TRIBUTES PAID: Rich tributes were paid to Rana Chhaju Ram, a noted freedom fighter on his fourth death anniversary here on Saturday. Those who paid the tributes included local MLA, Ashok Sharma, former Punjab Minister Master Mohan Lal and Bar Association president Thakur Ravinder Singh.
INAUGURATED: The Gazetted Officers [Class II] Club was inaugurated by Chief Engineer Ranjit Sagar Dam of Bhalinder Singh at Shahpur Kandi Township, near here, on Friday. Mr N.P. Dhawan, spokesman of the Diploma Engineers’ Association, said with the setting up of the club the long-standing demand of the union had been fulfilled.
