Amritsar
ARRESTED: The Vigilance Bureau arrested Rajan Chaddha, a clerk of Block Elementary Education Office, Verka, for taking a bribe of Rs
2,700 on Monday. Mr R.P.S. Bajwa, SSP, V.B., in a press release said the accused took money from Mr Raj Chathrath of the Islamabad area for submitting the bills in the Treasury Office related to the GPF amount of his mother.APPEALED: Mr Sukhdev Singh Bhaur, general secretary, SGPC, appealed to Sikh leaders and organisations to be united to face new challenges. He said various Sikh organisations by levelling allegations and counter allegations against each other were providing opportunity to the enemies of the Panth.
Batala
FUNCTION: The third annual prize distribution function-cum-convocation of the “Hastshilp Industrial Training Centre was held here on Monday. Mrs Anita Bhardwaj, wife of Parneet Bhardwaj, SDM, Batala, presided over the function and gave away diplomas.
CDs SEIZED: The police seized one computer, 50 fake blue CDs, 180 black CDs and 600 fake mixed cassettes on Tuesday from the shop of Raj Kumar. A case under Sections 51, 52, 52-A and 68-A of the Copyright Act, and Sections 292 and 420, IPC, was registered against Raj Kumar at City police station.
Hoshiarpur
CELEBRATED: The Indian Society for Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology, Hoshiarpur chapter, celebrated World Blood Donor Day here on Monday. The function was presided over by Mr R.S.Bhullar, DIG, BSF, Kharkan camp. A book “Jite ji rakt dan, marnoprant ang dan” written by Dr Ajay Bagga, was released by Balraj Singh (9) and Manroop Kaur (3) , who are suffering from thalassemia.
PROTEST RALLY: On the call of the state committee on Indian Trade Unions, activists of CITU led by Mr Gurmesh Singh, staged a protest rally here on Tuesday to express their resentment against the anti-labour policies of the state government, non-implementation of labour laws, creating hurdles for not registering unions of labourers of various cycle industries of Ludhiana, etc. All the speakers condemned the Punjab Government for its anti-labour policies.
Jalandhar
LOANS: Loans totalling Rs 1461.81 crore were extended by different banks in the last financial year under various schemes in the district. Mr Ashok Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, speaking at a meeting of the district coordination committee of banks here on Monday, said officials of different banks, Bank deserved appreciation as they had achieved more than the fixed targets.
Phagwara
FLAGGED OFF: Seven motor cycles of PCR were flagged off on Monday by DSP Lakhwinder Pal Singh Khaira on Monday. These motor cycles were off the road due to lack of repairs.
CYCLIST KILLED: An unidentified cyclist was killed in a road accident when an Indica car hit him near Chachoki village on the GT Road. According to police sources, the car was going from Phagwara to Ludhiana. The deceased was a migrant labourer in his 20s. The police has arrested the driver of the car.
Sangrur
SEMINAR: A seminar on “marriage system in modern era” was organised by the Scientific Awareness and Social Welfare Forum here on Sunday. A majority of the speakers were of the view that love marriages should be encouraged, the divorce process should be made easy and remarriage of divorcees and widows should be encouraged. A cultural programme was also organised.
