Amritsar
KIRTAN DARBAR: Chief Khalsa Diwan will organise a Divine Kirtan Darbar on the occasion of 349th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Harkrishan, eighth Guru of Sikhs, on July 31. Mr Charanjit Singh Chadda and Mr Bhag Singh Ankhi, president and honorary secretary of the Chief Khalsa Dewan, respectively, in a press conference here said that renowned Ragi Jathas like Bhai Harbans Singh Jagadhariwale, Bhai Sadhu Singh Dehradunwale, Bhai Anoop Singh Unawale, Bibi Baljit Kaur Khalsa, Bhai Harnam Singh Srinagarwale and Bhai Joginder Singh Riar Ludhianawale would recite Gurbani.SOCIAL WORKER’S PLEA: Mr Brij Bedi, social worker and president, Citizen Forum, in a letter to Prime Minister has urged not to hand over the amount being given for the development of the holy city to local administration. In the letter, Mr Bedi said the track record of local administration was not satisfactory as it had enough time for festivities but had no time for the development of the city. “It is sickening to see the walls plastered with vulgar posters and graffiti. The whole town is encroached and garbage can be seen littered on the main roads,” he added.
Bathinda
IG’S ASSURANCE: The IG, Bathinda Zone, Mr Rajinder Singh, visited the house of Jasbir Singh, a policeman, who was shot at by some terrorists near Lopo village of Moga in February this year. The IG assured his family members that his name would be recommended for gallantry award and he would also be promoted. He also assured the financial aid of Rs 2 lakh for Jasbir’s treatment. Jasbir had sustained serious injuries during an attack by the terrorists. A 9mm bullet had passed through his neck leaving him bed-ridden.
SECOND POST-MORTEM
EXAMINATION: Following the death of Barinder Kumar of Vishal Nagar under mysterious circumstances, another post-mortem examination was conducted on his body to find out the exact reason behind his death. The
SSP,
Mr Kapil Dev, had ordered that the second post mortem examination be conducted by a board of doctors. In a release issued here on Thursday, the SSP said that the police was carrying out a thorough investigation into the matter. Earlier, the police had registered a case under Section 174.
Faridkot
PROTEST MARCH: More than 400 employees, both men and women, of Technical Services Union
(TSU) of Punjab State Electricity Board of Kotkapura division along with the members of Ministerial Service Union (JE) council and Kissan Union
(Krantikari) took out a protest march through the main bazar of the town (Kotkapura) on Thursday to express their strong resentment against the dilly dallying tactics of the police of the area to nab all the four
accused allegedly responsible for making acid attack on a Junior Engineer (JE) Lal Chand of PSEB on July 23 near Kothethe village. The JE was going to Punjgrain village in Faridkot district to perform official duty there. They also staged a dharna and held rally.
Hoshiarpur
MEDICAL CAMP: Under the school health programme, a health education-cum-medical camp was organised at Government Elementary School, Subhash Nagar, on Friday. A team of doctors led by Dr Navneet Saini, Dental Surgeon, and Dr Ajay Bagga examined about 200 students and gave free medicines to all those who were found anaemic.
Jagraon
Meeting: Indian Ex-Services League Punjab is holding its meeting on July 31 at gurdwara Tehliana Sahib at Raikot according to Col Bhag Singh, senior vice-president, of the league.
Booked for
assault: Rasham Singh Bindri and Harnam Singh of Johlan allegedly assaulted Major Singh of Kalyan after entering his house. The Raikot police has registered a case under Sections 452, 323,34 IPC.
Road Patch Work
incomplete: Patchwork on Ishsil Road Jagraon, which was taken up about 15 days before remains incomplete causing inconvenience to the general public. The scattered stones on the road further aggravate the problem for commuters. Residents demand that patch work be complete
soon.
Jalandhar
LIQUOR BOTTLES SEIZED: Jalandhar cantonment police seized 500 bottles of illicit liquor and arrested two smugglers, who were transporting the consignment in a jeep near Bilga village in the wee hours on Thursday. Bottles of illicit liquor, it was learnt, had been brought from Himachal Pradesh. A police party, headed by SHO Gurjit Singh, intercepted a Scorpio jeep. The search yielded 500 bottles of liquor, which was allegedly being transported by Honey and Ramesh, residents of Jalandhar, said police
sources.
Kharar
COPS IN CUSTODY: Sub-Inspector Jasvir Singh, posted as SHO at Mehna in Moga, and his gunman, Constable Jaswinder Singh, who were arrested yesterday by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau for accepting bribe of Rs 15,000, were remanded in one-day police custody by a Kharar sub-divisional court.
Nawanshahr
HAT-TRICK BY TOPPER: Ms Sandeep Kaur Sandhu, a student of Guru Nanak College of Nursing, Dhahan Kaleran (Nawanshahr), has scored a hat-trick of topping the university merit list. She has topped the merit list by securing 511 / 600 marks in the annual examination of B.Sc. (Nursing) 3rd year conducted by the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot. Earlier, she had topped the university merit list in the final examinations of the first and second years of the B.Sc. (Nursing).
RALLY ORGANISED: Activists of CPI (ML) organised a rally and took out a protest march here in the town on Thursday to protest against the police action on the labourers at Gurgaon in Haryana. Senior leaders, including Mr Kulwinder Singh Warraich, Mr Sardara Singh Mahil and Mr Daljit Singh, addressed the gathering and condemned the alleged brutal attitude of the police.
DONATED: Guru Nanak Mission Medical and Educational Trust, Dhahan Kaleran (Nawanshahr) has got encouraging response from the prominent citizens of Jalandhar, who have donated more than Rs 7 lakh during a Fund Raising Function for the on-going construction work of trauma centre at the cost of Rs. 15 crore of Guru Nanak Mission Hospital Dhahan Kaleran. Sant Baba Bhajan Bhagwant Singh Dakohewale (Rs 1.25 lakh), Mr Barjinder Singh Hamdard, Chief Editor, Ajit ( Rs 1 lakh), Mr Jaswinder Singh Kaka and Mr Jaswinder Singh (Dolphin Hotel) and family (Rs 2 lakh), Mr Harbaksh Singh (Rs 1.11 lakh) and Mr Swapin Bedi (Rs 50000) were the prominent donors. They lauded the contribution of the Trust in the field of health and education.
Patiala
SCHOLARSHIP: Mr Siddharth Sharma of Patiala has been awarded the prestigious Charter Scholarship by Keele University, England, to pursue high studies in English. Mr Sharma, who was a Masters degree in English from Punjabi University, Patiala, was a national champion in debate and elocution for five consecutive years and was the South Asian winner twice. He was among the top 20 speakers of the world and
as awarded the national scholarship in academics.
SAPLINGS PLANTED: More than 30 saplings were planted in a drive launched by the Charan Bagh Welfare Society, Patiala. The drive will continue till August 14. According to the society, residents had donated Rs 60,000 for the drive.
BILL PAYMENT MACHINE: To facilitate depositing of electricity bills, the PSEB installed an automatic electronic bill payment machine (BPM), Sewak, at Shakti Sadan Complex here on Friday. The working of such machine had already been successfully tested in the Mohali, where so for Rs 121.30 lakh in cash and cheques worth Rs 257.40 lakh have been collected.
ARMY VACANCIES: The Army has invited applications for the posts of Havildar (Education) in various streams. In science stream, applications are invited for 347 vacancies and 48 in arts. According to a press note of the Branch Recruiting Officer, candidates should have knowledge of either English or Hindi or both, along with a degree from recognised university. The last date of sending applications at the headquarters recruiting zone, Jalandhar Cantt, is August 23.
Phagwara
TICKETLESS TRAVELLERS: A surprise check was carried out at Phagwara railway station on Thursday following reports of ticketless travelling in trains. The Railway Police found as many as 84 ticketless travellers from five trains and realised Rs 16,294 as fine.
AC DONATED: NRI Manjit Singh Virk on Thursday donated an AC to Civil Hopsital Phagwara through Patients Welfare Samiti. This is the second air-conditioned room in the hospital for the benefit of patients.
Ropar
PROTEST: The Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant, Ropar, has achieved the best heat rate of 2535 Kcal per unit during 2004-2005 and recorded 3549 millions units of power last year said General Manager of the thermal plant, R.S Sohal, who retired here on Friday. Meanwhile, some employees of the thermal plant registered their protest against the decision of the thermal plant authorities for shifting some offices on the day of Mr Sohal retirement function.
Sangrur
OPIUM SEIZED: The Moonak police has seized 1 kg of opium from Balkar Singh, a resident of Bheor Majra village in Jakhal (Haryana). Giving this information, Mr Sushil Kumar, DSP, Moonak, said on Thursday Balkar Singh had been arrested from Rampura village, about 8 km from Moonak, along with the opium. The Moonak police has registered a case under Section 18/61/85 of the NDPS Act against Balkar Singh.
