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NURSING STUDENTS ADVISED: Brig Pramod Bhardwaj, Commander, Military Station, exhorted students of the Sardar Patel Medical Institute of Nursing here to enrich their personality with discipline, regularity, punctuality and dedication to duty. He was speaking at a farewell given by junior students to their seniors at the newly constructed campus of the institute here on Tuesday. Dr G.R. Garg, SMO, Nehru Memorial Civil Hospital, Dr G.S. Mittal, Chairman, and Mr Sita Ram Sharma, Managing Director of the institute, and Ms Jayashree Dass, Principal, also advised the students to work hard.
Amritsar
CASE REGISTERED: The Civil Lines police on Monday registered a case against 45-year-old Raj Kumar of Kiran Colony for allegedly raping a minor girl. As per the FIR, the 13-year-old girl had gone to a PCO where the accused enticed her and committed the crime. WORKSHOP: A workshop on vermi-composting for solid waste management sponsored by the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology was arranged here on Monday by the Department of Botanical and Environment Sciences of Guru Nanak Dev University. Students were trained in vermin-composting and disposal of hazardous waste. Bathinda
TEEJ CELEBRATED: Clad in traditional Punjabi dresses, war widows, wives of ex-servicemen and serving
JCOs/ORs today celebrated the Teej festival at the Bathinda military station. As per a press note, Ms Kiran Nandrajog, president, Chetak Army Wives Welfare Association
(AWWA), also joined the function. Fatehgarh Sahib
Teej celebrated: The Teej festival was celebrated with traditional fervour by the District Red Cross Society at Aam Khas Bagh, Sirhind, on Monday. A large number of people, including students, took part in various competitions. Ms Jaspreet Talwar, Deputy Commissioner, inaugurated the festival by lighting a ceremonial lamp. Main attraction of the function was Miss Teej, Babby Teej and Bebe Teej competitions. In the Teej Baby(junior category) Jasmeet Kaur stood first, in senior’s category Arunima Kaur stood first whereas Sandeep Kaur was declared “Miss Teej” and Harbans Kaur “Teej Babey.” WATER SUPPLY: To ensure the potable water supply in the town all sewer and water supply pipelines will be checked for repairs. This was stated by Mrs Jaspreet Talwar, Deputy Commissioner, at the meeting of the district officials at Bachat Bhavan on Tuesday. She also issued directions to health officials to keep a close watch on the sale of eatables. She said the third Lok Suvidha camp in the district would be organised at Sangam Marriage Palace, Shonti in Amloh subdivision, on August 18. TRANSFERRED: On the complaint of all municipal councillors of Bassi Pathana, the Punjab Government has ordered the transfer of the Principal of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bassi Pathana. The order was issued by Secretary, Education, on Tuesday. The Principal has been transferred to Government Girls School, Chamkaur Sahib, on administrative grounds. Hoshiarpur
BAN: Keeping in view the use of intoxicating medicines by youngsters, Mr D. K. Tiwari, District Magistrate, has banned the storage and sale of some medicines without the prescription of doctors. These medicines are: syrups Phensedryl, Corex, Codeine Mit’s Lincture, tablets Lomotil, Lomofen, Proxy tab, Dexvone, Corbutyl, Carisoma Compound and Mendires, capsules Sudhinol, Proxyvon and Buta Proxivon, and Parvon, injections Morphine, Norphine, Pethdine, Fortwin, Pentavon, Pentawin, Campose and all medicines containing Dextropropoxiphene and Pentazocine. Nawanshahr
PLAN: Mr Krishan Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, in a press note issued here on Tuesday said the district administration would remove encroachments on the PWD land in the district. He appealed to the encroachers to cooperate with the administration in public interest. ADOPTED: The Lions Club, City Smile, Banga, has adopted the cremation ground situated at the Punia Road, Banga, for its proper upkeep. The club has built roads and pavements in the ground. It has planted 100 saplingsin the new dharamsala at Bains village.
Patiala
THEATRE WEEK: The National Theater Arts Society (NTAS), Patiala, launched the Independence Day theatre week (August 7-15) by staging “Takey Ser Bhaji Takey Ser Khaja”, a Punjabi musical adaptation of the 19th century patriotic Hindi play by Bhartendu Harishchand, at the Monthly Garden Theatre at Baradari Gardens, here. NTAS director Pran Sabharwal, welcoming the guests, said the play would be staged in the city’s educational institutions. Honoured: The Public Relations Officer of the SOS Children’s Villages of India on Monday honoured Students of St. Xavier International School under the Young Ambassadors programme. Schoolchildren had collected Rs 11,000 for the charitable institution which takes care of the orphans. They have been collecting donations for the institution for the past three years. Celebrations:
Teej was celebrated at Government Girls Polytechnic here on Monday. Mr Manjit Singh Narang, Additional Managing Director, PRTC, was the chief guest. The Principal of the polytechnic, Mr Gurcharan Singh, inaugurated a computer lab. Phagwara
DRIVE: To check under-age driving, the traffic wing of the Phagwara police has planned to involve the managements of different schools to discourage the practice. The in charge of the wing, Mr Sucha Singh, said traffic rules and regulations would be the top priority and offenders would be dealt with strictly. INJURED: A horse-cart owner was injured when a car hit the cart on the overbridge near the JCT Mills on the GT Road, here, on Monday. Balwinder Kumar, a resident of Khilwara Gate, was taken to the local Civil Hospital where his condition was stated to be stable. Ropar
PROTEST: The second year students of all branches of the Bhaddal Engineering College on Tuesday went on strike protesting against the decision of Punjab Technical University (PTU) to cut down their training period from six months to two months. The students alleged that they were kept in dark about the decision by the college authorities.
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