AMRITSAR
Lok Adalat: As many as 111 cases were disposed of amicably on Saturday in the quarterly Lok Adalat. The District Legal Services Authority held the adalat at the district courts here. Mr Gurdev Singh, District and Sessions Judge, in a press note stated that in all 390 cases were taken up. He informed that so far 2097 cases had been resolved through Lok Adalats in the city.

Vanamahotsava: Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Saturday organised Vanamahotsava camp at Ajanta Public School here. Over 100 students and officials of the bank participated. Mr S.S. Bhatia, Assistant General Manager, PNB, was also present.

Gurdaspur
Suvidha camp: The local administration on Saturday organised a ‘suvidha camp’ in Dera Baba Nanak area of the district. As many as 25 government departments participated. Mr Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture who represents the area, inaugurated the camp. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Vivek Pratap, was also present on the occasion. The Department of Transport issued licenses on the spot. Enquiries for passports and arms licenses were conducted by the police officials. Health Department officials organised medical camps and the Department of Social Security issued pension at the camps.

Hoshiarpur
Lok Adalat: A quarterly Lok Adalat was held on Saturday in the Session Court complex at Hoshiarpur, under chairmanship of Mr G.K. Rai, District and Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur. As many as 128 cases were taken up of which 60 were disposed of amicably.

Patiala
HONOURED: The Red Cross Society held a function at the local Government Girls Senior Secondary School here on Wednesday to honour girls-cadets who took part in the Independence Day March past parade. Ms Pushpa Devi, Assistant Sub Inspector, Traffic Police, honoured the cadets, Mr Vijay Kumar Goyal, vice-president, Red Cross Society, gave certificates to the students. Prominent among others present were Ms Manjit Kaur Cheema and Ms Jatinder Kaur Pal.

Phagwara
Competitions: The Bharat Vikas Parishad organised mehndi and ragoli competitions at the local Kamla Nehru College for Women here on Sunday. Gurpreet Kaur and Poonam won the first prizes in the junior and senior wings in mehndi, respectively, while Anuradha got the first place in rangoli. State convener of the parishad Baldev Katiyal and college Principal Mrs Kusum Verma gave away the prizes to the winners.

TALK: A talk on “Role of yoga in body fitness” along with exercises was organised during the general body meeting of a unit of the Bharat Vikas Parishad at Modern Housing Complex here on Sunday. Mr C.D. Bhardwaj, district president, Bhartiya Yog Sansthan, described the yoga in details and told the remedies of common diseases.

ORGANISED: A freshers party was organised by the Commerce Association of Government College, Sector 11, on Wednesday. Pahlad Aggarwal, Principal, presided over the function. Aditya Jindal won the Mr Fresher title and Miss Fresher title went to Priyanka. Mr Akhil and Ms Prabhjot were declared runners up.

LECTURE: A lecture on “Teaching effectiveness”, was delivered by Prof Vidhu Mohan, psychologist, at the Government College of Education, Sector 20, here on Wednesday. She impressed upon having good communication skills and to develop personality traits among the teachers. The series of talks which were a part of a week-long orientation programme concluded with this lecture.

Ambala
QUIZ: A quiz was held in Hargolal Kanya School on Wednesday. The competition was organised by the Rashtrabhasha Vichar Manch. In junior group, Nisha Yadav won first prize, Neeti got second and Sandhya was third. In senior group, Nancy was first, Savitri won second and Pooja Sharma was third. The prizes were given away by the Municipal Council, president Ambala Sadar, Ms Neelam Sharma.

JHAJJAR
One held: The district police arrested a man and seized about 5 kg of charas from his possession near Birdhana village of the district on Saturday. According to police sources, a patrolling party detained Surender, a resident of Bihar. On being searched, about 5 kg of charas was recovered from him. The police registered a case under the NDPS Act and arrested him.

PANIPAT
Cases settled: Over seven dozen cases were settled in a special Lok Adalat organised for settling pending bank cases at the district court complex here on Saturday. The Lok Adalat was presided over by the Additional District Judge, Mr S.K. Gupta. As many as 349 cases of different banks were taken up for settlement and 88 of them were settled.

REWARI
Condemned: Taking exception to the senior BJP leader Randhir Singh Kapriwas’s indefinite fast, which he began here on Saturday, Congress leader Ved Prakash Vidrohi has described it as a “political gimmick” engineered to gain cheap popularity. He said that the issues relating to the power and water crises had now become redundant because of improvement in the situation.

Killed: Lal Chand (72), a security guard of a TV company, near Dharuhera, was allegedly done to death by some assailants on Friday night. The body, which was recovered by the Dharuhera police on Saturday morning was sent to the Community Health Centre, Bawal, where doctors conducted a post-mortem examination. The police has registered a case of murder under Section 302 of the IPC.

SONEPAT
Assaulted: Three unidentified armed youths reportedly entered the pharmaceutical factory near Badh Khalsa village, about 15 km from here, on Saturday night and assaulted the owner of the factory who was in asleep there. The alleged assailants decamped with three mobile phones, one watch and cash from it. The owner of the factory sustained head injuries during the assault and he became unconscious. He, however, gained consciousness at 4 a.m. and informed the chowkidar about the incident.

Dalhousie
Rail link demanded: Residents of Dalhousie have urged the Union Government to link Dalhousie and Chamba hill resorts with a rail line from the railway junction at Pathankot from the tourism point of view. These scenic places are visited by many tourists and the rail link can add much to their facility, thereby giving a fillip to the thriving tourism industry of this scenic hilly region.

KULU:
Child dies: A child, Raju (10) son of Mr Ram Bahadur, died in an accident at Raskat village near Manikaran on Friday. It was learnt that five children were travelling in a tractor (HP-32-2077) when it rolled into a deep gorge. Two of the children were admitted to the zonal hospital here in serious condition. The driver of the tractor escaped with minor injuries. The body of the deceased was handed over to the parents after post-mortem.

Harassment alleged: The police arrested Ramesh Thakur from Babeli village on Friday after his wife lodged a complaint accusing him harassing her for dowry. She also alleged that her husband had extramarital relations with another woman. A case under Sections 498 A, 320 B and 427 IPC has been registered.

NURPUR
Insurance claim: The Kangra District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in a camp held here on Saturday ordered the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, Nurpur branch, to release Rs 1 lakh to a complainant, Bishamber Singh of Badla Dhameta village, as insurance claim. The complainant, who had bought a life insurance policy (151336811) worth Rs 1 lakh for his wife Visho Devi on September 28, 2003, following a heart attack.

Parwanoo
PAINTING COMPETITION: The Apollo Tyres organised a painting competition at the local Giri Mandir. The competition was divided into two age groups. In group (A) children of age group between 4-8 years and the (B) group between 9-12 age group. In the group A, Akshita, Vivek and Diksha Gupta were delcared first, second and third, respectively. In the group B, Harpreet Kaur, Swati Kaushal and Swati Rai got first, second and third position, respectively.