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Amritsar BATHINDA FARIDKOT Health week: All those suffering from mental ailments will be extended free legal services, said Mr U.S.Gera, District and Sessions Judge, while addressing the inaugural session of Mental Health week at Ferozeshah village, on Tuesday. Hoshiarpur Ban orders: Mr D K Tiwari, Deputy Commissioner, has reimposed Section 144 CrPC in the district. He has banned the assembly of five and more persons, taking out of processions without permission , shouting of slogans, carrying of unlicensed firearms and sharp-edged weapons in public places in the district. He has also banned the use of military colour Jalandhar destitute’ home: Under a noble initiative, senior citizens and orphans will soon have a home, ‘Apna Ghar’ here with facilities like dispensary, school and vocational training institute among others. The Rotary Club of Jalandhar Greater has taken the initiative to build a home for needy orphans and the aged at Canal Road, Godaipur, Jalandhar. Bhoomi poojan ceremony was held on Sunday at the proposed land site. KHANNA Invited: Dr S.S. Vithal, national vice-president of the Indian Institute of Homoeopathic Physicians, has been invited as chief speaker at the national homoeopathic seminar for North East doctors to be held at Guwahati on October 22 and 23. Dr Vithal will speak on homoeopathy for acute ailments and homoeopathic management of paediatrics. He is the first homoeopath from Punjab who has been given this opportunity. Nawanshahr Two arrested: Tarsem Singh and Gurdip Singh have been arrested under Sections 8, 9 of the Prevention of Corruption act, for allegedly trying to bribe the SSP, Mr Arun Pal Singh on Monday. Office-bearers: The following have been elected office-bearers of the local unit of Punjab and Chandigarh Patrakar Parishad: president — Mr Rakesh Nayyar; vice-president — Mr Vivek Markanda; secretary — Mr Vasdev Pardesi; joint secretary — Mr Amit Sharma and treasurer — Mr Bahadur Chand Arora. Phagwara BJP meeting: Punjab BJP president Avinash Rai Khanna has summoned a state executive meeting of the party on October 15 at Nangal. Stating this, Mr Khanna told newsmen here on Tuesday that the meeting would finalise the programme of BJP national president Lal Krishan Adwani, who will be visiting Jalandhar on October 23 to
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Bilaspur Kangra Shimla Campaign: To draw the attention of the government towards the problem of man-animal conflict in the state the Gian Vigyan Samiti will launch a state-wide campaign to ensure that it becomes an issue in the ensuing panchayat elections. The data collected by samiti, which organised a farmers’ conferences to discuss the issue, here on Sunday revealed that as many as 2269 out of the total 3000 panchayats in the state were affected by the problem of human-animal conflict in one form or the other. Protest rally: The Lok Morcha, a joint forum of the Left organisation, will organise a state-level rally on October 27, here in protest against the ruinous policy of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation of the UPA government. Addressing a press conference, here on Sunday, Mr Kashmir Singh, convener of the morcha, said the purpose of the rally would be to educate people about the policies which would
spell doom for the country’s economy in the long run.
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