Abohar
Art of Living: The six-day Art of Living camp organised by the Vyakti Vikas Kendra, Bangalore at the BSF sector headquarters here concluded on Saturday.

Function: The annual function of K.G. High School here was organised on Saturday where students presented a cultural programme.

Rally: The Lions Club, Mandi-Abohar, organised a drug awareness rally in the upper streets of Nai Abadi locality here on Saturday. Close to 400 students and teachers marched through the streets raising slogans against the menace.

AMRITSAR
GND varsity to start M.Sc in nano science: The Ministry of Science and Technology has allowed Guru Nanak Dev University to start M.Sc course in nano science and technology from the academic session 2009. Dr Jai Rup Singh, vice-chancellor, GND varsity, said on Saturday that the course would be started under the Nano Science and Technology Initiative (NSTI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi. He said the DST had sanctioned about Rs 3 crore for it. The admission to the course would be on the basis of the all-India entrance examination to be conducted by the DST.

BASSI PATHANA
Youth training camp: A youth training camp was held on Saturday. Senior youth Akali leader and son of Sirhind MLA Didar Singh, Gurwinder Singh Bhatti, addressed the camp. He said government was making all possible efforts to provide jobs to the youth as well as it was initiating various schemes for self-employment. Prof R.S.Uppal, Prof Gurpal Singh also addressed the camp.

BATHINDA
Cold claims life: A passenger, who alighted from a train, reportedly died of cold on Saturday. His condition was reportedly serious on Platform number 6 at Bathinda railway station. Volunteers of the Sahara Jan Sewa took him into amblance, but he died on the spot.

Poisonous weed: Around eight goats died after grazing suspectedly poisonous weed near Lake No. 2 in Bathinda on Friday.

Fazilka
Arrested: The city police on Saturday nabbed Harbans Singh of Jhuge Labh Singh village and Jit Singh of Rana village and recovered 28 kg poppy husk from them.

Jalandhar
Fight against social evils: A newly constituted NGO, Hindu Jagriti Manch spread awareness against different social evils including female feticide and drug addiction in a public gathering organised at Lambra village here on Saturday.

New ICU: Punjab local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia will inaugurate a new intensive care unit (ICU) at Satyam Hospital and Trauma Centre on Sunday afternoon. Stating this, the hospital MD Dr Rajesh Pasricha said the unit has been upgraded thrice since its inception and would provide facilities at par with the international standards.

KAPURTHALA
Prisoner dies in hospital: An undertrial lodged in Kapurthala district jail, Hakam Singh (35) of Nurowal village in Sultanpur Lodhi subdivision, died in the Civil Hospital here on Friday night. Jail superintendent Jaswant Singh Gill said Hakam was a heart patient and had been referred to the hospital. He was undergoing a one-year sentence in a case of fighting registered against him.

LALRU
Thefts: Thieves struck at eight shops on Thursday night decamping with goods and cash worth Rs 40,000. According to the police, the thefts took place at Lalru Mandi and Lehli. The police added that it seemed to be the work of two separate gangs. The matter is being investigated. At Lalru, the gang of thieves entered three shops through the roof while in Lehli; the locks on the shutters of five shops were broken open.

PATHANKOT
Gang of thieves busted: The Kalanaur police on Saturday busted a gang of thieves which was operating in the area for the past six months. SSP Lok Nath Angra said the gang used to steal electric motors installed by farmers in their fields. Three persons, Grace Masih of Dehriwal Kiran, Pritam Singh and Lakha Singh, both of Balagam, had been arrested and 11 motors worth Rs1.10 lakh seized from them. One accused was still absconding.

Train tragedy averted: A major tragedy was averted at Pathankot railway station yard here on Saturday when the Dauladhar Express 4035 and passenger train 3ABT came on the same track. The incident occurred at 9.45 am when the Express coming from Delhi and the passenger train from Amritsar approached on the same track. However, vigilant driver Swaranjit Singh of the passenger train noticed this and applied brakes.