Abohar
Quiz contest: An inter-college quiz contest was organised by Bhag Singh Haryer Khalsa College for Women at Kala Tibba village, near here on Wednesday. At the contest, the host team stood first while DAV College, Malout, and DAV College, Abohar, were the first and second runners-up, respectively.
Eye donation: The family of a noted social activist Bimla Devi Nagori on Wednesday fulfilled her wish to donate her eyes before cremation. She had signed the BVP pledge form wishing that her eyes should be donated after her death. She passed away late on Tuesday night.
AMRITSAR
Beating the Retreat timings: The timings of the Beating the Retreat ceremony at the Attari joint check-post have been changed in view of the change in season. It will now commence at 5 pm, informed Lakhmir Singh, deputy commandant, sector headquarter.
National seminar ends: Around three dozen research papers were presented by academicians and intellectuals on the concluding day of the two-day national seminar on "Changing Perspectives of Study of Punjabi Fiction" organised by Guru Nanak Dev University here on Wednesday.
Netaji’s birth anniversary: The 111th birth anniversary of Subhash Chander Bose was celebrated here on Wednesday by the Azad Hind Fauj Association, Amritsar, and tributes were paid to the great freedom fighter at his statue on the Bhandari Bridge here.
Faridkot
Selected: Out of the 200 students selected from Punjab in the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), 51 belonged to Dashmesh Public School, the principal of the school, Gurcharan Singh, said here on Wednesday. The principal informed that the selected students would represent the state at the national-level tests.
Fazilka
Inaugurated: District education officer (Secondary), Ferozepur, Harabans Singh Chahal inaugurated the newly constructed block at the Government Senior Secondary School in Lalowali village, 6 km from here on Wednesday. An annual function was also organised on the occasion. The DEO distributed prizes among the meritorious students in the fields of education, sports and scouts.
Moga
Lecture: Yojana Rawat, reader in the Hindi department of correspondence studies in Punjab University, Chandigarh, delivered a lecture on “Nayee Kahani; Samvedna Aur Shilp” at DM College here on Wednesday.
PATHANKOT
Swami Swatantranand: Swami Swatantranand Memorial College, Dinanagar, organised a function in honour of Swami Swatantranand, a veteran leader of the Arya Samaj, at Dinanagar on Wednesday.
Faulty sewerage system: Residents of Golden Avenue protested here on Wednesday against the faulty sewerage system. R.N. Sekhari, president of the Golden Avenue Welfare Society, presented a memorandum to SDM Munsavi Kumar and demanded the supply of pure drinking water to residents.
PATIALA
First polyclinic: Dr A.S. Sekhon said here on Tuesday that Zirakpur got its first polyclinic and sample collection centre Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital’s initiative. Giving this information, Dr A.S. Sekhon, principal of the medical college and hospital, said the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust had selected Zirakpur for setting up of the polyclinic since it had no organised facility of this kind so far. He said that plans were also on the anvil for setting up of such facilities at Rajpura and Chandigarh. Dr Sekhon said it had been decided to keep the rates of the clinical tests low so that these were affordable.
Play presented: Dedicating the performance to the sweet memory of renowned urdu poet Jigar Jalandhari on his 74th birthday, the students of Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology presented a play “Aagaz Ik Khoobsoorat Soch”, strongly condemning the dreaded evil of female foeticide, written and directed by NTAS product Surjit Singh, at Baradari Gardens, here on Wednesday.
