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Amritsar
Verma is ISO
of Damtal: Social worker Dr Nancy Verma of Pathankot has been
elected as international service organiser (ISO) of Inner Wheel Club Damtal, district-307, India. She defeated Uma Bhagat
of Dharamsala. The
election of the district-307 executive committee for the year 2008-09 was held at Amritsar. Dr Verma has also got a state award for social work. Alumni meet: As many as 40 alumni of government medical college, would participate in the golden jublee celebrations of their batch at Amritsar on February 9. Announcing this, Dr Hira Lal Khanna, medical and child specialist of the city, said the doctors from Africa, Canada, UK, Germany and Oman, were expected to attend the event. Eye camp: Lions Club, Amritsar, Golden Avenue, in association with Lions Club, South Hall, London, organised a free eye check up camp today at Lions Eye Hospital, Anjot avenie. Around a dozen patients were examined during the camp by a team of doctors from the local civil hospital, headed by Dr Shalu Aggarwal and Dr Manveen
Kaur. Batala
SDM transferred: Subdivisional magistrate (SDM) Sandeep Rishi was transferred in the same capacity to Amritsar-I on Thursday. The transfer was ordered by Punjab Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh.
CHANDIGARH
5 gazetted officers,
2 NGOs booked: The Vigilance Bureau booked five gazetted officers (GOs) and two non-gazetted officers (NGOs) in seven cases last month. The bureau secured the conviction of one GO, three NGOs and three private persons in five corruption cases. A spokesman of the bureau said cases of disproportionate assets and criminal nature were registered. Those convicted by special courts included Gurcharan Singh, SDO, PSEB, Bhikhiwind, Tarn Taran, Ravi Dutt, reader in the court of JMIC, Ludhiana, Surinderpal Singh, revenue patwari, halqua Mullanpur Garibdas, Mohali, and Gurdev Singh, DPE, Governmernt High School, Khadur Sahib.
Hoshiarpur
15-yr-old girl murdered: Babita, 15-year-old daughter of a migrant labourer, was murdered at Makhangarh village on Friday. According to police sources, Sallu (25), residing in the same village, allegedly killed her with a sickle and fled. Old enmity between Salu and the victim’s family is said to be the reason behind the murder. Cheating case: On the complaint of assistant manager of the main branch of the SBI, Bikramjit Singh, the police on Thursday registered a case for duping the bank of Rs 35,000.
SANGRUR
‘Stop political interference’: The district unit of the Lok Bhalai Party (LBP) has urged political parties and district authorities not to interfere in the elections of truck unions.District president of the party Sardar Ali said interference by political leaders in the elections of truck unions was illegal. Regarding the recently held elections of the Sangrur Truck Operators Union, he said the candidate, elected in a democratic manner, should only be considered president of the union. TARN
TARAN
Husband, in-laws booked: Sarabjit Kaur (27), a married woman, alleged committed suicide by hanging herself in her house at Algon Kothi village on Thursday night. The Valtoha police has registered a case under Section 306, IPC, against her husband Daler Singh, father-in-law Bawa Singh and mother-in-law Balwinder
Kaur. @@Workshop held@@Bathinda: To reduce non-performing assets (NPAs), a workshop by Bathinda Central Co-operative Bank, in association with the Agriculture Co-operative Staff Training Institute, Jalandhar, was organised at the Circuit House, here on Friday. — TNS@@@@Meeting@@Ferozepur: In his first interaction with district officials, the newly-appointed deputy commissioner, Megh Raj, on Friday instructed them to redress public grievances on a priority basis and implement public welfare schemes with dedication and sincerity. — OC@@@@Foundation stone laid@@Ferozepur: MP Zora Singh Mann laid the foundation stone of a panchayat house at village Khai Pheme Ki here on Friday. — OC@@@@Protest@@Moga: As part of the state-wide protest, teacher members of the local chapter of the Shiksha Bachao Manch held a protest in front of
the district administrative complex here on Friday. After a two-hour long dharna, they handed over a memorandum of their demands to the DC. — TNS@@@@Mealy bug@@Moga: To make the farmers aware of Mealy bug, the district administration organised a rally of 10 vehicles to disseminate the information related to the pest with pictorial images and paintings regarding the pest, its symptoms and the ways to tackle the bug pasted over them. — TNS
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