ABOHAR
Blood donation camp: About 30 students today donated blood during a camp organised by the Kenway College of Education here on Tuesday with the help of the local blood bank. The Nehru Memorial Civil Hospital had provided a team for this event. Lecturers— Vipul Narang, Ajmer Singh and Ekta were in the first batch of donors in the camp today. SMO Ramesh Verma and CMO Vineet Loona were also present.
AMRITSAR
Varsity practical exams
from March 4: The practical examinations of Guru Nanak Dev University will commence from March 4, a varsity press note said here on Monday. Registrar R.S. Bawa said all colleges affiliated to the university had been asked to collect roll numbers of regular candidates immediately from the University Examination Branch. — TNS
Sr IT Appellate member retires:
After 38-year-long service in the Department of Income Tax and presently retiring as member, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Amritsar Bench, Joginder Pall described his stint as satisfying and a rewarding experience. Pall said his four-decade-long government service had been a tremendous learning experience as many of his landmark judgements had been reported in Income Tax Reporter and similar journals.
Barnala
Eye camp: A free eye camp was organised at Raisar village by the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Foundation, about 10 km from here today. As many as 300 patients were checked for various eye ailments. A team of doctor led by Dr Tanu Garg treated the patients. About 24 patients were given contact lenses This camp was organised in the memory of Kuldeep Singh Sekhon and Hardeep Garewal of Canada. Bhola Singh Virk, SAD general council member, also participated in the camp.
BATALA
Motor cycle dealer held: The kingpin of a gang of motor cycle dealers was arrested here on Monday in a case of cheating, forgery and dealing in stolen vehicles. Eight persons, Navjot Singh, Manjeet Simgh, Ramesh Kumar, Balwinder Singh, Pal Singh , Major Singh, Harpal Singh and Rajinder Singh, all of nearby areas, got motor cycles financed on a hire-purchase scheme from M/s Achleshwar Fincaps Ltd here. They forged the registration certificates and sold the vehicles at throwaway prices to four dealers of Amritsar, namely Mohal Lal, Jaswant Singh, Vicky and Shiva. A case has been registered under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471, IPC, against the eight persons.
Bathinda
Youth festival: The Punjab Technical Institutions Sports (PTIS) would organise the 10th state-level inter-polytechnic youth festival for boys on February 28, 29 and March 1 at Government Polytechnic College here, managing secretary in a press release said today. In addition, the PTIS would also hold an athletic meet on April 2 and 3 at the Guru Nanak Dev Polytechnic, Ludhiana, and an inter-polytechnic tech-fest would be organised on April 24 and 25 at the GTB Khalsa Polytechnic College,
Chhapianwali, Malout.
Honoured: A social organisation, Goodwill Society, at the prize distribution function held on Goodwill School premises on Monday honoured Hari Ram and Jagmohan Kaushal for their contributions towards society.
Farewell Party:
The students of Guru Nanak Dev Public Senior Secondary School here held a party to bid adieu to the students of class X and XII on Tuesday.
Mansa
Annual Function: Annual function was celebrated in Punjab Public School, Mansa today. The function started with the lighting of a lamp by chief guest followed by “Saraswati Vandna” and “Shabad”. Daljeet Singh Gill, chairman of the managing committee, welcomed the chief guest and parents. On this occasion, students presented folk dances of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. There were lot of items like Punjabi skit, English play, action songs, solo dance et al. Principal Manish Goyal presented the annual report of the school. The chief guest Harbans Singh Sandhu, D.E.O. (S.E.), Mansa, appreciated the management for opening a modern school in this educationally backward area.
Conference: Farmers of Mansa will hold a farmers’ conference on February 28 to demand for a reasonable price for the acquired land and 80 per cent employment in the proposed thermal plant which is to be established on the acquired land. Informing about this, district general secretary of the Punjab Kissan Union, Balkaran Balli, said that farmers would also demand for the rejection of cases, which were registered against the protesting farmers.
Phagwara
Girl rescued, kidnapper held: The police here rescued an infant girl, Gayatri, from the clutches of a kidnapper, Piara, alias Paltu, near Mauli village. Stating this, Phagwara DSP H.P.S. Khakh said Paltu,a permanent resident of Bihar, had abducted the four-year-old girl from Sukhchain Nagar areas on February 17.
TARN
TARAN
One booked: Gurpal Singh of Pandori Takhat Mal village,14 km from here, has been booked for not going back to jail after the expiry of his parole period. Police sources said here on Tuesday that the accused who had been undergoing imprisonment at the Central Jail, Amritsar, was on parole from January 8 to February 6, 2008. He failed to go to back to jail, after the expiry of the parole period. A case under Section 8(2) 9 Good Conduct Act, 1992, has been registered at Chabal police station.
