Amritsar
Panja Sahib pilgrims: The pilgrims desirous of participating in Baisakhi celebrations at Panja Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan may deposit their passports in the Yatra Department of the SGPC by March 9, said an SGPC press note here on Thursday.
Annual function: Around 200 students from various disciplines of the Khalsa College for Women
were awarded here on Thursday for their achievements in different fields. The winners were honoured by Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina of Khalsa College Governing Council and NRI Gurhimmat Singh.
The students also presented a one-act play “Katha Hai Badli” on the occasion.
Bathinda
Road accident: In a road mishap, Joginder Singh of village Kharak Singh Wala was crushed to death by a private bus bearing number PB 30C-4982, outside the bus stand at Maur today. The volunteers of an NGO rushed him to the civil hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver of the bus identified as Bhappa Singh of Mansa managed to flee from the spot. Maur police has registered a case under section 304A of the IPC.
Body found: The body of a thirty-year-old, Gurdeep Singh of Naruaana village was found at the Bathinda-Dabwali railway track, here today. Volunteers of the Sahara Jan Seva after receiving information of the body rushed to the spot. The staff of the GRP reached the spot and after gathering the pieces of the body it was sent for the post mortem at Bathinda Civil Hospital. The GRP is investigating the matter.
Donated: The best weight looser team of the Fitness championship today donated medicines worth Rs. 10,000 to the Sahara Jan Seva, an NGO.
Chandigarh
Panel on farm debt waiver: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has formed a committee to study implications of debt waiver in the union Budget for farmers of Punjab. Harcharan Bains, media adviser to the Chief Minister, said chief secretary Ramesh Inder Singh would head the committee and the financial commissioners, development, revenue, cooperation, principal secretary, finance, and registrar, cooperative societies, Punjab, were its members.
Hoshiarpur
Mahashivratri celebrated: Mahashivratri was celebrated with great enthusiasm here on Thursday. Men and women in groups took out “parbhat pheris” in
various localities at the crack of dawn. Thousands of persons thronged Lord Shiva temples
and offered prayers. Free langars were organised to mark the celebration. A big fair was held at
the Guru Dronacharya temple, Shivbari, Gagret, 24 km from here.
Mansa
Dharna by Cong workers: Congress workers in Mansa district on Thursday staged a demonstration in front of the Vigilance Bureau office here in protest against the arrest of Congress leader and vice-chairman of the Central Cooperative Bank, Mansa, Satpal Verma. Surjeet Singh Kahangarh, chairman of the bank, and Satpal were facing allegations over accepting bribes in the recruitment of gunmen.
Nawanshahr
Govt attitude resented: The government has been adopting an apathetic attitude towards the institutions providing higher education facilities to the poor in rural areas. This was stated by the Punjab Un-Aided Rural Colleges Association at a meeting held at Maharaj Lal Das Brahmanand Bhuriwale Girls College, Tapparian Khurd (Nawanshahr) recently. Representatives of managements and principals of 26 un-aided rural colleges of the state participated in the meeting.
Sports meet: SAI College of Education, Jadla, organised annual athletic meet on Wednesday. Chairman PK Johar was the chief guest and gave away prizes to the winners. The students
of B.Ed. ETT and PGDCA participated in different sports and athletic
events. The overall trophy
was won by ETT
students.
PATIALA
Honoured: The Hospital Welfare section of the Patiala Red Cross Society honoured Pran Sabharwal of National Theatre Arts Society at their cultural and prize distribution function held at Red Cross Bhawan on Thursday. Sabharwal and his wife were honoured for their outstanding contribution towards theatre movement and social services.
Inaugurated: Capt Kanwaljit Singh, cabinet minister for cooperation, Punjab, inaugurated the building of district office complex of Markfed at SST Nagar, here on Thursday. He lauded the contribution of Markfed in the agricultural economy of Punjab, especially in the field of supply of inputs and marketing of agricultural produce.
Sangrur
Sangrur school to shift: The local Government Senior Secondary School for Girls will get its new building soon when PUDA hands over the newly constructed building of the school (near Banasar Garden) to the Education Department this month. The senior classes running in the 100-year-old building of the school will be shifted to the new building for the ensuing academic session. The new school buildings are coming up on 4 acres.
