AMRITSAR
Fake currency seized, 2 held: The Amritsar (Rural) police on Monday arrested two persons and recovered more than Rs 6 lakh from them, while one of their accomplices managed to escape from the spot. Iqbal Singh, district police chief, said the accused were Paramjit Singh, alias Panna, of Guruwali village and Jobanjit Singh, alias Nitu, of Mohni Park near Khalsa College here. The third accomplice was Gurmit Singh, alias Geeta, of Guruwali area.
Centre in genetic engineering: The Government of India will establish a centre of excellence in genetic engineering at Guru Nanak Dev University here, besides starting M Sc in nano science and technology course from the next academic session 2008-09. Disclosing this, Dr Jai Rup Singh, vice-chancellor of the university, said the Central government had already accorded its approval in principle to set up the centre in the university premises, adding that the government had also sanctioned a grant of Rs 3 crore for starting the prestigious course.
Banur
ISO certification: The Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital has got the ISO 9001-2000 certification, joining an elite group of few ISO certified healthcare institutions in Punjab. Dr
A.S. Sekhon, dean of Gian Sagar Colleges, said the certification has also been secured by Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital and Gian Sagar College of Nursing.
Hoshiarpur
Woman
alleges rape: A woman of Kiampur village was allegedly raped by a person of the same village on Saturday. The woman complained to the police that she along with her sister-in-law and the accused, identified as Harbhajan Singh, son of Sian Dass, went to work under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme. Her sister-in-law left early to fetch some medicines. In her absence, Harbhajan Dass allegedly raped her. A case has been registered.
Jalandhar
Vend allotment: Draw for the allotments of liquor vends falling under the jurisdiction of Jalandhar I and II will be held at Red Cross Bhawan in Lajpat Nagar here at 9 am on March 12. Assistant excise and taxation commissioner, Jalandhar I, stated this in a press note issued on Monday.
Nawanshahr
DBA appointments: JS Deol and Sapna Arora were elected president and secretary, respectively, of the district bar association here on Monday. As many as 151 members exercised their franchise in the election. Pawan Kumar Sharma and Jaswant Singh Naurad were elected, unopposed, to the posts of vice president and cashier respectively.
Sports day: MBG Government College, Pojewal organised its annual sports day on the college campus on Monday. The students participated in various sports and athletic events. Gurlal Singh and Pooja Brahmpuri were adjudged best athletes in boys and girls category, respectively.
PATIALA
YPS Academic Day: Yadavindra Public School celebrated its 59th Academic Day, here on Monday. Maharani Parneet Kaur, member of parliament and member of of YPS board of governors was the chief guest. A variety of programmes, including an exhibition, were held to mark the occasion.
Seminar: The local branch of Northern India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India held a seminar on Budget-2008, here on Monday. Girish
Ahuja, an expert in income tax, was here from New Delhi to enlighten the CAs about the new budget proposals.
Scholarships awarded: Sikh
Lehar, a US-based organisation, actively engaged in promotion of Sikh values, awarded scholarships worth Rs 1,500 per month each to 11 students of the department of Gurmat
Sangeet, Punjabi University, at a function on Monday.
Appointed: Dr Rakesh Sharma has been appointed director,
Ayush, by the Punjab government. According to a press release issued on Monday, his appointment has been made through the Commission. The result can also be seen on website
www.ppsc.gov.in.
TARN TARAN
JEs stage dharna: Members of the Council of Junior Engineers, PSEB, staged a state-level dharna in front of the office of the deputy chief engineer here on Monday in protest against the political victimising to leaders of the organisation. Junior engineers from Gurdaspur and Amritsar, besides Tarn Taran, participated in the dharna. Balbir Singh Pandher, president of the border zone of the association, condemned the state government for transferring office-bearers of the council for no fault.
