ABOHAR
Celebrations: Entertaining games, solo dances and group dances marked the hostel night celebrations in Bhag Singh Hayer College for Women in village Kala Tibba near here on Friday night. Chairperson Harbaksh Kaur Hayer inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp. The students welcomed principal Parminder Sharma and other guests by applying vermilion on their foreheads before competing in the games most of which were related to their day to day life.  

Eye donation: Social activist Roshan Lal Jain (88) has become the 56th eye donor of the year in the campaign launched by the Bharat Vikas Parishad here since the last April . His sons, last night, contacted the NGO and informed about his last wishes . A team from the Shri Jagdamba Andh Vidylaya and Eye Hospital, Sriganganagar, was immediately called to execute the donation. Last year, eyes of Jain’s wife Dayawanti Jain had also been donated upon her death, Narinder Goyal, in-charge of the campaign said. 

Honoured : The management of the K G High School in the Prem Nagar locality today felicitated the students who had participated in the Unified Cyber Olympiad organised by the Unified Council of Hyderabad. Principal Rai Gupta said that Amit Kumar, Rahul Tungaria, Neha Gupta, Pankaj, Sapna and Pranav Khera had brought laurels with varying ranks in the competitions. 

Holi celebrations : The Aggarwal Sabha here had decided to organise the annual Holi Parivar Milan function on March 30, secretary Pardeep Bansal said today. Women and children will participate only in group items during the cultural programme preparations, which would start on the Monday next at the Anchi Devi Dharamshala here. Children up to two years of age will compete in the healthy and active baby show. Fancy dress competition will be restricted to projecting life of the Indian national heroes, he informed.

Poppy husk seized : The Nohar police, on the other side of Punjab-Rajasthan border, yesterday evening intercepted a car bearing registration number DL-CE-2127 on the Phephana-Ratangarh road and recovered two bags of poppy husk weighing 87 kg, SHO Ismiel Khan said. Both the occupants of the vehicle however managed to escape. The poppy husk was being smuggled to Haryana, preliminary investigation indicated.

Barnala
Seminar: A seminar on 'Human Rights and obstacles in its implementation' was organized at Lal Bhadur Shastri Arya Mahila College here on Saturday. SSP Barnala, Parmjeet Singh Garewal inaugurated the seminar. Speaking on the occasion, Garewal emphasised the need of knowledge of Human Rights. Professor of Punjabi University, Dalbir Kaur, read out a paper on domestic violence. Principal of the college, Neelam Sharma, proposed vote of thanks.

Bathinda
Accident: A man in his early twenties died after being crushed by a train on the Bathinda-Ferozepur rail line near Tania village here on Saturday night. The general railway police (GRP) took the victim to the local civil hospital in critical condition where doctors declared him as brought dead. His both legs and one arm were crushed due to the accident. The body was handed over to his family members after conducting post mortem. The deceased was identified as Sube Singh, a resident of Janta Nagar here. As per reports, he was an employee with the Municipal Corporation here.

BASSI PATHANA
Anniversary: The Brahmghat Mandir committee commemorated the anniversary of saint Baba Ajgawanand Ji Maharaj on Sunday. Thousands of devotees from far-flung area thronged the historical Baba Ajgawanand Brahmghat Mandir to pay their obeisance to the great soul. A havan was performed and bhajan mandlis recited bhajans and katha on the occasion. A langer was also arranged for the devotees.

Ferozepur
3 drug peddlers held: Police has arrested three persons on charges of drug peddling and recovered 4 kgs opium from their possession. Dinesh Pratap SSP told that the arrested persons had been identified as Pala Singh, Angrej Singh, and Balbir Singh. SSP told that during interrogation, the accused told that they had brought the consignment of drugs from Sirsa, Haryana. 

Hoshiarpur
Cash, gold jewellery stolen: Miscreants stole 50 tolas of gold jewellery and Rs 5,000 from Santosh Kaur’s house at Damana village on Saturday. According to sources, Santosh had gone to her parental house at Begowal village and when she returned on Sunday she found all locks of the house broken. She found ornaments and cash missing and reported the matter to the Tanda police. A case is yet to be registered.

Jalandhar
Migrant labourer stabs wife to death: Migrant labourer Jimidara Rai Yadav allegedly stabbed his wife Meera Devi (40) to death after some altercation in the Gandhi Camp locality falling under police station number one on Sunday morning. The police caught Yadav on the statement of his son Deepak Kumar and registered an FIR under section 302 of the IPC.Yadav and his wife reportedly used to quarrel with each other. 

Safai karamcharis seek regularisation :The members of Safai Mazdoor Union (SMU) on Sunday submitted a memorandum to local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia, demanding the regular appointments of safai karamcharis in municipal corporation, Jalandhar. President of SFU, Vikram Kalyan, said the minister had assured recruit of employees on regular basis.

MOHALI
Theft: Ashok Kumar Gupta has complained to the police that Rs 1 lakh was stolen from his car by miscreants on Sunday. According to the police, Gupta said he was visiting Rotary Bhawan in Sector 70. When he came out, he saw his car’s window had been smashed and his briefcase was missing. He alleged that the thieves had taken away Rs 1 lakh lying in the briefcase and some important documents. 

PANCHKULA
Fawn rescued: A four-month-old fawn strayed into Burhj Kotian village from Bir Shikargah on Sunday. The male fawn strayed into the village after stray dogs chased it and was spotted with a female barking deer by a forest guard who rescued it. Later, the fawn was handed over to the officials of Pinjore wildlife department who decided to keep it at the village before it grows up and released into the forests. 

CHANDIGARH
Widening of roads: The widening and strengthening of the Gurgaon-Alwar road and Hodal-Nuh-Pataudi road have been approved under the NCR scheme. An official spokesman said the widening and maintenance works of the two roads would be covered under the scheme for which Rs 588 crore would be spent. 

Bilaspur
Journalists’ body: Himachal Pradesh state journalists federation has nominated the office bearers of Una district journalists association. Saroj Modgil has been appointed president of Una district unit.

Federation state president Jai Kumar said veteran journalist Lalit Sharma would be chief patron of unit and Rajiv Sharma patron while Rajnish Modgil would be senior vice-president, Mukesh Jaswal and Shiv Kumar Sharma vice presidents. Rajesh Sharma appointed general secretary, Vijay Sharma finance secretary, Satish Chanden chief adviser, Susheel Thakur adviser, Pawan Rangra joint secretary, Amit Sharma organising secretary, Manohar Lal press secretary and Chachal Bali spokesman of the organisation. The state federation has formed a district sub-committee of Lalit Sharma, Rajiv Sharma, Saroj Modgil, Rajesh Sharma and Satish Chandan for nominating remaining office bearers and members of the district executive committee.

DHARAMSALA
Training programme: Vice-chancellor of Agricultural University, Palampur, Tej Partap has called upon field veterinary officers to effectively control infectious and contagious diseases among animals, particularly those that could be transmitted to human beings. He was speaking at a three-day training programme on the diagnosis of animal disease “Brucellosis” at Dr GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Palampur in Kangra district on Saturday. Seventeen field veterinarians from various parts of the state took part in the programme that was inaugurated by director of research of the university S.C. Sharma. The VC said animal husbandry was a major contributor to the rural and national economy but animal diseases affect this economy badly. 

Hamirpur
Workshop ends: A two-day workshop organised by the Forest Department under the national bamboo mission concluded here on Sunday. The workshop, attended by 80 farmers, aimed at improving soil conservation and uplifting the economic condition of growers. Bilaspur conservator of forests R.N.Sehgal and the Nalagarh DFO spoke on various aspects of bamboo cultivation and its commercial uses, including utility for soil conservation. 

MANDI
Workshop for farmers: PWD minister Gulab Singh Thakur on Sunday said the government was spending Rs 13.50 crore on agricultural activities and technical inputs. He urged farmers to diversify into growing off-season vegetable and other cash crops to raise their income. He was addressing farmers at a training workshop at Ner Gharwasra panchayat in Jogindernagar subdivision. He laid the foundation stone for the Rs 14.5-lakh Charbag- Nakehad IPH scheme and started work on Rs 8.87-lakh kuhal in the Gunain panchayat area. 

Una
Camp for rural people: A camp was organised to educate rural people about their legal rights and their duties by the District Legal Services Authority Una at Saloh village on Sunday. While addressing the villagers, C.L. Kochar, Additional District and Session Judge cum Presiding Officer Fast Track Court said Indian Constitution had provided the various rights to the people of India, but they were to be enjoyed coupled with duties. He called upon people to settle small disputes amongst themselves instead of approaching the courts. He said equal rights had been provided to son and daughter in parental property. He enlightened the women folk about free legal aid to them in case of cruelty. He said all out efforts were being made to provide equal opportunity to women.