Abohar
Felicitated: The newly-elected team of the state unit of the National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA) led by president Kamal Bharti of Malerkotla was felicitated at a function organised by the local unit on Wednesday night under the Continuous Medical Education Programme (CMEP). Subhash Nagpal, a former state president of the NIMA, presided over the function while Ravi Gangeja, District Ayurvedic Officer, was among the special guests.
SDM orders action against encroachers: SDM-cum-administrator of the municipal council here has asked the executive officer of the council to take immediate action against the shopkeepers, who had allegedly encroached upon the municipal land in the Nehru Market located near bazaar No. 4, taxi stand. Some residents had complained that some shopkeepers had encroached in such a manner that it virtually became unsafe to pass through.
Honoured: The Duke of Edinburgh award recipient Raghav Sharda, national archers Akshay Satija, Vishesh Batra, Karamanyata Ranade, Japinder and Milan, and others, who brought laurels to the LRS DAV Senior Secondary School here were honoured at a function that was organised in the school campus on Wednesday night. Additional deputy commissioner Jaskiran Singh was the chief guest while zonal director of the DAV Schools B.C. Josan presided over the function. The students enthralled the gathering with folk dances and songs.
Amritsar
Teenager kidnapped: A 17-year-old girl was kidnapped from her house by four youths in Waraich village under Beas police station on Wednesday. As per the complaint lodged by Malkit Singh, uncle of the victim, four accused namely Gurpreet Singh, Jasbir Singh, Atma Singh and Tehal Singh entered their house on Tuesday and forcibly took away Harjinder Kaur, daughter of Lakhwinder Singh, a resident of Khanpur, with them. A case has been registered.
GND varsity results today: The results of B.Com (Professional) Part I and B.Com (Bachelor of Computer-Aided Management) Part II examinations of Guru Nanak Dev University held in April, 2008, will be declared on Friday. These will be available as well on university website www.gndu.ac.in after 5 p.
Bathinda
Excise gaze on dhabas: The excise and taxation department has prepared a list of dhabas to whom notices would be sent to get themselves registered with the department and to file quarterly assessments. According to the sources, the department has short-listed 19 dhabas in Bathinda district, 17 in Mansa, 10 in Sangrur, 8 in Muktsar and 6 in Barnala district. It is pertinent to mention here that even though the VAT was imposed on the high-income category dhabas, not even a single dhaba was charged the VAT until now.
Chandigarh
Bularia sworn in: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon administered oath of office and secrecy to the newly elected MLA from Amritsar (South) Inderbir Singh Bularia in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here today. Disclosing this, a government spokesman said Badal wished Bularia a bright future to serve the people of his constituency, who had reposed faith in him. Bularia has been elected MLA from Amritsar (South) constituency that had fallen vacant after the death of his father, SAD MLA Raminder Singh
Bularia.
FATEHGARH SAHIB
Clothes distributed: District Red Cross Society distributed clothes among poor children of government elementary school in Saidpura village. Forty-eight children were distributed clothes and they were motivated to do good work besides doing their studies.
GURDASPUR
Moveable barracks: Additional director-general of police (ADGP) Rajan Gupta inaugurated fibre-based moveable barracks in Madhopur near Pathankot on Thursday. Designed by the Punjab Police Housing Corporation, the barracks replaced tents. The ADGP dedicated five such barracks to the cops deployed along border of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir in
Madhopur.
Lok Adalats: To resolve criminal, civil, matrimonial and other cases, Lok Adalats would be held in Gurdaspur, Batala and Pathankot on May 31. A majority of the cases taken up at the adalats would be sorted out on the spot.
Mansa
Countering drug abuse: Deputy commissioner Surjeet Singh Dhillon while inaugurating a cricket tournament here on Thursday said the main purpose of the tournament was to mobilise the youth against drug addiction. He demanded cooperation of social organisations to eradicate the menace, adding that drug de-addiction camps would be held in villages to counter the problem. On the occasion, the office-bearers of the chemist associations assured that they would provide full cooperation to eradicate drug addiction.
Career counselling camp: In search of meritorious and talented students from the Mansa region, the Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering and Technology, situated on Chandigarh-Patiala highway, would organise a career counselling and education test on June 8 to help and guide the students to choose a career in the fields of medical, engineering, management, pharmacy and civil services. This was stated by the spokesperson of the institute, Harwinder Singh, in a press release issued here on Thursday.
Malerkotla
Two hurt in mishap: Two persons were injured in an accident on the Naudhrani road here on Thursday. According to information Ram Singh and Pyara Singh were coming to Malerkotla on their motorcycle when it collided with a car near railway gate. Both riders were seriously injured and admitted to a hospital here.
Patiala
Camp concludes: Adult education camp for men and women running at the Central Jail, Patiala, simultaneously for the last four months by the Rotary Club Patiala mid town, concluded here today amidst an impressive function organised on the jail’s premises. The DGP (Prisons) Mohammad Izhar Alam was the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion Alam said Rotary Club asked the president and project incharge O.P. Gupta to continue the same work.
RAJPURA
Samples collected: The chief medical officer, along with a team of food inspector, collected samples from various eating joints and general stores in Rajpura. CMO Avtar Singh along with the staff collected samples from different village Jansla and wholesale shops. He said the samples collected from various parts of Patiala had failed and a recommendation for action had been initiated in this connection, he said.
DC’s visit: The deputy commissioner of Patiala visited the flood prone areas of Rajpura and take stock of the situation in various villages where it is suspected that water during rainy season could damage the fields and houses. DC Dharamjit Singh Garewal inspected areas of Sular, Devigarh, Dhur Mandi, Lachhru, Utsar, Samaspur, Nanheri, Narwana Branch and Panjhi areas.
Sangrur
Labourers’ bodies recovered: After efforts of 19 hours bodies of the two labourers, who were buried alive on Monday while working at an abandoned well at Roopaherri village 10 km from here were recovered. The labourers were buried when a chunk of earth fell on them while they were extracting old bricks from the 25-foot-deep well. The police on Tuesday said the deceased, Nur Salam (22) from Bengal and Raj Pal (19) from Rajasthan, had been working in the fields of Balbir Singh for a few years.
