Abohar
Pilgrims progress: Under the banner of Shri Amarnath Langar Sewa Samiti, the first batch of 60 volunteers left this sub-divisional town on Friday. They took along four canter-loads of food and other items that were required for running the ‘bhandara’ (free kitchen) during the pilgrimage at Pissu Top, located at a height of 11,000 feet on the Pahalgam-Chandanwari route. The ‘bhandara’ would be inaugurated on June 18.
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AMRITSAR
Refresher course: The Academic Staff College (ASC) of GND University, in collaboration with Department of Library and Information Science of the university, will organise a 3-week refresher course in library and information science on "Recent Trends in Library and Information Science" from July 18 at premises of the college. Dr H.S. Bhatia, director, ASC, said the prescribed application form could be downloaded at www.gndu.ac.in. Dr Amritpal Kaur, head of the department, is the subject coordinator of the course.
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Hoshiarpur
Six-month-old girl abandoned: The parents of a six-month-old girl abandoned her in government hospital here. The child, who is too weak, was found crying on a chair in front of the outdoor patients department. Civil hospital senior medical officer Gurdev Singh said the girl was left at about 1.30 pm on Friday. The baby was brought in, tended properly in the emergency ward and then a search was launched for the parents. The hospital authorities have informed
the Model Town police in this connection. — OC
PU’s gesture to girl child: Appreciating the decision of Panjab University (PU) to reserve one seat for the girl who is a single child of her parents and another seat for cancer and HIV patients in all courses offered by the university and the colleges affiliated to it, MP Avinash Rai Khanna has demanded a similar type of reservation in all other universities falling in the affluent regions i.e. Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. Khanna has stated that it would not only help in correcting the unbalanced sex ratio, but also curb female foeticide.
— OCJalandhar
Two nabbed: The BSF headquarters Punjab frontiers have nabbed two Indian smugglers and seized 4 kg of heroin from their possession. The PRO of the force said Pipal Singh and Balwinder Singh, both residents of Tarn Taran, surrendered on the night of June 11 in the Khemkaran sector on this side of the border
security fence. — TNS
Mansa
Dalits protest boycott: Hundreds of labourers of village Khadal Kalan submitted a memorandum to the DC, Mansa, against the social boycott of Dalit labourers by the rich people of this village. This delegation was led by state secretary of the Mazdoor Mukti Morcha, Bhagwant Singh Samaon. In the memorandum, they demanded the implementation of eight hours’ work and action against those who had socially boycotted the labourers. After addressing the labourers, Bhagwant said it was very shameful that the Dalits had been facing the social boycott even after 60 years of Independence.
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NAWANSHAHR
Hiking, trekking camp: Rajesh Chandel, vice-principal, Kirpal Sagar Academy, near Rahon (Nawanshahr), has been selected camp commandant for the hiking and trekking camp scheduled for June 18 to 27 at different places in Manali by the Directorate of the Youth Services, Punjab. About 120 campers will participate in the camp.
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‘Field Day’ held:The District Soil and Water Conservation Department organised a "Field Day" at nearby Langroya village on Thursday to make farmers aware about the drip irrigation system. Dr Amarpal Singh, ADC, presided. About 300 farmers participated.
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SANGRUR
ITI students hold protests: On a call of the “ITIs Bachao Front Punjab”, students of the ITIs on Thursday burnt effigies and held demonstrations throughout the state against the proposed handing over of ITIs to private companies, registration of a case against 425 students, harassment of the families of students by the police, and attacks on the ITI students and employees by “anti-social” elements.
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