ABOHAR
Mountaineers honoured: Six students of Gopi Chand Arya Mahila College, who had participated in the nine-day mountaineering camp recently organised by the Youth Welfare Department of the Panjab University at
Nauni-based (HP) Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, were given a warm reception on their return here on Wednesday. The team, headed by lecturer Neha
Jain, comprising Upasana, Rima, Hina, Rupali, Kanchan and Manju had excelled in intellectual activities due to positive thinking, devotion to duty and leadership ability, principal Neelam Arun Mittu said. She specially complimented Rima who had been adjudged as 'Best Actress' in cultural competitions held during the camp.
AMRITSAR
Orientation course: Dr Surjit Pattar, an eminent poet and former professor of PAU, Ludhiana, presided over the valedictory function of a four-week general orientation course organised by the Academic Staff College (ASC) of GND University here on Wednesday. More than 20 teachers from colleges and universities of the country participated. Laying stress on teaching skill, Dr Pattar said not cosmetic but radical change in society was the need of the hour. Earlier, Prof H.S. Bhatia, director, ASC, also spoke.
Refresher course: Kalpana Das Gupta, member, National Knowledge Commission, New Delhi, will deliver inaugural address to participants of a three-week refresher course in library and information science at GND varsity here on July 18. Dr H.S. Bhatia, director, Academic Staff College of the university, said forms could also be downloaded from the website
www.gndu.ac.in.
One held for theft: The city police on Wednesday arrested Sonu of Moradabad, UP, after he had snatched a bag containing Rs 40,000 cash from a man near the bus stand here. A dagger and the cash were recovered from the accused. A case of robbery has been registered at Ram Bagh police station here.
2 nabbed with
6 kg opium: The police today arrested two persons with 6 kg of opium smuggled from
Rajasthan. The accused, identified as Gian Singh of Ami Shah village and Jagjot Singh of Aima Khurd village, both in Tarn Taran , were notorious drug-peddlers.
BASSI PATHANA
Diabetes awareness camp: The Mehar Baba Charitable Trust, in collaboration with village
panchayat, Fatehgarh Neuwan, organised the first diabetes awareness camp on Tuesday. A team of doctors and field workers of MBCT took the blood samples of 76 persons between the age group of 18 to 80. The trust also arranged a meeting of the panchayat members, women and girls.
DERA
BASSI
Cattle electrocuted: Three buffalos and a cow were electrocuted near Barwala road, Kuranwala village,
Derabassi. This was noticed by the owner of the electrocuted animals Narsingh. He reported that the animals were eating grass when they got stuck with some naked wires near a small room at the back of the spinning mill in the fields. He alleged that the naked wires were the cause of the accident and it was clear negligence on the part of the management. A case has been
registered.
Ferozepur
Fruit vendor killed: A fruit and vegetable vendor allegedly killed his colleague following a dispute over space to set up his stall in the main bazaar of this town, on Wednesday. The police after registering a case under section 302 of the IPC arrested the accused. Police said that
Monu, a fruit and vegetable vendor quarrelled with his colleague Bhinda (42) to set up his stall at a particular place. Monu had first beaten up Bhinda and then threw off the two-kg 'iron weight' forcibly on Bhinda’s chest following which the latter fell unconscious. He was taken to the local civil hospital where he died.
Jalandhar
Scrap VAT: BSP:Punjab Bahujan Samaj Party general secretary P.D. Shant today criticised the Punjab government for not releasing the next instalment of dearness allowance to its employees. In a press release here, he demanded immediately release the DA instalment with effect from January 1, 2008.Supporting the demand of the sports goods manufacturers, Shant said the state government should withdraw the value added tax (VAT) on sports goods on the pattern of Uttar
Pradesh.
KHARAR
Bereaved: Rattan Kaur, mother of Gurvinder Singh, vice-chairman, Rayat and Bahra Group of Institutes, passed away on Tuesday morning after a brain hemorrhage. Rattan Kaur (70) is survived by two sons and three daughters and was cremated at Purkhal village in
Garshankar.
PATHANKOT
Man robbed: Ram Lal of Dunera in Dhar block, 30 km from here, was robbed by co-passenger of Rs 4,000 and some other belongings here on Wednesday. According to Ram, who was admitted in an unconscious condition to the Civil Hospital here, a co-passenger had given him a cup of tea, drinking which he fell unconscious. His condition is improving.
Spic-Macay function: The 23rd convention of Spic-Macay, a cultural organisation was held at Kohima, Nagaland. Mannu Sharma, coordinator, said 1,200 delegated from different parts of the country participated in the convention and Union minister Manishankar Ayyar was the chief guest.
PATIALA
SBoP centre shifted: State Bank of Patiala shifted its centralised pension-processing centre
(CPPC) to Urban Estate, Phase- II, on Tuesday. A.C. Varma, managing director of the bank inaugurated the new
premises.
Concludes: The 23rd one-month long annual free theatre workshop concluding function was held at NTAS garden theatre complex on Tuesday. Subhash Sharma, winner of the highest Rotary International ‘Service Above Self’ award was the chief guest.
Awarded: The National Theatre Arts Society conferred Bhagat Munshi Ram Humanity Award-2008 on three local personalities Mohan Lal Gupta, foundation president of Bir Ji Foundation; Ravinder
Dheer, senior vice-president, Sanatan Dharam Sabha; and Bhushan Kumar Bansal, principal of SDSE Senior Secondary School at a function organised by NTAS on Wednesday.
