Abohar
SAD (B) women’s wing: The Shiromani Akali Dal (B) has decided to strengthen its women’s wing. Balluana MLA Gurtej Singh Ghuriana informed that chief of the SAD (B) women’s wing and MP Paramjit Kaur Gulshan along with district president Manjit Singh Barkandi would address a meeting of the wing at Gurdwara Singh Sabha on Monday.
Blood donation: As many as 40 B.Ed and NTT students donated blood at a camp organised on the premises of the DAV College of Education here on Friday. Over 20 per cent of the students of the college have got themselves registered in the blood donors’ list at the camp, which was jointly organised by the NSS unit and the Planning Forum of the college.
Barnala
New DPRO for Barnala: Gopal Singh Dardi took charge of district public relation officer, Barnala on Friday. Municipal committee president Parmjeet Dhillon and SGPC member Baba Tek Singh Dhanaula were present on the occasion. It may be mentioned that he had served as DPRO Barnala for five years.
Bassi
Pathana
Gandhi Jayanti: A medical-cum-eye check-up camp for schoolchildren was organised by the medical and para medical staff of the local civil hospital in collaboration with social organisations to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. More than 300 students from both government senior secondary schools and private schools were examined. The students with poor eyesight were identified and given free medicines.
Batala
2 proclaimed offenders held: The SSP, Dr Naresh Kumar Arora, told nediapersons here today that a police party, led by sub-inspector Amrik Singh, arrested two proclaimed offenders (POs) wanted in two separate cases. Jagjit Singh, resident of Qila Lal Singh, had been declared a proclaimed offender in a case registered under sections 380 and 411
of the IPC on August 17, 2005. Similarly, Lakhwinder Singh, alias
Goldy, resident of Chawa, Gurdaspur district, who had been declared a PO in a case registered under section 188 of the IPC
on February 28, 2006, was arrested.
Bathinda
Cleanliness drive: Activists of the Baba Ratan Dass Sports Club in village Behman Deewana on Thursday launched a cleanliness drive. On the first day, they swept the cremation ground, Peerkhana and the grain market, holding brooms.
Kharar
School health
programme: At least 120 students of Government Senior Secondary School,
Kharar, and Henderson Senior Secondary School were given eye glasses under the school health programme by the Kharar civil hospital authorities. Eyesight of these students were checked. Principal secretary of health Vijay Kain and SMO Dr Jai Singh distributed the glasses.
Celebrated: A function was organised at Doaba Group of Colleges,
Ghataur, to
celebrate the 101st birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Gandhi
Jayanti.
The celebrations began with dance sequences by students dressed like Shaheed
Bhagat Singh.
Ludhiana
Office-bearers: The newly elected office-bearers of the Urban Estate Ram Lila Dushehra Committee are Dharam Pal Verma, chairman; Raj Garg, president; Shiv Gupta, general secretary; Sarabjit Singh Dugri, A.D. Miglani, Sukhwinder Singh Dugri, vice-presidents; Ramesh Gulati, Anil Goyal, Chamkaur Singh, Munish Singla, joint secretaries; Neeraj Sharma, assistant secretary; and Raman Goyal, treasurer.
Mansa
General Category Welfare Federation conference: The General Category Welfare Federation, Punjab, is going to hold a state-level conference in
Mansa on October 5. District president of the federation Surabjit Kaushal said the issues to be taken up at the conference include chalking out plans to avoid division of society on the basis of caste, steps to ensure right to education of every child and reservation on economic criteria. He said that state president Nirmal Singh and chief organiser Shyam Lal Sharma would also attend the conference.
Patiala
Cultural programme: This week's second leprosy fund-raising cultural programme was organised by the National Theatre Arts Society at Padamshri Dr Khushdeva Singh Leprosy Patients Colony. An amount of Rs 6,300 was collected for the residents of this colony. NTAS chief
co-ordinator Shyam Lal Navyug presided over the function.
Anti-quackery Day: The Patiala branch of the Indian Medical Association organised a free medical check-up camp at the local railway station to mark IMA Anti-Quackery Day. According to Dr D.S.
Bhullar, president, IMA, Patiala, the purpose of the camp was to make people beware of quacks. Dr Vishal Chopra, Dr
J.K. Kansal and Dr Amandeep Bakshi were among doctors who examined patients.
425 examined at camp: Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, in collaboration with the Jan Hit
Samiti, organised a free medical camp at Raipur village where 425 patients suffering from different ailments were examined. Chief guest K.K. Bhatnagar lauded the initiative of the hospital in organising the camp.
Selected: Dr Rakesh K.
Garg, senior professor in the department of forensic science's biographical profile, has been selected for the inclusion in the 2009 edition of Marquis Who's Who. This edition will feature biographies of more than 50,000 accomplished men and women from around the globe. Dr Garg is the first Indian to get the national scholarship from
Government of India in forensic science (1984).
Qadian
Eid celebrations: On the occasion of Eid celebrations, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, supreme head of the Ahmadiyya community, on his live address, extended extended his greetings to the community members and advised them to abide by the teachings of Islam, remember the sanctity of the holy month of Ramzan and strive for the service of mankind.
