Abohar
Train suspended: The 4525/4526 Ambala-Sriganganagar Intercity
Express will remain suspended on November 15 and 16 owing to some urgent
repair work on the Bathinda-Sriganganagar section, officials
said today.
TSU to stage protest: Criticising the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) for its recent reported decisions which were allegedly not in the interests of the employees, the Technical Services Union
(TSU) today decided to organise protest rallies and demonstrations in all the sub-divisional offices of the board on November 14. Briefing newspersons after an emergency meeting, Shankar Dass, state treasurer, and Balwinder Singh, circle secretary of the TSU said that the PSEB which was reeling under losses had decided to not release any amount from the GPF if the employees put demand for this for emergencies besides suspending payment of the traveling allowance. The circle committee thus had to give a call for rallies at the circle and sub divisional offices on Friday, they informed.
Kanika shines in contest: Kanika, a student of Gopi Chand Arya Mahila College here, has won second prize in the Poster Making Contest that was held at Guru Gobind Singh Pharmacy College, Chandigarh on environment, a release said today.
Pilgrim draws attention: A youth drew attention of the morning walkers today as he moved in
"pranaam" state on the city roads. Identified as Tulsi (17) said he had started his pilgrimage from Shirdi in Maharashtra about nine months back and would be reaching Shri Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu region after 5 months to fulfill a pledge for some gain. He starts his "yatra" at 5 am and continues it till 7 in the evening. His father Hari Gaur moves on the bicycle on the same route to keep his morale up. They only accept refreshment from the persons who halt them on the way and politely reject offers for monetary contribution.
BATHINDA
Consumer forum chiefs: The government has appointed Sanjay Garg to the post of presiding officer of the district consumer forum of Ferozepur. Garg is a practicing lawyer at Sangrur. Pritam Singh
Dhanoa, an additional sessions judge, has been appointed president of the district consumer forum of Mansa. Paramjit Singh, a former director of prosecution, will head Kapurthala district forum in place of
A.K.Sharma, who had been shifted to Jalandhar.
FAZILKA
Girl kills herself: Her father’s addiction to liquor and threat of selling her allegedly forced a girl to commit suicide by consuming poison on Sunday. Before dying, she reportedly told her mother that she was tired of daily beating by her father and his threat to sell her off. The Sadar police has registered a case against girl’s father Khanda Ram under Section 306 and arrested him.
Hoshiarpur/Nawanshahr
Doaba school students shine: Students of Jagjit Singh Sachdeva Asha Kiran School, a special school for mentally challenged children, Jahan Khelan, secured 21 medals - three gold, six silver and 12 bronze - in various events of the 11th Punjab State Special Olympics held in Ludhiana, according to a press note issued by principal of the school Shally Sharma here . Apart from wining the medals, students also secured fourth and fifth positions. As many as 15 students of the school participated in the special Olympic .Meanwhile, the deputy commissioner Nilkanth Avhad on Wednesday honoured and praised students of Tara Singh Kahma Memorial School who have excelled in the 11th Punjab state special Olympics held at Ludhiana in October. As many as 21 medals were won by the school team which included Suraj Arora, Sukhjinder, Harpreet, Sunny, Manpreet, Sandeep Kaur and Davinder Kaur. The school is being run for providing educational
facilities to the children belonging to the underprivileged.
Ludhiana
BCM wins quiz contest: BCM Senior Secondary School organised Sahodya Inter-school east zone quiz contest here on Wednesday. The inaugural ceremony was performed with the lighting of a lamp by the chief guest S K Mehta, the manager of the school and principal D P Guleria. Questions were asked with the help of projector in different rounds. BCM Senior Secondary School stood first in the contest and second and third prize were won by Green Grove Public School, Khanna and Sacred Heart Convent School, Khanna.
Moga
Aman nominated fertiliser panel member: The Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers has nominated Aman Sharma, local president of Lions Club and leading stockist of fertilizers in the area, as member of the National Fertilizer Advisory Forum of the department from Punjab state. A notification in this regard was issued by
R,N. Juneja under secretary to the union government, last week.
Nawanshahr
Science day: The 64 students of the Rainbow Science Club and Sir C.V. Raman Science Club, Government Senior Secondary School Bharta Kalan under the guidance of district science supervisor Baliharh Singh Bains, were taken on an educational tour to Science City, Kapurthala to mark International Science Day on Monday. School principal Khushi Ram and schoolteachers accompanied
the students.SANGRUR
Man commits suicide: Ashok Kumar Syal (47), a resident of Sunam and brother of Vijay Syal PA to Sangrur DC, allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at Sunam, 13 km from here, on Tuesday. He died at a hospital in Ludhiana. He is survived by wife, two daughters (20 and 16) and a son (12). Sunam DSP Joginder Singh Sandhu said on Wednesday that the police had registered a case against two persons, Sukhwinder Singh from Sunam and Balwinder Singh from Kammomajra Khurd village, under Section 306, IPC, as both persons were allegedly harassing him on account of money matters.
White paper sought: The Protection of Human Rights Dal on Thursday asked the state government to issue a white paper on the incidents of female foeticide occurred in the past 10 years in the state. President of the dal Harmohan Singh Sakrali said the government could expose the persons involved in the female foeticide by disclosing their names and addresses in the “white paper”.
Thieves steal gold ornaments: Thieves stole lakhs of rupees and gold ornaments from the house of cloth merchant Sham Lal at Sunam, 13 km from here, on Wednesday. Sunam in charge Harjinder Singh said Sham and family members had gone to Patiala, while his two sons were at the shop at the time of the incident. The thieves stole about 21 tolas of gold ornaments and cash worth Rs 2 lakh. A case under Sections 454 and 380, IPC, has been registered.
TARN TARAN
Factory worker killed: A factory worker, Devinder Singh (20) of Johal Raju Singh village, died on the spot on Thursday while working in Kochhar Sunghp Acrylic Ltd, Gohalwar, 14 km from here. His shirt got entangled in the machine and he got trapped in it. In spite of the best efforts done by the other workers and the factory officials Devinder could not be saved. A case has been registered.
