Bathinda
Office-bearers elected: The following have been elected office bearers of the Punjab Math Teachers Association: Jaswinder Singh (Muktsar)-state president, Harjinder Singh Dhillon (Faridkot)-general secretary, Rajesh Monga (Bathinda)-secretary-cum-spokesman, Sukhdev Mittal (Bathinda)-press secretary, Sant Sarup Singh (Barnala)-senior vice-president, Dalbir Singh (Hoshiarpur)- vice-president, Gurbachan Singh (Ludhiana) vice-president, Pawan Kumar (Muktsar) and Jagdev Singh (Moga)-organising secretaries.
Adesh suptdt: Dr Sarvesh Chander Chopra assumed the office of medical superintendent of the Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research on Tuesday. He took the charge from Dr S.S. Dhaliwal, who has been promoted as the vice-principal of the institute. Dr Chopra worked in Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, before this for 32 years.
CHANDIGARH
Policy date extended: The state government has extended the date of one-time settlement policy for borrowers of the Punjab Financial Corporation up to August 31. Disclosing this here on Thursday, an official spokesman for the Punjab government said borrowers had huge benefit under this scheme. He further said the corporation had provided loan in 2,288 different cases to the borrowers. Only 20 borrowers had deposited their loan in time, and in 2,668 cases borrowers could not pay their loan in time, which was about Rs 2,616.71 crore pending loan cases against borrowers. The borrowers were informed of the details of the policy through registered letters by the corporation.
Hoshiarpur
Agent couple booked: A fake travel agent couple here duped innocent persons of Rs 60 lakh in the name of sending them to foreign countries. According to police sources, Daljit Singh of Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) and three others, in their complaint, alleged that Gurmit Singh and his wife Gurjit Kaur, both of Model Town, Kapurthala, took Rs 60 lakh for settling them abroad. But they neither sent them abroad nor returned the money. The police has booked the couple under relevant sections of the
IPC.Café Coffee Day outlet inaugurated: Cafe Coffee Day, India's premier and largest chain of coffee cafes, opened its first outlet in the town today. Special Secretary to the Chief Minister, K.J.S. Cheema, inaugurated it. The launch of this cafe takes the number of Cafe Coffee Day outlets in the state to 25.Hanumangarh/Abohar
Rakhi making competition: Nirmala Jandu topped in on the spot Rakhi making competition organised at the Kaswan Girls College in Tibbi near Hanumangarh on Tuesday.
Youth killed in road mishap: One Sunil (17) was killed as a jeep hit the motorcycle that he was driving near the turning point at the Maseetwala headworks on Tuesday. The police had registered a case against the driver of the jeep Jagdish Kumar, sources said.
Body found: Body of Satnam Singh was found in Hariyali Kisan Bazaar on
Hanumangarh-Sangria road early morning on Tuesday. Enquiries revealed that he had been reportedly missing for the last six days. The body has been kept in the mortuary of the district hospital for postmortem as initially it appeared to be a case of murder, sources said. Meanwhile, an automobile mechanic Rohtash of village Shekhchulia was killed as a speedy Bolero jeep hit him when he was repairing a jeep on the roadside, the police said.
JALANDHAR
IMA hails police decision: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has hailed the decision of the police to withdraw the criminal case under Section 304, IPC, against Dr Gurdeep Singh of Doraha. IMA chief Dr Yash Sharma said it was a welcome step that would allow doctors to discharge duties without any fear. He further added that the judiciary had issued clear guidelines in such cases in the Martin D’Souza case wherein doctor should only be booked after getting the go ahead from the medical board, constituted to go into the allegations of negligence against the individual. He said he had written a letter to the Punjab DGP to issue instructions to all districts headquarters that the cases of violence in the hospitals should be registered under the Medicare Hospital Protection Act.
Body found: The body of an unidentified person was found at the local railway station on Tuesday morning. According to the railway police, the body, which seemed to be of a sadhu, was lying on platform 1. The body has been sent to the Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. The police has initiated inquest proceedings in this regard.One held with ganja: The police has arrested a migrant labourer for allegedly carrying 2 kg of ganja. Haling from Bihar, Rakesh Kumar was nabbed while he was carrying a bag containing the drug near a bus-queue shelter in the Model Town area. The police said the man could reveal information regarding drug peddlers in the city and its vicinity. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against him at Division 6 police
station.
Bhardwaj is again PCMS Assn
chief: Dr Harish Bhardwaj was unanimously re-elected as the President of the Jalandhar district unit of the PCMS Association for 2009-10 at its general body meeting here today. As many as 13 doctors of the PCMS working in Jalandhar district participated in the meeting. Dr Shiv Dayal Mali was made patron of the association. The house entrusted the president and the patron to constitute the office-bearers of the association.
Kapurthala
70 master trainers resign: About 70 centre master trainers (CMT) and block master trainers (BMT) today submitted their resignations to the Block Elementary Education Officers (BEEO) concerned to protest against the transfer of district coordinator Harjinder Singh by the District Education Officer (Elementary) allegedly under political pressure. In their resignation letters submitted to the BEEO, the trainers refused to work under the newly appointed coordinator Sandeep Kumar. The BEEO further reportedly submitted the resignation letters to the DEO, who had convened a meeting of the trainers for tomorrow to sort out the matter.
Lalru
One held with 12 boxes of liquor: The local police arrested Harvinder Singh, a resident of
Jhajjar, Haryana, on the charges of smuggling 12 boxes of country made liquor late last night. The
SHO, Lalru, said the accused was arrested
from ITI Chowk during checking.
MALERKOTLA
Councillor’s spouse held, supporters block road: Supporters of municipal councillor Shama Farazi on Tuesday blocked traffic and raised slogans against the administration for arresting her husband Sarfraz Ahmed. According to SHO Harwinder Singh Khera, the police has booked four persons, Sarfraz Ahmed, Sadique, Wazir and Bheji, under Sections 323, 341, 506, 148 and 149, IPC, and 1989, SC and ST Act, for allegedly beating up three employees of the municipal council. These employees had allegedly thrown a dead animal in the dumping place of their ward. Ahmed tried to stop them. A scuffle started between them. Council’s employees went on a strike demanding the arrest of Ahmed. Due to pressure the police arrested him.Nawanshahr
Two-day free medical camp: The Guru Nanak Mission Medical and Educational Trust, Dhahan Kaleran, organised a two-day free medical check-up camp which was sponsored by trust Vice-President Hardev Singh Kahma to commemorate the 10th death anniversary of his father Tara Singh Kahma. Deputy Commissioner Nilkanth Avhad inaugurated the camp on Monday. Amarjit Singh
Kaler, President, said 50 per cent concession would be provided to the patients examined in the camp if they were admitted in the hospital.
Technical official appointed: Rajinder Singh Gill, Head of the Physical Education Department of Doaba Arya Senior Secondary School, has been appointed technical official for conducting the world badminton championship scheduled to be held from August 10 to 16 at Hyderabad. About 80 countries are participating in the event which is being hosted here for the first time. The Government of India and the Commonwealth Games Committee are coordinating the event going to be conducted under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India, Sports Ministry and the Sports Authority of Andhra
Pardesh.
