Abohar
Talent hunt:
Triptjit Kaur was adjudged the most talented student during the ‘Talent Hunt’ competitions, that were held at the LRS DAV Senior Secondary School here on
Friday.
Dead:
A PRTC mechanic, Jeet Singh (53), was crushed to death in Bathinda on Friday when the bus he was repairing fell on him when the jack was removed accidentally. He was an Abohar resident, sources said.
Amritsar
MA (sociology-II) results today: The results of the MA (sociology) Part-II examination conducted by Guru Nanak Dev University in April would be declared tomorrow. According to Dr
R.K. Bedi, professor in charge (examinations), the results would be available on the university website www.gndu.ac.in on the same day after 5 pm.
Batala
Ghanshyam gets Rajiv Gandhi award: Ghanshyam Singh, a teacher working in the semi-urban area of Fatehgarh Churian
(Gurdaspur), was given the Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani award. Ghanshyam has been instrumental in running Adarsh College for Girls for more than 28 years. He has been running an institute
(Adarsh Computer Remote Learning Centre, affiliated to Punjab Technical University under the distance education
programme) for the past more than nine years. E.S.L. Narsimhan, Governor of
Chhatisgarh, gave away the award to Ghanshyam on August 19 in the symposium which was presided over by Dr Bhishma Narain Singh, ex-Governor of Tamil Nadu and Assam, and Ranjit Shekhar
Mooshahary, Governor of Meghalaya.
Batala
Pedestrian killed: A pedestrian was killed when he was hit by a motorcycle at Dalla village, near
Qadian, on Wednesday evening. Surinder Singh Malhi, resident of Railway Road, Partap
Nagar, was going to his house on foot when he was hit by the motorcycle coming from the opposite side. Surinder Singh died on the spot due to a head injury. A case has been registered.
CHANDIGARH
Posting of 6 DIGs ordered: The Punjab government on Thursday ordered the posting of six DIGs and transferred two PPS officers. Kuldeep Singh has been posted DIG, Vigilance Bureau,
Chandigarh; RL Bhagat DIG, Vigilance Bureau, Jalandhar; Parampal Singh Sidhu DIG, Border Range,
Amritsar; Gurpreet Kaur Deo DIG, Administration, CPO, Chandigarh; SK Asthana DIG, Patiala Range,
Patiala, and Balbir Kumar Bawa DIG, Training, CPO, Chandigarh. Meanwhile, Mandeep Singh becomes Commandant first,
IRB, Patiala (Excise Battalion) and Inder Mohan Singh has been posted Commandant sixth, IRB Battalion, Ladda
Kothi, Sangrur (Excise Battalion).
DANGARH (BARNALA)
Martyr remembered: The ninth martyrdom anniversary of Brig Balwinder Singh Shergill was observed here on Friday. Brigadier Shergill had sacrificed his life for the country on August 21, 2000, in Kupwara sector in the Jammu and Kashmir. At the shardhanjli samaroh, tributes were paid to the martyr by Barnala DC Harkesh Singh Sidhu, Brigadier Shergill’s elder brother and VC of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Dr Shavinder Singh Gill, Chairman, Sangrur District Planning Committee, Gobind Singh Longowal, ex-Chairman, Barnala Improvement Trust, Paramjit Singh Mann, Dr Teja Singh Tilak and Jathedar Bharpur Singh Dhanaula. On the occasion, the DC also inaugurated a library in memory of Brigadier
Shergill.
JALANDHAR
Land grab case: HC directs DIG to probe: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the DIG, Jalandhar Range, to probe the alleged land grab bid by Adampur MLA Sarabjit Singh Makkar and dispose of the case. Jagjit Singh Gill, son of Partap Singh, an
NRI, had filed a case in the HC alleging that the MLA had been trying to grab their land at Raipur Rasulpur village. He also had alleged that the MLA had filed a false case against him. Makkar has been accused of grabbing land of an NRI of Raipur Rasulpur village and his cousin Gurdeep Singh, resident of
Pilibhit, UP. The land was with Swaran Singh of Manan village in Kartarpur on power of attorney.
Counselling centre: Virk Fertility Hospital opened its counselling centre in Model Town,
Ludhiana, on Wednesday. Hospital director Dr S.P.S Virk said that the centre had been opened for the facility of infertile couples in Ludhiana and its nearby areas. A team of specialists from Jalandhar would examine patients in Ludhiana on every Wednesday and Saturday and advise them regarding treatment.
Dr Virk invited: Dr HS
Virk, Director, Research Centre, DAVIET, Jalandhar, has been invited by the organising committee of Radiation Effects in Insulators to present a research paper at the international conference in the University of
Padva, Italy. The conference will begin on August 30 and conclude on September 4. The Department of Science and Technology of the Union government has funded Dr Virk’s visit to Italy.
PATHANKOT
BJP leader bereaved: Octogenarian Uma Dutt Sharma, father of Ashwani Sharma, General Secretary of the Punjab
BJP, died on Thursday after a brief illness. A large number of persons, including
MLAs, ministers and senior party leaders attended the funeral here on Friday.
SANGRUR
18 students selected: Eighteen students of the local Bhai Gurdas Institute of Engineering and Technology (BGIET) were selected during a placement activity conducted at the campus on Thursday by officials of Alliant Technologies Private Limited, Kolkota. The selected students have been offered a package of Rs 1.8 lakh per annum. The company has also offered them Rs 6,000 per month as stipend during their training session, according to chairman, Bhai Gurdas Group of Institutions, Hakam Singh
Jawandha.
