Amritsar
Sikh organisations’ demand: The Shiromani Sikh Council International, Akal Federation, Shiromani Akali Dal (Panch-Pardhani), Khalsa Action Committee lionised Bhai Dilawar Singh, an assassin of former Chief Minister Beant Singh, and urged the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to display Dilawar’s photograph in the Central Sikh Museum here. Leaders of these organisations, Mohkam Singh, Harpal Singh, Narain Singh and Kanwar Pal Singh, also honoured the family of Dilawar. The honour ceremony was organised at Attari Sahib Gurdwara in the Sultanwind area of the city. The resolutions passed on the occasion urged the SGPC to display photographs of Dilawar in the museum with those of Jinda and Satwant Singh, assassins of Indira Gandhi. A resolution criticised the arrest of hardline Sikh leaders such as Balbir Singh and Daljit Singh and said the arrests were made at the behest of the Dera Sacha Sauda. The resolutions also condemned the Punjab DGP for extension of security cover to the dera for Naam Charcha programmes.

Workshop held: In order to make the general public aware regarding fake notes, a two-day workshop on ‘detection of forged notes’ was organised by RBI, Chandigarh, in collaboration with the Punjab National Bank at its city circle office, here today. Sushil Kaul, Assistant General Manager and OP Verma, Chief Manager, RBI Chandigarh, while speaking on the occasion, said the RBI decided to organise the workshop due to the growing menace of fake notes and close proximity of the region with the Pakistan border. Prominent citizens, police, custom officers, officers of leading banks, railways, post offices, traders etc. participated in the workshop.

Dr Neki honoured: Dr N. S. Neki, Professor of Medicine, Government Medical College and Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, has been selected for the International Medical Excellence Award along with a Certificate of Medical excellence. He would be honoured by Korn Dabbarnasi, former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand on October 8. The Institute of Economic Studies, a non-profit body, selected him for the award for his contributions in the field of Medical Science.

New HoD: Dr Mridu Manjari, has taken over as head of the department of Pathology on the retirement of Dr S K Kahlon. She has more than 30 years of experience in Pathology with numerous publications to her credit.

Bathinda
Senior citizen honoured: The management and staff of PKS International School, Balluana, honoured Prof DS Mastana, PESI (retd) for his services to senior citizens, dedicated work in plantation, rural education, social service and blood donation. He has organised blood donation camp many times and has himself donated blood 36 times. A seminar on plants was also organised in which the speakers enlightened students and panchayat members on the value of plants. Speeches by engineer-in-chief (retd) RS Dhillon, principal Amarjit Singh (retd) and Satwant Kaur Deputy DEO (retd) impressed upon the students the importance of the slogan ‘each one, plant one’. Sukhdev Singh, school chairman, thanked guests and participants.

Pulse polio drive: A pulse polio drive would be held from September 13-15 for children in 0 to 5 years age-group. Civil surgeon Neelam Bajaj and district vaccination in-charge Ajit Pal Singh on Monday said besides 16,435 children, kids staying at 170 kilns in the district would also be administered drops.

‘Dandia raas mahotsav’: The Gujrati Welfare Society would be orgnising the ‘dandia raas mahotsav’ from September 1—15 at the Sanatan Dharam Motiram Kanya Mahavidyalaya here. The timings would be 5:30 pm to 7 pm. The society has been organising the 15-day training programme from the past nine years.

CHANDIGARH
4 new veterinary colleges: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday sanctioned the opening of four new veterinary colleges in the state to provide quality health care to the livestock. Disclosing this here, an official spokesman said the colleges would be opened in Amritsar, Patiala and other two unrepresented districts in the private sector. He said instructions had been issued that the colleges should be equipped with the latest technology in the field of veterinary education and recruit quality faculty to impart latest education to students.

Anti-rabies campaign: The Punjab government has decided to launch a sustained anti-rabies and sterilisation campaign of stray dogs in cities and villages of the state. According to an official spokesman, it has been decided that this problem can be tackled by launching a coordinated drive by different departments and animal welfare non-government organisations. Local bodies in cities and panchayats in villages will be responsible for this exercise and the Animal Husbandry Department will provide technical and logistic support. He said the drive would be launched on priority in Moga and Ferozepur districts.