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Seema clinches gold @@Abohar: The athletes of the DAV College here who had won medals in the PU athletic meet were honoured by principal Dr BB Sharma in the college campus on Saturday. Sarabjit Singh, in-charge of the Physical Education department, informed that BP.Ed student Seema Rani clinched gold in javelin throw. Sukhpreet Singh won silver in pole-vault while Gurpreet Kaur won bronze medal in 100 meter hurdles race. — OC@@@@Kinnow grading plant @@Abohar: IFFCO chairman Surinder Kumar Jakhar, who had recently been elected as director of the World Cooperative Alliance, assured fruit growers on Saturday that the agro kinnow and vegetable processing plant that had been set up at a cost of Rs 34 crore, would be made functional after a year. Speaking after inauguration of a kinnow grading and waxing plant at village Bhangarkhera of this sub-division on Saturday, Jakhar exhorted the farmers to completely switch over to drip irrigation system. — OC

Sec 144 clamped in district@@Bathinda: The Bathinda district administration clamped section 144 in the district to ensure that outsiders, who create trouble, do not enter the district. In a press release, ADC (General) Shruti Singh said agriculturists and industrialists who require labourers for executing manual work should get their workforce registered with their respective police stations. — OC@@@@BKU urges Centre not to stop cotton exports@@Bathinda: The BKU (Lakhowal) claimed that owners of spinning mills and textile units were pressurising the Union government not to export cotton. A spokesman of the Union claimed that they would resort to protests if such a step was taken. He claimed that mill owners had met the Union Industries and Commerce ministers and had urged them to stop cotton exports. The spokesman claimed that if such a step was taken by the government they would go to Delhi and gherao the Parliament. — OC@@@@NGO volunteers donate blood for cancer patients@@Bathinda: Two volunteers of an NGO, the Naujawan Welfare Society, donated blood for cancer-stricken patients. The volunteers, Kuldeep Saini and Shiv Kumar, donated blood for Rohit, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital. Similarly, Surinder Maheshwari of the same organisation donated blood to Ramesh Kumar, another cancer victim. — OC

Bassi Pathana
Cleanliness drive begins:The local council has launched a fortnight-long cleanliness drive here ahead of the Shaheedi Jor Mela.Councillors led by their president Kulbhushan Malhotra, council’s sanitary staff and representatives of social organisations swept the Namdev Mandir road.The council president said the drive would continue till the completion of the ‘mela’.

Dera Bassi
“Circle-level camps will be organised to solve the problems of residents of Banur constituency and officials from various departments will listen to their grievances,” said MLA Banur Jasjit Singh Bunny during a function at Community Hall, Dera Bassi.The MLA also distributed cheques to 84’ riot victims and the primary agriculture cooperative society.According to information, Jasjit Singh Bunny distributed cheques of Rs 2 lakh and Rs 25,000 in cash to the victims. SDM Dera Bassi Puneet Goyal was also present on the occasion.

Fatehgarh Sahib
Freedom fighter dead :Hundred-year-old Jagat Singh Gharuan, a Khamano-based freedom fighter, died here yesterday. He had taken part in the Quit India Movement.In 1972, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi awarded him a brass plate inscription for his contribution to the nation. He had been receiving two pensions.He was cremated with full state honours.A contingent of the Punjab police gave the ceremonial guard of honour.

Kharar
Accident victim dead:Thirtyeight-year-old Rajwinder Singh, a resident of Cholta Khurd village, who was injured in an accident on December 9, died at the PGI in Chandigarh today.On December 9, when he reached the Badala road, his scooter collided with another scooter coming from the opposite direction.He sustained serious injuries and was admitted to the PGI. The police booked Jaswinder Singh of Cholta village.

Ropar
Mock AIEEE:Rayat-Bahra Group of Technical Education will conduct a mock test for AIEEE aspirants at Rayat Technology Centre of Excellence tomorrow. Vice-chairman Gurvinder Singh Bahra said the test would prepare students for the competitions. Toppers of the test would be given prizes, he added.

Zirakpur
Blankets given:The Lions Club Zirakpur distributed 800 blankets among needy persons of the slum area at Peermuchalla village here yesterday.

CHANDIGARH

Panchkula
School holds sports day:The British School, Panchkula, organised its sports day at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 3, here today.The day began with an opening ceremony, including flag hoisting and torch lighting.Geetika Sethi, director of the school, presented the school report.Various events were organised. Students made human pyramids.Anil Kumar, director-general of secondary education, Haryana, appreciated the efforts put in by students

HARYANA

KURUKSHETRA
Free eye camp: A free of cost eye operation camp organised by the Rotary Club, Shahabad, was inaugurated by MLA Anil Dantori here on Saturday. Dr SS Sadique and his team examined 534 eye patients out of which 201 were selected for surgery.

JAMMU & KASHMIR

BHADERWAH
Patwari suspended: Sub-Divisional Magistrate Yasha Mudgal on Saturday suspensed Nazir Ahmed, patwari, Halqa Nagar tehsil, Bhaderwah, for furnishing three different reports for the same piece of land, which indicated that he had tried to help a particular party.

JAMMU
Urdu Dept head honoured: The Postgraduate (PG) Department of Urdu, PG College, Bhaderwah, honoured the head of the Urdu Department, Jammu University, Prof. Shohab Malik, on Saturday. Principal of the college Prof Mohd Iqbal Zargar appreciated Prof Shohab for his work to promote Urdu language. “Being the HOD of the Department and president of the Rasa Javedani Memorial Literary Society, Prof Shohab is working hard for the propagation of the official language of the state,” he said.

NHRC sub-office sought: Expressing concern over inordinate delay in acting on complaints of human rights violation, the Peoples Rights Organisation (PRO) on Friday demanded the opening of the sub-office of the National Human Rights Commission in Jammu. Activists of the PRO regretted that the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) had failed to act on the ever increasing complaints of human rights violations. Due to lack of infrastructure and adequate staff, the SHRC had miserably failed to perform its duty effectively. They demanded that a sub-office of the NHRC be opened in Jammu so that rights of people be protected.

LIC staff hold protest: Members of the North Zone Employees Association staged a protest outside the DO Cell Office of LIC of India on Saturday against the government’s move of liberalisation of insurance sector. Pawan Gupta, secretary of the association, said: “The government should settle wage revision of LIC employees that has been due since 2007.”

Shiv Sena (H) holds meeting: Members of the Shiv Sena (Hindustan) held a meeting under the chairmanship of Dimple Kohli to take concern over the deteriorating condition of law and order in the state on Saturday. They held the local legislators responsible for not maintaining the law in the winter capital.

Nagrota
Foundation stone laid: Lt. Gen Rameshwar Roy, General Officer in Command of the 16 Corps, laid the foundation stone for the auditorium to be set up on the campus of Sainik School, Nagrota, on Saturday. He was received by the principal of the school and group captain Ajay Kumar, and was given Guard of Honour by school cadets.

SRINAGAR
Educational tour concludes: A group of 20 schoolchildren, accompanied by three teachers from various schools of the Mawar area in north Kashmir, have returned from a two-weeks-long educational tour. A defence spokesman said the tour was flagged off by the Commander, TMG Brigade, on November 25. The children visited Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and various places of interest with scientific and cultural significance, including Science City, Golden Beach, Universal Kingdom, Marina Breach, and Dakshina Chitra. The visit also included a trip to Mysore city’s famous Brindavan Gardens, KRS Dam, and Mysore Palace.