Abohar
Drug peddler held: The city police on Saturday nabbed Sartaj Singh, driver of the Punjab Roadways bus that plies in Budha Johad, in Amritsar district, and recovered 14 kg of poppy husk during the search. He has been arrested under the NDPS Act, sources said.
Ferozepur
Lecture on role of science: The department of Philosophy and Chemistry of the Dev Samaj College for Women organised Prof. Daya Krishna Memorial Lecture on the theme of modernity, post-modernism and science’ eminent scientist of the country. Prof. Harjinder Singh from the Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics, IIIT Hyderabad, delivered the lecture. The session was presided by college managing secretary MR Manchanda and was chaired by the college principal Dr Madhu Prashar.
Martyrs remembered: As part of the Army Day Celebrations, the Golden Arrow Division of the Indian army organised a commemorative function at Barki memorial in the cantonment here this week. Major General Rajan Bakshi, GOC, along with senior army officials paid floral tributes to the soldiers. After the wreath laying ceremony, the officers observed a two-minute silence in memory of the gallant martyrs followed by “Salami Shastra”. The emotionally moving ceremony ended up after the buglers sounded the last post.
Fazilka
Bar Assn president elected: Advocate Sushil Bahadur Gumber has been elected as president of the Bar Association, Fazilka, in the association elections. He defeated his rival Malkeet Singh Saini by 31 votes. Yashwant Puri has been elected as secretary, Jayant Jhorad (advocate) as treasurer. Ritesh Gagneja and Chandan Churchra were earlier elected unanimously for the posts of vice-president and general secretary respectively as no one filed his nomination papers against these candidates for the key posts.
Woman booked under Property Act:
On the recommendation of the additional chief administrator (PUDA) Bathinda, city police, Fazilka, have booked Sheetal Rani, a resident of Fazilka, on the charges of selling property in violation of the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act. It has been stated in the FIR that the plots were demarcated after leaving space for streets near the new grain market. Sheetal Rani has sold plots in piece of land measuring eight kanal to three different purchasers.
Hanumangarh
Valuables stolen from temple: Miscreants burgled the Baba Ramdev temple located near the railway overbridge in Hanumangarh junction area on Friday night, sources said. As per the information, locks of the temple were found broken as the caretaker turned up on Staurday morning. The shades (made of gold and silver) besides the cash receipts were found missing. Ratan Lal Sharma, caretaker, informed the police immediately. A case has been registered under section 457 and 380 of the IPC.
Hoshiarpur
Servant decamps with cash: A domestic servant Rohit of Bihar, along with Tej Mehmood of Kishan
Gunj, mason Hadhi of Jasoor (Himachal Pradesh) and some of his other accomplices allegedly decamped with Rs 5 lakh cash from the house of Lakhwinder Singh of Gilzian village last night. A case has been registered by the Tanda police station in this connection.
Jalandhar
Three booked on extortion charges: In a case of extortion, the police arrested three persons, including two brothers, here today. The suspects identified as Suraj Kalyan, Ashwani and his brother Ajay, both from Jalandhar cantonment, were arrested for extorting money from shopkeepers. The shopkeepers filed a complaint, in which they alleged that the trio assaulted two shopkeepers. A case under sections 307, 148, 149, 427, 506 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the three.
Ludhiana
Seminar: A two-day seminar on "Punjabi- deliberations and ideology", organised by the Punjabi Sahit Akademy in collaboration with the Punjabi Akademy, Delhi, and agriculture journalism, languages and cultural department at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) started here
today. Speaker Dr Satinder Singh Noor said Punjabi was recognised worldwide because of its rich heritage. The seminar was attended by writers, poets and students from various
colleges.
MOGA
‘Save mother earth’: Ajay Gulati, a Moga advocate, has come up with an idea of cycling at least twice a week to work to save fuel and spread a message among residents of the town to save the earth. He has fixed a plate by writing “Save mother earth” in the front of his cycle. He said cycling helped to reduce traffic on busy roads and saved fuel. Sharing his experience, he said the people were generally sympathetic towards cyclists in the main markets and other busy roads. “I have never been harassed by a traffic policeman unlike experiences of car and motorbike riders”, he added.
Bar Association: Nasseb Bawa, a local practising lawyer, has been elected as president of the district bar association for the 11th time. He defeated his rival Bhagwan Dass by a margin of 35 votes. Others, who have been elected in the body include Harjit Singh and Gobind Rai as vice-presidents, Gurvinder Singh and Harvinder Singh as general secretaries, Mohit Kamboj as joint secretary and Vikramjit Singh as finance secretary respectively.
Sriganganagar
Zila Parishad elections: The Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, did not oblige any of the 200 candidates, who were contesting panchayat and Zila Parishad elections in the twin districts of Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh. Addressing an assembly at Gurusar Modian, the Dera chief advised the gathering to prefer unanimous election of their representatives on the basis of merit.
