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Bathinda
First-aid camp held: The District Red Cross Society and St. John Ambulance Association, District
Centre, Bathinda, organised a seven-day first aid training programme from March 22-28 at the local GZS College of Engineering and Technology. About 50 NSS volunteers attended the course. District Training Superviser Naresh Pathania of the St. John Ambulance Association, delivered lecdtures on various aspects. On the last day, Naveen
Singla, in-charge, NSS wing of the college, Naveen Singla, appealed for spreading awareness about first aid.
 New SBoP branch: Deputy Commissioner Gurkirat Kirpal Singh inaugurated Malwa region’s first specialised personal banking branch of the State Bank of Patiala in the Model Town locality here on Monday. Rajesh Gupta, deputy general manager, Bathinda zone, said it was the 884th branch of the bank. The branch is fully computerised and besides other facilities, it would provide to customers mobile and internet banking.
Deputy Commissioner Gurkirat Kirpal Singh inaugurating a new branch of the State Bank of Patiala in Bathinda on Monday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
Hoshiarpur
Deed writers strike work: Deed writers of Mukerian and Talwara
today observed strike in protest against the failure of police in
arresting the culprits who shot dead one of their colleagues Narinder
Kumar of Sahora in his car on March 27 on Mukerian-Hajipur road. They
were demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. Meanwhile, the
Hajipur police recovered an Alto car (PB-54-C-3007) of Narinder Kumar
near Ajnala town last evening. It may be recalled that two
motorcycle-borne unidentified youths shot dead Narinder Kumar while he
was going in his said car to the village on the Mukerian-Hajipur road.
After killing him they dragged the body from the car and threw it on
the road and thereafter escaped in the car and on the
motorcycle. 2,600 SHGs formed: The district administration has formed 2,600 self-help groups, out of which 1,647 had been given loans for starting various trades. Deputy Commissioner Megh Raj disclosed this while addressing a meeting of bankers organised to review the progress of banks here today. Loans worth Rs 1,393 crore under priority, agriculture and non-agriculture sector had been given to December during 2009-2010 in the district and kisan cards worth Rs 1,278 crore had been distributed to more than 1 lakh persons during the same period. Jalandhar
Recruitment drive postponed: The recruitment of Punjab Police and Punjab Armed Police cadres, which was scheduled for April 1 at PAP Grounds, has been postponed to April 9. In a press note released today, the police authorities stated that candidates should bring along their documents and reach the PAP Grounds, Gate No-4 at 8 am for recruitment. Khanna,
1 held for smuggling : The Khanna police today arrested one Gursewak Singh of Majara village allegedly for smuggling narcotics.
The police said the accused was nabbed following a tip-off. However, two accomplices of the accused managed to give police the slip and fled with the contraband. A case has been registered. Ludhiana
Top cop to issue arms licences:The Commissioner of Police will be empowered to issue armed licences from April 1.
A communiqué issued by the commissioner's officer stated that the applicants seeking arms licence should appear before the Arms Licensing Unit at the CRPC branch in the commissioner's office.
Mandi Gobindgarh
Saurabh wins
singing contest: Students of the RIMT-Institute of Engineering and Technology participated in various cultural events in the three-day annual fest -Saturnalia-2010, held at Thapar University, Patiala, and bagged prizes. Shagun and Ankush of RIMT-IET won first prize in couple dance.
Saurabh, a student of RIMT-IET, also participated in various singing events, including solo singing and duet singing. Many other students also showcased their talent
Nakodar
 No genset at Suvidha Centre: Power cut woes and absence of a generator at the Suvidha Centre have left people a harried lot, who have to waits for hours to get their work done. At the
centre, located on the SDM office premises, tasks of attestations of affidavits, marriage registration, demarcation, copying of documents, entries of birth or deaths, etc, are done.
People wait for power supply to resume at the Suvidha Centre in Nakodar. Photo: Ashok Kaura
Scrap factory gutted: Goods worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in a fire which broke out in a scrap factory in Lambrra village last night. Fire tenders worked hard for several hours to control the fire. Factory owner Vishal Ghumber said sparking from the lose high tension wires became cause of the fire.
Phagwara
Hike in cremation grant: The Phagwara Nagar Council has revised and increased the expenditures fixed for the funeral of unclaimed bodies. In a meeting, the NC increased the costs of woods from Rs 1,300 to Rs 2,000 for the cremation of each unclaimed body.
DC’s advice to councillors: Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhary has advised the Phagwara Administration and Nagar Council officials to involve winning councillors and even defeated candidates of all wards to take their active assistance and help launch successful campaign against illegal encroachments in Phagwara sub-division.Tarn
Taran
Action against absent officials: The district administration would take stern action against the officials of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, who were absent during a meeting of district-level advisory committee, here today. Deputy Commissioner Khushi Ram, who presided over the meeting, has taken a serious note of the absenteeism of the officials of the department. He said the administration had to face an embarrassing situation in the meeting in which some members of the district committee sought some clarifications regarding the payment to the commission agents and to the labourers for the past paddy season. Union Bank opens branch: The Union Bank of India opened its branch here today. The branch was inaugurated by MLA Harmit Singh Sandhu. It is 2798th branch of the bank which was the 96th in Punjab state. The bank would provide ATM, advances, loans, insurance, education loan facilities here.
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