Abohar
Social welfare panel formed: A sub-committee comprising 12 members has been formed to broaden the ambit of social welfare activities of the Arorvansh Sabha, general secretary, Arun Narang informed on Monday. The members include Vijay Narang, Vinod Setia, Sudershan Miglani, Bhisham Thakkar, Amarjit Chalana, Virender Narang, Sanjiv Verma, Vijay Nagpal, Arun Narang, Ravi Setia, Krishan Nagpal and Prof Satpal Phutela. The members of the majority Arora community here have been requested to submit their suggestions within a week.
Free eye check-up camp: Women outnumbered men in thronging the free eye check-up and operation camp that was organised by world’s leading fertiliser cooperative IFFCO at village Panjawa located close to the international border. A team led by Dr SL Chalana treated more than 200 patients and selected 26 for cataract operations. Senior area manager RK Upveja said 2,400 patients had been treated during the last seven rural camps and 192 surgeries were later performed in Abohar besides issuing lenses by the IFFCO Kisan Welfare Trust.
bhatinda
Bhandari to head Muktsar chapter of BEd Front: Ranbir Singh Bhandari has been elected as the president of the Muktsar district of the BEd Front, Punjab. The other office-bearers elected are Gurpreet Lambi and Dilbag Singh (Vice- presidents); Charanjeet Singh (General secretary); Harpreet Singh (Cashier); Parminder Singh, Sandeep Sharma and Deep Kamal (Press secretaries); Karan Dhaliwal and Manjinder Singh (Organisation secretaries); Gurpreet Gora, Gurpreet Gidderbaha, Parakhjeet, Jagmeet Singh, Navjot Kaur and Ravinder Kaur (District committee members). Bhandari said the government should regularise the teaching fellows and education service providers, adding that members of the Front would hold a district-level rally on May 8 in this regard.
New GHTP chief engineer: Engineer RPS Saini took over the charge of the chief engineer (O&M), Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant (GHTP), Lehra Mohabbat, here on Monday. Earlier, Saini was the chief engineer (fuel efficiency and training), at the Ropar thermal plant.
Exhibition begins: A three-day exhibition showcasing the creations of the students of the INIFD, Bathinda, began on Sunday. The exhibition comprised a range of hand-printed suits, sarees in leaf printing, block printed dupattas and tie and dye collection, modern dresses, mural/glass/fabric paintings as well as sketch work.
DERA
BASSI
Man consumes
poison: A driver of a naib tehsildar, who had been living in Dera
Bassi, accidentally consumed poison on Monday and was admitted in the GMCH-32,
Chandigarh, where his condition is out of danger. According to information, victim Gurdeep Singh, a resident of
Uppalheri, near Rajpura, has been working as a driver with naib tehsildar Surinder Singh. He consumed the poison in lassi by assuming it as salt. His condition deteriorated after sometime and he was admitted to the GMCH-32.
LUDHIANA
Pensioners: Deputy Commissioner, Rahul Tewari, on Sunday asked the city-based banks to serve the pensioners on priority basis. He said, “ The pensions shall be deposited in their accounts before the 1st of every month. The banks should also not take minimum charge on their account. Driving licence: Making it easier for residents, the administration on Sunday decided to issue driving licence from Suvidha Centre from Monday onwards. It has set up six counters at the centre for accepting the forms and licence fees. The licence would be issued in a week, said Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tewari.
Sriganganagar/Abohar
Army jawan dies: An army jawan identified as Hari Krishan Sahu was found unconscious at the makeshift tent during an exercise last night and died during the treatment on Monday during wee hours, Raziasar police said. As per report lodged by the Captain Hans Raj Rajput search was initiated as other jawans noted that Sahu had not returned. They spotted him lying at a distance of about 50 meters from the tent in the army exercise area. He was immediately rushed to the temporary field hospital but could not be saved. The body has been handed over to the army after getting postmortem conducted. The victim belonged to village Brahmapur in district Ganjam of Orissa state.
Pak national to be sent back: Two Pakistan nationals who had intruded in the Indian territory from different points on April 21 and were caught by the Border Security Force would be sent back to their country, sources said on Monday. The BSF is expected to hold a meeting soon with the Pakistan Rangers in this regard. As per the information, the state and the Central government agencies that had been interrogating the intruders have found nothing incriminating and are convinced that they had by mistake crossed the Zero line, sources said.
Kasab’s effigy burnt: