AMRITSAR
Services terminated: DC K SPannu on Tuesday terminated the services of patwari Jaswinder Singh, who was absent from duty since April 2006. He was posted at the Babowal circle,and had gone to the US without getting leave sanctioned.

BASSI PATHANA
One booked for abduction: Raj Rani, a resident of Patwar Khana mohalla, has alleged in a complaint to the police that Mukal Paneeka, who resides near local Usha Mata Mandir, had kidnapped her 16-year-old daughter Indu Rani. According to the police, Paneeka, a migrant labourer, was a frequent visitor to the house of Raj Rani, a widow. The police has registered a case under Sections 363 and 366-A of the IPC and started the search.

KHARAR
Power suspension: Power supply to the areas of Kharar, Morinda, Kajouli water works, Gharuan and nearby areas shall remain suspended from 9 am to 6 pm. The power would be shutdown due to ongoing maintenance work of 132 kV line wherein a new tower is being erected to raise wires at a higher level. Last week too, similar power cut was imposed in the same areas.

Nawanshahr
‘Fill up vacant post’: A deputation of the employees of the District Agriculture Department today submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, raising the demand of filling up the vacant post of Chief Agriculture Officer here to ensure normal functioning of the department as well as drawing and disbursement of  the salaries to the employees.

PATHANKOT
Campus placement: A job placement drive organised by Sri Sai group of institutes, Badhani-Pathankot, concluded on Sunday. Group chairman S.K. Punj said that 600 students were shortlisted for job placement from different streams by representatives of multinational companies.

Three arrested: The police arrested Jagir Singh, Bholi Devi and Rachna Devi here on Tuesday and seized a huge quantity of illicit liquor and lahan from their possession. The police has registered a case under the Excise Act.

Working president: Satish Chander Saini has been appointed Punjab state working president of the All-India Saini Sewa Samaj by Indraj Singh Saini, national president of the Saini Sewa Samaj, Delhi.

CHANDIGARH
Writers’ centenaries: A series of seminars, poetry-reading, creative-writing, workshops will be organised by Panjab University to commemorate the birth centenaries of three Indian writers- Sacchidanand Hirananda Vatsyayana Ajneya, Shamsher Bahadur Singh and Nagarjuna. PU Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti said the events would be organised in collaboration with the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi in the first quarter of 2011 in which eminent Indian writers and thinkers will participate.