Abohar
Eye check-up camp: While inaugurating the 13th free eye check-up and surgery camp at village Usmankhera, legislator Sunil Jakhar motivated the members of the Lakshman Dass Sports and Welfare Club to assist the IFFCO Kisan Sewa Trust in passing on the benefit of Netar Jyoti campaign to the people, who had seldom bothered about the eye care in the rural areas. Senior area manager RK Upveja said more than 350 patients were treated during the camp on Monday by Dr SL Chalana and Dr Gagan Chalana.

BATHINDA
Career counselling camp at Maur: The NSS Department of the Punjabi University, Patiala, would hold a career counselling camp on Maur campus on June 25. Those who have passed class XII can visit the campus for free guidance and counselling from renowned experts of the university, said DK Madaan, principal of the campus.

Fazilka
Woman electrocuted: A woman was electrocuted at the local Radha Swami Colony on Monday. As per sources, Rajni (27), wife of Surinder Kumar, was cleaning her house. As both the kids of Rajni came to know that their mother was stuck to the cooler, they raised an alarm. The residents of the locality reached there and brought her to the local civil hospital where the doctors declared her brought dead.

Ludhiana
Cricket trials today: Trials for selecting the probables for the Premier Cricket League (PCL-2011) will be held at Guru Nanak Engineering College here tomorrow from 8 am onwards, according to chairman of the organising committee, ID Kamoj. The selected cricketers will attend a coaching camp prior to the final team’s selection for taking part in the cricket league to be held at different venues across the country. Those interested players may contact cricket coach, Bhuvnesh Punni, at the venue.

Makhu (Ferozepur)
Intoxicating tablets recovered: About 5300 intoxicating tablets and 90 capsules were seized from Balkar Singh, a grocery shop owner of village Amiwala of this area by a police party last night. Police sources said Balkar Singh, who was running a small grocery shop, had been selling the intoxicating tablets and capsules from his shop and by supplying the sae to his customers at their doorsteps. The accused was arrested at a check point laid down by the police near village Amiwala. A case in this connection had been registered at the local police station. Efforts were being made to find out the source from where the accused had been purchasing these intoxicating medicines.

PATIALA
Office-bearers elected: Prof Jagtar Singh, head, department of library and information science, Punjabi University, Patiala, has been elected as president of the Punjab Library Association (PLA) during the general body meeting of the PLA held here on Monday. Following were elected other office-bearers and members of the executive committee of the association: vice-president: Pardeep Kumar (PU, Chandigarh), Survinder Singh Chhabra (GNDU regional centre, Jalandhar) and Bhupinder Singh (Central University, Bhatinda); general secretary: Dr Harinder Pal Singh Kalra (Punjabi University, Patiala); joint secretaries: Khushpreet Singh, (Punjabi University, Patiala) and Manish Bansal, Baba Farid College of Engineering and Technology, Bhatinda.