Batala
Teachers with forged degrees lose job: Eight ETT teachers were terminated on the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court after being found guilty of using forged degrees. It is learnt that they may go in for appeal in the Supreme Court. The Block Development and Panchayat Officer said Deedar Singh, Gulzar Singh, Mohinder
Kaur, all of Sandalpur village, Sonia Banjuman, Gurinderpal Kaur
Dhaulpur, Uttamjit Kaur Khanfatta and Anu Chandok were working with forged documents.
Bathinda
Green Design Studio comes up in Bathinda: The Greenply Industries Limited today launched its exclusive brand shop — Green Design Studio in Bathinda. This is the eighth such studio in the country which aims at providing a world class interior shopping experience to the customers of Bathinda and would cater to all the interior designing requirements and provide end to end solution to the customers, said Subir Palit, country head, decorative division of the company. Palit added that the studio would provide in-house consultants to guide the customers in choosing designs. The VP (north) of the company Ravi Panday and several others including Vinod Bansal were present on the occasion.Orientation function: An orientation function was held at Baba Farid College of Engineering and Technology on Monday. This interactive function was held to welcome the newly admitted batch of students in B-Tech first year. Dr Jasbir Singh Hundal, Director-Principal, threw light on the vision of managing director S. Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal who believes in producing scholars at the national and international level.
Fazilka
School teacher beats students: Two students of class VIII of a private school have allegedly been beaten up by a private school teacher. They have been admitted to a local civil hospital. Lovkesh Kumar and Rohit Kumar, both cousins, in a statement to the press alleged that their maths teacher beat them today in the classroom. While citing the reason, they explained that they had not done their home work. As they could not solve the sums, the enraged teacher allegedly beat them up. Police station, city, in-charge Veer Chand said the police have not received any information or medico-legal report (MLR) from the hospital till late in evening. It is stated that efforts to resolve the issue in both the groups by the senior citizens were being made till late in evening.
Hoshiarpur
Chintpurni fair from today: Pilgrimage for the eight-day-long heritage Sawan Ashtami fair of the shrine of Goddess Chintpurni will start tomorrow. More than 10 lakh pilgrims from northern India would pass through Hoshiarpur on their way to the holy shrine located in Una district of Himachal
Pradesh. More than two dozens NGOs would organise free langars of various edible goods, including meals, snacks and soft drinks on the 52-km-long route from Hoshiarpur to Bharwain for the pilgrims. Automobile mechanics would provide free service for the repair of scooters, motorcycles, cars, etc. Similarly, barbers would do free service of shaving and cutting hair of pilgrims. Keeping in view the heavy rush of pilgrims, the police has made elaborate arrangements on the route from Hoshiarpur town to Mangowal village.
Kharar
Impure water: 59 students fall ill: A total of 59 students of St Ezra School fell ill after consuming water from another school at Kharar where they had come to practice for Independence Day celebrations.These students of classes VIth to Xth were taken to a civil hospital at
Kharar. As per authorities in school, when children returned to their school after practicing, a few of them complained of stomach ache. Later, several students complained of stomach ache and were taken to the hospital where they were kept under observation for two hours and were discharged later on.
NGO organises function: An NGO, All India Sonia Gandhi Association, national president, Rishi Bishnoi, MC, administered oath to its newly appointed vice-president of the north zone unit, Davinder Sachdeva, at a local palace in a programme held here on Sunday. Hundreds of rural and urban residents participated in the programme. The membership identity cards and appointment letters were also issued to the office-bearers and members of the district-level and local-level leaders. Bishnoi, while addressing a large gathering, said the main agenda of the association is to work in social fields.
Phagwara
Trust gets possession of land: After a long legal battle, the Phagwara Improvement Trust today got possession of the more than 1,000 yards prime land which had been occupied by some earthen pot-makers and milk sellers. The Improvement Trust had allotted four plots, but as it could not provide possession, one of the plot holders was offered an alternative plot in another trust scheme, who accepted the offer. Now the Improvement Trust will allot three plots to the allottees and the fourth plot would be auctioned.
Phillaur
Bikes collide: Two killed, 5 hurt: Two persons were killed and five others sustained serious injuries when two motorcycles collided on a blind turn in Turra village near Apra in Phillaur sub-division late last evening. The deceased were identified as Sat Paul of Masani village and Sonu of Jalandhar. The injured --- Raja, Paramjit Kaur, Rajni, Simran and Anjali --- were admitted in local Civil Hospital. Both bodies of the deceased were handed over to their families after conducting the post-mortem examination.
Hepatitis-B and typhoid. Bhawna
Sawhney, director of an NGO, Building Bright Generation said so far vaccination had been provided to about 1600 citizens during the monthly camps. Chief guest Vijay Chopra chairman of the Press Trust of India and chief of the Punjab Kesari newspaper group in Jalandhar lauded the efforts of the NGO.