Abohar
Van Mahotsav: About 350 saplings were planted during the Van Mahotsav that was jointly organised by IFFCO and Panjkosi Multipurpose Cooperative Society in Government Senior Secondary School for Girls at village Panjkosi on Saturday. MLA Sunil Jakhar was the chief guest. IffCO senior area manager RK Upveja and manager (agricultural services) RL Sethi also spoke about the preservation of environment. Eye surgeon Dr Gagan Chalana and principal Rajesh Dhuria exhorted the students to be more concerned over healthcare.

Free eye check-up camp: More than 400 patients were examined by a team led by Dr SL Chalana and Dr Gagan Chalana during the free eye check-up and operation camp that was organised by the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd (IffCO) under the aegis of Kisan Welfare Trust in village Jandwala Hanwanta on Sunday. Legislator Sunil Jakhar was the chief guest. He lauded the organisation for having benefited over 5000 persons during such camps in rural areas of the sub-division.

Dodge ball tourney: Amrit Model School and Brahmarishi Mission School teams have been declared as winners in the Under-19 category for girls and boys respectively in the district dodge ball tournament organised by the education department, Sunit Kalra informed today.

Bathinda
College scores 100 pc result: Claiming 100 per cent result in the classes being run under the distance education programme (DEP) during the 2009-10 session, principal of the Swami Vivekanand Girls College Raj Gupta said the college was providing a number of vocational, technical, behavioural courses like fashion technology, which make the students self-dependent.