Bathinda
Jail Guards Assn office-bearers elected: Lakhbir Singh and Paramjeet Singh have been elected as chairman and president of the Bathinda unit of the Punjab Jail Guards Association, respectively. Other office-bearers are: Rajinder Singh Raju (vice-president), Mohinder Singh (general secretary), Karam Singh (treasurer) and Darshan Singh (adviser).

Chandigarh
4 IAS officers shifted: The government on Tuesday transferred four IAS officers with immediate effect. Balbir Singh Sudan becomes Secretary to the Government of Punjab, Department of Personnel and General Administration; Ramesh Kumar Ganta will be the new Secretary, Department of Home Affairs and Justice; Anurag Verma goes as Secretary, Department of Revenue and also holds an additional charge of member secretary, fourth Punjab Finance Commission and also holds an additional charge of Director, Land Records Settlements and Consolidations and Land Acquisition, Jalandhar. Arvinder Singh Bains is the new MD, Punjab State Warehousing Corporation.

Jalandhar
Students told how to save power: iming at spreading awareness on saving power, the Punjab State Power Corporation organised a paper-reading contest for the students at Doaba Khalsa Senior Secondary School. Nineteen students from different schools spoke on the topic “Saving power - why and how”. Aarti Bansal of class XI from Government Senior Secondary School, Fantonganj, was declared the winner. Pritam Singh from the host school stood second and Ramandeep Kaur from SD Phullarwal School came third. Rajinder Kumar, Vijay Kumar Sharma and Malkiat Singh, all engineers from the PSPC, advised the students to practise the habit of power saving in their life.

NABHA
Prisoner booked: Rajinder Singh, who is undergoing a seven-year imprisonment in the maximum security jail here, has been booked on charge of attempt to suicide. The Deputy Jail Superintendent said he was called to his office regarding an inquiry where he got agitated and stabbed himself with a glass. But he is out of danger now.

Phagwara
Safai karamcharis demand minimum wages: The Nagar Council Sanitation Committee Safai Karamcharis Union has condemned the indifferent attitude of the state government. In a protest registered here today, union president Jyoti Bhaghania criticised the government and alleged that despite repeated assurances, nothing could be initiated by the government for the welfare of the safai karamcharis. Protesters announced to organise protest rallies and block road traffic at different places on December 1 if their demands were not be accepted soon.Their major demands include regularisation of their services and grant of minimum wages.