Sagar Saini has won a silver medal in the recent 2010 Shanghai Open Table Soccer Championship in China. A class VII student of CS International School at Kumbh village, near here, she was honoured by the school principal.Nawanshahr
e-governance award: Deputy Commissioner Shruti Singh has received the Award of Excellence for exemplary e-governance initiatives taken by the district during the presentation of the Nihilent e-governance Awards 2009-10 at a national level function organised by the Computer Society of India at Hotel Taj in Mumbai on November 26. The award was presented by the president of the Computer Society of India. Giving details here on Monday, the visibly elated Shruti said the Computer Society of India had adjudged Nawanshahr the best e-governed district in the country after a rigorous evaluation process - online nomination, field visits, presentation, deliberation, etc.
Appointed: Resham Singh Thiara, senior SAD leader, has been appointed chairman of the District Planning Committee.
4 drug peddlers held: The SSP, Narinder Bhargav, in a press note issued here today said the district police during police nakas at different places succeeded in nabbing four drug peddlers, including a woman, and recovered 105 gm charas and 20 gm smack from them. The peddlers had been identified as Hans Raj of Gujarpur Colony, Gurmit Ram of Langeri village, Tilak Raj of Thandian village and Kulwinder Kaur of Denowal village, Garhshanker. Cases under various sections of the NDPS Act was registered against them at different police stations.
Pathankot
Truck cleaner dies in mishap: The cleaner of a truck was killed while the driver sustained serious injuries in a road accident near Sarna village on the Amritsar-Jammu road today. According to the police, the truck (HR-58-A-2442) was on its way to Jammu. When it reached near Sarna, a tyre of the truck burst and the driver lost control over the vehicle. The truck collided with a divider. Cleaner of the truck Pratap Kumar, resident of Udhampur, died on the spot, while truck driver Girdhari Lal, sustained serious injuries. Girdhari Lal was rushed to the Civil Hospital, said an investigating police officer of Sadar police station.
Phagwara
MC employees block traffic: On a call given by the Punjab Municipal Employees Action Committee, hundreds of municipal employees of different parts of the state, including safai karamcharis, held demonstrations and blocked traffic on the national highways for more than an hour in Phagwara today. They were protesting in support of their long pending demands, which include regularisation of ad hoc employees and better pay scales.
