Amloh
Elected: Teachers of Government School at a meeting held at Bhadson village elected Bhupinder Singh as president and Lakhwinder Singh as general secretary of Bhadson-1 block, while Kulwant Singh Mann and Sukhjit Singh were elected president and general secretary, respectively, of Bhadson-2 block.

BATALA
Foundation stone laid: Five Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday laid the foundation stone of six court rooms of the judicial court complex and residences of judicial officers. Justice Rajiv Bhalla, chairman of the building committee of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, along with Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justice RK Jain, Justice Ajay Tiwari and Justice RK Garg also planted saplings on the occasion. Justice Bhalla said the complex and residences would be ready by July.

BATHINDA
Six hurt in group clash: Nearly six persons sustained bullet and sword injuries in a group clash that took place in Maesarkhana village here on Saturday over “illegal” sand mining. Both groups belonged to the ruling Akali Dal and were being led by one sitting sarpanch and one former sarpanch of the village. The Maur police has registered a cross case against both groups under various Sections of the IPC and the Arms Act, as members of both groups were injured in the clash. As a majority of the accused (from both groups) are under treatment at the Bathinda Civil Hospital, no arrest was made till the filing of the report.

Hoshiarpur
Email-id of DEO hacked: The email-id of District Education Officer (Secondary), Hoshiarpur, Kuldeep Kaur, has been hacked. In a complaint to the Sadar police, she said some miscreants hacked her email-id (dsshoshiarpur@ yahoo.com) and were sending obscene messages to the various government schools in the district. According to police sources, DSP Harminder Pal Singh Parmar has been deputed to to nab the culprits. A case under Sections 66, 67 and 68 of the Information Technology Act has been registered in Sadar police station.

Ludhiana
Declamation contest: A declamation contest, essay writing and slogan-writing competitions were organised on the occasion of the National Vote Day at the Malwa Central College of Education. Tripta Arora, assistant professor, addressed the students and highlighted the importance of casting vote in the democracy. The winners were given prizes.

Pathankot
Foundation stone: Justice Rajive Bhalla, chairman, Building Committee, Punjab and Haryana High Court laid the foundation stone of new judicial court complex at Malikpur chowk here today. The complex would be constructed at a cost of Rs 20 crore.

Phagwara
Staff absent: SDM Amarjit Paul held surprise checks at Government Elementary School, Chiherru, Aanganwari Centre and Government Ayurvedic Dispensary Chiherru. The SDM found the entire staff of the ayurvedic dispensary absent. The report was sent to DC, he said.