Amritsar
450 Granth Sahib Sarups reach Italy: Four hundred and fifty birs of Guru Granth Sahib sent to Italy via sea route for the propagation of Sikhism in foreign countries reached there on Saturday. The Sarups were kept in a special bus manufactured specially for the purpose, which left India through a ship in mid of April. SGPC chief Avtar Singh said 200 sarups would be kept at Baba Harbans Singh Daduwal Gurdwara, 107 would be given to Bhai Amarjit Singh of Akhand kirtani Jatha and Sukhdev Singh Kang and the remaining 143 would be sent to a city in Italy.
Bathinda
Urology, eye care centre opened: Uro Vision, a centre for urology and eye care, was inaugurated by Sameer Grover, a urologist, and Shveta Grover, an ophthalmologist, here on Sunday. Amod Gupta, dean and head, department of ophthalmology, PGI, Chandigarh, BS Aulakh, Head, department of urology, DMC, Ludhiana, and Vishali Gupta, associate professor, PGI, addressed the gathering. A large number of medical professionals from Bathinda and its surrounding areas attended the function.
Local ITI students shine in state exam: Students of the Indian ITI located in the Zila Parishad complex have again come out with flying colours in the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training Examination. The institute achieved 100 per cent result in cutting, sewing and embroidery examination. Sukhpal Kaur, Kulbir Kaur and Rajveer Kaur are the top three scorers. Chairman of the institute SP Sharma congratulated the students and the teachers.
Jalandhar
Youth Cong not to have district chiefs: Indian Youth Congress state in charge Vikas Upadhyay (general secretary) and Deepika Pandey Singh (secretary) have said that there would be district presidents of the organisation in Punjab. They said Congress general secretary and Indian Youth Congress in charge Rahul Gandhi had decided not to elect district youth presidents during the ensuing Punjab Youth Congress elections, the process of which has already begun. The duo said the Rahul Gandhi had decided to hold booth, assembly, Lok Sabha and state-level elections of the Punjab Youth Congress this time instead of block, district and state-level.
Pension adalats: In a major step likely to ease problems of nearly 38 lakh central government pensioners, family pensioners and retired armed forces personnel, the Union Government has decided to hold bi-annual pension adalats in various ministries and departments of the central government. The adalats would be twice a year in the month of January and July.
LUDHIANA
Membership drive: The District Youth Congress (DYC) on Monday launched a membership drive during a meeting convened at the Congress Bhawan here by DYC president Dimple Rana. Vikas Upadhyaya, general secretary of the Indian Youth Congress, and in charge of Punjab affairs, along Youth Congress secretary Deepika Pandey, RK Ojha, Jeet Sharma and Narendra Thakur - all election coordinators, distributed new enrolment forms to party activists. District Congress Committee chief Jagmohan Sharma, president of Mahila Congress Leena Taparia and PPCC secretary Pawan Diwan were also present at the occasion.
Mallanwala (Ferozepur)
Residents gherao police station: A large number of
residents, including leaders from different political parties and
representatives of various social bodies, gheraoed the local police
station and jammed traffic on the Ferozepur-Makhu road on Monday to
protest against alleged partisan role played by local police in a
dowry torture case of a local girl.
Moga
Breach in water channel at Dhudike: A 30-ft breach was reported in the Buttar minor sub-canal at Dhudike village, following which water gushed into the nearby fields. The wheat straw that was to be used to make dry fodder for cattle was damaged, said the villagers. The Irrigation Department had continued to release water in the sub-canal for the past three days when it was already flowing above the danger mark. On Monday, a breach developed near the grain market in Dhudike village. The villagers immediately called officials of the Irrigation Department to stop releasing water in the channel.
Nakodar
PPP meetings: People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) chief Manpreet Badal held nukkad meetings with the party workers here on Sunday. Meetings were said to be regarding the forthcoming rally of the party on May 21 in Nakodar.
Development grant: A grant of Rs 10 lakh has been approved for Shahkot and Mehtpur from the MPLAD quota of Union Minister Ambika Soni, said Congress leader Karnal CD Singh Kamboj. He said Rs five lakh each would be spent for the development of Shahkot and Mehtpur.
Woman commits suicide: A woman, Sukhwant Kaur, resident of Bili Chahrmi village, committed suicide by hanging herself from the roof of the house on Monday. Father of the girl Joginder Singh told the police that his daughter was married to Iqbal Singh of Bili Chahrmi village 17 years ago. The police has initiated proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC.
Patiala
VHP protest: Members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today held a dharna at Parshuram Chowk against Australian fashion designer for showing Hindu gods in defamatory manner. The protesters burnt
the Australian flag and demanded an apology from the concerned designer.
Annual function: DAV Public School,
Patiala, held an annual prize distribution function “Maa Tujhe Salaam”. Brahm
Mohindra, MLA, Samana, graced the occasion as chief guest, while Dr Puneet
Bedi, manager of the school, and principal, MCM DAV
College for Women, presided over.The programme commenced with a Saraswati Vandana followed by a lamp lighting ceremony. The event was dedicated to mothers. A choreography was presented by students.Toppers were honoured by Brahm
Mohindra. Principal SR Prabhakar read out the annual report.