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Cong leader ‘forces’ tiny tots to sweat in dharna
Moga, July 26
A former minister and senior Congress leader Inderjit Singh Zira allegedly 'forced' as many as 100 children, who were in school uniform, to accompany him along with his supporters and stage a protest outside the Mini-secretariat here on a hot Friday.

Five Fazilka firms flunk tests for quality, penalised
Fazilka, July 26
Five firms of Fazilka district have been penalised by Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC)-cum-Food Safety Officer Charandev Singh Maan for violating Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006.

Sessions Judge visits Guruharsahai courts complex
Ferozepur, July 26
Vivek Puri, District and Sessions Judge, Ferozepur, today visited the newly constructed Civil Courts at Guruharsahai. He listened out members of the Bar Association and assured them that their genuine concerns would be looked into. The District and Sessions Judge took stock of the various ongoing development works on the courts complex.
Vivek Puri, District & Sessions Judge, Ferozepur, addresses members of the Bar Association at Guruharsahai on Friday. A Tribune photograph

• PGDCA: Abohar girl tops PU

Cong leader ‘forces’ tiny tots to sweat in dharna
Kulwinder Sandhu
Tribune News Service

Moga, July 26
A former minister and senior Congress leader Inderjit Singh Zira allegedly 'forced' as many as 100 children, who were in school uniform, to accompany him along with his supporters and stage a protest outside the Mini-secretariat here on a hot Friday.

District Magistrate Arshdip Singh Thind and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Surjit Singh Grewal reportedly came down from their offices and offered drinking water to the children.

The Congress leader stage-managed the protest against the managing committee of the Adarsh School of Manawan village and the district administration for showing door to some teachers of the school during the current academic season.

Zira raised slogans against the district administration and also allegedly misbehaved with the SSP. "Zira misbehaved with senior officials of the administration in my presence and forced the students to sweat out in the scorching heat," Thind said.

Chairman of the managing committee of the school JS Dhaliwal, when contacted, said the protest was unwarranted and amounted to violation of human rights of the children who were forced to sit on a dharna in school uniform. "We will lodge a complaint against the Congress leader before the State Human Rights Commission," he said.

 Food Safety Act
Five Fazilka firms flunk tests for quality, penalised
Our Correspondent

Fazilka, July 26
Five firms of Fazilka district have been penalised by Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC)-cum-Food Safety Officer Charandev Singh Maan for violating Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006.

Food inspector Kanwaljit Singh said the department had taken samples of food items from different firms of the district. Out of which, eatables of five firms failed to qualify the standard test.

The outcome of the samples was produced before the ADC. He imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on Dalip Dairy, Abohar, Golden Dragon Restaurant, Jalalabad, and Vinod Kumar of Bhagu village of Abohar sub-division.

Besides, he also imposed a fine of Rs 4,000 each on Tarntarni Dhaba, Abohar, and Ravindra Dairy, Fazilka, as the samples taken from their business establishments could not qualify the standard test.

The ADC warned these firms to sell quality items by adhering to the Food Safety and Standard Act failing which they would be dealt with sternly.

The food inspector said that the department also took samples of mid-day meal from schools and suppliers. Two samples of mid-day meal each from Government Primary School, Rampura village, Government High School, Banwala Hanuwanta village, and Stri Shakti, the supplier of mid-day meal in the Jalalabad area, have been taken.

“District education officer, Fazilka, have been asked to personally check mid-day meal regularly,” Maan added.

 Sessions Judge visits Guruharsahai courts complex
Our Correspondent

Ferozepur, July 26
Vivek Puri, District and Sessions Judge, Ferozepur, today visited the newly constructed Civil Courts at Guruharsahai. He listened out members of the Bar Association and assured them that their genuine concerns would be looked into. The District and Sessions Judge took stock of the various ongoing development works on the courts complex.

Barjinder Pal Singh, Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, RS Thind, president of the Bar Association, and secretary Ashok Kumar Kamboj besides other senior advocates, including Rajinder Monga and SS Sidhu, were also present on the occasion.

  PGDCA: Abohar girl tops PU

Abohar, July 26
Navdeep Sharma of Gopi Chand Arya Mahila College has topped in Panjab University in the PGDCA examination. Principal of the college Neelam Arun Mittu said Navdeep got 863 marks out of 1,000 to bag the top position. — OC