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PUNJAB

Fatehgarh Sahib
Two-day meet concludes: The National Conference on "Emerging Horizons in Science and Technology", organised by Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University in collaboration with Punjab Academy of Sciences concluded here on Sunday. Surjit Singh Rakhra, Minister for Rural Development, was the chief guest. Among others present were Dr Sarabjit Singh, Former Senior Scientist, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, and Vice Chancellor Dr Gurmohan Singh.

Nawanshahr
Seminar on drug addiction: Yuva Parivar Sewa Samiti, an NGO, organised a seminar to raise awareness on drug addiction at Baradari Gardens on Sunday. Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sohan Singh Thandal and District Planning Committee chairman Dr SK Sukhi presided over.

Patiala
PPS Nabha students hold art exhibition: Students from the Punjab Public School (PPS), Nabha, on Sunday held an art exhibition at Omaxe Mall under the Art of Blooming Buds category. As many as 20 students along with headmaster Jagpreet Singh participated in the exhibition that was inaugurated by Patiala Divisional Commissioner AS Pannu. The exhibition will continue till February 18.

HARYANA

Shahabad
Sex racket busted: A police team arrested three women for allegedly running a sex racket in Geeta Colony, Shahabad. The police raided a house following a tip-off. The police sent a decoy customer and arrested them, sources said.

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Sundernagar
‘BJP will form next govt’: Rebel BJP leader and former minister Roop Singh today said the BJP would form the next government at the Centre. He said the Modi factor would not only work at the national level, but also in the state. The public was fed up with the anti-public policies of the Congress, he said.