BATHINDA
Attack condemned: The Punjab State
Electricity Board Engineers Association of Guru
Nanak Dev Thermal Plant has condemned the
"murderous attack" on Mr Kartar Singh
Brar, Executive Engineer, and Mr Fakir Chand
Bansal and Mr Sukhdev Singh, junior engineers, by
the owner of a local hotel on October 26. In a
press note issued here on Monday, the association
said the engineers were attacked while on duty.
The association has demanded strict action
against the guilty and urged the state government
to make adequate security arrangements for
employees.GARHSHANKAR
Medical camp: Guru Nanak Mission
Hospital, Dhahan Kaleran, organised a free
medical camp at Birampur village. A large number
of patients were examined by specialists and
medicines were distributed among them.
Ornaments
looted: Two scooter-borne miscreants
looted some cash and ornaments at gunpoint from
Kuldeep Kaur and Paramjit Kaur of Parsowal
village. The women were coming to Parsowal
village from Bassi Kalan village.
KAPURTHALA
City hall: The city hall built by the
local Improvement Trust at a cost of Rs 10 lakh
was opened to the public at the Improvement Trust
Colony on Monday. Mr N.K. Arora, Principal
Secretary, Local Bodies Department, inaugurated
it. Mr V.K. Singh, Deputy Commissioner, and Mr
S.S. Bains, Additional Deputy Commissioner, were
also present on the occasion.
Dharnas:
The Bahujan Samaj Party has decided to stage
dharnas in the state in protest against the
notification abolishing the quota of reservation
of Scheduled Caste persons in government jobs.
This was stated by Mr Tarsem Daula, Senior
Vice-President of the district unit of the party.
LUDHIANA
Teachers' demand: The local unit of the
Government School Teachers Union has demanded the
removal of anomalies in the grades of teachers,
implementation of new grades as recommended by
the Chattopadhya Commission and retaining the
post of Head Teacher in primary schools.
MOGA
Garbage: Several associations, including
the Shopkeepers and the Halwais Associations, of
this town on Tuesday appealed to the local
authorities, including the President of the Moga
Municipal Committee and the Deputy Commissioner,
to make immediate arrangements for the removal of
stagnant water and heaps of garbage
"littered at various places" of the
town for the past several months. The
associations said the garbage and stagnant water
had started causing health problems.
Run
over: A disabled man was killed on
Monday when he was run over by a passenger train
coming from Ludhiana near the Moga railway
station. He was crossing the railway track when
the mishap took place. He was identified as
Amarjit Singh of this town. The body has been
sent for a post-mortem.
PATHANKOT
Eye camp: At an eye operation camp
organised at Shri Guru Karshan Ashram, Badhroa,
on Tuesday, 25 cataract operations were performed
by eye specialists Dr Arun Khera, Dr S.K Saini
and Dr Vijay Nijhavan. Spectacles, blankets and
shoes were given free of cost to patients by the
ashram authorities.
PHAGWARA
Bank branch: HDFC bank has opened its
fully computerised branch here on Tuesday. This
hi-tech branch will provide 24-hour automated
teller machine (ATM) and phone banking
facilities, besides the super saver account
facility, bank sources said on Wednesday. The
branch is the fifth in the state and 60th in the
country.
Dental
fortnight: Twenty dentures will be
provided free of cost and hundreds of dental
patients will be examined and imparted dental
health care education in the local civil hospital
during the statewide dental fortnight that was
launched on Tuesday, Dr Paramjeet Singh Thind,
Chief Medical Officer (Dental), Phagwara, said on
Wednesday.
PHILLAUR
Shot at: Lashman Singh was shot at and
wounded by two armed miscreants at Rurrka Kalan
village in Phillaur subdivision on Monday. He was
going to a friend's house. The miscreants fled
after committing the crime. Lashman Singh was
admitted to the civil hospital with bullet
injuries on the chest. A case has been
registered.
ROPAR
DRDA union: The following have been
elected office-bearers of the Ropar unit of the
Punjab State District Rural Development Agencies
(DRDA) Employees Union: president — Mr Jagan
Nath Mohal; general secretary — Mr Darshan
Kumar; and treasurer — Mr Paramjit Singh.
SAMRALA
Orientation camp: A seven-day special
orientation camp of primary teachers, which was
organised under the guidance of Mrs Usha Sidhu,
DEO (S), Ludhiana, concluded here on Tuesday at
the local Government Senior Secondary School. As
many as 54 teachers participated in the seminar.
SANGRUR
Branch inaugurated: Mr R.S Nanda,
General Manager, of State Bank of Patiala,
inaugurated the computerised branch of the State
Bank of Patiala at a function held here on
Tuesday.
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