ABOHAR
Special camp: The Agriculture Department on Wednesday organised a special camp under Sir Ratan Tata Trust IPM project at Kikkarkhera village, near here. APPO Sukhdev Singh Brar, training officer Dr Vinod Kumar, APPO Dr Bhupinder Kumar, soil conservation officer Dr Hardyal Singh, ADO Chaman Lal and Dr Varsha spoke on a variety of subjects. Similar camps were held in Patti Sadiq, Kandhwala Amarkot, Azeemgarh, Dharangwala, Dangarkhera and Patti Billa. Sarpanch Ram Partap assured all cooperation in the battle against the mealy-bug menace.

Training centre: IFFCO chairman Surinder Kumar Jakhar inaugurated a sewing training centre for rural girls in the Government Elementary School complex at Khuyiansarwar village on the Abohar-Sriganganagar road on Wednesday. Another training centre will be run in Jandwala Hanwanta village. Area manager Amarjit Singh, Gulshan Singh Brar, president of the Khuyiansarwar multipurpose cooperative society, school principal Dr Sukhbir Singh Bal, R.K. Upveja and R.L. Sethi spoke on the occasion.

BARNALA
Protest rally: Activists of three labour unions - Punjab Khet Majdoor Union, Dehati Majdoor Sabha and Pendu Majdoor Union - held a protest rally in front of the office of the DC here on Wednesday. They were demanding the fixation of wages in rural areas. They presented a memorandum to deputy commissioner V.K. Ohri. Jora Singh Nasrali, state president, Punjab khet Majdoor Union, addressed the rally.

Hoshiarpur
Patwari’s scooter stolen: Scooter of patwari Ram Karam was stolen from Mukerian Tehsil complex on Tuesday. The incident took place when Karam had gone to the complex in connection with some official work.

JALANDHAR
Judicial remand: Varinder Aggarwal, Chief Judicial Magistrate, has remanded a drug peddler, Amandeep, to 14-day judicial remand. The accused was arrested by officials of Directorate of Intelligence Revenue (DRI) on Tuesday and presented in court on Wednesday. The DRI also seized 5 kilo heroin from his possession.

PATHANKOT
Water shortage: Residents of Garden Colony have been facing an acute water shortage for the past one week due to the breakdown in the motor at the water supply centre. Baljit Singh, president of the colony, urged the authorities to restore the supply at the earliest.

16 arrested: The police has arrested 16 persons under the NDPS Act and the Excise Act during the past 24 hours in a special drive. The district police chief said here on Wednesday that intoxicating capsules and illicit liquor had also been seized from their possession.

SANGRUR
Dharna staged: Students seeking admission to BA-I at Government Ranbir College here staged a dharna on Tuesday in front of the principal’s office. The dharna was organised by the Punjab Radical Students Union. The protesters were demanding admissions to BA-I for students who need to reappear in Class XII exams, withdrawal of enhancement in the PTA fund and withdrawal of certificate verification fee imposed by the university on BA-I, BSc-I and BCom-I students. State secretary of the union Sukhwinder Singh addressed the dharna.

TARN TARAN
Market secy held: The Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Wednesday nabbed Gurpal Singh, secretary, market committee, Naushehra Pannuan, at his office for taking a bribe of Rs 4,000 from his subordinate. DSP Onkar Singh, who led the vigilance team, said that Harjit Singh, a mandi supervisor, in his complaint to the VB had said the secretary had been demanding the bribe to release his salary. A case has been registered.