BARNALA
Declamation contest: Thirtysix students of eight schools of Barnala and surrounding cities participated in an inter-school declamation contest being held at Gnadhi Arya Sr Secondary School here on Saturday. The subjects were female foeticide, Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati and girls education, corruption and the importance of yoga in our life.Sukhdev Singh Bhatti, SP(D), inaugurated the contest.Bharat Bushan Menon, secretary, Arya Institution, and principal H.Kumar Kaul also spoke.

BATALA
Rotary Club: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Rotary Club, Batala, (Mid Town): president- Ramesh Shukla; senior vice-president- Satish Mohey;vice-president- Ashwani Marwaha; secretary- J.S. Gulloo, joint secretary; Rakesh Aggarwal; cashier- Ramesh Sharma; and joint financial secretary- Suresh Bansal.

BATHINDA
Exhibition: The local International Institute of Fashion Designing (INIFD) on Saturday started its three-day exhibition-cum-sale mela on its campus located on the Mall Road here.Sunil Gupta, director, INIFD, Bathinda, inaugurated the exhibition.

2 destitutes die: Two destitutes, who could not be identified, died at different platforms of the local railway station in the past 24 hours as they could not get medical treatment when they were running temperature.

2 bodies found: Volunteers of the Sahara Jan Sewa found two bodies during the past 24 hours.Vijay Goyal, president, Sahara Jan Sewa, in a press note issued here on Saturday, said one nude body was found from roadside bushes near Kot Shamir village on the Bathinda-Mansa road. Another body was found from the Bathinda branch of the Sirhind canal. The body was identified as that of Rup Singh of Jogi Nand village of the district.

HOSHIARPUR
Sub-inspector booked: Sub Inspector Narotam Kumar, former in charge of Police Chowki Ajnoha of this district, presently posted at the Police Lines here, was booked on Saturday under Sections 7 and 13, Prevention of Corruption Act, for allegedly taking bribe of Rs 10,000. SSP, Hoshiarpur, Anita Punj said Narotam Kumar took a bribe from one Karamjit Singh of Rihali village threatening him that if he did not pay him the amount, he would implicate him in some false case of the NDPS Act.

MOGA
2 killed: Two persons were killed while one was injured in a head-on collision between a jeep and a scooter at Baghapurana, near here,on late Friday night. The deceased were identified as Manga Singh of Nathoke village and Babu Singh of Bhinder Kala village, while the injured was Natha Singh of Ughoke village.

Mohali
CAMP: A camp to prepare driving licences was organised by the district transport office at Majri block, here on Saturday. DTO Balbir Singh said 455 learners’ driving licences were prepared and distributed on the spot. The camp, organised on the demand of the residents of the area, was inaugurated by Morinda MLA Ujagar Singh Badali.

BILASPUR
Suicide: Nandlal,35, of Samleta village allegedly committed suicide and was found hanging from the roof of his room on Friday night. He was spotted by his family when they heard the TV in his room on, during late night. He is survived by three children and a wife, who was away to her parents place along with the children. He had been worried for the past sometime due to his poor financial condition. He worked as a fisherman in Gobind Sagar. The police has registered a case.

KUMARHATTI
Labourer dies: Jawahar Yadav, a migrant labourer was killed after he got entangled in a machine at a Nalagarh based paper mill on Friday. He hailed from Bihar and was involved in work when his feet skidded suddenly and he got struck in the machine. The incident took place around 6 pm. The machine was used to recycle water papers material. Other labourers pulled him out but Jawahar sustained serious head injures and died on the spot.

NAHAN
Cleanliness drive: The students of Sangrah Degree College led by its principal Dr Subhash Gupta, on Saturday completed a two-day cleanliness campaign which was launched to clean up Sangrah market and its surroundings. A function was organised in the college with the collaboration of the Science and Technology Council.