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ABOHAR
Talent hunt: Rupinder Kaur was declared the best dancer in gidha during the three-day talent hunt competitions, which concluded at the DAV College auditorium on Sunday. Narender Kaur was declared runner’s-up. Other toppers included Isha Khetarpal (solo dance-girls), Deepak Kumar (solo dance-boys), Ginnipreet (group dance general-girls), Shakun (group dance general-boys), Meenu Goyal (mehandi), Poonam Godara (rangoli), Lalit Kumar (collage-making and dry flower decoration), Pardeep Kumar (cartooning and poster-making), Bhawna Sethi (fresh flower decoration) and Dhirender Kumar (on- the-spot painting). Principal Dr B.C Josan honoured the winners. 3 die in mishap
: Chandu Ram (57), employed with the Animal Husbandry Department, his wife Birma Rani, and their grand son Navdeep (5) died in a fatal accident near Rohranwali village on Sunday while they were on their way to
Hanumangarh. PO arrested: A proclaimed offender (PO) was arrested seven years after being accused of robbery of a rural branch of Punjab National Bank in this subdivision. DSP Parampal Singh said on Monday that a case against seven unidentified persons was registered on April 13, 2000, on a complaint of the manager of Balluana branch of PNB for looting Rs 2.72 lakh on April 12. While the police had arrested two persons, now the police nabbed Lakhbir Singh from his house at Katakheri village near
Fatehabad. BARNALA
Strike: To lodge their protest against the manhandling of XEN Gurpal Singh by the PSEB employees, the engineer association, Sangrur region, held a pen-down strike in Barnala and Sangrur districts on Monday. A meeting was held under the presidentship of zonal secretary Jasbir Singh
Diwan. Bathinda
Rape: A minor Scheduled Caste girl of Mehraj village of this district was allegedly raped by her father in the past seven days. The matter came to light when the victim, after gathering enough courage, reported the matter to police. Police sources said Jagroop Singh
Jupa, the accused, had been arrested.
Batala
Sports function: A block level sports function was organised here on Friday by Gurdaspur district sports officer at Baring Union Christian College Ground. While presiding over the function Batala SDM Sandeep Rishi urged the youth to keep away from drugs and participate in sports. The SDM also announced that
person bringing laurel for the area would also be
honored by the district administration. GURDASPUR
Mishap: At least 12 passengers including women, were injured, when a private bus by which they were travelling had a head-on collision with a truck on the Gurdaspur-Pathankot highway at Parmanand village near Dinanagar on Monday. Traffic was disrupted on the highway for over an hour. The police has impounded the vehicles. Hoshiarpur
Urged: Sri Ram Charit Manas Parchar Mandal urged AICC Sonia Gandhi and president of the BJP Rajnath Singh to declare publically that they would never enter into any political alliance with the DMK and the DK. In a press statement here on Monday, president of the mandal Harish Saini stated that all members had condemned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi for questioning the existence of Lord
Rama. JALANDHAR
IAF cycle race: The Indian Air Force organised a cycle race competition for women and children to mark its platinum jubilee at Adampur on Sunday. Air Commodore, Arup
Raha, Air Officer Commanding, air force station, Adampur flagged off the race. As many as 14 events were held for women and children in different age groups.
Ludhiana
World Holy Day: The Ludhiana chapter of International Society for Krishna
Consciousness(ISKCON) observed World Holy Day here on Monday.Temple president Rajsuya Das said chanting of holy name eradicates envy and brings real peace, unity and fraternity in society. Memorandum
submitted: Urban state Ram Lila Dushera committee president Raj Garg and committee members submitted a memorandum to local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia on Monday. In it they urged him to order authorities to grant permission to them for celebrating Ram Lila and Dushera melas from October 5 to October 22. Garg has threatened that if PUDA fails to grant permission within three days, they will protest in front of the PUDA office.
PATHANKOT
Suicide: Laxmi Dass, a resident of Mathauli village in Nurpur subdivision of Kangra district, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree near the railway station here on Monday morning. The family members said Laxmi Dass had been to Manimahesh Yatra and called at home two days ago.
Phagwara
City Club gets new look: Punjab technical education minister Chaudhary Swarana Ram inaugurated renovated building of Phagwara City Club. He also donated Rs two lakh for the club which has tie-ups with 50 other prestigious clubs of the country. Phagwara SDM and club vice-president Amarjeet Paul said thrust would be on promoting traditional cultural activities through the club. A cultural programme was also perfomed by ghazal and bhajan singer Vijay Sharma. Over 200 people were present on the occasion.
PATIALA
Yoga camp: The Patanjali Yog Samiti is organizing an eight-day yoga camp at Baradari Gardens, under the supervision of Yog teacher Braham Kumar. He said prayanam, light exercise and asnas are very useful for the overall fitness. During the free camp, special attention would be given to weight-reducing exercises, besides the exercises for getting rid of numerous chronic ailments.
NawanShahr
Basketball title: The MGN, Jalandhar, defeated MGN, Kapurthala, by 49-33 to lift the title of boys of the CBSE
Sahodaya Inter-School Basketball Tournament (under 19) which
concluded at Kirpal Sagar Academy, here yesterday.While, in the girls
section APJ, Jalandhar, beat Army Public School, Jalandhar by 43-27 and won the girls
titleTarn Taran
Tribute to martyr: Hailing the installation of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chair at the Jawahar Lal Nehru University by the Union Government the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Naujawan Sabha has demanded declaration of September 28, the 100th birthday of the martyr, as holiday.
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