BATHINDA
Meeting held: The Bus Stand Save Action Committee held a meeting at a local hotel on Tuesday against the government policy to shift the bus stand outside the city. A resolution was passed unanimously by all participants that they would meet Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on October 14 at
Bathinda. Meanwhile, the committee members announced that on October 7, a meeting would be held to discuss the mode of further struggle.
Murdered:
A woman, Ratna Bai of Kot Fatha village, was allegedly murdered by her brother-in-law Jyona Ram on Wednesday. Police sources said Jyona asked Ratna about the whereabouts of his wife. When she could not reply to his question to his satisfaction, he became angry and killed her with an axe. A case has been registered.
BARNALA
Fake currency: The local police has busted a gang involved in making fake currency. The arrested persons are Harjeet Singh, Dalbir Singh and Narinder Pal Sharma. SSP Parmjeet Singh Garewal said the police held a naka at Cheenewal Kalan village and arrested three persons. About Rs 59,000 of Rs 100 denomination were seized from them. During the investigation, the three accused revealed that they used a scanner and a CD for making fake currency. A case under Section 489-A, B and C had been registered.
Yoga camp:
The Patanjali Yog Peeth, Hardwar, will hold a yoga camp from October 7 to 14 at Barnala to deal with obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. Madhu Gupta, district president of the
Peeth, gave this information adding that it will be a free camp.
FATEHGARH
SAHIB
PTU toppers: Students of RIMT Institute of Management and Computer Technology, Mandi
Gobindgarh, Hina Bansal and Sofi Garg have brought laurels for the institute by securing the first and second position, respectively, in the
BCA-IV semester examination conducted by Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, held in May-June 2007. Chairman of the RIMT Group of Institute Hukam Chand Bansal congratulated the students. Director general Dr B.S. Bhatia lauded the efforts of the students and the staff members. Hina Bansal secured 649 marks and Sofi Garg got 628 marks in the examination.
MC president election: The elections for the president of Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib Municipal Council scheduled for Wednesday had to be postponed as Akali councillors failed to turn up. The previous president had put in his papers on September 5 following pressure by the Akali
councillors. MC president Charanjit Singh (Congress) was on a foreign trip when the Akalis moved a no-confidence motion against him. On returning, he decided to resign. Now, two Akali leaders - Sher Singh and Ashok Kumar Sood - are vying for the post. It was learnt that the Akali councillors held a meeting with Sirhind MLA Didar Singh
Bhatti, where they could not reach a consensus. The new date for the election would be announced later.
Hoshiarpur
Function held: The district administration held a function at the mini-secretariat on Tuesday to celebrate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. SDM Karnail Singh paid floral tributes and along with participants took the pledge to follow in the footsteps of Father of the Nation.
Narcotic seized: The Sadar police seized 10 kg of poppy husk on Tuesday while patrolling the Mehlanwali-Jahankhelan link road. The police party noticed a person carrying a plastic bag under suspicious circumstances. The accused was able to flee under cover of darkness but threw his bag. On recovering the bag the police found poppy husk
in it. A case has been
registered.
Jalandhar
Minor raped, one arrested: The police arrested Gurpreet Singh of New Kartar Nagar here today on the charge of raping a minor girl in her house in the same locality last evening. An FIR under sections 376 and 506 of the IPC was registered against him in this regard.
Nawanshahr
New president: Sikh National College principal Jaspal Singh Randhawa has been elected president of the Sports Council of Guru Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar. Randhawa said his top priority would be to develop infrastructure in the colleges, especially in rural and semi-urban areas, for the promotion of sports.
Book release:
Punjabi book “Satlej Gavah Hai,” on the life and philosophy of Shaheed Bhagat Singh was released by Prof Jagmohan Singh, a nephew of the
Shaheed-e-Azam, at a function held at Khatkar Kalan on Monday. The book is written by NRI Ajit Singh
Rahi.
Phagwara
Dry day violation: The police arrested liquor shop employee Sohan Lal on the charge of opening his liquor shop on Tuesday declared as dry day by the Kapurthala deputy commissioner. The police nabbed Pankaj with a bottle of liquor he had purchased from the shop where Sohan was employed.
Patiala
Blood Donors Day: The Patiala branch of Indian Medical Association (IMA) on the eve of National Blood Donors Day on Tuesday organised a “Continued Medical Education
Programme-cum-Seminar” on the appropriate and safe blood donation. Dr Kulbir
Kaur, Director of Life Line Blood Center, Patiala and former head of the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical College,
Patiala, chaired the CME. Dr Kusam Thakur, blood transfusion officer from Rajindra Hospital,
Patiala, spoke of measures for appropriate use of blood. IMA felicitated Anil
Bajaj, senior deputy mayor of Patiala, who attended as a special invitee.
