BARNALA
Seminar held: The district administration has organised a seminar on women’s lok adalat to create awareness among masses about its benefits. Deputy commissioner R. L. Mehta presided over it.

BATHINDA
Found dead: Ram Singh, a resident of Khajuwala village in Rajasthan, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Kotshamir village under Sadar police station of the district on Friday. According to police sources, Singh was found dead in the house of Dhanna Singh, a truck driver. The police suspect it to be a case of murder.

Killed: In a hit-and-run case, Ramesh, alias Happy, of Behman Diwana village was killed by an unidentified vehicle, on the Malout road, about 6 km from here, on Friday night. He was rushed to the local Civil Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. Two children, Nanhe Ram and Goldy, also sustained injuries in the mishap. 

Sangat darshan: As many as 217 applications had been presented at the first sub-divisional level sangat darshan in the district. Eleven panchayats were present at the sangat darshan held at Malkana village in Talwandi Sabo sub-division, near here, on Friday.

Camp held: The NSS unit of Baba Farid College, Deon (Bathinda), organised a cleanliness and beautification camp on the college premises here on Saturday. Managing director of the institute Gurjit Singh Dhaliwal inaugurated the camp. 

ASI killed: In charge police post, Bhagta village, Nachattar Singh (45), was killed in a road accident, at Gondara village on the Bathinda-Faridkot national highway, 35 km from here, on Saturday. He was posted as ASI in the Punjab police.The incident occurred when his car collided with a milk van. A case has been registered. 

Bus looted: Three armed robbers have looted Rs 10, 000 from the conductor of a government bus on the Mansa road here. The PRTC bus (PB 03 Q 9025) was going to Dabwali from Chandigarh when three persons, who were in the same bus, forced the driver at gunpoint to stop the vehicle near Misarkhana and Chanarthal village.

2 die in mishap: Two persons, including a one-year-old child, Gaurav, and a woman, Gej Kaur, died on the spot while 17 others were injured when a private mini bus collided head-on with a tractor near Jodhpur Romana village on the Bathinda-Dabwali road on late Friday evening.

PATHANKOT
Eight arrested: The district police has arrested eight persons under the NDPS and Excise Act and seized intoxicating capsules and illicit liquor from them. They had been identified as Gulzar Masih, Nirmla, Ratni, Rajesh, Shakuntla, Ashwani, Gurbachan Singh and Balwinder Singh, said Lok Nath Angra, SSP, here on Saturday.

Patiala
Sunita Williams: Fourteen students of Blossoms Senior Secondary School, who have got themselves registered for the “Asian Regional Space Settlement Design Competition” had a chance to meet astronaut Sunita Willaims at Gurgaon recently. The students were also shown a documentary on how Planet Earth came into existence. Sunita Willaims shared her experiences of her recent space odyssey with the students and also answered their queries pertaining to her six-month stay in space.

Mohali
Sanitation concerns: A municipal councillor has urged the director of the Department of Local Government to direct the Municipal Council to maintain proper sanitation in the town, which was in a state of neglect. Kuljit Singh Bedi said that Mohali was a town, which was gaining international importance and as such it was necessary to keep the town clean. He said the civic body had given the work of sanitation on contract and according to the terms of the agreement two sets of employees had to be got engaged to look after general sanitation and other group after the cleanliness of curb channels. But it was seen that only one type of safai sewaks had been employed who took care of sanitation work only.

AMBALA
Teaching workshop: A two-day seminar and workshop for teachers began at Murlidhar DAV Senior Secondary School, Ambala on Saturday. The seminar is being organised by DAV College managing committee, New Delhi. Indermani Jain, course counsellor, inaugurated the performance enhancement programme for the teachers of class X and XII in the subjects of English, social science, mathematics and chemistry. School principal Reena Nagrath stressed on the need for such seminars in the present-day scenario of modern education. The changing CBSE pattern of evaluation and teachers with modern techniques of the teaching-learning process was the main aim of the programme. About 150 teachers from various schools of northern region participated in the seminar. On the first day, Chitra Sriniwas introduced teachers with the blueprint and sample paper for the subject of social science for 2008.

HAMIRPUR
BSNL meet: BSNL organised a customers’ meet at Hamir hotel on Friday evening. District and sessions judge V.K. Sharma was the chief guest on the occasion. BSNL gave away prizes to its branches for the highest collection and sale of BSNL telecom services. General manger of the Hamirpur unit of the nigam S.L Singh also spoke on the occasion. 

MANDI
Urged: The Mid-Himalayan Project Mazdoor Sangh on Saturday urged the state government to regularise the services of over 123 workers of the Kandi project which was completed in October 2005, as they had completed over 15 years in service. In a press release sangh leaders said there were over 123 workers who had not been regularised even after putting over 15 years in services with reasons best known to the Forest Department. He said workers in other departments had been regularised after putting in 8 years of service, but the government denied the same to them. They demanded that the discrimination be ended.