ABOHAR
NSS camp ends: The 10-day NSS camp organised by DAV College at the government school complex at Dharmpura village, near here, concluded on Monday. Dr Ram Kumar
Goyal, a former MLA, was the chief guest at the valedictory function.
Banur
Campus placements at SVIET: As many as nine students of Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering and Technology
(SVIET), have achieved campus placement and have been selected by Reify Technologies, a web development company, offering enterprise solution development services based in the United States. The five students placed in Reify Technologies studying in their 7th semester are Amit Sharma and Ashish Chopra of computer science and engineering branch and Taranjeet
Kaur, Ramandeep Kaur and Neeraj Sharma of electronics and communication engineering branch. The other four students namely Amit Kumar, Arvinder Singh and Harswinder Singh of computer science and engineering branch and Gaurav Mahipal of electronics and communication engineering branch are studying in the 5th semester.
BARNALA
Effigy burnt: To protest against the ever -increasing prices of essential goods, the New Trade Union burnt the effigies of the state and union governments at the court chowk on Monday. Hundreds of labourer and class IV employees participated in it.
Protest: The Punjab Student Union will observe protest week from October 13 to 20 to lodge its protest against the privatisation of education. Pardeep Kumar disclosed this in a meeting held at ITI institute on Monday.
BATHINDA
Sangat darshan: A sangat darshan in Bathinda sub-division was held at Chak Singh Wala village on Monday. It was attended by panchayats of six villages, namely Chak Ram Singh Wala, Chak Bakhtu, Lehra Khana, Lehra Mohabbat, Har Joginder Singh Nagar and Chak Singh Wala. Rahul Tiwari, DC, was present along with officials from 17 other government departments.
Talent hunt: A talent hunt programme was organised in the Dasmesh Girls College of Education,
Badal, on Monday. The students presented songs, ghazals, dances, poems, skits and giddha to enthral the audience. The principal of Government School,
Bhaini-Bring, S. Sarvjeet Singh Toor, was the chief guest on the occasion.
Appointed: Dr
B.D. Bajaj, a former district TB officer of Bathinda, was appointed as the state coordinator of a TB eradication project on Monday.
One held: The police arrested Tarsem ,alias
Shammi, of Ram Tirath village near Talwandi Sabo, with 5 kg of poppy husk on Sunday. A case has been registered under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act. The accused has been sent to judicial custody till October 23.
Crushed: A labourer,Phool
Chand, was crushed to death by a PRTC bus at Jassi Chowk on the Bathinda-Mansa road on Monday. The rear tyres of the bus rolled over him and he was severely injured. He was rushed to the civil hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The body was handed over to family members after the postmortem.A case has been registered against the driver of the bus .
One held: The police arrested Satish Kumar of Rampura Mandi and recovered narcotic drugs from his possession, from
Rampura, near here, on Sunday. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against him. He has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.
Fazilka
Mass marriage: Eightyfive couples tied the nuptial knot at a programme organised by Sidh Shri Hanuman
Mandir, Fazilka, and Bhagat Kuldip Sahu, chief of Baba Ram Dev Samiti, Bodiwala Pitha on Sunday. Vijay Kumar Chopra, chief editor of Punjab Kesari Group,
Jalandhar, was the chief guest. Ajit Singh Kohar, revenue minister, Punjab, Sher Singh
Ghubaya, chief parliamentary secretary, Surjit Kumar Jyani, MLA, Fazilka, were also present.
Hoshiarpur
Green cover: Clean and Green Association, Hoshiarpur, will be taking up an extensive plantation drive in two more areas, Guru Nanak Avenue and Shankar
Nagar. In a function, SSP Anita Punj planted a sapling of a tree and appreciated the efforts of the association for making the city clean and green. Chairman of the association Deepak Mittal said their mission started three years ago from Budh Ram Colony. As many as 19 colonies had been adopted by the association till date.
Loans for needy: Loans worth Rs 353 crore have been provided till June this year under priority sector in Hoshiarpur district. This was disclosed by additional deputy commissioner (development) Mohmad Iqbal Bhatti while presiding over the meeting of advisory committee to review the progress of banks, here on Monday.
Jalandhar
Youth to be told about new jobs: District Employment Generation and Training Department will organise a `mass counselling programme’ for imparting awareness among the youth about new job opportunities. This was decided in a meeting presided over by ADC cum additional director of the department, AK
Sikka. District Employment Officer Sanjeeda Beri, among other dignitaries, was present at the meeting.The programme is being organised on the direction of the secretary of the department NS
Kalsi.
Nawanshahr
Help pours in: Local MLA Jatinder Singh Kariha and deputy commissioner Gurpal Singh Bhatti today handed over cheques worth Rs 1 lakh each to the parents of the three hawkers,
Gurpreet, Sukhwinder and Ravinder, who were crushedby a truck while they were arranging newspapers at Chandigarh chowk about two months ago.
DEO holds meet: District education officer (DEO) Piara Singh, while addressing a meeting of school heads, exhorted them to dedicate themselves to build up conducive environment in schools for inculcating human values and glorious traditions of Indian culture among the students. He advised them to mobilise the parents also to give more time to their children.
Pathankot
Honoured: Family members of 16 eye donors were honoured at a special function organised by the Social Welfare Society, a premier NGO of the town, on Sunday. Vijay Kumar Chopra, chief editor, Punjab Kesari Group of newspapers, and Surjit Kumar Jyani, local MLA, presented momentoes on behalf of the society to them.
9 arrested: The district police in a special drive arrested nine persons, including two women, under the Excise Act on Monday. District police chief Lok Nath Angra said all had been identified as Gurdev Singh, Sukhdev Raj, Sunita Devi, Mehnga Ram, Jindi, Charan Masih, Lovekesh Kumar, Manjit Singh and Joginder Singh and recovered 8,235 litres of illicit liquor from their possession.
PATIALA
Rotary Club: Sudarshan Bedi took charge as the new president of the Rotary club on Monday. Prominent among those present on the occasion were Dr B.C Gupta, principal secretary (home), D.S Grewal, deputy commissioner and the Patiala SSP S.K Asthana. Speaking on the occasion, Dr B.C Gupta recommended new projects for the new team. The new president elaborated some of the projects, the team planned to undertake, including those pertaining to literacy and adult education.
Phagwara
Opium seized: The Police arrested a migratory labourer, identified as Rakesh
Jha, and seized 1 kg opium from him Tibbi railway crossing on Monday. The accused was on his way to sell opium among drug addicts. Meanwhile, investigations were still on.
Samrala
Honorarium received: The honorarium to lambardars of Samrala Tehsil have been received from the Punjab government, according to Sukhdev Singh
Mahal, SDM Samrala, here today.The honorarium received in Samrala Tehsil is the second installment amounting Rs 2500 which is Rs 500 per month for five months, added SDM
Mahal.
Meeting: The meeting of the Samrala Tehsil Lambardar Union, held here today, under the convenorship of Sohan Singh Lambardar of village
Bharthala, in which more than 50 Lambardars participated. The next meeting is scheduled to be held on October 10.
