ABOHAR
Cremations held: Hundreds of citizens, including members of the Indian Medical, PCMS Officers and Chemists Associations, Rotary and Lions Clubs, attended the cremation of Dr Krishan Kumar (53), younger brother of Bhim Sain Jat, the state secretary of INLD and president of the Shri Amarnath Langar Sewa Samiti at Shivpuri grounds on Wednesday. The sub-divisional town lost another eminent social and spiritual worker Surinder Kumar Sukhija (45), secretary of the Dera Radhasoami . He too died of cardiac arrest. The cremation was attended by a large number of followers.
Talent hunt: Champa has topped in ghazal and folk singing in the four-day talent hunt competitions which concluded at the DAV College of Education here on Wednesday. Other winners are:
bhajan- Ashok Kumar; song- Puja; quiz- Jaidev Bishnoi; skit- Naughty Boys group; acting- Parnam Singh; poetical recitation-
Jagmeet; debate- Jaidev; pakhi making- Paramjit Kaur; poster-making- Ankit; embroidery-
Meenakshi; cartooning and on-the-spot painting- Mukesh Kumar; rangoli- Himanshi; collage-making-
Ruchika; still life- Bhupinder; mehandi- Aarti; phulkari- Tarandeep Kaur;
dasuti- Payal Chhabra and chroshia- Kamini.
Five nabbed: A team, led by the block forest officer Jeeta Singh and guard Krishan
Lal, nabbed five persons for cutting trees on the strip of the Daulatpura sub-canal near Diwankhera village and recovered Rs 45,000 as penalty, Balwinder Singh
Sandhu, the district president of the Punjab Non-gazetted Forest Officers Union, said on Wednesday. The culprits were identified as Dyal Singh, Kishan Singh, Karnail Singh, Gurmukh Singh and Joginder Singh, all residents of the government seed farm colony, near here.
Two arrested: The police arrested Major Singh, a resident of Bhairon village in Tarn Taran police district, under the NDPS Act after recovering 170 gm smack on Tuesday. Satish Kumar of Rajput
Mohalla, Jalalabad West, who was nabbed with 150 gm opium, was remanded in judicial custody on Wednesday.
Amritsar
SAD (A) panel: In a bid to remove factionalism in the SAD (Amritsar), a five-member fact-finding committee, headed by Satnam Singh Bhiru, has begun interactions with party workers. It will soon submit its report to the party leadership. President of the kisan wing of the party Bhiru said here on Wednesday that the members of the committee would stay away from the political activities till the report was out.
BARNALA
Identity cards: Deputy commissioner R.L.Mehta has ordered the Poultry Farm and Brick-kiln Associations to keep proper records of its migrant
labour. These associations will issue identity cards to their employees. The DC has also banned the loading and unloading of goods in the
Pharwahi, Handiaya and Sadar Bazars and link roads of the KC Road till 8 pm. The entry of heavy vehicles is allowed only between 1 pm to 5 pm.These orders have been made effective from Wednesday till December 8.
BATHINDA
Freedom fighter: Freedom fighter Mansa Ram (87) died at his residence in Bhucho, near here, on Wednesday. He is survived by four sons and two daughters. He had not been keeping well for some time. A gun salute was given in his
honour.
Dog bites two: A stray dog attacked a man and a woman at the railway station on Wednesday. The two, described as mentally unstable, were asleep at that time. The injured were rushed to the civil hospital, but due to the non-availability of rabies vaccine there, they were taken to a private hospital.
PATIALA
New office bearers: Sharanjit Singh Jogipur, president District Youth Congress released the list of new office bearers with the approval of Vijay Inder
Singla, president of the Punjab Youth Congress on Tuesday.The block presidents include Avtar Singh Dhakraba of Patiala Block, Narinder Pal Happy of Rajpura (Rural), Manjeet Singh
Goraya, Ghanour, Harvinder Singh Honey, Patran (Rural), Hardeep Singh Josan, Sanour (Urban), Sukhdeep Singh, Samana (Rural), Anil Kumar
Nanni, Nabha (Urban), Gurpreet Singh Mohra, Nabha (Rural), Sukhchain Singh,
Bhadson. The president of the District Youth Congress also released a list of 21 district vice-presidents, 26 general secretaries, 27 secretaries, while Ravinder Pal Shukla is legal adviser and Kuldeep Singh
Shermajra, office incharge.
Samrala
Lambardara Union Election: A meeting of the lambardaras of Samrala Tehsil was held here today in the tehsil complex under the chairmanship of S Batra, chief patron, for the election of new council Sohan Singh Bharthala was elected president, Darbara Singh Madpur as senior vice-president, Pritam Singh Taprian as junior vice- president, Gurmeet Singh Dhorla as general secretary and Harnek Singh Ropalon was elected as joint secretary, Iqbal Singh Bomba was new cashier and Tara Singh Lal Kalan was the junior cashier.
3 books released: Three books namely “Gawach Gaya Tamooan di talash” by prof Hamdardvir Nausheharvi, “Kite Takran Taan Haal Sunawan” by Dr Gurdaipal Singh and “Akhar Akhar Ahsaas” by Babu Singh Chauhan were released by Sidhu Damdami, editor, Punjabi Tribune, Dr Parminder Singh, Dr Bhagwant Singh, Jaspal Singh and advocate Awhar Singh Godara.
