AMRITSAR
Intra-Regional Cultural Meet:The Northern Region Transmission System is organising an Intra Regional Cultural Meet at the Indian Auditorium Academy of Fine Arts in the city on December 27. Besides different cultural items of the region to be presented by artistes of Powergrid families, a handicraft exhibition would also be organised at the same venue.

Bathinda
Awarded: S.J.S Chahal, principal, B.G.S. Senior Secondary School, Barnala, has been selected for the ‘International Gold Star Millennium Award’ to be presented at an international conference on persons of Indian-origin conclave being held to coincide with the Indo-Thai friendship and economic cooperation scheduled to be held on Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand.

Blood donation: With the assistance of Baba Har Rang Ji Maharaj and the Youth Welfare Club, the Aasra Welfare Society organised a blood donation camp in the memory of the sacrifice made by Guru Govind Singh’s young sons, at a gurdwara in Har Rai Pur today. About 21 volunteers donated blood at the camp led by a team from the Government Hospital. On the occasion, the Red Cross presented mementos to the donors.

Injured: A car going from Bathinda to Moud turned turtle near Katar Singh Wala on Wednesday causing injuries to four persons, including two children. 

CHANDIGARH
M.P. Singh takes charge: M.P. Singh, a senior IAS of Punjab cadre, on Wednesday joined as secretary to the Governor, Punjab, in place of Navreet Singh Kang, who has gone on long leave because of personal reasons.

Fazilka
Special camp: A special camp was organised here on Wednesday to process the applications of old persons eligible for the pension scheme. On the first day, the camp was held at Municipal Council, Fazilka, for the residents of ward number 1 and 10 to 15 of the Fazilka town. Two such camps would be held on December 27 and 28 for the remaining wards.

Killed: One Phuman Singh was crushed to death on Tuesday night when while alighting from a tractor his foot pressed the gear lever by accident. Subsequently, the tractor ran over him. 

Ferozepur
Killed: One student was killed when a car collided with a truck on Tuesday late evening near village Piareana on Ferozepore-Moga road. The driver of the car, identified as Pankaj, died on the spot. The truck diver is absconding.

LUDHIANA
Youth throws acid on girl: An alleged spurned lover threw acid on a girl in Basti Jodhewal on Wednesday. Ritu Bhandari was rushed to the CMC Hospital by passersby. She suffered burns on face and arms. The youth sped away on his motorcycle after throwing acid on the girl.

TARN TARAN
713 examined at health fair: Dr Rattan Singh Ajnala, member, Lok Sabha, has said the union government is aware about the health services to be given to all by 2012 and that the masses should also be aware about their health rights. Dr Ajnala was addressing a rural gathering at a health fair organised under the National Rural Health Mission at Khadoor Sahib, 24 km from here, on Wednesday. Ajoy Sharma, DC, said the unbalanced male-female ratio in the district was a matter of great concern. Manjit Singh, MLA , and Dr Amrit Kaur, civil surgeon, also spoke. As many as 713 patients were examined at the fair.

Moga
New software: The computer faculty at Government High School, Moga, has developed a software, ‘eKlerk’ to computerise all data related to school. The software aims at eliminating unwanted paper work and would relieve the pressure of non-teaching work on the teaching staff. The software was inaugurated by SGPC member Gurmel Singh Sanagatpura.

MUKTSAR
Meeting held: A meeting of Unemployed Health Sanitary Inspector Union here, under the presidentship of Gurpreet Singh, was held in which workers from Bathinda, Faridkot and Muktsar participated. A resolution was passed to raise the union to state level. At the meeting, the police action against the ITI students at Bathinda was criticised and the administration was asked to withdraw cases against students.

AMBALA
Effigy burnt: The chairman of Vikas Parishad and former MLA, Anil Vij said the effigy of Chief Minister would be burnt at every roundabout in Ambala cantonment if the position of electricity was not improved. He said in a statement that the power situation had become worst in the entire district. The people of urban as well as the rural areas had been getting power hardly for 8 hours a day, he added. He alleged that the state had been supplying electricity of its share to Delhi. He demanded that the government should inform the real picture to the opposition parties. Vij said his party had taken out a protest procession in this regard. He said the senior officers of HVPN had assured that the unannounced cut would come to an end but the situation had become more serious. 

Safety at stake: The residents of a colony of municipal council have expressed great concern over the indifferent attitude of the council authorities. They said their houses had become unsafe as they were not repaired for a long time. The council has constructed around one dozen houses in this colony for its class IV employees. Some of them are at the verge of collapsing. Vimla Devi, a resident of the colony said cracks appeared in the roofs and the floor of their house. She said surroundings of the colony were filled with garbage and filth. She said the residents had informed the executive officer and other councillors in this regard but no action was taken so far. Another resident Radhe said they would raise this matter with the state government.

JIND
Woman, son missing: A 28-year-old woman has been reported to be missing along with her minor son from Dahola village in the district for the past three weeks. Identified as Guddi, wife of Ajit Singh, the woman had gone to her parents’ house to Masoodpur, but did not return to her in-laws’ house after that. Her son is aged five.

KAITHAL
383 examined at eye camp: As many as 383 patients were examined at an eye check-up camp organised by Om Parkash Jindal, Gramin Jan Kalyan Sansthan, free of cost at Shakti Nagar locality here on Wednesday. Dr Rajat Mathur, an eye surgeon, examined the patients and identified 82 persons to be operated for cataract. 

Office-bearers elected: The following were elected office-bearers of the District Bar Association, Kaithal on Wednesday - president: Janeshwar Dass, vice-president: Balraj, secretary: Hardeep and joint secretary: Mukesh Sharma.