Amloh
Bimla wins lunch box contest:
A nutritive lunch box competition was organised at Young Farmers’ Public High School, Bhadson, here today. Students from nursery to Class V brought a variety of food items for taking part in the competition. The attempt was to make mothers aware of the basic components of food, which are essential for the physical and mental development of the child.
The results of the lunch box competition are: Bimla Devi, mother of Anmol Singh of Class IV, 1st; Rajdip Kaur, mother of Anupreet Kaur, 2nd and Neena Devi, mother of Neha Sharma, 3rd.
Amritsar
Dharna staged: Activists of the Punjab Subordinate Services Federation today held a protest dharna against the Medical Superintendent of ESI Hospital in front of her office here. Their demands included cancelling of alleged wrong transfers of class four employees besides withdrawing the transfers of employees done in far away places. The activists also condemned the alleged anti-employee attitude of the Medical Superintendent. They resorted to traffic jam on the Majitha road, which was removed after the intervention of police.
Pak jatha returns home:
A 274-member jatha of Pakistani Hindus, who were here to pay obeisance at various Hindu religious places, returned to their native country on Samjhauta Express from Attari today.They were given warm send off by All-India Hindu Shiv Sena
(AIHSS) President Surinder Kumar Billa. The jatha paid obeisance at
Ujjain, Mathura, Hardwar, Mahakaleshwar Temple, besides temples at Nagpur and Amravati in
Maharashtra. They visited Birla and Chhatarpur Temples in Delhi. The had come to India on March 16.
Bathinda
ETT teachers hold rally:
The ETT Teachers’ Union organised an awareness rally here today. Senior vice-president Sukhbir Singh Poohla and Malwa zone president Parwinder Singh said it had been two months but no party had come to the union to listen to their problems. No party had unemployment eradication on their agenda for the forthcoming elections, they said.
The teachers said that their agitation would continue if their demands are not met and more teachers would join the union in the coming time.
Art exhibition inaugurated:
More than 700 entries attracted the art lovers at the three-day exhibition that was inaugurated by principal Dr Venita Singh on Thursday.
The students of B.Ed and M.Ed have contributed a wide range of oil, water
colour, postal colour, fabric colour paintings, best out of waste, wall hoardings, handicraft, lampshades, soft toys, clay models, Plaster of Paris frames, shaking flowers, mirror work,
phulkari, thermo cole models, bouquets, nib paintings and collage. Art work of their teacher in-charge Vishal Bhateja has also been displayed. Fifteen best works will be awarded, the principal said.
Jalandhar
Secretary: Sikander Mehta, who has been appointed Secretary by Vikramjit Singh
Chaudhary, president DYC (R).
Rs 6.5 lakh looted: A group of burglars decamped with cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees from a flat at Guru Gobind Singh Avenue when the tenant had gone out for some work, here today. According to police sources, Pawan Sharma, who was residing at the flat with his family for the past one year, lodged a complaint after which a theft case was registered. The burglars entered the house after breaking the lock of the main door. They took away cash worth Rs 6.5 lakh along with gold jewellery and other valuables from the almirah. The thieves also ransacked the house before leaving, the police said. A dog squad and a team of forensic experts were pressed into service.
De-addiction camp: A drug de-addiction camp was organised by the Art of Living at Cantonment Board Hospital, Jalandhar cantonment, from March 29 to April 8. Of the 103 patients who got registered in the camp, 35 got themselves de-addicted. Bhajan singer Meenakshi enthralled the participants with her discourse.
Kapurthala
Inquiry against Bholath SDM: Jalandhar Division Commissioner S.R. Ladhar conducted on spot inquiry against the
Bholath SDM-cum-Assistant Returning officer (ARO) Ranjit Kaur for her alleged biased role in favouring the
SAD-BJP alliance to win the elections. He visited Bholath on Wednesday and met several persons there. Punjab Chief Electoral officer Kusmjit Sidhu had deputed Ladhar to conduct the inquiry against the SDM on the complaint of the Bholath Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira who demanded the transfer of
SDM.
ludhiana
Mock test tomorrow: Ludhiana College of Engineering & Technology
(LCET) will conduct a free mock entrance test for IIT-JEE/AIEEE/CET -2009 aspirants at its campus and Tagore Public School, Agar
Nagar, on April 11 to provide guidance and for achieving better ranks in the entrance tests for engineering.
The test will have a cash prize of Rs 5,000 and strictly be on the lines of
IIT-JEE/AIEEE/CET, said an official press release.
Mandi
Ahmedgarh
Toppers felicitated:
Students of Class V who had topped in 53 schools of the block were felicitated by local social and educational organisations yesterday.
Lovleen Kaur of Guru Har Rai Model School, Jhaner village, who had topped in the block was felicitated by the Sat Sahib Educational Trust at a function organised at the village. Chairman and former Additional District Magistrate Dev Raj Sofat and principal Usha Rani appreciated the role of teachers in preparing the students for examinations and extra-curricular activities. Students of Guru Teg Bahadur Public School, Kanganwal, and Secular Model School, Shergarh Cheema, stood second and third in the block, respectively.
Primary Education Officer of the block Gian Kaur said the top three positions were bagged by students studying in private schools.
Mandi Gobindgarh :
Amit best in declamation: A declamation and poster-making competition on the ‘Role of Ayurveda
and Yoga in Modern Era’ was organised at the Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic
College and Hospital to celebrate the World Health Day today. In
poster making, Shivani got first prize, Shilpa and Munisha stood
second while Amrinder secured third place. In declamation, Amit Rana
stood first, Dimple clinched second prize while Jyoti and Alisha stood third.
Mansa:
Wheat lifting on in Mansa:
Deputy Commissioner Kumar Rahul today assured 100 per cent purchase of wheat from all the markets of
Mansa. Officials of purchasing agencies and other concerned officials held a meeting in this regard. The DC informed that nearly 16,986 metric tonne of wheat was brought for purchase in the markets of the district till now, of which, 9176 MT wheat was purchased by the government agencies.
Tarn
Taran
Police flag march: The police organised a flag march here today in various town areas, including Sadar and Chabal, to instill a feeling of confidence among the public to cast their votes in a free and peaceful atmosphere in the coming Lok Sabha elections. SP Paramdeep Singh Teja and DSP Ashwani Kumar led the convoy of the march. More than 30 vehicles carrying 200 police officials were the part of the march.
Homeopathic camp: As many as 250 patients were examined and given medicines in a free homeopathic camp organised at Pandori Gola village, 5 km from here on Thursday. A team of homeopathic specialists led by Dr Charanjit Lal and Dr Inderjit Singh Sandha examined the patients. The camp was dedicated to founder of homeopathy Dr Samuel
Haneman.
