Abohar
Workshop for teachers held: The Kenway College of Education here organised a workshop for the teachers to train them at hands free painting besides other creative works. Rakesh Kumar Sain, creative craft coordinator from Fevicol Ideal for Fine Arts and Crafts, while imparting training exhorted the teaching fraternity to inject dimensions in teaching-aids to make the learning more interesting and useful. Vice-principal Dr Sushila Narang honoured the expert.

Books for jail inmates: The prisoners in the district jail in Sriganganagar will be provided with books regularly. In-charge of the district library, Ram Narayan Sharma along with Poonam Sharma, district information officer Ram Kumar Purohit and Satya Parkash Goyal president of an NGO Pathak Manch visited the district jail to enroll the under trials and prisoners as members. Jailer Mool Chand, while appreciating it hoped that this step would help in bringing the prisoners back to the mainstream. Sharma informed that books in different languages and streams will be exchanged after each fortnight. The NGO has also offered to supply some reputed magazines so that the prisoners can update their knowledge and do not feel completely isolated.

ANANDPUR SAHIB
2 held with charas: Two residents of Ropar were held on Saturday with 1.5 kg of charas being brought from Kullu. ASI Daljit Singh and his team stopped a Santro car on Patalpuri Chownk in Kiratpur Sahib at 2 am. The occupants of the car were identified as Roshan Lal and Sunder Nath, both of Meera Bai Chownk in Ropar. The police recovered charas from them and booked them.

AMRITSAR
Varsity exam postponed: Guru Nanak Dev University has postponed its annual theory examinations to be held on May 6 and 7 to May 12 and 17, respectively, due to the Lok Sabha elections in the state. Gurnam Singh, Professor In charge (Examinations) of the varsity, here on Saturday said it was also advised to the students either to contact principals of colleges concerned or superintendents of exam centres for fresh dates.

Drugs seized: The health department team today raided two medical stores situated in Katra Sher Singh in the walled city and seized huge quantity of intoxicants to the tune of Rs 1.5-2 lakh. According to sources, the raiding team seized 49,000 tablets, 19,500 capsules and 100 injections from Mega Enterprises and an unlicensed medical store.

PNB ATM: The Commander, 55 (Independent) Mechanised Brigade, inaugurated an ATM of Punjab National Bank at the main gate of the military station at Beas today. V.M. Upadhyaya, Senior Regional Manager, PNB, said this would immensely benefit all serving and retired personal.

Batala
Body found: The body of Ladda Mash (35), resident of Bahadurpur, was found by his family near his house here on Saturday. Ladda Mash had gone to his duty at Tanda Umar on Friday morning but did not return home.

Two injured: Two youths Simatjeet Singh and Aman of Naushehra Majha Singh were seriously injured when an Indica car hit their motorcycle from behind on Friday night. The accident happened near Udhowal village They have been admitted to a private nursing home.

Bathinda
GSP nominates Jaura:The General Samaj Party, which has emerged in Bathinda, has announced Lachman Singh Jaura as its candidate for the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat. In a one page long 12 point election manifesto, leaders of the party termed it as the the voice of the poor and promised to fight for their rights.

PNB to hold blood donation camp on Monday:The Punjab National Bank (PNB) would hold a blood donation camp on Monday, being its foundation day. The camp would be held in collaboration with the Goodwill Society, Bathinda. It would be held at Lala Jgan Nath Jain Goodwill Public School, Paras Ram Nagar, at 8:30 am.

Bathinda:The Eastwood International School celebrated Baisakhi and Easter festivals. A special assembly was organised and cultural programme symbolising ripening of wheat. Beena Rao, dean of the school, joined the students in giddha performed by the senior girls.

Mansa
Ex-Dy Speaker quits SAD: Former Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha and SAD leader Jaswant Singh today quit the party in protest against the policies of the SAD. Addressing the media, he said he had been serving the party from the time of Sant Baba Fateh Singh till the present time of Sukhbir Singh Badal. But he did not receive due respect that he deserved. As a result, he quitted the party. He was Deputy Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from 1986 to 1989 and he also served as Bathinda district president of the party for 18 years. During the 1997 Assembly poll, he was denied the party ticket and from then he was feeling ignored.

Ludhiana
BRS Nagar  residents  without water:Residents of the E-block in BRS Nagar are a peeved lot, as there has been no water supply to the entire locality since Thursday. Talking to The Tribune, BS Chana, a resident, complained: “A team of the municipal corporation visited the locality yesterday. However, there has been no result on the ground. Only a few ground floor houses received a trickle. Rest remained without water. We were promised results yesterday itself.”

‘Reject nomination of tainted leaders’:The Kidwai Nagar Welfare Society has urged the Election Commission not to accept nomination of tainted candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. In a press release, society’s general secretary RR Katyal said the parliamentary system had completely changed in India since 1952. He suggesting the commission to make some amendments like allowing only politicians with educational qualifications to contest.

Villager saves monitor lizard:An animal lover of Ballowal village saved a monitor lizard being hunted for its meat by some nomads in the village here today. Raghbir Singh discovered the trap outside the lizard’s hole. When he reached near it he saw nomads trapping the lizard. After he raised an alarm they left it there and fled from the spot. He informed wildlife officials and an animal rights activist, Dr Sandeep Jain. However, no action could be taken against the nomads.