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 AMRITSAR
Presented
Major-Gen Avtar Singh, GOC, 15 Infantry Division,
presented a special chair to the Golden Temple for the
senior citizens to be carried for holy 'darshan' of the
shrine, according to a press note here on Monday.
HOSHIARPUR
Announced
To provide drinking water in the Kandi area of this
district, Rs 42.31 lakh would be spent during this year.
As many as 322 houses for the poor had been completed, Mr
Sarup Singh, Minister of Urban Development and Housing,
said while addressing a meeting of the Development and
Planning Board here on Monday.
Programme
The state government is preparing a special programme
to provide jobs to all those who have undergone
job-oriented training within six-months, Dr Upinderjit
Kaur, Minister for Technical Education and Industrial
Training, said while addressing the local ITI, students
on Monday. If any trainee did not get job, he would be
provided loan to start self-employment, she added.
Office-bearers
The following have been elected office-bearers of the
Punjab Pensioners Association (Bhunga unit): president
— Mr Sandhu Singh Dhoot; senior vice-president
— Mr Shangara Singh; vice-president — Ms
Pavitter Kaur; general secretary — Mr Subhash
Sharma; and finance secretary — Mr Mohan Singh
Sodhi.
MOGA
Condemned
Congress and Punjab Bharatiya Kisan Union activists
condemned the state government 's attitude towards Punjab
pensioners and urged it to immediately accept their
demands, according to the president, Punjab Mehila
Congress , Dr Malti Thapar, here on Tuesday.
Completed
The construction of the local Ambedkar Bhavan has
been completed, according to Mr Tota Singh, Punjab
Education Minister, here on Tuesday. He said Rs 30 lakh
had been spent on its construction.
Transplanted
As many as 85 blind persons in Moga and Ludhiana
districts regained eyesight due to corneal
transplantation done by the local Seva Bharati, its
general secretary said on Tuesday.
Two killed
Two persons were killed and 17 injured when a
tractor-trailer carrying them overturned near Landeke
village on the Moga-Amritsar road on Sunday. The injured
were admitted to the local Civil Hospital.
PATHANKOT
Recruitment rally
A recruitment rally for youths of Punjab will be held at
Pathankot from July 17 to 26, it was announced here on
Tuesday
PATIALA
Water shortage
Residents of Shaheed Seva Singh Thikriwala Nagar here
on Monday alleged that they were not getting sufficient
drinking water. They urged the municipal authorities to
rectify the situation immediately.
Association
The following have been elected office-bearers of the
Languages Department Class-II Officers Association here:
president — Mr Prabhjot Singh; vice-president —
Mr Gurnam Singh Bhullar; general secretary — Ms
Balwant Kaur; and secretary finance — Ms Gurmeet
Kaur.
Office-bearers
The following have been elected office-bearers of the
Patiala Industries Association: president — Mr
Rajpal Singh; vice-president — Mr Naresh Gupta;
general secretary — Mr Jagjit Singh; joint secretary
— Mr Vikram Goel; and treasurer — Mr Arun
Ralhan.
Elected
The following have been elected office-bearers of the
Lions Club Patiala (Bahadurgarh) here: president —
Mr D.S. Sabharwal; secretary — Mr A.S. Matta; and
treasurer — Mr H.C. Pruthi.
Plea on house
rent
The Punjab Medical Officers and Paramedical Staff
Association of the PSEB has urged Punjab Chief Minister
Parkash Singh Badal to fulfil his promise to give 15 per
cent house rent to government employees posted here.
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