AMRITSAR
Dead: Sat Pal Shant (78) office-in-charge of
the Punjab Istri Sabha Relief Trust and a former
municipal commissioner popularly known as
"poet of the working class" passed away
on Sunday following cardiac failure. The rasam
pagri ceremony will be held in Krishan Mandir at
Chheharta in the district on April 9.ANANDPUR SAHIB
Media centre: The Punjab Government has set
up a media centre at Government Senior Secondary
School for Girls opposite the ADC office here for
the coverage of Khalsa tercentenary celebrations
programmes.
BATHINDA
Bus-queue shelter: The Rajesh
Memorial Welfare Society on Monday handed over
the bus-queue shelter which it had constructed to
the management of the local Giani Zail Singh
Engineering College. The shelter was inaugurated
by the college Principal, Mr Naginder Singh.
FAZILKA
Dowry death: Prem Joyia, resident of Patiala,
in an FIR lodged with the city police on Sunday
alleged that his newly wed sister, Savitri (22)
of Gandhi Nagar locality here was burnt to death
on Saturday evening. According to the FIR,
in-laws of Savitri who was married to Krishan Lal
in March 1998, were maltreating her for allegedly
bringing less dowry. The police has registered a
case under Section 304 IPC against Krishan Lal,
her mother Kasturi Devi, and brother Tirlok
Chand. All of them are at large.
GURDASPUR
Held on rape charge: The Qadian police on
Sunday arrested Kashmir Singh Rajpoot, former
President of the BJP Mandal, Qadian, on the
charge of raping a woman of Navrana village who
was his employee at a PCO at Qadian. According to
the DSP, Qadian, he forcibly got a written
statement from her stating that she had an
illicit relations with her cousin Balwinder
Singh. A case has been registered.
KHARAR
Demanded: The Sarpanch of nearby Sacrulapur
village in a press note issued here on Monday
demanded that the Punjab Government should order
the repair of a portion of about 800-900 feet of
main road opposite government school in the
village.
Contaminated water: Mrs Baldev Kaur, Sarpanch
of nearby Jakar Majra village in a press note
issued here on Monday has alleged that residents
of the village were forced to drink contaminated
water and the administration was not bothering
about this in spite of repeated requests. She has
demanded that the government should made
arrangement of drinking water supply through a
pipeline.
MOGA
One killed: An unidentified person was killed
when he was run over by a vehicle on the Moga
bypass on the night of Sunday. Four persons have
lost their lives in accidents near Moga in a day.
Traffic congestion was reported to be the cause
of these accidents.
Power cut: Prolonged power cuts
here have caused resentment among local
residents. According to reports, there was no
electricity in the town between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
daily for the last fortnight Industrialists
allege that they were the worst affected.
Land restored: A piece of land
in Langena village under Baghapurana police
station in the district, which was being used by
Muslims for burying their dead and had been
reportedly grabbed by certain influential persons
illegally a few days ago, has been restored to
them, according to an official report available
here on Monday.
Brahmin Sabha: Mr Satinder
Sharma and Mr Pawan Sharma have been elected
President and Vice-President, respectively, of
the Moga District Brahmin Sabha.
NAWANSHAHR
Residents harassed: Local residents are not
getting cooking gas cylinders for the past one
week as the Friends Gas Agency has suspended the
supply of gas cylinders. Mr Kamalkant Barthwal,
President, Nagrik Hitkarini Sabha, has urged the
administration to take steps to restore the
supply.
NANGAL
March: The local unit of SAD (Badal) on
Sunday organised a Khalsa march as a part of
tercentenary celebrations. The march started from
Gurdwara Bhabhar Sahib in Nangal and ended at
Kesgarh Sahib in Anandpur. Langar, boarding and
lodging facilities have been made for pilgrims
coming from other countries at Nangal, the
president of the local party unit said.
PATIALA
Urged: The local units of the Garhwali
Pratinidhi Sabha, Punjab, and the Pauri Garhwal
Sabha on Sunday urged the Uttar Pradesh
Government to help families affected by
earthquake.
Kisan mela: A kisan mela will be held at
Rakhra near here on April 18 under the aegis of
the Punjab Young Farmers Association. Seeds of
high-yielding PUSA-44 variety of paddy and
PUSA-Basmati-1 will be distributed among members.
Karamchari body: The following have been
elected office-bearers of the local Scheduled
Caste Karamchari Association (Language
Department, Punjab): President — Mr
Bhupinder Singh, Vice President — Ms
Surinder Kaur; General Secretary — Mr Amar
Singh; and Treasurer — Ms Pritpal Kaur.
Welfare Association: The following have been
elected office-bearers of the Dhillon Colony
Welfare Committee here: Patron — Dr R.K.
Garg; President — Mr Jyoti Parshad Goyal;
Vice-President — Mr Harinderpal Singh;
Secretary — Mr Pawan Kumar Goyal; and
Treasurer — Mr Sushil Kumar.
Elected: The following have been elected
office-bearers of the Technical Employees Union
(Water Supply and Sewerage Cell 'A' tank) here:
President — Mr Harjit Singh; Senior
Vice-President — Mr Rajinder; Vice-President
— Mr Chaman Lal; General Secretary — Mr
Mathra Singh and Treasurer — Mr Ramesh
Chand.
PHILLAUR
Fake dollars: The police busted a gang of
persons selling fake dollars by arresting
Satinder Singh, resident of Chandigarh Road,
Ludhiana on Sunday. Fake 9000 Canadian dollars
were recovered from his possession.
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