Office-bearers: The following have been elected the office-bearers of the Chandigarh Administration Ministerial Staff Association (schools and colleges): Chairman — Mr Niwas Sharma; President — Mr Gurdial Singh; Senior Vice-President — Mr Baldev Singh; Vice-President — Mr Balvan Huda; General Secretary — Mr M.P. Monga; Joint Secretary — Mrs Balwant Kaur; Cashier — Mr Naresh Mahajan; and Propaganda Secretary — Mr Tirath Singh Mankoo.

Havan performed: Members of the Residents Welfare Society, Sector 43-A, performed a havan for purification of the deteriorating environment and the ever increasing pollution levels in the city and vicinity. This was stated by Mr H.S. Bhatti, General Secretary of the society on Monday.

PANCHKULA
Elected: The following have been elected members of the SOS Children's Village Association (Bal Niketan) at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Mr R.C. Sharma here on Monday: Chairperson — Mrs Kamla Sharma; President — Mr P.N. Bhandari and Honorary Secretary — Dr Madhu Sharma.

Election meeting: Mr Anil Goel, State Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), at an election meeting in the Sector 15 market in favour of the BJP candidate from the Ambala constituency on Sunday, urged the people to vote for the BJP for social justice and economic development of the country.

Tree plantation: A tree plantation function was organised at Jaynendra Gurukul Public School by the State Bank of Patiala here on Monday. While Mr R.K. Nangia, AGM of the bank, was the chief guest, Mr V.P. Jain, President of the school, presided over the function. Mr K.N. Pental, Branch Manager of the Chandi Mandir office of the bank, and Mr H.R. Jalota, Officer in Charge, also planted trees at the function.

Programme concludes: The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Vivek Joshi, urged the 'Aanganwadi' workers to use their experience to educate and benefit people by propagating their ideas in their area of activity. He was addressing the workers on the conclusion of a training programme in Sector 4, here on Monday. Speaking about the programme, Mr Joshi said that interaction with fellow workers went a long way in widening the horizons of their knowledge and promoted expertise in the field.

Supported: Extending support to the Indian National Lok Dal, members of the local Seva Samiti led by its Convener, Mr Kapil Chadha, joined the party at a public rally in the presence of the Chief Minister, Mr O.P. Chautala, here on Sunday. Others who joined the party were Mr Randhir Singh Badhran, Mr Jangveer Singh Hooda and Mr Yashpal Rana.

SAS NAGAR
New course: The government-run Hitech Training Institute-cum-Industrial Training Institute in SAS Nagar will introduce a new two-year course in Information Technology and Electronics Systems Maintenance from this year. The course is also being introduced at other centres of the institute at Hoshiarpur, Bathinda and Rajpura. The Office In Charge (hitech) of the institute said the last date to submit application forms for the new course had been extended from August 27 to September 8.

Elected: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Haryana Non-government College Principals Association: President — Dr D.P. Asija; Vice-President — Dr Raj Ghambhir; General Secretary — Dr Ramesh Kumar; and Finance Secretary — Dr S.C.Gupta.

FATEHABAD
Power bill dispute: Three brothers along with their father allegedly thrashed another brother of theirs after a dispute over a power bill of the tubewell, at Bahbalpur village of the district, on Sunday took an ugly turn. The victim Baldev (40), in a complaint lodged with the police said, he was attacked by the accused with sticks and a sharp edged weapon.

SIRSA
Molested: In a complaint lodged with the Dabwali police a daughter of a farmer in Pipli village has alleged that she was harassed and molested by her relatives husband who had reportedly invited her at his residence on pretext of cooking food for his family members. A case has been registered against the accused, who is absconding.

Unauthorised vehicles: Residents of Sirsa and Ellenabad have demanded that transport authorities of Haryana should take action against those plying unauthorised vehicles on this route. It has been alleged that jeep owners without valid licence and permits were transporting passengers on this route without paying passengers tax to the state government.

Dowry death: The father of Parvati Devi in a complaint lodged with the Ellenabad police has alleged that his daughter who was married to the son of Devi Lal, of Baherwala village was harassed, beaten and poisoned to death for not fulfilling their demands for more dowry. She succumbed to death in a private nursing home here. A case under Sections 498-A/306/34 of the IPC, has been registered against Devi Lal, his two sons and wife Shanti Devi.

Suicide: Vidya Devi (30), of Panniwala village in the district allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a well, on Sunday. According to informed sources she was pregnant and was reeling under depression.

SONEPAT
Rally: The district unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) organised a rally in front of the Jhalani Tools Limited at Kundli village, about 25 km from here on Sunday to protest against the non-payment of salaries to its employees for the past one year.

RPI office-bearers: The following have been elected office-bearers of the district unit of the Republican Party of India: President — Mr Dharampal Tur; Vice-President — Mr Sukha Nand Engaria; General Secretaries — Mr Ram Kanwar and Mr Mukesh Kumar; Secretary — Mr Ram Niwas Shoran; and Treasurer — Mr Suresh Kumar.