AMRITSAR
Annual function: Mr Sarabjit Singh, DGP, has
exhorted students to fight against the social
evils which had cast its shadow on the culture of
India. Speaking at the annual winter festival of
the local Guru Tegh Bahadur College for Women
here on Wednesday the DGP said it was for the
youth to bring about a change in the society.
Earlier, the students presented a cultural show.
The Principal of the college, Mr Nanak Singh,
read the report of the college and welcomed the
chief guest.FAZILKA
Lawyers' strike: Striking members of the Bar
Association here have decided to extend their
four day-old strike till December 20, to
pressurise the Punjab Government not to
disintegrate the subdivision. Mr Anil Kumar Jain,
President of the association, in a statement
issued here on Friday criticised the statement of
Mr Ram Kumar Goyal, MLA, Abohar, who had stated
that Abohar and some villages of Balluana, which
form part of Fazilka subdivision, be merged with
Muktsar district.
GURDASPUR
UNESCO aid: Mr S.K. Sandhu, Deputy
Commissioner, briefing newsmen here recently said
UNESCO had sanctioned Rs 5 crore for integrated
development of three villages —
Srihargobindpur, Kishankot and Masanian —
all in the jurisdiction of Batala subdivision in
this district. Special emphasis would be laid to
conserve historical monuments such as Guru ki
Massad in Srihargobindpur, the Krishan Temple in
Kishankot and the dargah of Baba Shah Badr Diwan
at Masanian.
HOSHIARPUR
Lift irrigation system: The Punjab Government
has launched a programme to make proper
utilisation of irrigation water to provide
irrigation facilities in Kandi, Bet and plain
areas of the Hoshiarpur district through pipes,
lift irrigation system and water-harvesting
tanks. This was stated by Mr Iqbal Singh Sidhu,
Deputy Commissioner, here on Friday.
LUDHIANA
Property Act: The police has registered a
case under the Punjab Apartment and Property
Regulation Act against Mohan Singh and his
associate Balwant Singh, who was entrusted with
Mohan Singh's power of attorney allegedly for
selling 1,000 square yards of land to various
persons, without prior permission or licence.
Award for
farmers: Punjab Agricultural University,
Ludhiana, will honour an innovative and
progressive farmer of Punjab with the Sardar
Dalip Singh Dhaliwal Memorial Award on the eve of
Kisan Mela in March, 2000. The award carries a
cash prize of Rs 5,000 along with a plaque and a
citation. Dr Jaspinder Singh Kolar, Director of
Extension Education, PAU, has invited bio-data
from the farmers who wish to compete for this
award. The application forms and other details
are available at the offices of the chief
agricultural officers and the farm advisory
services of the PAU at the district headquarters.
MOGA
Misappropriation of funds: Naranjan Singh of
Budhsinghwala village in a complaint lodged with
the police here on Friday said Gurtej Singh of
Doda village had misappropriated a sum Rs 48,500.
He had given the amount to Gurtej Singh on the
assurance that the accused would double it. The
suspect has absconded.
NANGAL
Camp: The Lions Club and the Blood Donors
Council, Nawanshahr, organised a blood donation
camp here on Friday. It was inaugurated by the
Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ropar, Mr
Kushiram.
Elected:
The following have been elected office-bearers of
the local unit of General Category Employees
Welfare Association: president — Mr Pawan
Kumar Sharma; vice-president — Mr Jaswant
Singh; general secretary — Mr K.S. Rana;
joint secretary — Mr Munilal; and treasurer
— Mr Ramesh Chander Jaswal.
PHAGWARA
Varsity Act: The action committee-cum-legal
cell, Indian Medical Association, Punjab, on
Friday demanded immediate amendment in Section 27
(2) of the Baba Farid University of Health
Sciences Act, 1998, to pave way for making the
vice-chancellor also the chairman of board of
management. This practice was followed in other
universities. Dr O.P.S Kande and Dr Raman
Aggarwal, cell’s chairman and secretary,
have urged the Chief Minister, Punjab, that the
amendment in the statue was necessary for
effective functioning of the university and also
for the dignity of the office of the
vice-chancellor.
SANGRUR
Attack condemned: Mr Prem Goyal and Mr Sunil
Rail, state President and General Secretary,
respectively, of the Punjab Union of Journalists,
in a joint statement have demanded that the
miscreants who attacked S.K. Mittal, a
Khanna-based journalist, at the Courts Complex,
Khanna, on November 28, should be arrested
immediately. Terming it as an open attack on the
freedom of the press, the union condemned the
police inaction.
YAMUNANAGAR
Agitation: The Haryana Rajkiya Adhayapak
Sangh has decided to launch a state-wide
agitation against the step-motherly treatment of
the Haryana Government towards their demands. The
district president and the Secretary of the
sangh, Mr Mohan Lal Bhardwaj and Mr Pardeep
Sareen, respectively in a press note issued here
on Friday said permanent teachers along with ad
hoc teachers would hold a rally at Sirsa on
January 2, 2000 in this regard.
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