GARHSHANKAR
Fire mishap: An 8-year-old girl died, and 18 persons and 32 head of cattle were injured in a fire which broke out at a dera in Binjon village, near here. A spark from a bonfire led to the mishap. The DC and the SDM gave a relief of Rs 11,000 and Rs 5000, respectively, to the bereaved family.

Illicit liquor: The police has seized 600 bottles of illicit liquor from a Tata Sumo at a check post near Chabbewal village. The driver has absconded.

HOSHIARPUR
Inaugurated: Mr Tikshan Sud, MLA , inaugurated a new counter of swadeshi goods at Punsup showroom here on Friday. He said it was the duty of every citizen to adopt swadeshi goods which would help in solving the unemployment problem in the country.

Subsidy on tractors: the Agriculture Department, Hoshiarpur, will provide nine tractors to the farmers on subsidised rates during this financial year, Mr Kundan Lal, Chief Agriculture Officer, said here on Saturday. He said the interested farmers should contact the department before February 25.

JALALABAD
Visit postponed: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has postponed his visit to Chak Suhalewala village from February 11 to 14, probably in view of the SGPC meeting scheduled for February 10 in Amritsar. He was to lay the foundation stone of the building of Government Girls Senior Secondary School at the village.

MALERKOTLA
Condemned: Mrs Sajida Begum, Member, PPCC, and Mr A.R.Sharma, Executive Member, PPCC, Beopar Cell, in statements issued here on Sunday have condemned the attacks on Christians and raping of a nun in Orissa on Friday. The leaders alleged that the BJP government had failed to provide security to the minorities in the country.

MOGA
No toilets: Resentment prevails among daily commuters here, particularly women and girls, over the non-availability of toilets at the Punjab Roadways bus stand in Baghapurana town, 15 km from here. They have urged the authorities concerned to look into the matter.

Murder: Certain armed persons murdered Nasib Kaur with sharpedged weapons when she was asleep, and seriously injured her relative, Kuldip Kaur, at Maurnaubad village recently.

NANGAL
2 killed: Two brothers, Rakesh Kumar and Vinod Kumar, were killed when their scooter collided with a Mahindra Armada on Nangal-Anandpur road. Rakesh Kumar died on the spot while Vinod Kumar succumbed to his injuries at CMC Hospital, Ludhiana. The driver of the Armada has absconded.

PATIALA
Canal plan drafted: The Punjab Government has drafted a plan to construct a canal for providing irrigation facilities to deprived villages in Ropar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala districts. This was stated by Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister, Punjab, at Ghanaur village. He was addressing a meeting of party workers for the preparation of a SAD conference to be held here on February 12.

Eye operation camp: The local Lions Club will hold a week-long free eye operation camp from February 9 to 16 at Sauja village, near here. This has been stated by its President, Col G.B. Singh.

PHAGWARA
Strangulated to death: The police on Saturday arrested Gurmel Ram under Section 302, IPC, of Khangura village for strangulating to death his 40-year-old wife, Tarsem Kaur, on Friday. According to a report lodged by Sewa Singh, brother of Tarsem Kaur, Gurmel used to harass his sister.

SANGRUR
Blood donation camp: The Red Cross organised a blood donation camp at Saheed Udham Singh Government College, Sunam, on Saturday. As many as 35 students donated blood.

Function: The annual prize distribution function of the Competition Master Library Related Competition ’98 will be held at the State Library, Sector 34, on Monday.

Blood donation camp: About 106 students of the local Government Postgraduate College on Saturday donated blood at a camp organised by the NSS unit on the college premises. Mr P.C. Bidhan, Deputy Commissioner, inaugurated the camp.

SIRSA
Chetna shivir: The District Legal Service Authority will organise a "kannoni chetna shivir" on February 20 at Dera Jagmalwali village in this district, according to Mr B.Diwakar, Chief Judicial Magistrate and Secretary of the authority.

Elected: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Haryana Government PWD Mechanical Union, Drainage branch: Chairman — Mr Rajinder Singh; President — Mr Joginder Singh Sodi; General Secretary — Mr Mohinder Singh Bagri; Treasurer — Mr Gurdeep Singh; Senior Vice-President — Mr Bansi Lal; Joint Secretary — Mr Roop Singh; and Auditor — Mr Vardan Singh.

Association: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Sirsa Wholesale Medicine Sellers Association: President — Mr Lukesh Dhingra; Vice-President — Mr Kulwant Singh; Secretary — Mr Baldev Chawla; Joint Secretary — Mr Dinesh Mehta; and Treasurer — Mr Birju Garg.

Two injured: Babu and Victor, residents of Ellenabad, were injured when they were allegedly attacked with sharp-edged weapons by a group of persons at their shop in Ellenabad. They were admitted to the Civil Hospital

NURPUR
Resentment: The Himachal Pradesh Irrigation-cum-Public Health Junior Engineers Association has alleged that the apathy of the high officials in the department has reduced their promotion avenues regarding the vacant posts of assistant engineer. This was stated by Mr Subhash Tyagi, state General Secretary of the association, in a statement issued here on Saturday. He said the officials concerned had not submitted the requisite records in time to the State Administrative Tribunal in which a petition had been filed by the association.

PALAMPUR
Crushed to death: Deflu Ram, a shopkeeper of Baijnath, was killed when a truck hit him at the Chobin Chowk here on Sunday. He was reportedly crossing the road when the truck hit him. A case has been registered. In another accident, a 22-year-old Army Jawan was crushed to death by a truck at Aweri. The driver of the truck was arrested.

SOLAN
Association: The following have been elected office-bearers of the IPH and PWD Diploma Holders Association: Chairman — Mr Bhajan Dass Bhatia; President — Mr Surjit Rana; Senior Vice-President — Mr Devi Dutt Tanwar; Vice-President — Mr Bhim Singh; General Secretary — Mr Pratap Singh Rana; and Treasurer — Mr Manga Ram.