BATHINDA
SGPC member: Dr Harcharan Singh Gill, a
member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak
Committee, was injured when his car was hit by a
bus near Banur in Patiala district. Two of his
ribs were fractured in the accident.FATEHGARH SAHIB
Small savings: Mr D.S. Kalah,
Commissioner, Patiala Division, while addressing
an annual district-level prize distribution
function of small savings here on Thursday said
during the past year the state has got a loan of
Rs 1400 crore on minimum rate of interest against
the deposit made by the state government in small
savings. He honoured the outstanding small saving
agents and officials. Addressing the gathering Mr
V K Janjua, Deputy Commissioner, said last year
the district deposited Rs 29.50 crore in small
savings against the target of Rs 18 crore.
Anti-smuggling
drive: A special drive has been launched
in the district to check the smuggling of liquor
from adjoining states and Chandigarh, Mr Dyal
Singh, ETO, Excise said here. In a press note
issued on Thursday, the department claimed that
many cases had been registered and over 20
bottles of liquor had been seized. Similarly
bottles of wine have also been seized from
tourist buses.
HOSHIARPUR
No clue: The dog squad of Hoshiarpur
police has failed to trace any member of a gang
of Kale-Kachewale who killed two persons and
injured 9 others seriously, including four women
and robbed gold ornaments and other articles from
Dharampura, Nawan Pind, Raian and Panch Dera
(Patheran) villages on Tuesday in Mukerian
subdivision. The gang looted gold ornaments and
valuable articles worth about Rs 1.50 lakh from
four families and killed Raghubir Singh, alias
Beera of Galarian village and Harnam Singh in the
house of Mr Jagtar Singh at Nawan Pind.
Nominated:
The following have been nominated office-bearers
of the district jatha of the Sarb Hind Shromani
Akali Dal unit, Hoshiarpur: president — Mr
Harjinder Singh Dhami; senior vice-presidents
— Mr Balwant Singh Thiara and Mr Jagtar
Singh Badal; vice-presidents — Mr Joginder
Singh, Mr Jaspinder Singh Dhami and Mr Harbans
Singh Sarhala; general secretaries — Dr
Darshan Singh Budhubarkat, Mr Onkar Singh
Mukerian and Mr Gurdev Singh Sikri, and secretary
— Mr Gurdip Singh Kalkat.
PATIALA
Sahit sabha: The Punjabi Sahit Sabha has
mourned the death of eminent Punjabi writer
Jagdish Singh Armani. Armani was the founder of
the sabha and author of 15 books.
Appointed:
According to Ms Bhupinder Kaur, spokesperson of
the Pradesh Congress Committee, Ms Veena Sharma
has been appointed president of the District
Mahila Congress, Patiala block.
Appointment:
The Vice-Chancellor of the Punjabi University, Dr
Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, has appointed Dr S S
Khera, Reader and Head of the Department of Law
as Provest of the university hostels for a period
of one year. Dr Khera will look after his work in
coordination with the Dean, Students.
Compensation:
The District Consumer Redressal Forum has
directed Spice Telecom to refund the security
amount of roaming facility and all other dues to
a complainant, Mr Devinder Grover. The
complainant had alleged deficiency in service as
the Spice Telecom had charged excess bill and was
not refunding the security of the mobile.
ROPAR
Two arrested: The Nurpur Bedi police has
arrested two persons, including a police
Constable (absent from duty) for committing a
robbery. A car, a .315 bore pistol and some
cartridges were also recovered from them.
According to a press note issued by Mr Jaskaran
Singh, SSP, here the arrested persons, Onkar
Singh, a Constable and Surinder Kumar, belonged
to Nawanshahr district. They had bought a pistol
from Farukhabad (UP) and forcibly took away a car
on July 6 from near Gopalpur village in the area.
The accused were also planning to commit a
robbery at Ludhiana.
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