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	REGIONAL BRIEFS	Thursday, June 3, 1999
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AMRITSAR
Ban: The district administration has banned the use of Army colour vehicles, sale and stitching of Army and police uniforms. According to a press note issued by the Deputy Commissioner, an action will be taken under Sections 170, 171 and 416 of the Indian Penal Code against the defaulters.

Award: In recognition of his excellent performance, Shishir Shivhare, a class VIII student of the local DAV Public School, has been awarded " Certificate of Excellence" in the All- India Talent Search Examination. This examination was conducted by the Children's Education Trust of India, New Delhi, last year.

HOSHIARPUR
Death anniversary: The 15th death anniversary of Om Parkash Bagga, a well known socialist leader, was observed here on Wednesday. He was gunned down by terrorists in 1984 while on his way to his house from DAV Senior Secondary School where he was serving as principal.

KAPURTHALA
Proclaimed offenders held: The district police has arrested four proclaimed offenders, according to Mr Iqbal Singh, SSP. The arrested are Jagmohan Singh of Dudhianwala village, Balwinder Singh of Daudpur village, Piari and Maya, both of Bagrian village of Sangrur district.

Five sentenced: Mr Baldev Singh, Sessions Judge, has awarded life imprisonment to Didar Chand, Hakumat Rai, Kamaljit, Malkiet and Bhagirath of Bhagana village falling under Rawalpindi police station of the Phagwara police subdivision on a charge of murdering Parminder Singh and injuring Mr Narinder Singh and Mrs Janak Dulari.

LUDHIANA
Help to disabled: The district administration on Monday launched a programme to provide artificial limbs and hearing aids to the disabled and the hearing impaired at a special camp where 200 persons were provided with hearing aids. Mr Arun Goel, Deputy Commissioner, inaugurated the camp and distributed the hearing aids. Mr Goel informed that by the end of the year, 4000 people would be fitted with artificial limbs at the cost of Rs 50 lakh and 90 special camps from June 15 to August 30 organised.

Association: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Sector 41-A LIG Allottees UT Employees Welfare Association: President — Thakur Kanwar Singh; and General Secretary — Mr Dharam Singh.

KHARAR
Press room: The Deputy Commissioner of Ropar, Mr Kulbir Singh Sidhu, will inaugurate the newly set up ‘press room’ of the Kharar Journalists Association at the old municipal council office building near police station in Mahavir Chowk here on Thursday.

Cooperative bank: Mr Maan Singh Sohana and Mr Surinder Singh of Kharar were co-opted as members of the managing committee of Kharar Coopertive Agricultural Development Bank Ltd here at a meeting of the newly elected members held on Wednesday.

AMBALA
Scribe killed: Mr Virendra Sachdeva (25), correspondent, Jansatta, was killed in a road accident here on Monday. His cremation was attended by the Deputy Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Mr Faquir Chand Aggarwal, Press Advisor to Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Rajeev Jain and several journalists, on Tuesday.

BHIWANI
Poet dead: A noted poet, Mr Raghubir Prasad 'Saral' (83), passed away here on Saturday.

FATEHABAD
Four held: The police has registered a case under Sections 285, 506 and 34, IPC, and Section 25 of the Arms Act against Roshan, Harpal, Hanuman and Rajbir for allegedly manhandling officials of the Food and Supplies Department when they visited Gorakhpur village. They also allegedly fired at them, according to Mr Rajbir Deswal, SP.

HISAR
Robbed: Three armed miscreants robbed a salesman of a petrol pump of Rs 5,000 near Surewala Chowk , 50 km from here , on the Hisar-Tohana road on Monday. A case under Section 392, IPC, has been registered by the Uklana police.

Four convicted: The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr J. B. Sharma, awarded life imprisonment to four persons on Tuesday on a charge of murdering Bhagwan Dass Bhatia of Tohana on December 24,1993. The convicted are Ram Chander, Ganesh, residents of Jakhal, Ramphal and Sultan, residents of Tohana. A fine of Rs 10,000 was also imposed on them. The court, however, acquitted two persons of Tohana.

Social organisation: In order to provide relief to dowry victims, an organisation called Sahyog has been set up here. Mr Rahul Tayal, a social worker, was appointed its Chairman.

KURUKSHETRA
Oath administered: Mr Ved Pal, Chairman, Agro Marketing Board, Haryana, administered the oath of secrecy to Mr Randhir Singh, Chairman and Mr Rattan Lal Bansal, Vice- Chairman, of the newly constituted Market Committee, Thanesar along with the other 16 members at new grain market on Monday.

ROHTAK
Case registered: The police has registered a case under Sections 148, 149, 323, 307, 427 and 506, IPC, against seven persons, residents of Kablana village in Jhajjar district in connection with the alleged murderous assault on three persons and firing in the air.

SIRSA
Dharna: A dharna was held in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office on Tuesday on a call of the district unit of the Haryana Khet Mazdoor Union. A memorandum was presented to the Deputy Commissioner demanding passing of the comprehensive central legislation for the farm labourers and a fresh survey of those living below the poverty line.

SONEPAT
Three held: With the arrest of three persons, the Baroda police claims to have solved a double murder case at Gangana village in the Gohana subdivision of this district on April 29. Mr K. Salvraj, SSP, told mediapersons here on Wednesday that the arrested persons had been identified as Rajinder, Joginder and Krishan.

Threat: The Haryana Urban Development Authority Public Health Karamchari Union has threatened to launch an agitation if its demands were not accepted. Mr R.K. Nagar, President of the state unit of the union, on Wednesday condemned the attitude of the HUDA authorities.

Suicide: Three cases of suicide were reported in the city and its adjoining villages on Tuesday. The victims are Santosh (35) of Bidhlana village, Narinder (28) of Shastri Colony, here, and Renu (14) of the local Mehlana road.

Body recovered: The Railway police recovered the body of a youth lying on the railway track between Ganaur and Rajlu Garhi railway stations on Tuesday and sent it for post-mortem. According to the police, the victim was crossing the track when he was hit by a train.

YAMUNANAGAR
Murder: A big wheel operator, Amar Singh, was murdered here on Tuesday. On a complaint of Mr Bali Ram, a case under Section 302, IPC, has been registered against his two companions, Chaman and Ashok.

BILASPUR
BSP unit: The following have been elected office-bearers of the district unit of the Bhaujan Samaj Party: President - Mr Madan Lal; Senior Vice-President - Mr Sukhram Rathor; Vice-Presidents - Mr Piara Singh, Mr Noor Mohammed Khan, Mr Prabhuram and Ms Meera Devi; General Secretary - Mr Bachan Singh; Joint Secretary - Mr Anil Kishore Ashur.

Elected: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Himachal Pradesh State Association of Computer Teachers: President - Mr Deepak Sharma (Shimla); Vice-Presidents - Mr Vipulesh Sharma (Bilaspur), Mr Surinder Chauhan (Shimla), Mr Pankaj Parmar (Kangra) and Mr Santosh Sharma (Hamirpur); General Secretary - Mr Praveen Chhibar (Shimla); and Treasurer - Ms Jyoti Gupta.

HAMIRPUR
New SP: Mr Ahmed Payyam Siddiqi took over as the new district police chief of Hamirpur. He took over from Mr Rajinder Mohan Sharma, who has been sent to the IRB, Una .

JAWALAMUKHI
Cases solved: As many as 48 of the 66 cases were solved on the spot in a grievances redressal camp held at Jambal panchayat of Dehra subdivision in Kangra district on Wednesday. The SDM, Dehra, Mr S.S. Chambial, was present on the occasion.

KULU
Body found: The decomposed body of Arvind Pandey was found at Kasol village, near Manikaran, on Monday in a mysterious circumstances. According to his relatives, he had gone for trekking and was expected to be back by the first week of June. The body was sent for post- mortem and a case has been registered.

NAHAN
Inspections: Mr V.K. Chopra, Chief Medical Officer, Sirmour, said here on Wednesday that food samples were taken and inspections were conducted at various places in the district for the detection of synthetic milk but no such case was detected so far. He said the department had also organised workshops of shopkeepers and chemists and stressed the need to supply good quality of medicines, milk and edibles.

Demands: Mr Bhim Dutt Sharma, President, District Sirmour Contract Primary Teachers Association, in a press statement has demanded that the services of the primary contract teachers should be regularised. He also demanded new pay scales and two months leave salary.

NURPUR
Check power theft: The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Technical Employees Union emphasised the need to take effective measures to check power pilferage in the state. The union also demanded that flying squads be formed at circle-level and urged the Chief Minister to fill the 6000 posts of the technical staff.

SHIMLA
Bar association: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Shimla Bar Association: President - Mr Rajinder Verma; Vice-President - Mr Sunil Chauhan; Secretary - Mr Gulzar Rathore; and Treasurer - Mr Rajan Kohal.

Regional potpourri

An apt tribute to war heroes

A war memorial designed by the Department of Architecture, Punjab, is under construction at Ropar. This memorial, which will cost approximately Rs 20 lakh, is being built in Maharaja Ranjit Singh Park situated on the banks of the Sutlej. Everything in this park has been conceived as a memorial, may it be the bridge of understanding, water body or the proposed bronze statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Utmost care has been taken not to cut even single tree while planning the memorial. They have been integrated in the total scheme in a befitting manner.

The war memorial has been designed in red sandstone and white marble; red and white denoting the supreme sacrifice and the purity of the soul of those who scarificed their lives. The form of the memorial emerges from a landscaped area and points upwards to the Almighty in whose feet rest the souls of our war heroes.

The banks of the Sutlej remained a very active area at the time of Anglo-Sikh wars. There existed 12 Sikh missals (armed militias) who fought wars for the sake of the country. This memorial has 12 compartments — each having inscription on granite stone denoting each missal. These surging walls point to a central high mast which symbolises one unifying force. A fibre glass semi-circular dome in kesri colour, to be lit up from within, will be the culminating feature.

Promoting tourism

In its effort to promote day-long and over-night destinations of Shivaliks in close proximity to the plains of Punjab and Haryana, the Tourism Promotion Society of Chandigarh organised its maiden programme on May 29, 1999 at a resort in Kumar Hatti (Solan district). A cultural evening was conducted by Mr Subhash Ghosh, Director of the Academy of Indian Classic Music and Arts (AICMA). Subhash and his troupe entertained the audience with glimpses of various ragas on the Hawaian Guitar and also with ghazals.

The full moon provided an excellent background to the terrace of Misty Meadows Resort, where the programme was performed. The guests, besides local Army and civil officers, also included tourists visiting the resort and nearby areas. Gifts were distributed to the artists by Mrs Neelam Rana, wife of Brig Vikram Rana, Brigade Commander, Kasauli.

More promotional programmes are in the pipeline for Ghaggar Bankside, Parwanoo, Koti, Jabli, Barog, Morni, Nalagarh & Kasauli, said Mr Man Mohan Singh, President, of the Tourism Promotion Society of Chandigarh.

Upcoming model

Model Rohit Sayal, a Pathankot model, is happy, having been chosen Mr Punjab at the "Man of substance" in a fashion modelling competition organised by the Amity Group at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Auditorium, Jalandhar, on February 27.

The competition saw 61 young models demonstrating their talent. Noted models and film artistes, including Aditya Birla, Ajay Birla, Miss Guddi Maruti, Sandip Sikka, Rakesh Seth, Navdeep Jay, Sarbjeet Kaur (folk singer) made the event colourful.

Rohit Sayal did not conceal his joy while narrating his success story and said that his life-long dream had been fulfilled with this crown.

The one-word answer to define himself by noted model Aditya Birla impressed the judge very much when I said ‘Indian’. I answered all questions to the point, Rohit Sayal says.

Aditya Birla, impressed by the talent and physical fitness of Rohit Sayal, has entered into a contract with the latter for a fashion show in Delhi.

Rohit has a word of praise and gratitude for Rasham Kuthila (dress designer), Darpan Suchdev (choreography) and Palamjit (physical instructor) who played an important role in his winning this title.

Contributed by P.R. Luthura, TNS and Bharat Bhushan Dogra.