FEROZEPORE
Anti-Pak protest: The Ferozepore Brahmin Sabha on Sunday organised a yagya for eternal peace of the Indian soldiers who died fighting intruders in the Kargil area. The congregation also paid tributes to the Indian martyrs and held prayer for them at Sanskrit Pathshala. Later, members of the sabha took out a procession and burnt the effigy of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

JALANDHAR
Blood camps: The district Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha is organising blood donation camps, for soldiers wounded in the Kargil sector. Mr Vinod Sharma, district BJP president and Mr Rajiv Chopra of Yuva Morcha, said that starting from the death anniversary of Dr Shayma Prasad Mukherjee on June 23, the district Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha workers will donate blood at the military hospital here. They will also collect money for the Shakti Fund of the Prime Minister from June 23 to July 7.

PHAGWARA
YC's threat: Accusing Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of suffering from Sonia phobia Punjab Youth Congress president Davinder Singh Babbu on Sunday threatened to gherao him in case he did not stop using intemperate language against Sonia Gandhi, Congress President. Mr Babbu alleged that Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee’s bus diplomacy to Pakistan had proved costly for the country and the bungling led to Kargil aggression and loss of lives of jawans.

PATIALA
Couple killed: A couple, Pala Ram and Devi, was killed when their scooter collided with a truck on the Devigarh-Pehowa road on the Harkanda bridge on Friday. A case has been registered in Julka police station.

Transport tax scheme: The Patiala District Transport Office has given transport owners a three month period, starting from June 25, to submit their outstanding taxes without paying any penalty or interest on the outstanding tax, said the District Transport Officer, Mr K. C. Sharma, here on Sunday. He said this scheme was, however, not open for buses.

Awarded: The Society of Botanical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, has conferred an award for the year 1999 on Prof S.S. Bir for showing excellence in plant and environmental sciences. The award carrying a citation and honorarium of Rs 5,000 will be conferred at a ceremony to be held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

For martyrs' sake: The Bank Officers' Association, a unit of the State Bank of Patiala, has decided that all its members will donate one day's salary to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund. Advising the decision, Mr Amar Singh, Secretary of the Association paid tributes to the martyrs of Kargil.

Farmer's threat: The kisan wing of the Shiromani Akali Dal on Sunday (Amritsar) threatened to stop power supply to residences of the Chief Minister, Punjab, and the chairman, Punjab State Electricity Board, if the government did not ensure regular power supply to farmers. The Kisan wing will also stage a protest rally at the PSEB head office here on June 21 to press for the acceptance of their demands. Mr Satnam Singh Behru President Kisan wing, on Sunday here said that farmers would converge in large number at PSEB head office here on Monday to participate in the rally.

PHILLAUR
Plea to PM: Lok Bhalai Party National president Balwant Singh Ramoowalia has urged the Prime Minister that correspondence of a common man addressed to MPs, Ministers, and other VVIPs, dignitaries be mailed free of charges requiring no postage. Talking to reporters at Rurrka Khurad village in Phillaur subdivision, he said the government should impress upon all MPs to reply as a rule to all applicants and dispose of representations as soon as possible.

ROPAR
Accident: Four members of a family were injured seriously when an unidentified vehicle hit their Fiat car on Saturday evening near the high-level bridge, built on the SYL canal and the Bhakra Canal, 5 km from here. The car was damaged and the driver of the other vehicle, involved in the accident, fled from the scene along with his vehicle. The injured are Mr Jagmohan, his wife Shakuntla, daughter, Jyoti (22), and the son Ashish (19). The police, so far, has not registered any case.

Power failure: The power supply to the town and as many as 12 nearby villages was failed for several hours on Saturday following a technical fault at the 132 KV sub-station near Police Lines here. According to sources in the PSEB here, the two transformers were tripped at 12.55 p.m. and restored at 8.30 p.m.

Four injured: Four of a family were injured when an unidentified vehicle hit their car on Saturday near the high-level bridge, built on the SYL canal and the Bhakra canal, 5km from here. The injured were identified as Mr Jagmohan, his wife, Shankuntla, daughter, Jyoti and his son, Ashish.

JEs’ rally: To demand gazetted status and initial pay scale of Rs 7220 with time scale after the service of four , nine and 14 years, thousands of junior engineers (JEs) of various government departments, boards and corporations of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Chandigarh will assembly at Chandigarh on June 27. Mr Rajinder Saini, a spokesman of the Council of Junior Engineers of Punjab State Electricity Board, said, these JEs would participate in a massive ‘Chetna Rally’ there, which was being organised by the Joint Action Committee of JEs of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and UT Chandigarh on the day.

Booked for fraud: The manager and certain employees of the Oriental Bank of Commerce were booked by Hansi police, 26 km from here on Saturday. Mr Sant Lal of Jagdish, Nagar Colony Hansi alleged that he held a saving account No 6861 in the bank and had deposited Rs 177710 at different times but during the past last two years the bank employees withdrew Rs 169000 without authorisation from his account. On the basis of the complaint a case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120, of the IPC has been registered. No arrest has been made so far.

NARNAUL
Stabbed to death: Surender Kumar Gupta son of Mr Nihal Chand Gupta, owner of Prabhat Talkies, Narnaul was reportedly stabbed to death by an unidentified person on the night of June 16, at 9 p.m. He was (36) and is survived by wife and two children. The police has registered a case of murder.

DGP’s advice: Mr Ajit Singh Bhatotia, Director-General of Police Haryana while addressing police officers and constables here stressed the need for maintaining discipline. During the first visit and the meeting by the police chief, Superintendents of Police from Faridabad, Gurgaon, Rewari, Narnaul, DIG, Police Range, Gurgaon were also present on the occasion. One day’s salary was given to the families of the one who laid down their lives in Kargil and Dras sectors.

PANIPAT
Looted: Krishan Kumar, an employee at a country liquor shop at Seenk village, was injured and a Rs 4200 looted from him on Saturday night. According to available information, three-four persons reached in the premises of liquor shop and demanded the cash in the shop. When Krishan Kumar resisted, he was shot in the left leg and the culprits decamped with Rs 4200. Krishan Kumar has been admitted in the Civil Hospital and a case registered.

ROHTAK
Mourned: The District Congress Committee (Urban) held a meeting to mourn the death of soldiers killed in ongoing military operation in Kargil sector. According to the DCC (Urban) secretary, Mr Krishan Bhayana the committee appealed to the well off people to adopt at least one dependant (child) of the deceased and pay for the education till one became adult. Mr Shadi Lal Batra, DCC chief announced to adopt one such child.

Dowry case: Eight members of a family have been booked in a dowry harassment case by the Civil Lines police here. Sashi Bala daughter of Gadish of Janata Colony here alleged that she was married to Satish Kumar of Julana Mandi on March 11. But her husband and other in-laws had been harassing her to seek more dowry. The police has registered a case under Section 498-A against Satish Kumar, his father, two brothers-in-law, sister, sister-in-law and two other members of the family. No arrest has been made so far.

SONEPAT
CBI probe sought: The Anjuman Felahul Muslimeen has urged the Central Government to order a CBI probe into the allegations of corruption and misuse of funds levelled against Mr Zaffar Mahmood Administrator of the Punjab Waqf Board. The meeting alleged that the administrator had built not only an air-conditioned cabin at a cost of Rs 5 lakh but spent another Rs 50,000 on the furniture of his house from the funds of the board. Similarly, he allegedly had placed the Board’s mobile dispensary at the disposal of his friendly doctor and given Rs 10,000 to a woman Ms Najma of Delhi.

KANGRA
Revenue darbar: The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to frame new revenue laws by year end. The Revenue Minister held "Rajaswa Darbar" (Revenue Darbar) in the tehsil complex here. Of 12 cases put before the minister four were sorted out. The minister directed for time-bound disposals of eight other cases.