GURDASPUR
Recovered: The police on Monday arrested
Puran Chand, alias Kala, and Subhash Kumar alias
Doctor, residents of Bharoli Kalan under
Pathankot Sadar police station, on charges of
stealing gold ornaments, electronic goods and
cycles. The SSP, Mr Varinder Kumar, said large
quantities of stolen goods were recovered from
them. A case under Sections 379, 380 and 411 of
the IPC has been registered against them.HOSHIARPUR
Wheat procurement: Mr G. Ramesh Kumar,
officiating Deputy Commissioner, said here on
Tuesday that various government agencies had
procured 1.5 lakh tonnes of wheat as compared to
90000 tonnes during last year. He said the
procurement work had been completed in almost all
centres.
Condemned:
The Punjab Pradesh Nagar Palika Karamchari
Sangathan at its meeting held here on Tuesday
condemned the government for its
"anti-employee" attitude. Mr Kulwant
Singh Saini, General Secretary of the Sangathan
said in a press note that instead of giving more
benefits to its employees, the government was
withdrawing these. He said the DA instalment that
was due for January '99 was announced in May and
would now be given in September. He demanded the
release of the enhanced DA in cash.
Looted:
Two unidentified persons at gun point looted Rs
1.40 lakh from Raj Kumar, a commission agent on
Monday, while he was returning to his village,
near Bhilowal, 16 km from here. According to the
police, Raj Kumar had withdrawn Rs 3.90 lakh from
the Central Cooperative Bank in Hoshiarpur.
JALANDHAR
Veterinary officers: The following have
been elected office-bearers of the Punjab State
Veterinary Officers Association: President —
Mr Nirmal Jit Singh; Vice-Presidents — Dr S.
K. Sharma and Dr Ranjit Singh Sandhu; General
Secretary — Dr Ram Asra and Treasurer —
Dr G. K. Marwaha.
Appointed:
Mrs Veena Watni has been appointed
Principal of the R. R. Bawa DAV College for
Girls, Batala.
LUDHIANA
Price hike flayed: The Federation of
Tiny and Small Industries of India has flayed the
hike in prices of HR coils by integrated steel
plants. Mr Joginder Kumar, President of the
federation, said the coils were the main raw
material for the manufacture of bicycle
components and that the bicycle industry would
not be able to absorb the hike.
Seminar:
A seminar on "Clean water for
better health" was organised by the Bharat
Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha here on Sunday. Dr S. S.
Sandhu, Commissioner of the local municipal
corporation stressed the need for effective
administrative measures by the corporation and
the Pollution Control Board to solve
water-related and other problems.
Elected:
Dr Ajaib Singh Bansal, Professor and
former Head of the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, has
been elected President of the Indian Society for
Technical Education.
PATIALA
Appointed: The Vice-Chancellor of
Punjabi University, Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia,
has appointed Dr S.L. Singla, Professor,
Department of Statistics, as Dean, College
Development Council, a university release said
here on Tuesday.
Inaugurated:
Mr Manoranjan Kalia, State Health Minister,
inaugurated a charitable homoeopathic dispensary
opened by the Bharat Vikas Parishad at Dhobi
Ghat, near Purani Anaj mandi, Nabha gate, here on
Sunday. Mr Harinder Gupta, Secretary of the
parishad said dispensary was opened under the
Sewa-99 project and added the Mayadevi Charitable
Trust had donated the land.
Murdered:
Members of the Balmiki Dharam Sabha have condoled
the death of veteran Akali leader Sohan Lal
Dukhi, who was allegedly murdered on Monday. Mr
Jatinder Kumar, President of the sabha, said the
executive body held a condolence meeting at
Balmiki colony.
Elected:
Dr Narinder Kaur has been appointed organising
secretary of the Punjab Pradesh Mahila Congress
by Bibi Gurkanwal Kaur, President PMCC.
Projects:
The Punjab State Council of Science and
Technology has allotted three projects to Prof
Tarlok Singh, Dr H.S. Rose and Dr Devinder Singh
of Punjabi University. The project will study the
bio-diversity of the Shivalik eco-system of
Punjab, an university release said.
Dearness
allowance: Members of the Punjab and UT
Employees Joint Action Committee have demanded
payment for the dearness allowance (DA)
instalment in cash, announced recently by the
Punjab Government. In a press release, Mr Darshan
Singh Labana, General Secretary of the committee,
said the government had played a 'cruel joke' on
its employees by announcing DA instalment payable
from October this year.
SAMRALA
Strike: Lawyers of the local Bar
Association observed a day's strike on a call
given by the Moga Bar Association in connection
with the alleged manhandling of Mr Kulbhushan
Sood, a senior counsel of the association, by the
police. The Secretary of the association , Mr
Shiv Kumar Kalyan, demanded strict action against
the police officer responsible.
Dead:
Harbans Kaur, mother of senior Akali leader, Mr
Bhawanjeet Singh, a close associate of Mr Jagdev
Singh Talwandi, died here on Sunday. She was
cremated on Tuesday at her native village Mal
Majra, 5 km from here.
Elected:
The following have been elected
office-bearers of the Sikh Budhijivi Council,
here: President — Dr Balwant Singh Chahal;
Senior Vice-President — Mr Gurmukh Singh
Sekhon; General Secretary — Mr Surjit Singh;
and Treasurer — Mr Jangsher Singh Beeja.
Club:
The following have been elected office-bearers of
the Youth Welfare Club: Presidents — Mr
Rajvir Singh and Mr Mangat Raju; Vice- President
— Mr Rakesh Bharti; General Secretary —
Mr Jatinder Singh Bittu; and Treasurer-Mr
Harwinder Singh Benipal.
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