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Punjab Briefs
AMRITSAR
Strike: The PSEB Employees Federation led by Mr Tehal Singh has decided not to participate in the proposed strike on November 11. A press statement, issued by Mr Surinder Singh Dosanj, Press Secretary of the Federation, alleged that the proposed strike was politically motivated.

JALANDHAR
Road safety: The state-level seminar on road safety week was organised at Lion Bhavan here on Tuesday. Mr Raghbir Singh, Transport Minister, Punjab, was the chief guest. Among others who spoke were Mr Kulbir Singh, Transport Commissioner, Mr Som Parkash Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar and Mr Gaurav Yadav, SSP.

PATIALA
Divali celebrated: The Lions Club Sheesh Mahal celebrated Divali with Mr T.N. Sharma, member, Lions Club International. He distributed sweaters and blankets to deaf and dumb children. Lions Club President, Mr Parveen Sharma, presided over the function.

DA freeze: The Punjab Medical Officers' and Para-Medical Staff President, Dr Naresh Raj and the General Secretary, Mr Avinash Gupta, respectively lamented state government's decision to freeze DA instalments till April 2000. They appealed to the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, to reconsider the decision.

Training course: The Smithkline Beecham, Nabha, organised a four-day training course on "first aid to the injured" through the Red Cross Saint John ambulance for its supervisory staff. The course was inaugurated by Mr S.K. Jolly, Manager. where as, Dr K.R. Verma, District Training Officer, Red Cross Society, Patiala, imparted training.

Office-bearers: The following have been elected office-bearers of the district Judo Association: President — Mr Manvesh Singh Sidhu; Senior Vice-President — Mr S.S. Tiwana; Vice-President — Mr Jaswinder Singh; Honorary Secretary — Mr Avtar Singh Grewal; and Treasurer — Mr A.S. Cheema.

Students honoured: Rural Sports Club of Chaunda village honoured students of primary classes at the Annual Shri Meghal Singh Coach Memorial Prize Fund function held at the village last weekend. The Additional Deputy Commissioner, Sangrur, Mr G.K. Singh, gave away the awards to students of five villages falling in Patiala and Sangrur district. The General Secretary of the club Mr Balwinder Singh, said the government had announced a grant of Rs 5,000 and a water cooler for the school.

Science exhibition: Government Senior Secondary School, Ghanaur, in the district has won two first, one second and third prizes at the district-level science exhibition held at Government School Model Town last week. Ms Satinderpal Kaur, Principal, said the school had also been adjudged first in the rural school categories for the third consecutive year, she added.

PHAGWARA
Fire: Crackers caused two fires here on Tuesday night. A Gujjar's haystack was burnt near the octroi post on the Phagwara-Palahi road. In another accident a haystack on the Khothran road caught fire.
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Chandigarh Briefs
Selection test: The selection test for admission to Class VI in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya for the session 2000 will be held on Sunday, February 13. In a release issued, Mr C.M Sharma, Principal of JNV, Chandigarh has stated that the last date for submission of forms has been extended to November 15. Interested candidates may apply on the precribed form available with the Block Education Officer, District Education Officer, Principal, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sector 25 and heads of all schools of the city free of cost.

PANCHKULA
BJP meeting:
A meeting of the BJP members of the district was held at Sector 2 here on Wednesday. It was held as a part of the preparation of the workers’ meet at Hissar which will be attended by Mr LK Advani, Union Home Minister, and Mr Narendra Modi, National General Secretary of the Party. As many as 300 members from the district will be attending the meet.

Blankets donated: The local unit of the Bharat Vikas Parishad donated 200 blankets towards the cyclone-hit victims of Orissa through the District administration, here on Wednesday. The members expressed concern over the death, devastation and disruption of life caused by the cyclone.

Meeting: The Deputy Commissioner, SK Monga, while chairing the monthly grievances committee meeting at the Mini Secretariat here on Wednesday, directed officers concerned to take immediate action on four out of the 11 problems put before the committee. The problems discussed with the officers of the district included those pertaining to law and order, HUDA, water and electricity among others. A `khulla darbar’ would be organised in the Morni block on November 16.

SAS NAGAR
Dharna:
The Godrej-GE Employees Union started a dharna in front of the factory premises in Industrial Area here on Wednesday to protest against the termination of workers by the management of the factory. Earlier the union members took out a protest rally.

Talk: A talk on menstrual hygiene was organised by Ranbaxy Community Healthcare Society (RCHS) at Sahaurran in Kharar on Tuesday. The camp was conducted by Dr Upma Sharma, a Medical Officer of RCHS. top



Haryana briefs
JIND
HVC rally: Haryana Vikas Party workers led by party General Secretary. Surinder Singh held a rally here on Tuesday in protest against the hike in the price of diesel, deteriorating law and order situation in the state and non-procurement of paddy by government agencies at the support price. Later they submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner in this regard. The HVP workers also demanded that the Chief Minister, Mr Om Parkash Chautala, should fulfil his election promise of providing free electricity and water to the farmers.
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  Himachal Briefs
SOLAN
3 arrested: The Dharampur police has seized 74 logs of deodar worth Rs 3 lakh from a truck (HP 24-9278) on the Kalka-Shimla national highway, on Sunday. According to Mr Sunder Lal, ASP, Rattan Lal of Barmana (Bilaspur), Mohinder Kumar of Kothi Batala and Sita Ram of Khar, Chaila Tehsil, Theog, Shimla, were arrested, and their truck impounded.
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She made learning easy for kids

Mrs Inder Paul Kaur Bhatia, Principal of the DAV Centenary Public School, Fatehabad, is a woman committed to the cause of children's education. Through hard work and dedication, she has become a force to reckon with in the field of education in this area, in a short span of 10 years. Through her innovative instincts, she had been evolving ways and means to make children's education interesting and less of a burden for kids.

Mrs Bhatia quit a lucrative and easy job of college lecturer in 1989 and became founder-principal of the DAV Centenary School . The school started in a building with only 100 students, but within a few years she was able to transform the school into one of the best educational institutions of the area. The school now boasts of a strength of over 1000 students and has its own building and a ground spread over five acres of land. The school has well-equipped science labs, a computer lab, a library, a sports wing and a co-curricular activities wing.

Mrs Bhatia has the distinction of being the first principal in the area and perhaps in the whole of the state to introduce "no homework no bag" concept of teaching among the lower classes. Her easy method of teaching is now being recognised by the state government in its district primary education programme. This is a big step in lessening the burden of heavy bags from young shoulders. Even for higher classes, she has set the timetables in such a way the students have to study only three subjects in a day. This arrangement has helped in lessening the number of books and notebooks to be carried by students. In addition, it gives more time to teachers to follow up what they have taught their students.

Besides her experience in children's education, Mrs Bhatia has been active in public life too. She is a member of the Haryana State Literacy Committee, vice-president of the local Bharat Vikas Parishad and District Sports Society and founder-president of the Inner Wheel Club. She has been honoured by various organisations for her work in children's education.

Mrs Bhatia has been organising seminars and symposia for improving the quality of school education. "How to develop creativity in students" and "how to make classroom teaching interesting" are a few examples of the topics of the seminars and symposia organised by her. These seminars bring out new ideas in improving the quality of education.

Second award for physician

Dr S.N. Chugh, Associate Professor of Medicine at Pt. B.D. Sharma Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, has been honoured with the Dr Sainani Oration Award by the Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine for academic excellence and contribution in the field of medicine. The award carries a gold medal, a citation and cash.

Dr Chugh delivered his oration lecture on aluminium phosphide poisoning in India which was published in the academy journal. Speaking about this dreadful poisoning, which has recently arisen in India, he said mortality due to celphos was very high in the absence of an antidote and the younger generation would be particularly affected, if timely preventive steps were not taken either by government agencies or by the World Health Organisation.

He stressed management aspects and emphasised the need for restricting the free sale of celphos.

This is the second award for this Rohtak specialist. Dr Chugh was conferred the Searle Oration Award last year by the Association of Physicians of India. He has done pioneering work in the field of poisoning which has been recognised worldwide.

Caring for a cow

An aged cow with a fractured hind leg was brought by a Samaritan to a small grassy corner of the District Hospital compound here. Having gone dry she had been forsaken by her owner.

While nobody cared to give her shelter or food before the accident, there has been no dearth of caretakers after the mishap. Citizens, mainly the poor, have not only enabled her to get up on her three working legs but also fed her.

A labourer, who carts citizens' merchandise brings a stack of grass for her each morning and evening. He cuts the grass in a forest 10 km away from the hospital. Others bring left-over chapatis, wheat flour, and peelings of fruit and vegetables.

Another person makes many trips to the hospital corner carrying water in a borrowed leaking bucket. He is sometimes seen coaxing her to drink.

This correspondent observed three persons, including an old woman who walked with the aid of a stick, dropped assorted food items before the cow within an hour.

Dr B.K. Bharadwaj, Medical Officer of the District Hospital, says a few stray cows go up to the injured one towards the evening. They pass the night lying huddled with her.

Contributed by Sushil Manav, Vipin Sharma and Romesh Dutt. Top

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