GARHSHANKAR
Demanded: The Kandi Sangharsh Committee, following a meeting held here on Sunday, has demanded in a statement issued by its Senior Vice-President Darshan Singh Mattoo that the government should ensure the supply of 100 litres water per head. Besides, it has demanded that clause V of the Forest Act be diluted and work on Kandi canal be speeded up.

Dharna: On a call given by the PSSF Employees Action Committee, Punjab, employees of the local tehsil sat on dharna in front of the treasury office demanding withdrawal of an unannounced financial emergency, release of the anomaly committee's report and stopping privatisation of different departments.

Development schemes: Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi, on his visits to the villages of the Kandi area, has assured people that all development schemes for this area, which were stopped by the SAD-BJP government will be started again. He criticised the hike in bus fare and diesel prices.

GURDASPUR
Camp: As many as 160 physically handicapped persons were provided free artificial limbs at a camp held here on Sunday. The camp was organised jointly by the management of Golden Public School and the local branch of the Satya Sai Samiti. Mr Sewa Singh Sekhwan, Minister of State for Public Relations, was the chief guest and Mr S.K. Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner, presided. The cost of the limbs was mainly borne by the management of the school. Mr Dina Nath Mahajan, Principal of the school, said the school would adopt all TB patients admitted in a local hospital and provide them medicines free of cost.

JALANDHAR
Seminar: A one-day seminar and a two-day workshop on classical homoeopathy concluded at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall here on Sunday. Dr Prafull Vijayakar of Bombay, in his welcome address, dwelled in detail on various possibilities of homoeopathy and the right and wrong approaches to chronic cases in employing homoeopathy.

NAWANSHAHR
Jan Kalyan Divas: The local Arya Samaj organised the 17th Jan Kalyan Divas here at Arya Samaj Mandir on Sunday. Mr Harbanslal Sharma, President of the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Punjab, presided over the function and distributed 100 blankets and seven sewing machines among the poor and the needy.

Acupressure camp: The local Rotary Club, Rotract Club and the Arora Sabha jointly organised a 10-day-long free acupressure and electro-magnetic camp here. A team of acupressure experts comprising Mr P.K. Mishra, Mr S.K. Mishra, Mr Arun Dubey and Mr Dinesh Pandy belonging to Swami Suresh Parkash Acupressure Electro-Magnet Prakritik Chikitasa Kendra, Varanasi, treated more than 1,000 patients suffering from spondylosis, migraine, paralysis, arthritis, blood pressure and diabetes, besides other diseases, during the camp, which concluded here on Sunday.

PHAGWARA
Spiritual centre: An academy-cum-spiritual heritage centre will soon be set up at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, for storing inter-faith spiritual references with a special thrust on the Sikh faith. This was stated here on Saturday by Dr Harbhajan Singh Soch, Vice-Chancellor, GNDU, while talking to reporters at Guru Nanak College. He had come to inaugurate a three-day zonal youth festival.

PHILLAUR
Meeting: A high-level meeting of the Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir Directors-General of Police will be held on December 3 in Jammu and Kashmir. This was stated by the DGP, Punjab, Mr Sarbjit Singh, while talking to reporters at the Punjab Police Academy here on Sunday. He said new strategies to combat anti-national elements would be discussed at the meeting. He said the Punjab Police had decided to go in for computerisation and computers would be installed at every police station in Ludhiana by December 31.

Condemned: A Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee member, Mr Parminder Mehta, has described the SAD-BJP government as a "taxes government". Talking to reporters here on Monday, Mr Mehta condemned the government's decision to impose a paper fee on Class VI to Class X students in the state. He alleged that the SAD-BJP government preferred to impose new taxes on the people instead of recovering old taxes.

ROPAR
Piles-operation camp: As many as 41 patients, including 11 new patients, were operated upon in the second phase of a free piles-operation camp organised by the local unit of the Bharat Vikas Parishad at New Model High School here on Sunday. According to Mr Sudhir Gulati, a spokesman for the parishad, the operations were performed by a team of Ayurvedic doctors. In the first phase, 55 operations were performed on October 31.

Eye camps: As many as 35 patients were operated upon for cataract and 400 persons were examined at a free eye camp organised by the Shiv Rudra Jan Kalyan Sanstha in collaboration with the District Blindness Control Society at Shiv Mandir, Mojowal, near Nangal. A spokesman for the society said here on Monday that free intra-ocular lenses were implanted in all operated patients. Another free eye camp was organised by Sant Braham Sagar mandir in collaboration with the society at Rampur village, near Nurpur Bedi, at which 50 patients were operated upon for cataract while 468 persons were examined for various eye ailments.

Free check-up: A free ayurvedic medical check-up camp will be organised on the gurdwara premises to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev on Tuesday at the Sector 34 Gurdwara Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib here. The camp will be held under the overall control of Dr D.K. Tayal along with a team of doctors for dealing with cases of rheumatic arthiritis.

State-level seminar: The School of Panjabi Studies in Panjab University, in collaboration with the Welfare Department of the Government of Punjab, will organise a two-day State-level seminar on 'Dalit Consciousness and Social Change in Punjab' in English Auditorium on November 29 and 30.

Anti-rabies camp: A mass anti-rabies vaccination camp for dogs was organised by the local chapter of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at Sector 42 here on Sunday. In a press note issued here on Monday, Mr Jasbir Ralhan, President of the SPCA, said the response of the people towards the camp was encouraging and 50 stray and pet dogs were immunised here. He said such camps would also be organised in other sectors.

Blood donation: A blood donation camp in association with the PGI Blood Bank Society was held at MCM DAV College for Women in Sector 36 on Monday. The camp was inaugurated by the Principal of the college, Ms Sneh Mahajan, who also donated blood. In all, 113 volunteers, including staff members donated blood at the camp.

Orissa relief: Employees of the Oriental Insurance Company, Chandigarh Region, have collected Rs 2 lakh for providing relief to the victims of the Orissa cyclone. A draft for the amount has been sent to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund to be used for helping the cyclone victims.

PANCHKULA
Minor fire: A minor fire broke out in Sector D of Chandi Mandir Complex in the afternoon, here on Monday. Besides a few household items, two doors were damaged in the fire which was caused due to a short circuit.

Association formed: The retail chemists and pharmaceutical distributors of Barwala, Kalka, Panchkula, Pinjore, Raipur Rani and Ramgarh formed the District Chemists Association at a meeting held here on Monday. The office-bearers of the association are as follows: President — Mr B.B. Singal; Vice-Presidents — Mr Mohinder Kakkar and Mr Naresh Arora; General Secretary — Mr Sanjeev Goyal; Organisational Secretary — Mr Harish Jindal; Finance Secretary — Mr Jayant Kumar; Joint Secretary — Mr Sanjay Bharti; Advisor — Mr Satpal Gupta.

Inaugurated: Mr Ajay Chautala, MP, inaugurated on Sunday a boosting station at Dhani Mahu village in the district to provide drinking water to 5,500 residents of the village. The station has cost Rs 22 lakh. He also announced grants of Rs 2.5 lakh for the Naik chaupal and Rs 25,000 each for the two harijan chaupals of the village out of the MP's discretionary fund. Mr Chautala also inaugurated the Kanya Primary School building at Biran village.

FARIDABAD
Robbed: Mr Prem Sharma, a resident of Sector 14, was deprived of his car at gunpoint by two armed persons. The police has registered a case.

Annual function: The annual function of Maharaja Uggarsain Jan-Kalyan Charitable Trust was held here on Sunday under the presidentship of Mr J.P. Singhal. Mr Kartar Badhana, a state Minister, was the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Singhal said the trust had organised many free eye and blood-donation camps. It was giving financial aid to poor students for higher studies and arranging marriages of poor girls. Free tri-cycles were distributed to handicapped persons at the function.

SHAHABAD
Dead: Renowned saint Sant Baba Dalet Singh, who had lakhs of followers in Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and other nearby states, passed away here on Sunday. He was nearly 100 years old.

SONEPAT
Power theft: The Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) has intensified its campaign against power theft in the region. According to official sources, a group of officials, headed by Mr O.P. Allawadi, Executive Engineer in the Enforcement Wing of the HVPN, carried out raids on the premises of certain consumers and detected five cases of power theft. The erring consumers were penalised to the tune of Rs 1.77 lakh by the officials.

Procession: A large number of Hindus and Sikhs participated in a procession organised by the Shri Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha here on Sunday in connection with the birthday celebrations of Guru Nanak. The procession, led by ‘panj piaras’ passed through the main bazars of the city. Shabad kirtans were also organised in all gurdwaras which were illuminated at night.

Dharna: The HUDA Joint Action Committee has decided to organise a day's dharna on November 24 in front of the headquarters at Panchkula in support of its demands. According to another report, the ad hoc and daily-wages teachers will hold a rally in support of their demands on Tuesday at the mini stadium at Gohana.