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AMRITSAR
Blood donation: The Hindu Sabha Senior Secondary
School is organising a blood donation-cum-checking camp
in the premises of school on February 15. More than 25
students belonging to this organisation have donated
blood during last year.
BATHINDA
Family planning camp: Dr S.L. Thukral,
Medical Officer, in a press note issued here on Sunday
said a family planning camp was organised at the local
Civil Hospital and 71 persons were operated upon. Dr
Thukral said more people were opting for non-scalpel
vasectomy technique. The camp was inaugurated by Dr R.S.
Sandhu, Director, Family Welfare, Punjab.
DHURI
Camp: The local Rotary and Rotract Clubs
jointly organised a pollution check-up camp here on
Sunday. At least 760 vehicles were issued pollution
clearance certificates.
Annual function: Vasant
Valley Public School on Sunday organised its annual
function at Ladda. A large number of parents attended the
function. Mrs Amrit Gill, SDM, was the chief guest. She
distributed the prizes.
FATEHGARH
Demands: Residents of Sirhind town in
this district have urged the government to recarpet the
roads dug up by the Telecom Department. Mr R.N. Sharma,
president, Citizens Welfare Council, Sirhind, said
development projects had failed to take off. The town was
adopted by the Central Government under the IDSMT scheme.
A sum of Rs 2 crore was sanctioned and the first
instalment of Rs 25 lakh was released but the second was
not sanctioned as the Municipal Council failed to submit
the progress report of the ongoing projects.
CBI inquiry: The
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Bassi Pathana, here on
Tuesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the cheques issued by
the President and the Executive Officer of the Municipal
Council, and illegal encroachments done by the
influential people on the municipal land.
KHANNA
Examination boycott: Leaders of the
Teaching and Non-Teaching Union has warned the Punjab
Government that the employees would boycott the
forthcoming examination if the state government failed to
fulfil their demands. While observing the "Save
Education Day" at the local A.S. College Mr Tarsem
Bahia, general secretary of the Principal's Association
of Punjab Colleges said the government was bent upon to
abolish the grant-in-aid scheme that had been there since
1978. He said the decision, if implemented would result
in closure of most of the colleges.
NANGAL
Without electricity: The local Government
Shivalik College has been without electricity for the
past week. The work at the college laboratories and those
at Diploma College of Pharmacy has virtually come to a
halt. The electricity supply was reportedly disrupted
because of a short-circuit in wires.
PATIALA
Election Commission: The Patiala Congress
Vice-President, Mr Sant Ram Singla, requested the
Election Commission to deploy paramilitary forces in the
Nawanshahr Assembly constituency, fearing large-scale
rigging by the ruling Akali Dal-Bjp alliance. In a
statement issued here, Mr Singla, who is coordinating the
Congress byelection campaign in Nawanshahr, also
requested the Chief Election Commissioner to send five
more observers to check the alleged large-scale
irregularities being committed by the Akali Dal
government.
PHAGWARA
Education grants: The Punjab Freedom
Fighters Family Welfare Committee will provide education
grants to wards of Quiet India, freedom fighters. This
was stated here on Monday by its state convenor, Mr
Balwantrai Uppal. He said the grants would be given on
March 23, the martyrdom day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh,
Rajguru and Sukhdev.
Support extended:
The PPCC, President, Capt Amarinder Singh and the
Opposition leader of the Vidhan Sabha, Mr Jagjit Singh,
on Monday supported the demands of the private college
teachers and non-teaching staff who observed "save
higher education day" on Monday in protest against
the Punjab Government decision to reduce the grants.

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