AMLOH
SABHA: The monthly meeting of the Punjabi Sahit Sabha was held in Government Senior Secondary School here on Sunday. Among others, Mr Surjit Seet’s lyric Lokan ne pagal akhya, Ajit Mann’s story Doosra Pahyya, Baljinder Sounti’s story Mazdoor-Di-Majdoori, Avtar Azad’s song Gaal-Vir-Di-Kadhi, Avtar Sounti’s song Toon door rahin is ton dila vay, Gurnam Majra’s kavita Sut gey vich bandran bheli siastdan, Maher Singh’s song Aih dunia matlab di, kavita Mundian-da-mull penda’ were read. DALIT
FRONT: The meeting of the Ghat Giniti Dalit Front was held here on Sunday, It was presided over by Mr Balwant Singh Shahpur, MLA. It was decided to hold a conference on March 25 at Amloh. Mr Harvel Singh Madhopur secretary general of the front, said, issues relating to education, religion, political and socio-economic conditions concerned with the Dalits would be discussed in the conference. Mr Harnek Singh Badali, district president, said preparatory committee would hold a meeting on Thursday here.
AMRITSAR
CANADIAN CONSULATE: The Amritsar Vikas Manch has urged Mr Ujjal Dosanjh, Premier, British Columbia, to open a consulate-cum-visa office here instead of Chandigarh.
REPORT DENIED: The Chief Agricultural Officer has denied that any raid was conducted by officials of the Agriculture Department and spurious stocks of pesticides were seized. He said no case had been registered with the police under the ECA as reported in The Tribune on February 19.
BARNALA
ESCAPED: Munish Kumar Sharma, a local trader, who was kidnapped from
Ludhiana on February 23 by a gang of four kidnappers from Muradabad in
UP, succeeded in escaping from the clutches of his kidnappers on Friday.
BATALA
PRIZE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION: The 34th annual prize distribution function of the local R.R. Bawa DAV College for Girls will be held on Tuesday on the college campus, according to Ms Veena Watni, Principal of the college. She said Dr H. S. Soch, Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, would be the chief guest and preside over the function. He would also give away the prizes. The annual convocation of the college would be held on Wednesday.
DHURI
EYE CAMP: The local unit of the Sarv Bharatiya Sewa Samiti organised its 24th eye camp at the Civil Hospital here on Saturday. As many as 1,987 patients were examined at the camp and 165 were operated on by a team of eye specialists from Patiala. Medicines were distributed free of cost. As many as 150 intra-ocular lenses were implanted in the eyes of patients. The lenses were also provided free of cost by the samiti, Mr Hari Ram, President of the samiti, said here on Monday.
FARIDKOT
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED: The local Elders Service Society has launched a special campaign free of cost for the welfare and health care of elders in 30 villages around the Sadiq area in the district. As part of the campaign, medical, eye and dental camps will be organised during this month. The medical camp will be held at Manisinghwala village on March 15, the eye camp at Jandsahib village on March 24 and the dental camp will be held at Sadiq on March 29. According to Mr Jagmohan Singh Brar, president of the society, medicines will be provided free of cost to the needy.
DRAFT PRESENTED: A deputation of the Faridkot District Freedom Fighters Association, led by its president, Master Kartaram, presented a draft for Rs 14,000 to the Deputy Commissioner here on Monday in aid of the earthquake victims in Gujarat.
RESIGNATION DEMANDED: The District Congress Committee has demanded the resignation of the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, following the alleged misuse of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the recent assembly bye-elections at Nawanshahr, Sunam and Majitha. The way to tamper with the EVMs was demonstrated by the PPCC President, Capt Amarinder Singh, at Chandigarh on Sunday.
FAZILKA
PAK INTRUDER KILLED: A Pakistani intruder, aged about 30 years, was electrocuted while entering Indian territory at the Sadiqi checkpost at Pakka Chisti village in Fazilka sector. According to the details available, the unidentified intruder entered Indian territory past mid-night on the night intervening March 9 and March 10. He touched a live electric wire installed by Indian farmers to prevent intrusion of stray animals from across the border. The intruder died on the spot.
HOSHIARPUR
PATIARIAN DAM: A team of the Irrigation Department, headed by Mr R.C. Jindal, Chief Engineer, Kandi Area Development , Punjab, along with Mr P.L. Narula, member, Dam Safety Review Panel of India, Mr A. Ramanathan, Chief General Manager, NABARD, and Mr D.K. Goyal, Director, Kandi Watershed, on Sunday visited the site of the Patiarian Dam. They inspected the site and the ongoing work.
PASSING OUT PARADE: Raja Narinder Singh, Minister for Public Health, Punjab, took march past salute from 118 recruits of Batch No 3 of C-2 course at the passing out parade at the Police Recruits Training Centre, Jahan Khelan, 8 km from here, on Monday. Raja Narinder Singh also gave away prizes to recruits for their meritorious performances.
ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Punjab Civil Medical Services Welfare Association for the next two years: president — Dr M.L. Puri; senior vice- president — Dr Jai Kishan; vice-president — Dr A.S. Gill; and general secretary — Dr Sardul Singh.
LUDHIANA
SHAWL MAKERS: Indian shawls have been wrongly clubbed with the branded readymade garments on which 16 per cent excise duty has been imposed in the Budget. Since the Indian shawls do not need tailoring process of cutting and stitching, so the government should review its decision of imposing the excise duty on them. These views were expressed by a deputation of the Shawl Club who met Mr K.R. Rana, Minister of Textiles, and Cabinet Secretaries in New Delhi recently. The deputation members included Ms Mridula Jain, Vice-Chairperson, and Mr P.L. Seth, general secretary, of the club. Ms Jain said, “The Indian shawl is defined as a piece of cloth used by women and men for covering their body and worn over the shoulders without any tailoring process so the excise duty should not be imposed on them.” Mr Rana assured the deputation to put forward their case before the finance ministry. Mr T.R. Rastogi, Deputy Secretary, Finance, also promised to pursue the matter to the Excise Department.
SEMINAR: A seminar on “Beauty and skin treatment” will be held at Grace Beauty Clinic on Tuesday. According to Mrs Indira Ahluwalia, organiser of the event, beauty therapist Vineet Kapoor will conduct the seminar.
EYE
CAMP: More than 467 patients were examined and 48 eye operations performed at a free eye camp organised by the Youth Sports Club at Mohi village on Monday. Dr Ramesh, Director, Eye Bank, Mansuran, examined the patients. Nearly 21 persons pledged to donate their eyes to the Mansuran Eye Bank. The camp, dedicated to Baba Balwant Singh, was inaugurated by Mr Iqbal Singh.
CELEBRATED: Students, staff and management of the Devki Devi Jain College for Women celebrated the founder’s day on Monday. The students recited bhajan and presented songs. Ms Rekha Sharma, Principal, Mr Narinder Kumar Jain, chairman, and Mr Baldev Raj Jain, senior vice-president, were also present on the occasion.
MEDICAL
CHECK-UP: A free medical check-up camp, organised by Mangat Nursing Home, was held at Senior Secondary School, Doraha, recently in which nearly 500 patients were examined. Medicines were provided to patients free of cost. A team of doctors, included Dr I.S. Mangat, Dr Rajinder, Dr Sanjay Bhalla and Dr Manmohan Singh, examined the patients.
MANDI
GOBINDGARH
BONUS: Mr Hari Chand president, Class IV Employees Union, Fatehgarh Sahib district, while addressing the meeting of employees here on Monday, which was presided over by Mr Baltej Singh, president, Amloh tehsil, criticised the government for its unsympathetic attitude towards its employees. He said the union had decided to organise a rally at Chandigarh on March 22 to press the government for their demands. There demands include regularisation of services of daily-wage earner, part-time and work charge employees and payment of bonus to the workers.
RATION
CARDS: Residents of Kumbh village near here have been waiting for the issue of ration cards since 1993, according to Mr Dara Singh and Mr Arjan Singh, both member panchayats. They said they had written many letters to the Chief Minister and the Deputy Commissioner but they turned a deaf ear to their problem.
RAJYOGINI
BRAHMAKUMARI: Rajyogini Brahma Kumari Dadi Janki Ji, Additional Chief, Brahma Kumari Ishwaria Vishav Vidyalya, Global Cooperation House, London, will visit here on Tuesday, according to Mr Parveen Bhardwaj, spokesman of the local centre. She will lay a foundation stone of Om Shanti Bhavan here and give a message of peace and brotherhood to people.
MANSA
SEMINAR HELD: The local Rotary Club organised a seminar on Saturday on “Prevention of Heart Disease” at Mansa Club. Eminent cardiologists from the BBC Heart Care Centre, Jalandhar, participated in the seminar. Cardiologists also presented a slide show on the subject.
MALERKOTLA
MAN SHOT AT: Shaukat Ali (30) of Binjoki village, 5 km from here, was seriously injured when armed youths attacked him on Sunday. It is learnt that five men in a Maruti car went to the shop of Shaukat Ali and shot at him with a 12 bore pistol injuring him seriously. Ali was rushed to the local Civil Hospital where his condition was stated to be serious. The police has registered a case.
MASS MARRIAGES: Seven poor girls were married off on Sunday at a mass marriage function organised by the Atam Anand Trust at the local Hanuman Mandir. The function was presided over by Mr Chaman Lal Jain, Chairman of the trust. Mr Gurlovleen Singh Sidhu, Subdivisional Magistrate, blessed the couples. Articles of daily use and household items were gifted to the couples by the trust.
MEDICAL CAMP: The local Rotary Club organised a free medical camp for children at the Home for the Blind and the Disabled here on Sunday. Child specialists Dr Baldeep Singh and Dr Sanjeev Gupta of Ludhiana examined more than 500 children at the camp. Ms Sajida Begam, a former MLA, was the chief guest at the function.
NABHA
PENSION DISTRIBUTION: A pension distribution and girl child promotion function was held on the district level at the local Lion’s Club by the Social Security and Women and Child Development Department of Punjab. Mr S. Gobind Singh Kanjla, Cabinet Minister, was the chief guest at the function which was presided over by the local MLA and the Public Health and Civil Aviation Minister Raja Narinder Singh. As many as 2,250 persons received pensions on the report. Mr Kanjla said at present seven lakh old persons, widows and handicapped persons were getting pensions in Punjab and it was proposed to add two lakh persons to the strength.
NAWANSHAHR
EYE CAMP: The local unit of Shri Ramsharnam in association with Mr Kishorilal Duggal, a local newspaper agent, organised a free eye operation camp at Shri Sharnam Bhavan here on Sunday. Mr Pyarelal Sharma, a social worker, inaugurated the camp in which 682 patients were examined. As many as 70 operations were done and 55 lenses were implanted at the camp.
SPORTS MEET: The local Dayanand College of Education for Women organised its annual sports meet here on Sunday. Mr Prem Bhardwaj, president of the managing committee of the college, presided over the meet and gave away the prizes. Ms Namneet was declared the best player, according to Doctor Devi Ichha, Principal of the college.
PATIALA
OFFICE-BEARERS: Mr Harinderpal Singh has been elected as the
president of the Dhillon Colony Welfare Committee in a meeting held here
on Sunday. The other elected members are: patron — Dr R.K. Garg;
chairman — Mr Jyoti Prasad Goyal; vice-president — Mr Chottu Ram
Gahlot; secretary — Mr Pawan Goyal; legal advisor — Surinder Gupta
and treasurer — Mr Sushil Kumar.
ELECTED: Mr S.P. Buddhiraja
has been elected as the president of the Bal Vikas Sanstha, an
independent non-governmental organisation (NGO) working in city chaired
by Mr Harbans Singh Ahuja. The other members elected in the general body
meeting are: founder and general secretary — Mr Amritpal Singh;
vice-president — Mr Mahesh Satija; treasurer — Mr Sanjeev Malik;
executive, plans and projection — Mr P.S. Sondhi and executive members
— Mr A.K. Sharma, Mr Jaspal Singh, Mr Rajan Singla, Dr Naresh Raj and
Mr Raman Singla.
PHAGWARA
CHEQUES GIVEN: The Tourism Minister, Choudhary Swarna Ram on Sunday distributed cheques worth Rs 35 lakh to 41 panchayats of Phagwara block for various development projects, an official press note has said. Addressing a function, the minister said the government would spend Rs 435 crore on allround development of villlage in Punjab during this year. SDM Pritam Singh and a number of prominent Akali leaders of the area also addressed the function.
ROPAR
CRUSHED TO DEATH: Three persons were crushed to death under the Himachal Express train on Friday night while the Hola Mohalla celebrations were on at Anandpur Sahib. The Railway police sources said Gurnam Singh, son of Buta Singh of Bhura Khurd village in Amritsar, and Dilbagh Singh, son of Narinjan Singh of Shalta in Amritsar, were sleeping on the railway track near the local Charan Ganga railway bridge. They could not hear the sound of the approaching train due to the high pitch of loud speakers in the surrounding areas. Another unidentified person died while crossing the railway track. In another incident, Ujjagar Singh of Mangewal village near Anandpur Sahib died on Friday in an accident between a tractor-trolley and his scooter.
FUGITIVE
MUDERED: The Anandpur Sahib police has found the body of a suspected fugitive near Aganpur. The DSP said the victim had a half cut handcuff on his wrist. Besides this he had just a comb in his pocket.
SAMRALA
SPORTS MELA: A sports mela at Lopon village in the memory of Baba Mohna Shah concluded here today. On the last day the prizes were distributed by Mr Sukhdev Singh Libra, Member Rajya Sabha. In the 52-kg Kabaddi final, the team of Kalas Kalan defeated the Ghaloti team; while in 57-kg category Kot Gangu Rai team ramained first and the team of Lopon stood second. In the playing-card competitions, 12 teams were given cash prizes. In pigeons urans, 62 persons got cash prizes. A cultural programme was also organised on the occasion.
CELEBRATED: Women’s Day was celebrated by the Youth Welfare Club in Malwa College, Bondli, on Monday. According to the club president, Mr Paramveer Singh, and the secretary, Mr Punit Kumar, the Principal of the college, Mr Jasbinder Singh Dhillon, appealed the girl students to be conscious about their rights. On this occasion a senior advocate of Chandigarh Mr Rajvinder Singh was the chief guest.
TARN TARAN
EYE CAMP: As many as 150 patients were examined at an eye camp held at Guru Amardas Mission Hospital, Goindwal Sahib, on Saturday. The camp was inaugurated by Mr R.P. Rana, managing director, Arihant Threads, Goindwal Sahib. Mr Jatinder Pal Singh Dhillon, Chairman of the hospital, said medicines were given to the patients free of cost and operations would be done on March 29.
