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AHMEDGARH HOMAGE: Mr Jagdish Singh Garcha, Minister for Technical Education, said here on Wednesday that primary school at Ber Khurd village would be named after Harpreet Singh who laid down his life at Jammu and Kashmir border recently. Paying tributes to the deceased soldier at the bhog ceremony, the minister announced state assistance of Rs 7 lakh to the deceased's family and a government job to one of the family member. Mr Sadhu Singh Ghudani, MLA, Mr Raghbir Singh Seharan Majra, Chairman, Milk Plant, Mr Gurdev Lapran, Mr Tej Parkash (former Congress minister), Mr R.S. Kaler, ADC, and Mr Balraj Sidhu, DSP, also paid homage to the martyr. GRANT DEMANDED: Ms Darshan Kaur, local Municipal Councillor, has demanded that ward No. 4 should be declared a slum area and appropriate grant should be given for its development. She alleged that president of the council had been ignoring her reserved ward. Basic amenities were not being provided to residents, she alleged. Meanwhile, Mr Kishori Lal Budhan, president of the council, denied the charge and said development projects were being undertaken regularly. AMRITSAR INQUIRY: The Shiromani Youth Akali DAl headed by Mr Kuldeep Singh Kahlon has demanded a high level inquiry against the former Chairman of the PSEB. In a press note the party alleges that the former chairman had got a building occupied by the PSEB, since the past 50 years, vacated on financial considerations. It is alleged that the chairman had raised the bogey of political pressure to cover his won nefarious activities. BATHINDA FARIDKOT FEROZEPORE HOSHIARPUR JAGRAON JALANDHAR YOUTH FESTIVAL: Students of BAM Khalsa College, Garhshankar, bagged the first position in the “shabad\bhajan”-singing contest, while those of SGGS College, Mahilpur, won the first position in the group-singing contest on the second day of the Panjab University Zonal Youth Festival at DAV College, Hoshiarpur, here on Tuesday. Mr Kamal Chowdhary, a former Hoshiarpur MP and president of the DAV College Managing Committee, presided over the function. LUDHIANA MEDICAL CAMP: A free medical check-up camp was organised here on Thursday by the Punjab National Bank (PNB), Civil Lines branch, at Evershine Public High School, New Ashok Nagar. Dental and general medical examination of more than 600 students was conducted. Medicines were distributed free of cost to needy students. Mr K.I. Singh, Senior Regional Manager, Ludhiana Region, was the chief guest on the occasion. PATIALA LITERARY AWARDS: In keeping with the tradition of giving awards for recognised works that have made significant contributions towards encouraging the literary activities in various languages especially in Punjabi, the Department of Languages, Punjab, announced the best literary awards to the following books published last year. This was stated by Director of the department, Dr Madan Lal Hasija. The book ‘Dard kahe dehleez’ by Surjit Jaj will be awarded with by Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir Puraskar (poetry). ‘Punjab diyan titaliya’ by Malkiat Singh Saini will be given the M.S.Randhawa Puraskar (giani literature). ‘Bal geet’ by Darshan Singh Aasht will be awarded by Sri Guru Harikrishan Puraskar (child literature). ‘Navi Punjabi kavita-pachan chin’ written by Dr Jaswinder Singh will be bestowed by Dr Attar Singh Puraskar (criticism). ‘Rade bhambiri bole’ written by Dr Nahar Singh has been awarded with Teja Singh Puraskar (editing). ‘Dashmesh Pita de sidki Sikh ate dharam yudh’ by Raghbir Singh Anandpuri will be awarded with Bhai Veer Singh Puraskar (biography). ‘Zindagi di sargarm’ by Dr T.R.Sharma will be awarded with Gurbaksh Singh Preetladi Puraskar (essay) and ‘Paria’ by Gurcharan Singh Jasuja will be given the Ishwar Chander Nanda Puraskar (play). CONFERENCE ON ENT: The latest advances in the ENT speciality and allergy disorders would be discussed at length during the course of a two-day Silver Jubilee Conference to be held at Government Medical College on Saturday here. Giving this information, Head of the ENT Department and Chairman of the Conference, Dr
S.K.Verma, said the function would be inaugurated by Research and Medical Education Minister Manoranjan
Kalia. Dr Verma said ENT and head and neck surgeons of the North-West region of India would participate in the discussions and present their research papers. He said the conference would not only help in alleviating the sufferings of the humanity but also prove useful in upgrading the professional expertise and knowledge of the doctors and medical students in the field of ENT as per the international standards. MEDICAL CAMP: The Bhartiya Yog Sanstha will be organising a
training-cum-treatment camp on Sunday at Bundela Mandir, near Rose Garden here. Giving this information, press secretary of the
sanstha, Mr M.S. Deewan, said free services will be provided to all those suffering from chronic
diseases. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CAMPAIGN: Prajapita Brahmakumaris, Ishwariya Vishwavidyalayas will be organising women empowerment campaign at Open Theatre, Baradari Gardens here on Friday. The campaign which started from Kangra, will finally end at Delhi on November 10. OPENING OF PUB CONDEMNED: A delegation of Leela Bhavan market met Deputy Commissioner Jasbir Singh Bir on Thursday and complained against the opening of a Hungry Horse Pub in the market area which they claimed will create a lot of commotion among the common people visiting the market. This was discussed during the district-level sangat darshan programme held at Red Cross Hall here. The delegation said the market was already occupied by a number of computer centres and clinics which was regularly visited by women in particular. The DC asked the Assistant Commissioner, Excise and Taxation Department and the Police Department, to look into the matter and see whether a pub can be opened in a public place or not. Mr Bir heard the grievances of 85 complainants out of which 40 cases were handed over to different departments concerned while 10 cases related with village panchayats have been submitted to the Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO). SAMRALA STONE LAID: Mr Nachhattar Singh Badeshan, Deputy Director, Social Welfare and Child Department, Punjab, laid foundation stone of the model anganwari centre at Harbanspura village, near here, on Wednesday. Ms Sunit Rani, CDPO, briefed the gathering about various schemes of the department. DHARNA: Employees of the Punjab State Land Mortgage Bank have decided to stage a dharna in front of the bank’s head office in Chandigarh on Tuesday to protest against non-acceptance of their demands said Mr Gurdev Singh Bondli, president of the employees’ union, here on Wednesday. Condemning the harsh measures
taken against workers, Mr Romesh Chander, vice-president of the union, demanded acceptance of their demands, including time-bound promotions, medical allowance and house rent allowance. MEETING: A meeting of the Public Health Karamchari Union was held here on Thursday. It was presided over by Mr Harpreet Singh Grewal. Mr Grewal appealed to Mr Parkash Singh Badal to regularise the services of the daily-waged workers of the department who had been on a chain fast for the past three months in
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AMBALA LOK SANGHARSH
MANCH: The Lok Sangharsh Manch, Ambala, alongwith the Lok Sangharsh
Manch, Kurukshetra and Jind units, held a demonstration outside the Central Jail on Wednesday. The demonstrators demanding that Ms
Usha, secretary of the Jan Sangharsh Manch, Kurukshetra, should be released at the earliest. They said that the state government is providing expensive electricity and people have to install electronic meters. They claimed that the government is following an “anti-people” policy.
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HAMIRPUR POSTAGE STAMP: A postage stamp in the memory of Yashpal, a great Indian revolutionary, would be issued on his birth centenary in 2003. The Union Communications Ministry has given approval for this, according to the president of the Yashpal Sahitya Parishad, Dr Braham Dev Sharma. Yashpal was a close associate of Chander Shekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh. He was also conferred with Padam Bhushan in 1970. CULTURAL ACTIVITIES: Prof S.D. Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, said here on Tuesday that he was keen to promote cultural activities and sports in the university on a large scale. He said he was getting first-hand information about the activities as well as problems being faced by teachers, the non-teaching staff and students. NURPUR APPOINTMENT LETTERS: Unemployed BDS doctors (dental surgeons) of Himachal Pradesh are sore over the delay in issuing appointment letters by the state Health and Family Welfare Department even after four months of their selection by the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission. The dental surgeons who met the Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, on October 22 at Pragpur submitted a memorandum to him demanding a prompt action in this connection. |
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