Monday,
November 5, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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CAMP: A one-week camp of Bharat Scouts and Guides of Fatehgarh Sahib district, organised at Government Senior Secondary School, Naraingarh, 3 km from here, concluded on Saturday. While addressing the campers, Mr Bella Singh, Assistant State Organising Commissioner, spoke about the scouts movement. It was inaugurated by Mr Roshan Lal, Principal of the local school, who spoke about the importance of the camps and advised them to keep the environment clean. Mr Kidar Nath, Commander of the camp, and Mr Mangey Ram gave details of scout flag, pledge, prayer and principles of the scouts, while Mr Mukesh Kumar, in charge, Camp Craft, supervised the march past and morning assembly. During hiking, scouts visited agriculture farm of Punjab Agricultural University at Naraingarh village where Mr Harbans Singh, Manager of the farm and seed specialist, provided practical knowledge of hybrid seeds and plants. As many as 48 scouts participated in the camp.
BATHINDA
PROHIBITORY ORDERS: The District Magistrate, Mr R. Venkatratnam, issued prohibitory orders directing shops in the city to remain closed on Sundays. The working hours on other days would be from 8.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. The liquor shops would remain open till 11 p.m. and those in the rural areas till 10 p.m. The city ‘dhabas’ will remain open till 11 p.m. FEROZEPORE
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS: As many as 25 schools and colleges participated in the centenary celebrations of Dev Samaj Senior Secondary School. Alumni of the school were honoured on the occasion. A variety programme was also presented in which Mr Dharamvir, Commissioner, Ferozepore, presided. GOONJ-2001: Seema Dhadwal from SBS College of Engineering and Technology and Bhuvnesh from Government Polytechnic were crowned Miss and Mister Goonj-2001, respectively, during the Inter-College Cultural Festival, “Goonj-2001” organised by SBS Engineering and Technology College. Around 500 students from different college in the state took part in the festival. Nitin Prabhakar and Archana Mishra were selected as the best couple during the ‘dandiya’ competition. GAGANJIT HONOURED: The Amritsar unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal honoured Gaganjit Singh, captain of the Indian junior hockey team which won the World Cup recently. Mr Dhian Singh Mand, a former MP, felicitated him with a gold medal and a shawl. JAN CHETNA RALLY: The Arya Pradeshik Sabha organised a ‘Jan Chetna Yatra’ in which thousands of school children participated. The rally was flagged off by Mr B.R. Mahajan, secretary, DAV Managing Committee, New Delhi.
HOSHIARPUR
INAUGURATED: Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, President, SHSAD, inaugurated an open air theatre at the Police Recruits Training Centre, Jahan Khelan, 8 km from here, on Thursday. The Naginder Kala Manch, Faridkot, staged a drama. Mr Tohra announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh for the development of the village. Mr R.S. Khatra, Commandant, PRTC, highlighted the activities of the centre. APPOINTED: Mr Devinder Singh Babbu, president, Punjab Youth Congress, has appointed Mr Rajiv Sood vice-president of the district Youth Congress. This was stated by Mr Om Parkash Saini, general secretary of the district Congress committee, in a press note here on Friday. Mr Avninder Sharma has been appointed president of the local Youth Congress. JALALABAD
COMEDIAN ENTHRALLS: Comedian Bhagwant Mann enthralled the audience at a show organised by the District Red Cross Society at Government Girls Senior Secondary School on Saturday. Mr Zora Singh Mann, member of Parliament, Ferozepore, was the chief guest. Others who performed included singer Kamajit Neeru, Rakhi Hundal and Bhotu Shah and party. KHANNA
BLOOD DONATED: A blood donation camp was organised at AS Senior Secondary School, here on Saturday, in the memory of Principal Naresh Chandar Khanna. Fifty units of blood were collected. Mr Sham Sunder, a teacher of the school, donated blood for 38th times. Mr Onkar Rai Mehta, president, Municipal Committee, Khanna, was the chief guest. Five students of the school were given scholarships, amounting to Rs 1,000 each. The scholarship will be given every year, according to family members of Principal Khanna. Mr Jit Rai was the guest of honour. Mementos were given to blood donors. LUDHIANA
BEAUTY CONTEST: In a contest organised by a local parlour on the occasion Karva Chauth, Ms Ambica Sekhri was adjudged the most beautiful woman, while Ruchi and Rajni were crowned with titles of ‘Best Bindi’ and ‘Best Hair Do’, respectively. The title of ‘Solah Shingar’ was given to Ms Vinod Minglani. As many as 38 women participated. Ms Kiran and Ms Bharti were judges for the contest. MANSA
MURDER CASES SOLVED: The Senior Superintendent of Police, Mr Dilbagh Singh Gill, said the police had solved two murder cases which took place at Ralla and Fatta Maloka villages. The accused in both the cases had been arrested. He said 70 persons were also arrested for indulging in ‘satta’ and 13 persons under the NDPS Act. The police also seized 14 working stills, 2,355 kg lahan, 555 litres of illicit liquor, 9,200 bottles of country liquor, six cars, a jeep, a truck and three scooters. Stolen property, worth Rs 20 lakh, was also recovered. MEDICAL CAMP: The Lions Club organised a free medical check-up and skin diseases camp on Saturday at Lions Bhavan here. A team of doctors, led by Dr Rajesh Rani Gupta from Government Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, examined 380 patients. Medicines were also distributed to the patients, said Mr Surinder Bansal, president of the club.
PHAGWARA
HAILED: The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union on Friday hailed the decision of the Punjab Government to grant pensionary benefits to the employees of non-government colleges, including gratuity, family pension and commutation of pension, etc, at the state government rates from time to time. This was stated by Prof K.B.S. Sodhi and Prof Jaspal Singh Randhawa, president and general secretary, respectively, of the union here on Friday. PATIALA
HONOURED: Eminent Musician Dr Gurnam Singh was honoured with the Punjab Heritage Foundation award for the year at a function held by the foundation at the Baradari Garden on Sunday. Dr Gurnam Singh, a former head of the Department of Music and a teacher at Punjabi University, has recited 62 ragas and raganis of Guru Granth Sahib in the classical mould, which have been compiled in a set of 10 cassettes released recently by HMV. Prominent among those present at the function were Maj-Gen Tirlochan Singh Aulakh and Mr Rajinder Singh Gill, president and secretary general of the foundation, respectively. DOCTORS’ MEET: Punjab National Bank (PNB) has started pursuing excellence through continuous improvement of quality in services. This was stated by Mr D.L. Rawal, General Manager, PNB Head Office, New Delhi, while speaking on the occasion of the Doctors’ meet held here on Sunday. Earlier, Mr O.P.S. Kande, president of the state unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), inaugurated the meet. Mr P.N. Khurana, General Manager, Punjab zone, and Mr N.C. Jain, Senior Regional Manager, Chandigarh ‘B’ region, were also present on the occasion. Mr Rawal said the PNB was embarking on a drive to inter-connect bank branches and ATMs across the country. As a part of the drive, over 2,000 branches would be interconnected during the next 3 or 4 months. PHILLAUR
SAMMELANS: The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha will organise anti-terrorism sammelans in all districts of the country in December and january. This was stated by morcha’s national president Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan here on Friday. Mr Chauhan said the morcha workers would collect Re 1 each from the families in the country to help families of soldiers who died for the cause of the nation. SAMRALA
APPRECIATED: Prof Hamdardvir Nausheharvi, a Punjabi writer, has appreciated the Punjab Language Department, Patiala, for recognising Punjabi mini kahani as a separate entity. The department had given a full day of Punjabi mini kahani darbar and all well-known Punjabi short story writers were invited to read their stories.
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