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AMRITSAR LOOTED: Some gold jewellery and some cash were looted from the house of Sohan Singh of Basant Avenue here on Saturday. Occupants of the house, had gone out of station when the theft took place. A case has been registered. BATHINDA GURDASPUR HOSHIARPUR GATE RALLY HELD: Employees of the local nagar council staged a gate rally in front of their office here on Monday in protest against the scrapping of octroi and non-adjustment of the octroi staff. Mr Kewal Lal Heer, president, Regional Nagar Palika Karamchari Sangthan, warned the government that all employees of the councils in Punjab would go on an indefinite strike if the entire octroi staff was not adjusted to other departments.
JAGRAON LUDHIANA CAMP: Shree Raghunath Charitable Hospital, will hold a free medical camp on Sunday. Dr Ritu Gupta, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, said the camp would be inaugurated by Dr Rajinder Kaur, Civil Surgeon. Free medicines will be provided to poor and needy during the camp. ELECTION HELD: The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal has hailed the election of Mr K.S. Badungar as the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee. A meeting of SAD-B was held here on Sunday under the chairmanship of its acting district president, Mr Avtar Singh Makkar. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Sharnajit Singh Dhillon, a senior Akali leader, said with the appointment of Mr Badungar as the SGPC president, differences between the high priests and the SGPC would also cease. While addressing the meeting Mr Makkar said Mr Badungar’s moderate approach would help in resolving various issues being faced by the panth. He hoped that given the high educational background of Mr Badungar, the SGPC would be able to discourage educated youth from adopting the pathith path. MANDI GOBINDGARH MALERKOTLA IFTAAR PARTY: An Iftaar party was organised by the local Rotary Club at the Malerkotla Club here on Sunday. According to Mr
R.K. Jindal, secretary of the club, Mufti-e-Punjab Fazal Ur Rehman Hilal Usmani presided. MOGA NAWANSHAHR DONATED: The City Smile and the Mehak, units of the Lions Club, Banga, donated furniture items and Rs 6,000 to a poor girl of the nearby Kajla village on the occasion of her marriage on Sunday. The clubs organised an eye camp at Government Middle School, Bhootan. As many as 165 students were examined and medicines were given free of cost. MEDICAL CAMP: The Guru Nanak Mission Medical and Educational Trust, Dhahan Kaleran, organised a medical camp at Achalpur Mazari village. Mr Hardev Singh Kahma, vice-president of the trust, inaugurated the camp. More than 900 patients suffering from various ailments were examined, said Ms Sushil Kaur, PRO, in a press note here on Monday. PATHANKOT PATIALA DENTAL
CAMP: Doctors of Mata Kaushalya Hospital organised a dental check-up and awareness camp for students at Government Senior Secondary School on Thursday where nearly 1,200 students were examined. Speaking on the occasion, the doctors informed that most students were unaware of the importance and ways of maintaining oral hygiene. The DTS of Red Cross, Mr
K.R. Verma, while informing that more than 60 per cent school children were suffering from anaemia, stressed on the need to raise awareness about the disease. REFRESHER
COURSE: A three-week university Grants Commission (UGC) refresher course in Statistics was inaugurated at Punjabi University here on Monday. More than 25 participants from Haryana, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Assam are participating in the course. Inaugurating the course, Vice-Chancellor of the university, Mr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, stressed on the need to pay more attention on the study of basic sciences, especially on professional courses. ROPAR SANGRUR TARN TARAN |
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BILASPUR AIDS DAY: A district-level function was organised to observe the World AIDS Day at Behal, about 60 km from here, on Saturday. The Chief Medical Officer, Dr M.L. Mahajan, presided over the function. Schoolchildren held AIDS awareness rallies in the town and Barmana. |
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