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BATHINDA RIOT VICTIMS: Members of the district unit of the 1984 Sikh Rehabilitation Action Committee, Punjab, have urged the state government to render help to the 1984 riot victims in this district and also give them other facilities given to such persons in other regions. Mr Uttam Singh Makar, convener of the district unit of committee, in a press note issued here on Friday, alleged that the district administration was not doing anything for the welfare of the riot victims. FEROZEPORE JALANDHAR CRITICISED: The Veterinary Pharmacists Union, Punjab has criticised the SAD-BJP government for its failure to implement the accord which was finalised by union leaders and senior officials of the Animal Husbandry Department on November 20. KHARAR LUDHIANA MALERKOTLA BONUS DISTRIBUTED: The Milk Cooperative Society Nathu Majra organised a function to distribute bonus at Nathu Majra village, near here, on Friday. Mr Raghuvir Singh, Chairman, Milk Plant, Ludhiana, was the chief guest while Mr Hajoor Singh, general manager, presided over the function. The Chairman distributed a sum of Rs 2 lakh as bonus among 122 milk producers.
PATHANKOT PROTEST MARCH: Various social, religious, political and other organisations took out a protest march here on Friday. The protesters gave a memorandum to the SDM, Ms Bhawna Garg, asking the government to impress upon the Bangladesh government to stop atrocities on Hindus there. PATIALA SEMINAR: The Association for Democratic Rights
(AFDR) would organise a seminar on Sunday to discuss the ramifications of POTO on the future of free press and human rights. The seminar would be addressed by the president of
AFDR, Mr S. Hari Singh Tarak, and Prof Sucha Singh Gill of Punjabi University. MEETING: The Bhartiya Mazdoor Sang on Saturday held a meeting, which was headed by Mr Baldev Krishan Sharma to discuss their future course of action on the abolition of octroi by the Punjab Government. Speaking to the members of the sang, Mr Sharma asked the State Government to make adequate arrangements of employment for the octroi collectors. APPOINTED: At a meeting, which was chaired by Mr Darshan Singh Sodhi, Mr Harish Singh Singla was appointed president of the Punjab Welfare Council here on Saturday. The chairman instructed the newly-elected president to form the state body of members within a week. PHILLAUR ROPAR SAMRALA SANGRUR TARN TARAN |
AMBALA APPOINTED: Mr Balinder Singh has been appointed state secretary of the youth wing of the Indian National Lok Dal. Mr Narinder Sangwan has been appointed state general secretary by Mr Ajay Chautala. The MP, Mr Faqir Chand Mullana, and Naggal MLA, Mr Jasbir
Mallour, have welcomed the appointments. LOK ADALAT: Justice V.K. Bali of Punjab and Haryana High Court inaugurated 46th lok adalat at the Sessions Court, here on Saturday. Mr Bali said lok adalat was the best means of seeking early justice. He obsrved that a large number of cases that came to the court could be decided at the panchayat, baradari and lok adalat level. He said there was a need to generate awareness about lok adalats among the people. Among others, District Sessions Judge, Ms Kiran Anand
Lall, Deputy Commissioner, Mr D.D. Gautam, Superintendent of Police, Mr Sandeep
Khirwar, and District Bar Association president, Mr S.M. Sharma, were also present. EXCISE INSPECTOR HELD: An Excise and Taxation Inspector was nabbed on Friday night from Baldev Nagar here. A city court on Saturday sent the inspector on police remand till Monday. A vigilance inquiry had earlier been intiated against him in 1996 and in 1998 a case had been registered against him. He is alleged to have committed irregularities. He was currently posted in Chandigarh. BASKETBALL TEAM WINS: SA Jain College, on Saturday defeated SD College, Panipat, to win the final match for inter-college basketball tournament, Zone C of Kurukshetra University. The final score was 71-70 in favour of SA Jain College. The winning team members were Amrit,
Mohit, Madhur, Amit, Ashok, Barinder, Pankaj, Dinesh, Mithun, Rishi, Rimple and Ravi, according to press note.
BHIWANI SUICIDE: A married woman allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at Dhani janga village. The police has registered a case under Sections 452 and 306 of the IPC against Prakash, her husband, who is still at large and further investigations are on. ELECTROCUTED: A soda factory owner, Nand Lal Kanjar was electrocuted at his house at Charkhi Dadri when he was bathing in the bathroom on Thursday evening. In another incident, Minnu, son of Prakash, a resident of Mundhal, was wounded when an unidentified vehicle hit him. He has been admitted to the Civil Hospital here. FATEHABAD |
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