Wednesday,
January 16, 2002, Chandigarh, India


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BATHINDA
DHARNA: Members of the district unit of Technical Services Union
(TSU), PSEB, held a dharna here on Tuesday to press the authorities to implement the decision taken already and to withdraw false cases registered against employees to curb their struggle. Mr Randhi Singh, district president,
TSU, said the electricity board had not implemented the agreements arrived at between the board and the union.RALLY: A rally was organised at Kotkapura on Monday to create awareness among masses against female foeticide by the Lions Club
(Vishwas). CHHAT BIR
WELCOMED: Members of the Punjab Non-Gazetted Forest Officers’
Union, Chhat Bir zoo, and the Class IV Government Employees Union,
Punjab, have thanked the decision of Punjab Government for appointing Dr
Vinod Sharma as Chief Warden (Zoos), Punjab, and delegating all
financial and administrative powers enjoyed by him prior to September 10
last year. Mr Jagpal Singh, president of the Punjab Non-Gazetted Forest
Officers’ Union, in a press note said the Punjab Government has taken
a right decision that will not only benefit the mute zoo inmates but
also to the employees. While in another press note Mr Mahanand,
president of the Class IV Government Employees Union, Punjab, welcomed
the government’s decision and said that Dr Sharma had been working for
the welfare of the zoo for the last 24 years. DERA BASSI
CITIZEN WELFARE ASSOCIATION: Reacting upon a grievances letter by the Citizen Welfare Association, Dera
Bassi, Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Chemicals and
Fertilisers, has asked the Sub divisional Magistrate, Mr Pritam Singh
Johal, to solve the problem of the residents of Adarsh Nagar. Earlier, the association has written a letter to the minister lamenting the problems being faced by them, said Mr T. L. Sharma, president of the association. In a press note Mr Sharma said the SDM has already asked the Executive Officer of the Municipal Council to take their genuine demands. FEROZEPORE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE: The Health Department has constituted the advisory committee to prevent female foeticide. According to Dr
S.K. Rewari, Civil Surgeon, the committee would advice and aid the authorities in implementing PNDT Act, 1994. Following are the members of the committee: Dr
O.P. Bagri, Dr Saroj Vadhera, Dr B.R. Arora, Dr Braham Prakash, Mr Prakash Chand, Ms Madhu Prashar and Bawa Hari Singh. CODE OF CONDUCT: The Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Electoral Officer, Mr S.R. Ladhar, has held a meeting of leaders of all political parties and told them to strictly follow the election code of conduct so that a free and fair poll could be ensured. He said anybody violating the code of conduct would attract 6-month imprisonment or Rs 2,000 fine or both.
LUDHIANA
SOCIAL BANKING: A function on social banking was held by the Bank of Baroda at Tagore Nagar here on Tuesday. Mr R.A. Almeida, General Manager, Northern zone, inaugurated the function. Mr S.K. Bansal, Assistant General Manager, Punjab Chandigarh and J and K region, was also present on the occasion. Mr Almeida inaugurated a retail lending shop in the branch to facilitate small loans for housing up to Rs 50 lakh, educational loans for higher study in India and abroad up to Rs 15 lakh, for purchase of computers, car/scooter and consumers durable like TV, VCR,
refrigerators, washing machine, music and cooling systems and for personal needs in the middle income groups. Loans were sanctioned and disbursed among 50 persons, which included loans to woman beneficiaries, retailer businessmen, auto-rickshaw drivers and others.CONDEMNED:
A meeting of the Youth Engaged in Service (YES) was held here on
Tuesday. Mr Hitesh Kumar, secretary of the club, in a press statement
today said the matter of use of ‘gutkha’ by children in the city,
particularly in Urban Estate Dugri, was of serious concern. Mr Kanwal
Kumar, president, of the club, has appealed to the parents to be
vigilant against the purchase of kites, through which tobacco companies
were luring kids by advertising on them. He also appealed the Deputy
Commissioner to stop the sale of such kites and confiscate the stock
with retailers and wholesalers. PATIALA
OIL CONSERVATION FORTNIGHT: A district-level function was organised on Tuesday by the Oil Industry here to mark the inaugural ceremony of the Oil Conservation Fortnight. The function was attended by the District Food and Supplies Controller, Capt. H.S. Mokha, and District-level Coordinator(LPG), Mr Rajeev Sharma, who demonstrated several ways to conserve LPG and also lectured on its safe and
efficient use. HONOURED: “To recognise the negative and positive impact of stress on your life will mean that you have already won half the battle against it,” said Dr Ravinder
Vatsayan, Ayurvedacharya, during the concluding session of Rotary International’s ‘Conference on Mankind” held at Punjabi University on Tuesday. Dr Vatsayan stressed on the need to understand the impact of psychological stress on human health as nobody is completely free from it, especially in present times. MOTORCYCLE STOLEN: A black motorcycle (CH-01T-1094) belonging to Mr Taranbir Singh was stolen from outside the Bank of Punjab, Leela Bhavan, here. INAUGURATED: A Passport Cell was inaugurated on Tuesday at the district office here by the Deputy Commissioner of Patiala, Mr Jasbir Singh Bir. Application for the issue of passports will be accepted at the cell and after being processed, would be sent to the Regional Passport Office, Chandigarh, from where the passport would be issued. All the applications for passports except those issued under the ‘Tatkal’ scheme and renewal of passports will be accepted.
PHAGWARA
AFFORDABLE TREATMENT: The Punjab unit of the IMA on Monday urged the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare to make the treatment of HIV/AIDS affordable and safe. In a letter to the minister, Dr O.P.S. Kande, state president , Dr R.C. Garg, state secretary, Dr Raman Aggarwal, charman, action committee , IMA, Punjab, urged the Centre to
subsidies the cost of anti- retroviral treatment (ART) and develop cheaper tests for CD4 count and viral load. SAMRALA
MEETING: A meeting of the local shopkeepers was called here on
Tuesday by the local SHO in view of the theft in a shop from which
valuable electronic articles were stolen on Monday night. The SHO
appealed the shopkeepers to cooperation with the police. He also
appealed the shopkeepers not to leave cash and valuable articles at
their shops. JOURNALIST BEREAVED: Mr Rajesh Kumar Bhardwaj (30), a
cousin of local journalist Ashwani Bhardwaj, died Monday night due to
heart attack. Journalists from the town and prominent persons attended
the cremation. A condolence meeting of the Press Club, headed by its
chairman P.S. Batra, was also held. Meanwhile, Press Club members also
attended the cremation of Mr Balbir Singh, an Akali leader and brother
of Mr Kuldeep Singh GharkhAna, chairman of the local Market Committee,
who died in a road accident.
TARN TARAN
RAPED: According to a complaint lodged with the police on Friday, a 22-year-old woman of Khara village was raped by four persons. In her complaint the victim said Bohar Singh and Gohlu had come to her house two weeks ago. They took her to the fields and raped her along with two others. The accused have reportedly been arrested. A case under Sections 366 and 376, IPC, has been registered.

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