HOSHIARPUR
SEMINAR: A seminar was organised by a local milk plant at the Milk Chilling Centre, Balachaur, 62 km from here on Wednesday. As many as 150 members of the Cooperative Milk Producers Societies of Balachaur and Sorya blocks along with Mr S.K. Sharma, General Manager, Mr S. Paramjit Singh Ghuman, Manager, (Milk Procurement); Dr L.R. Thakur, Manager (Quality); Milk Plant, Hoshiarpur and others participated.
ANTI-TOBACCO DRIVE: A deputation of schoolchildren from Gyan Niketan Public School and St Martyras School, Ram Colony camp, under the patronage of the local Guru Gobind Study Circle (Nawanshahr zone) met the SSP, Mr Gurpreet Deol, on Wednesday and presented a memorandum against the use of tobacco at public places. The SSP assured the deputation that necessary action would be taken in this regard.
KHARAR
THE ANNIVERSARY: The Dr Ambedkar Bhalai Manch, Kharar, has decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar on May 24 on the grounds of Christian High School, here. Ch. Santokh Singh, Cabinet Minister, Social Security and Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes will be the chief guest and Mr Bir Davinder Singh, local MLA, will preside over the
function
MALERKOTLA
DENTAL CAMP: A dental check up camp was organised by the local Rotary Club at Government Senior Secondary School, Kuthala, here on Wednesday. According to Mr Raj Kumar Jindal, secretary of the Rotary Club, about 700 schoolchildren were examined by Dr Mohd Shabbir, CMO (Dental) and his team.
MOGA
SHOPKEEPER KILLED: the district police on Thursday arrested two persons namely,
sukhbir, alias Rolu Singh, a resident of Nathewal and Rajinder singh, a resident of
Ugoke, for allegedly killing a shopkeeper, Hans Raj of Malha Kalan village, some time ago. This was stated here on Thursday by Mr Virinder Kumar, SSP. A case has been registered in this regard.
NAWANSHAHR
DISPLAY RATE LISTS: Mr Ashok Kumar Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, while presiding over the meetings of the field staff of the Revenue and Rural Development Departments at Banga and Nawanshahr on Wednesday, asked them to work honestly so that the aim of the state government to provide corruption free and transparent administration could be translated into reality at the grassroots level. He directed the patwaris to display the government approved rate lists for issuing copies of various types of revenue records and other works at the walls of their offices. Telephone numbers of the tehsildar and the SDM concerned should also be displayed so that the people could contact them.
APPOINTED: Mr Ashwani Kumar Ballagan has been appointed acting President of the district unit of the BJP in place of Ms Varinder Kaur Thandi who has gone abroad. This was stated by Dr Shiv Kumar Tejpal, general secretary of the district unit of the BJP, in a press note issued here on Wednesday.
PATHANKOT
LIONS’ CLUB: Mr harish Mahajan has been elected president of the Lions’ Club (Greater) in the presence of Mr Vinod Mahajan, district governor of the club, here on Wednesday.
CHEMISTS’ UNION: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Chemists Association: president — Mr Rajesh Arora; general secretary — Mr
G.S. Arora; and treasurer — Mr Rajesh Jandial.
PATIALA
ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Class IV Government Employees’ Union, Punjab: president — Mr Darshan Singh Lubana; chairman — Mr Daler Singh Bathinda; secretary general — Mr Sajjan Singh and general secretary — Mr Sucha Singh
Safipur.
THEATRE COMPLEX: Commemorating Rajiv Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day as the Theatre Commitment Day, local artistes, theatre lovers and members of the National Theatre Arts Society (NTAS) urged the North Zone Cultural Centre to build a Rajiv Gandhi theatre complex at Sheesh Mahal, Bhasha Bhavan or Baradari Gardens to keep the memory of their founder Rajiv Gandhi alive. NZCC is one of the seven zonal cultural centres in the country which were established by Rajiv Gandhi.
CENTRE VISITED: The Excise and Taxation Minister, Punjab, Mr Sardool Singh, conducted a surprise visit to the Information Collection Centre (ICC), Shambhu border, Rajpura near here on Thursday. Accompanied by senior officials, the minister checked the working of the centre. The cash and receipt registers were also checked by the minister and were found in order. Mr Sardool Singh asked the senior officials to initiate an enquiry against a Tax Inspector who was absent from duty.