AMRITSAR
CONDEMNED: The SC, ST and BC employees front, Punjab, has condemned the government for the retrenchment of PCS officers belonging to the scheduled caste category without investigation. Mr Charan Singh Halwara, convener of the front, said according to a government letter dated October 10, 1967, ‘‘the government cannot retrench or remove any of its Scheduled Caste employees till the prescribed quota of the category is fulfilled in the cadre.”PSEB ORDERS: The Peershah Road Welfare Association has demanded that the PSEB should change its recent order regarding the sanction of generators. The president of the association, in a press note, said the Chief Electrical Inspector, had already sanctioned generators in their industrial area and all documents had been completed in this regard.
KRISHI CARDS: The Khasa branch of the Punjab National Bank issued more than 40 krishi cards amounting to Rs 40 lakh to farmers at a customer meet-cum-krishi card distribution function organised by the bank on the occasion of its foundation day here on Sunday.
REVOCATION SOUGHT: Dr V.K. Sharma, secretary of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union, on Sunday demanded the revocation of the alleged illegal suspension of teachers of DAV colleges and other private colleges. Dr Sharma said the PCCTU would observe September 5 as repression day and stage dharna in front of the DPI’s office to highlight its
demand.
DORAHA
AIFDY RALLY: The All-India Federation of Democratic Youth will organise a rally of five farmers’ associations at Bhai Chatar Singh Park near the bus stand in Ludhiana on September 2. This was stated by Mr Tandeep Kaushal, vice-president, and Mr Surinder Singh Shahzad, central committee member, of the federation.
LUDHIANA
EYES DONATED: Eyes of Jarnail Singh (92), a resident of Lalton Kalan village, were donated to Eye Bank, Mansuran, after his death. Dr Ramesh, Director of the eye bank, in a press statement, said on Sunday that the deceased had filled the eye-donation pledge card a few days back. Both the corneas were successfully transplanted to two needy patients free of cost, said Dr Ramesh.
RETIRED: Dr J.S. Bhullar, Deputy Director, Health Services, and Former Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, retired on Saturday. In his 32 years of service, Dr Bhullar served as Medical Officer, Senior Medical Officer and Civil Surgeon. He joined the services in 1971. He also served as the senior vice-president of the PCMS Association.
CME
ORGANISED: Deep Hospital organised a CME on prostate cancer. Dr Rajesh Ahlawat, Head and Senior Urologist, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi delivered a lecture on prostate surgery and evaluated various methods of surgical removal of prostate. He also answered queries regarding prostate surgery. About 400 clinicians from all over the state attended the
CME.
MOGA
GRANT DEMANDED: Kin of labourers belonging to Uttar Pardesh and Orissa, who were buried alive while digging tubewells in the district during the past six months, have urged the state government to give them ex-gratia grants as they are unable to feed their children. Stating this here on Sunday, wife of Ram Din, who was buried alive here on Saturday, said over 24 labourers engaged in digging tubewells had been killed but none of the family members of the deceased had so far been given any grant by the government.
SOILED NOTES: Soiled currency notes of the denominations of Re 1 to Rs 10 have been in circulation in this town for a long time but nationalised banks are refusing to accept them. Several businessmen told mediapersons here on Sunday that although the RBI had directed the nationalised banks to accept such notes, the banks were refusing to honour them.
PATIALA
B.ED COUNSELLING: The second round of counselling for admission to B.Ed course for 2002-2003 of Punjabi University will begin on September 7 in the Arts Auditoriums according to a press note of the university.
WORKSHOP: A workshop on total knee and hip replacement was conducted at Rajindra Hospital here by the Department of
Orthopaedics, Government Medical College, in association with Johnson and Johnson and Apollo Orthopaedics Limited. Practical demonstrations on bone models were given by a team of experts. The Head of the Orthopaedics Department, Dr Ravinder Singh, said another workshop on total knee replacement would be conducted during the North Zone IOA Conference to be held in March, 2003, at Patiala. He said live demonstrations would be given on knee replacement by using mobile-bearing option of PFC sigma knee.
PATHANKOT
HONOURED: As many as 40 students from different schools and colleges of this subdivision were honoured at a function organised by the local unit of the ABVP here on Saturday. Mr Puneet Goyal, SDM, was the chief guest. Mementoes were given to the students.
