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PUNJAB

AMRITSAR
THREE ARRESTED: The police claims to have arrested three robbers and recovered gold jewellery, vehicles and arms and ammunition from them. Mr Shiv Kumar Verma, SP (D), in a press release on Wednesday said the police had arrested Sukhdev Singh, alias Sukha, Swaranjit Singh and Barinder Pal Singh, alias Baba, who used to rob people at gun point. Three of their accomplices, however, escaped.

BATALA
NSS CAMP: The NSS unit of R.R. Bawa D.A.V. College for Girls, organised a 10-day camp at Purana Pind village on Wednesday to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bhadhur Shastri. Ten sewing machines were distributed among the poor.

HOSHIARPUR
CASE REGISTERED: A case of murder of a person by his real brother was reported at police chowki Saila Khurd on Tuesday. On the complaint of Kailash, wife of deceased Mohan Lal, the police has registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC against her brother-in-law Paramjit, alias Mahesh, and his sister Kamlesh. In her complaint Kailash stated that his brother-in-law Paramjit used to quarrel with her husband over his share in the house.

SCOOTER SNATCHED: Three miscreants forcibly snatched a scooter (Pb-07J-5032) from Sat Pal of Atalgarh, near the Pur Hiran area on Wednesday. The sadar police has registered a case in this connection.

POPPY SEIZED: The Mahilpur police has arrested Rubi, of the local Langeri Road for possessing 12 kg of poppy husk. In another incident, the Hajipur police has arrested Inderjit of Gabba under the Excise Act and seized 9750 ml of illicit liquor from him.

DOWRY COMPLAINT: Suman Lata, daughter of Tarsem Singh of Tanda has alleged that her husband Manjit Singh, father-in-law Mohinder Singh and mother-in-law Bimla Devi of Piplanwala had been torturing her for dowry. A case has been registered.

CYCLIST KILLED: Cyclist Sukhwinder Pal of Brahmjit was crushed to death by a truck at the old Hariana road here on Wednesday. The truck driver has absconded. A case has been registered in this connection.

LUDHIANA
ANNUAL FUNCTION: The International Students’ organisation of Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle will organise its 30th annual function from October 4 to October 6. The function would be inaugurated by Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar, President, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee. Mr Gurmeet Singh, chief secretary of the circle, said 400 delegates from India and abroad would attend the function.

MEETING: An emergency meeting of M.Phil and Ph.D school teachers was held. Ms Kanwaljit Kaur Bal, president of the association said the teachers expressed dissatisfaction over the stepmotherly treatment meted out to teachers with higher qualifications. They said the teachers with higher qualifications working in government schools, should be given special increments.

RESULTS DECLARED: The results of the drug abuse painting competition held by the Aas Kiran Deaddiction Centre, Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle, have been declared. The first prize of Rs 5100 has gone to Mr Kuldeep Singh of GGN Public School, Ludhiana. Ms Gurasish Kaur of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women has won the second prize of Rs 3100 and Mr Kulbir Singh of Hira Public Senior Secondary School, Kainaur district, Ropar, the third prize of Rs 2100. According to Mr Jasbir Singh, associate director of the circle, more than 2000 students from over 150 educational institutions participated in the competition. Selected paintings will be displayed on Friday and Saturday at the head office of Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle in Model Town Extension. Later, these will become a part of the all-India tour of drug awareness exhibitions.

MEETING HELD: The Electrohomeopathic Students Welfare Wing Punjab held a meeting at Ludhiana Holistic Health Centre on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by members of the state body. Dr Kuldeep Singh Khaira, president of the wing warned that certain electrohomeopathic medical institutes were duping and harassing the students by not issuing detailed marks certificates. “If they do not to issue the certificates legal action would be taken against them,” he said. Dr Balwinder Singh Bains, secretary of the wing, the students should approach the district and state body units in case of any discrepancy.

EYE CAMP: The Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation will organise a free eye check-up camp in the Eye Department of the hospital on Saturday. Dr Satish Jain, Medical Director, said cataract operations with intra-vascular level implantations, along with other surgeries, would be performed by Dr Neeraj Arora and Dr Ashish Thapar besides free medicines to patients. Dr S.N. Tiwari, Civil Surgeon, will inaugurate the Eye camp.

TB DETECTION CAMP: Ludhiana TB Eradication Society will organise a free TB detection camp and general medical camp in association with the Akhil Bharatha Ayyappa Seva, PUDA office. A team of specialised doctors from all fields will examine patients. Registrations for poor TB patients, detected in the camp, will be done and medicines provided free of cost.

SATSANG: The birthday of Shri Prem Maharaj was celebrated in Shri Ram Sharnam Park on Wednesday. A satsang, presided over by Sant Narkewal Bedi, was organised on the occasion and was attended by a large gathering which recited ‘amritvani’ and paid homage to the great saint. Sant Narkewal Bedi said that Shri Prem Maharaj had become a saint early in his life and always prayed to the almighty for mitigating the sufferings of distressed people.

YAJNA SAMAGAM: A ‘yajna samagam’ would be held at Dera Mahant Baba Charan Dass in Khud mohalla on Friday under the supervision of Baba Onkar Dass. A bhog of 54 non-stop recitations of Gurbani would be held followed by a satsang-cum-discourse session. Among those likely to attend the function are Swami Ishwar Dass Shastri, Baba Sarbjot Singh Bedi, Mahant Pritpal Singh, Sant Som Singh, Bibi Varinder Kaur Khalsa, Bhai Sarabjit Singh, Bhai Gurcharan Singh Rasia. Bhai Avtar Singh and Bhai Sujan Singh Khushdil.

JAYANTI SAMAROH: The 78th ‘janam jayanti samaroh’, dedicated to Jain Mahasati Kusumwati, would be held at Atam Darbar on October 6, said Mr Hira Lal Jain, president, Acharya Shiv Muni Chaturmas Samiti. He said Jainacharya Shiv Muni ji and Sadhvi Rattan Divya Prabha were the inspiration for the function.

LANGAR: The S.S. Jain Sabha, Civil Lines, held a langar at ‘Jain Sthanak’ on Wednesday in connection with the 75th ‘janam jayanti’ of Mahasadhvi Kaushalya, said Mr Rakesh Jain, spokesman for Shri Mahavir Jain Yuvak Sangh. Among others present on the occasion were Mr Sanjiv Jain, Mr Munish Jain, Mr Sanjiv Jain and Dr Yogesh. 

PATHANKOT
SECURITY TIGHTENED: Mr G.S. Sohata, DIG, Border Range, Amritsar, has said that the security will be stepped up in the border districts of Gurdaspur and Amritsar following fresh wave of violence in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to mediapersons here on Wednesday, he said the security had been beefed up along with international border to stop infiltration.

SAMRALA
ELECTED: Mr Raj Kumar Kaushal has been elected as the president and Mr Krishan Bharti as the vice-president of Shri Durga Mandir Ram Lika Committee. Talking to media persons here today, Mr Kaushal said ‘Ram Lila’ would start from October 6 and would feature famous artists. ‘Ram Lila’ would be inaugurated by the local MLA, Mr Amrik Singh Dhillon, and on October 15 ‘a shobha yatra’ with tableaux depicting the life of Bhagwan Balmiki will be held, he said.

PADDY PROCUREMENT: Paddy procurement in mandis of Samrala sub-division, including Machhiwara, was in full swing, said Mr Jaspal Singh Jassi, SDM, Samrala. Any complaint regarding the purchase of paddy could be referred to him, Mr Jassi added.

HARYANA

AMBALA
WORKER’S MEET: The Indian National Lok Dal (Backward Class) held its worker’s meet in Gobind Nagar on Thursday. Mr Satveer Verma said a number of development work were being carried out by the party in the state. Among others, Laxman Dhiman, Dharamveer, Saroj Gauri, Gurendra Saharan, Randhir Dhiman, Mamraj Dhiman and Saroj Dadwal were also present.

SAPLINGS PLANTED: The State Bank of Patiala along with the NSS and the NCC unit of MDSD College organised a sapling plantation drive here on Thursday. Among others, Mr Pardeep Loraya, Mr Prem Nath, Dr Kiran Angra, Ms Rekha Garg, Ms Seema Singhal, Ms Kamaljeet, Mr Ramesh Singh, Mr Sher Singh and Mr Rakesh were also present. The NSS volunteers explained the importance of cleanliness and environment to the residents of Ravi Dass Majri, according to a press note.

NSS CAMP: The NSS unit of SD College organised a one-day NSS camp on the college campus on Thursday. The college Principal, Dr Desh Bandhu, inaugurated the camp. Volunteers undertook a cleanliness drive on the college campus as well as outside the campus. The NSS officer, Dr S.P. Sharma, exhorted the students to work with dedication and to build a healthy society, according to a press note. 

BHIWANI
YOUTH WING: The following have been declared office-bearers of the executive body of the local youth wing of the BJP: president — Joginder Singh Tanwar; vice-president — Vikram Singh Lohani and Narender Dahiya; general secretary — Anand Parmar; secretaries — Seema Sharma Pur and Rithik Wadhwa; and treasurer — neeraj Agarwal.

FATEHABAD
STREET NOT REPAIRED: Residents of the local Lajpat Nagar are suffering because of a tug of war between two government departments. The PWD (Public Health) had dug the main street of the locality for laying pipeline for a new tube well for supplying drinking water to the residents. Though almost a year has passed, the department has made no efforts to repair the street. The department says that it is the job of the municipal committee to repair the street.

KALKA
INSPECTION: Mr P.C. Birla, Joint Director, Haryana Social Welfare Department, on Wednesday held a surprise visit and inspected the Bhim Rao Ambedkar Educational Coaching Centre being run by the Dalit Jan Kalyan Samiti here. During the inspection, Mr Birla inspected the records of the coaching centre and met the teachers at the centre. Mr Rakesh Bahadur, president, and Mr Rakesh Karotia, general secretary of the Dalit Jan Kalyan Samiti Haryana, were also present on the occasion.

CLEANLINESS DRIVE: Under the special cleanliness drive to be implemented in all towns and cities in the state from October 2 to 16, SDM Sushil Sarwan launched the campaign here on Wednesday by brooming the roads. Secretary Municipal Committee Devinder Singh, Tehsildar M.L. Maria, and a number of municipal commissioners, also accompanied him. Later, the SDM launched the drive in Ismailnagar village.

HIMACHAL PRADESH

PALAMPUR
CRUSHED TO DEATH: A woman was crushed to death when she was runover by a speeding tractor trailer at Guggar village, 5 km from here, on Wednesday. The victim identified as Hema Sharma (45), was working in a private clinic at Palampur. A case has been registered against the driver of the tractor-trailer.

PAONTA SAHIB
COMPETITION: A school and college-level competition will be organised by Malwa Group between October 10 to October 15. Mr Kailash Azad, senior vice-president, Malwa Group, said the competition was aimed at imbibing the spirit of creativity among students.