Wednesday,
October 9, 2002, Chandigarh, India


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‘‘KITTY HOUSE’’: Acting on a complaint filed by Mr Sukhdev Kapur, a resident of Shastri Nagar, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission has directed the District Magistrate to initiate action against an alleged illegal ‘‘catering-cum-kitty house’’ for creating nuisance and disturbing residents of the area. The ‘‘kitty house’’ is running in a residential place in ‘‘violation’’ of the norms of the municipal council and creates traffic problems whenever there is a party as innumerable vehicles are parked on the road. DHURI
‘‘CANCEL FIR’’: Claiming that the case registered under Section 13A of the Punjab Village Common Land Act against him by the Dhuri police was false and the result of a deep-rooted conspiracy, Mr Nachattar Singh Jahangir, state president of the Adhyapak Dal, Punjab, on Monday demanded the cancellation of the FIR.
LUDHIANA
MEETING: At a meeting of the executive committee of Shri Durga
Mandir, Urban Estate, Phase-I, it was decided to celebrate Dasehra on
October 15. The meeting, presided over by Mr Ramesh Garg, president,
along with Mr Ram Gopal Sharma, vice-president, was attended by Mr
Sushil Behal, general secretary, Mr J.N. Batta, joint secretary, Mr
Ramesh Bansal and other executive members. Mr Sushil Behal said the
festival would be celebrated in the ground adjoining the mandir, Durgri,
near Water Tank. Tableaus and fire works would be the main attraction.
The function would be covered by various cable service providers.ELECTED: Mr Narinder K. Miglani, general secretary, Knitwear Club,
has been elected member of the Federation of Associations of Small
Industries of India (FASII) standing committee for 2002-2004 at the
196th meeting of FASII Executive Committee held on September 29. SINGHASAN
YATRA: A 10-day ‘Dasehra utsav’ being organised by the Shri Ram Lila
Committee at the Daresi ground got off to a religious start here on
Monday with a ‘singhasan yatra’ that started from Shri Thakur Dwara.
It passed through the Rupa Mistry street, the Shivala road and Chaura
Bazar, before culminating at the ground. The yatra was inaugurated by Mr
Harish Kumar, SP. The Radha Madhav Sankirtan Mandal chanted hymns.
Later, Ram Lila was inaugurated by the Corporation Commissioner, Mr S.K.
Sharma, at the ground. NAWANSHAHR
POWER SUPPLY: Mr Nand Lal, MLA, Balachaur, in a press note issued here on Tuesday, criticised the state government for disconnecting power supply to tubewells run by the Tubewell Corporation, Punjab, in the subdivision. He said this had affected the drinking water supply to residents of the area. He threatened to stage a dharna at Balachaur over the issue. TEACHERS’ FRONT: Mr Bhupinder Singh Warraich and Mr Harjinder Singh
Asmanpur, president and district committee member, respectively, of the district unit of the Democratic Teachers Front, in a press note issued here on Tuesday, condemned the state government for quashing the admissions of ETT students. Employee organisations would jointly hold a dharna here in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner on October 11 to press the government to withdraw its decision, they said. TEACHERS’ PLEA: Mr Kulbir Singh, district president of the Teachers Union (Operation Blackboard), in a press note issued here on Tuesday, urged the state government to release funds so that teachers working in government schools under the Operation Blackboard Scheme could get their salary. The teachers had not been paid salary for the past five months, he added. ELECTED: Mr
K.C. Kapoor (District Education Officer), Mr Hem Raj and Mr Gurpal Singh were elected president, general secretary and organising secretary, respectively, of the District Middle Schools Tournament Committee at a meeting at JSFH Khalsa High School here on Tuesday. PATIALA
CULTURAL EVENT: The cultural society of Patel College, Rajpura, organised a cultural event on Tuesday on its college premises. Dances, songs, mono-acting and a Punjabi play “Toa” were presented on the occasion. Principal of the college, Tarsem Bahia exhorted the students to participate in the extra-curricular activities organised by the college. CONFERENCE: The Students Federation of India
(SFI) will organise its annual District Delegate Conference on October 10 at Prabhat Parwana Bhavan here. Giving this information, state secretary of
SFI, Mr Gurpal Singh Dhaliwal, disclosed that several central and state-level leaders of the student organisation would participate in the conference to discuss the party’s future strategy regarding student elections in colleges and universities of the state.
PHAGWARA
BEST CADET: Senior Under Officer Ranjan Kumar and Under Officer Saajan Kumar of the local Guru Nanak College have been adjudged the best cadet and the best shooter in the 12-day combined annual training camp of NCC cadets of 8 Pb NCC Battalion, Phagwara. This was stated here on Tuesday by Lt Savinder Singh, Coy Commander of the local college. The camp concluded at Mahilpur on Tuesday. AKALI DAL: After disbanding the Doaba zone of the party, the Akali Dal (Amritsar) on Monday began a phased revamping of the urban committees in the region, according to press note issued by Dr Harjinder Jakhu, national general secretary of the party. Ten city committees, including Phagwara, were reconstituted at a meeting here. SAHNEWAL
TRIBUTES: Tributes were paid to Mr
Bachan Singh Umaidpuri, the father of Jathedar Santa Singh Umaidpuri, a
renowned Akali activist and former chairman of Market Committee,
Sahnewal, at his native village Umaidpur on Sunday. Mr Bachan Singh died
after a long illness. Leaders and workers of various parties and unions,
including the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), Congress, Bharatiya Yuva
Morcha, Bharatiya Kisan Union, Bharatiya Janta Party, assembled to offer
their condolences and pay tributes to the departed soul. SHOP
VANDALISED: The police has registered a case under Sections 452, 427,
148 and 149 of the IPC on Monday against Binder Singh, a resident of
Sahnewal, along with Pappu, Kali, Minto and around 10 unidentified
persons on the complaint of Mr Kamaljit Singh, a resident of Sarabha
Nagar, on the allegation that the accused forcibly entered his shop on
the Kohara road and damaged goods lying there. He also alleged that the
miscreants also took away important documents lying in the shop.

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