FARIDKOT
DRUG ABUSE: Mr A. Venu Prasad, Deputy Commissioner, on Thursday directed heads of various departments to check the consumption of intoxicants by employees during office hours. In a circular, he said reports had been received that many staff members were consuming opium or other drugs at the workplace.GURDASPUR
ARRESTED: The police has arrested Vishwa Mitter, a resident of Pathankot and Raj Kumar, a truck driver of Madan Industries Corporation, Ludhiana, for stealing pig iron. Mr Varinder Kumar, SSP, said on Thursday that 35 pieces of stolen iron were recovered from the accused. A case under Sections 379/411 of the IPC has been registered.
HOSHIARPUR
MAN KILLED: An old man was crushed to death at the bus stop here on Friday. According to the police, the bus ran over him while it was being reversed.
LUDHIANA
TREE PLANTATION: The Lions Club Ludhiana Virat has undertaken a tree plantation drive with the active participation of educational institutions and welfare committees of residents. Stating this at a meeting, president of the club, Mr Amrit Lal Aggarwal, said that among other projects, the club had adopted a rural school and organised a contest for schoolchildren. He said the club would also hold an eye operation camp, along with free medical and dental health check-up camps, for poor and needy persons.
MALAYALEE CONFEDERATION: Different Malayalee associations have formed the confederation of Ludhiana Malayalee associations. About one lakh Keralites, residing in various parts of the city and working with various government, semi-government, private organisations and hospitals, have welcomed this step. They assembled for a formal launching of the confederation and Christmas-cum-New Year celebration on Sunday at Ewing Christian Senior Secondary School, near Christian Medical College.
SANKIRTAN: The Dharam Parchar Committee is holding a jagran, Harinam sankirtan and a discourse session in connection with New Year at Shri Durga Mata Mandir, near the Jagraon bridge on
Thursday, said Mr Krishan Chand Gupta, secretary of the organising committee. Among those who attended a meeting of the committee in this connection on Thursday included Mr Balbir Gupta, Mr Varinder Mittal, Mr Jagdish Sharma, Mr Bal Krishan Sharma, Mr Manjit, Mr Prem Gupta and Mr Ashwini Gupta.
MOGA
WATER LEVEL: Mr G. Romesh Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, on Friday called upon farmers to diversify into cultivation of crops like sugarcane so that the subsoil water level did not fall further.
STUDENTS' PROTEST: Schoolchildren on Friday protested against frequent power breakdowns in the town, which had caused great inconvenience to them. They demanded uninterrupted power supply so that their studies were not hampered.
COMPLAINT: Residents of some localities on Friday complained of the supply of contaminated water. They said the water contained impurities.
NAWANSHAHR
THIRD PLACE: Guru Nanak College of Nursing, Dhahan-Kaleran (Nawanshahr) team, comprising Poonam Ahuja, Amandeep Kaur Saini, Ravneet Kaur and Sukhjeet Kaur, secured third position in model-making at the 20th national SNA biennial conference held in Ernakulam in Kerala recently. The model was on (Staff Nurses Association).
PHAGWARA
BLANKETS DONATED: The Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Committee and the local unit of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha donated 78 blankets to patients of Civil Hospital here. This was stated on Thursday by Mr Arun Khosla, committee’s chairman and morcha’s state vice-president.
SEIZED: The police has seized 30 kg of poppy husk from two persons. It is learnt that following a tip off, the police raided the house of Malkiat Singh at Lakhpur village and nabbed two youths and seized 30 kg of poppy husk. They have been identified as Malkiat Singh of Lakhpur village and Madan, alias Maddi of Palahi village.
TARN TARAN
DISTRIBUTED: Inmates of lepers hospital here were given blankets on Christmas Day. Mr Danial B Das, coordinator, socio-economic development programme, distributed the blankets.