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SBP FUNCTION: The State Bank of Patiala celebrated the New Year at a function for pensioners on Thursday. Mr
N.K. Walia, Manager of the bank, assured the senior citizens that the bank would strive to provide efficient service whenever they visited the bank.
Batala
Resentment: Resentment prevails among small saving agents as post offices are asking them to get New Year cards of the post offices’ issued to them by the higher authorities. The post offices are charging Rs 17 on each card, including stamp for Rs 5, the agents said on Thursday, seeking a high level probe into the matter.
Hoshiarpur
Booked: A case of cheating for getting a bank loan of Rs 2 lakh sanctioned was reported in Dasuya on Wednesday. According to police sources, Madan Lal had lodged a complaint to the police against Bodh Raj of Kainthan. In his complaint he alleged that Bodh Raj had taken Rs 20,000/- from him for getting the loan sanctioned. He neither got the loan sanctioned nor returned the money. A case under Sections 406 and 420, IPC has been registered. Arrested: The police has arrested Jasbir Kaur of Saila Khurd under Sections 302 and 120B, IPC, according to the SSP here on Wednesday. She has been arrested in connection with the murder of Gurmukh Singh of Saila Khurd on Wednesday. Duped: The police has registered a case under Sections 406, 420 and 506, IPC, against two travel agents for duping Onkar Singh of Rs 2.8 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad. Stamp shortage: There is a shortage of postal stamps and other stationery in post offices here. No postal stamps of any denomination except 50
paise is available. A spokesman for the Postal Department said the stock of postal stamps had not been received from the headquarters. Power cuts: Resentment prevails among small-scale industrialists against the PSEB for regularly imposing undeclared power cuts. The production had come to a standstill, they said.
LUDHIANA
NSS CAMP: Volunteers of Government College learnt about contagious diseases on the sixth day of the 10-day NSS camp being held at Pratap Wala village. Dr Pradeep Kapur of Oswal Cancer Hospital delivered a lecture on tuberculosis. A patient can recover after six months’ regular treatment, he said. Mr Nachittar Singh of the village thanked Dr Kapur on behalf of the villagers for giving them valuable information. — OCCPO CLUB: The Central Post Office has formed a Manoranjan Club, with the following office-bearers: chairperson—Ms Manisha Bansal; presidents—Mr Chaman Lal Verma, Mr
N.K. Saini and Mr Major Singh; secretary—Mr Jasbir Singh Dua; deputy secretaries—Mr Gulzar Singh and Mr Surinder Sethi; treasurer—Ms Usha Tiwari; and deputy treasurer—Mr Vijay Kumar. LASHKARA UTSAV: Dinesh Kumar of Nakodar has been declared winner of the first prize, a world tour, in the third draw of the ongoing Lashkara Utsav. The celebrations include activities like road shows, music shows and star
nites. There were 30 winners of the second prize. Protest March: Employees of the Punjab State Electricity Board on Friday held a rally in the suburban division office against the
"corporatisation" of the board. Later, carrying black flags, they held a protest march to the office of the SDM, where they raised anti-government slogans. They submitted a memorandum demanding that the board should not be divided. Phagwara
One dead: One person died while five others were injured in separate accidents here. Hira Lal, a gardener of the PWD Rest House, was crushed to death by an oil tanker late on Wednesday in Hargobind Nagar. Meanwhile, five occupants of a car were injured in an accident near the Phagwara bypass on Thursday.

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