Amritsar
SANCTIONED: The state government has sanctioned Rs 8 crore in view of the difficulties being faced by farmers having land across the fence. This was revealed by Mr
R.L. Bhatia, MP, while distributing cheques worth Rs 34 lakh among the farmers at a function on the border village of Bullarwal here today. Mr Raminder Singh, Deputy Commissioner, said new teachers would be recruited from the new academic session in the schools situated in the border areas and the process had been initiated by the government in this
regard.JAGRAON
WINNERS: Students of Sanmati Vimal Jain Public School, Kacha Malak road, Jagraon, participated in various competitions held at Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Palace, Dhudike. Nancy Singla of Class VII bagged the first prize in the painting competition and Sikhamdeep of Class V won the first prize in fancy dress. Harashpreet, a student of class VII, bagged the third prize in declamation.
KHANNA
CAMP: The ninth blood donation camp in the memory of Principal Naresh Chand Khanna was organised on the premises of A.S. Senior Secondary School on Thursday. It was inaugurated by the president of the Khanna Vikas Club, Mr S.K. Khanna. A sum of Rs 5,000 was donated to the school by the family of Naresh Chand for helping poor students. Thirty-five units of blood were collected.
Kharar
DEBATE: The Debate Club of the Centre for Management Training and Research
(CMTR) organised a debate competition on “Should education be privatised?” here on Thursday. Ten participants took part both from MBA (first and second years). Mr Vipin K.
Dewan, Director, CMTR, was the guest of honour.
LUDHIANA
LECTURE: An extension lecture on personality development was organised by the Postgraduate Department of Commerce, Arya College, here on Thursday. Prof H.R. Saini, head of the department welcomed the chief guest, Dr B.L. Dubey of the University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Dr Dubey delivered the lecture to help the staff and students to
analyze their personality characteristics and also provided them with certain tips on how they could improve upon them. He also conducted a practical exercise on personality test wherein staff and students were given a questionnaire to answer on the basis of which conclusions were drawn.
SEMINAR: A seminar on business promotion was organised by the PG Department of Commerce, GGN Khalsa College, here on Thursday. The lectures aimed at bridging down the gap between the theoretical knowledge and practical world. The first session talk was delivered by Mr Bharat Bhusan, Deputy Director, SISI. He spoke about the market tactics for launching quality products. The second lecture was delivered by Mr Rakesh Bhan of the State Bank of India. He initiated the talk with the significance of optimistic attitude in any of the ventures irrespective of the type, time and nature of the business. He explained various schemes of finance of the bank regarding working capital and term loans. The Principal, Mr Gurdip Singh, was appreciative of the efforts being taken by the coordinator, Dr Sukhdev Singh, and other faculty members of the department.
GRIEF: Dr Kirpal Singh Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, has expressed grief over the demise of Sher Singh Passi, a pioneer fabricator of garden tools. Dr Aulakh said Mr Passi was in constant contact with the university ever since its inception and made his name at the national level for the fabrication of tools.
Nawanshahr
MINIMUM VALUE: A deputation of residents of ward number 15 of the town led by Mr Chet Ram Rattan, senior vice-president, Municipal Council, met the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, in Chandigarh and urged him to refix the minimum value of the property as per the prevailing market value of the land in ward number 15 for the purpose of charging registration fee on sale deeds. He said that the minimum price of land fixed by the district administration had been fixed at Rs 33000 per marla for charging the registration fee but the market price of the land in this ward varied from Rs 15000 to Rs 25000 per marla.
MEMORANDUM: Activists of the DYFI led by Mr Rakesh Nayyar, state vice-president, DYFI, presented a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner for onward submission to the Chief Minister demanding the minimum payment of Rs 1000 per month as unemployment allowance to unemployed educated youth and easy loan facility for unemployed educated youth to start self-employment ventures and to stop the privatisation of PSUs here on Wednesday.
Pathankot
CAMP: A medical check-up camp was organised by the Lok Kalyan Sahata Samiti here on Wednesday. More than 100 persons were examined and distributed medicines free of cost.
MUSHAIRA: The Sahitya Sabha, Pathankot, organised a mushaira here on Wednesday. Poets and ghazal singers, including Luxmi Shankar Vajpayee, Makhan Kohar, Chaman Lal Shukal, Dr Raj Thukral, Tarsem Singh, R.S. Katal, Rajinder Bhogal and Sailly Baljit, participated and enchanted the audience.
Patiala
ROAD SAFETY DRIVE: Hero Honda in collaboration with Chittosho Motors and S. Goel and Goel launched the second phase of ride safe and good rider programme here on Thursday. The programme was inaugurated by Superintendant of Traffic Police Narjinder Singh
Sekhon. As many as 200 persons attended the programme. The basic objective of the programme was to create road safety awareness among people.
TRADER PARTNERS’ MEET: Godrej and Boyce Ltd organised a trade partners’ meet for the Patiala and Sangrur region here on Thursday. As many as 75 dealers of the region attended the function which was marked by the launch of the latest refrigerators. Regional sales manager Jyoti Das said the company was planning to launch a series of hi-tech air conditioners in the first week of March.
TRADE FINANCE BRANCH: Punjab National Bank has opened a specialised trade finance branch in Dharampura bazar here on Thursday. The Chief Manager, Regional Office, Chandigarh, Mr
D.K. Bhatnagar, inaugurated the branch. The branch will cater to the financial needs of the traders of the city. The branch will finance all leading credit facilities from Rs 15 lakh onwards.
