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Abohar
PREDICTED: Ms Satinder Kaur Nabha, a former MLA and vice-president of the women wing of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, on Monday predicted that the Congress would win in the Malwa
region.
Amritsar
RELEASED: Mr J. S. Saluja, district President, Janata Dal (United), Amritsar (Urban), on Monday released the first list of office- bearers of the district unit. According to the list Mr Somraj is senior vice-president, Mr Piara Singh Bagga and Mr Shingara Singh are vice-presidents. Mr Gulshan Kumar is general secretary and Mr Booa Das Sharma is a spokesman, Mr Ranjit Singh Rana, Mr Narinder Singh, Mr Harbhajan Singh, Mr Tarsem Singh
Fauji, and Mr Karam Singh have been appointed secretaries, Mr Raman Kumar Ravi press secretary and Mr Balwant Singh is the treasurer. BAIRAGI MANDAL: The Bairagi Mahan Mandal led by Mr Krishan Kumar Bawa, all-India president of the mandal on Monday announced that they would support the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections. In a press release issued here Mr Bawa said meetings of mandal workers had been held in the Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran constituencies. Hoshiarpur
ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Indian Medical Association (Hoshiarpur branch): patron — Dr
Y. C. Markan; president — Dr Harbhajan Singh; vice-president — Dr A.
K. Juneja; secretary — Dr Keshav Sud; joint secretary — Dr Ruby Chaudhary; treasurer — Dr
S. J. Singh; state representative- Dr Manju Sharma.
Ludhiana
LECTURE: Punjab Institute of Management and Technology (PIMT), Mandi Gobindgarh, organised a lecture on ‘India insurance sector-perspectives and prospects’ on Tuesday. Mr Dalbir Singh Bedi from AVIVA insurance was the chief resource person on the occasion. Students of the MBA attended the lecture which was organised as part of industry-institute interaction programme.BEST DESIGNER: Ramneek Walia, a local girl and a former student of Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School,
got the best design collection award for 2004 at a design collection graduating show held recently in Bangalore. Her collection was inspired from Molly Pitchers which is an unsaid tale of brave women who discovered their strength in battlefield. They were maids accompanying men to war in the 18th century in America. Mansa
BAN ORDER: Mr Raj Kamal Chowdhary, District Magistrate, Mansa, on Monday banned the carrying of firearms in the district. The ban will remain in force till May 20. SAMRALA
STAMP PAPERS: Non-judicial stamp papers between the denomination of Rs 5 and Rs 50 are not available at the local courts. People are compelled to purchase stamp papers of Rs 100 denomination. The local Treasury Officer,
Ms Sukhwant Kaur, said the non-judicial stamp papers in the denominations of Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20 and Rs 50 were not available and the district authorities had been informed in this regard. MEETINGS: The local MLA, Mr Amrik Singh Dhillon, has appealed the people to cast votes in favour of Congress candidate, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo. He said this while addressing meetings in the local Civil Lines, Adarsh Nagar, and the Machhiwara road. LAWYERS’ STRIKE: Lawyers of the local Bar Association sat on dharna here on Tuesday in front of the court of the local SDM demanding the transfer of the SDM, Mr Jaspal Singh Jassi. The lawyers have been boycotting the court of Mr Jassi for the past more than two months, according to the president of the association, Mr Uttam Kumar.
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