Amritsar
SGPC POLL: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections to be held on July 11 will have 1452 polling stations and 11,60,153 voters will participate in the elections said Deputy Commissioner Raminder Singh on Tuesday. Nominations can’t be sent to Returning officers of the area by June 8 evening. Date for withdrawal is June 21. Scrutining would be on June 11, he added.KABIR BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: A state-level function will be organised on Thursday to celebrate 606th birth anniversary of Bhagat Kabir at Guru Nanak Bhavan, City Centre, Mr Raminder Singh, Deputy Commissioner said here on Tuesday.
COLLEGE FOR GIRLS: Hasham Shah Memorial Trust, Jagdev Kalan will open degree college for girls from 2004-2005 session, said Mr Harjit Singh Gill General secretary of the Trust. Diploma in Computer Application (DCA), Postgraduate Diploma in dress designing and tailoring, one-year diploma in Library Science and one-year diploma in stitching and tailoring, will be the courses offered.
Jalandhar
COUPLE HELD: The police arrested Rattan Lal, his wife Trishala Rani, for selling property mortgaged to a bank for Rs five lakh loan. Rattan Lal sold his house for Rs 11 lakh three years ago. The bank issued notice to Rattan Lal indicating that the house was mortgaged for loan. After an inquiry Rattan Lal and his wife Trishala Rani were arrested and a case under Section 420 of the IPC registered. A court remanded them in police custody for two days.
Kharar
CAMP: As many as 30 patwaris and kangungos donated blood at a camp organised by the local unit of the Revenue Patwar Union, Punjab, at the tehsil office here on Tuesday. The camp was inaugurated by Mr Sukhvinder Singh Gill, SDM.
Ludhiana
Eye Donation: To spread the message of eye donation, the Punarjot Eye Bank of Punjab, in association with Max New York Life Insurance, organised a public interaction for eye care and eye donation at Kariana Kalan village in the district. Dr Ramesh, Director of the eye bank spoke on eye care and motivated people to come forward for the noble cause of eye donation. He later examined 126 patients, who were given medicines free of cost. Thirteen persons pledged to donate their eyes after death to the eye bank.
Seminar: The Ludhiana branch of the Northern India Regional Council of Institute of Charatered Accountants of India will hold a seminar on accounting standards and communication skills at Hotel Maharaja Regency here on June 3. Mr Sunil Arora, chartered accountant from Delhi, an authority on accounting standards and Mr I.D. Shukla, an expert in communication skills from Chandigarh will be the main speakers at the seminar. The newly-elected members of the Northern India Regional Council of ICAI will be felicitated at the seminar.
INAUGURATED: A multi dimensional summer camp was inaugurated by Mrs Shweta Verma wife of Deputy Commissioner Anurag Verma. A number of renowned artists from all over India have come to conduct classes at the camp being in Sutlej Club. Dr Mohd Rafi, a renowned
theaterist, Mr Teja Khan, a choreographer, Mr Akhlaq Inam-urRehman, Charanjit Kaur, Mr Anees
Saddiqi, president awardee in calligraphy Mrs Hema Aziz in vocal music and Ms Manmeet Sodhia in modelling are looking after different
workshops.
ENTRANCE TEST: The common entrance test-2004 (CET-2004) for candidates seeking admission in Bachelor of Technology/Bachelor of Architecture courses in college/institutes affiliated to Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and Punjabi University, Patiala was held today. The test was organised by Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar.
BOOKS DISTRIBUTED: Two hundred needy students of Arya Senior Secondary School, Sabzi Mandi, were given books free of cost on Wednesday. Manager Ms Neelam Thapar, ex-education minister Gurmail Singh and Principal Prempal Kaushal, social worker Dr Chauhan, Deepak Sharma of Punjab Handloom were associated with this cause, fifty students were given uniforms too.
SHANAN
PURNIMA: Shanan Purnima falls on Thursday and 2,500 persons of Orissa settled in Jagnathpuram in Chandan Nagar, Ludhiana will bathe the idol of Lord Jagnnath in the precinct of the temple. Mr
Pran, general secretary Shree Jagannath Mandir Samiti, said before the Jagannath Yatra starts on June 19, bathing of Lord Jagannath is the most important ritual preformed by his devotees. Lord Jagannath is incarnation of Lord Vishnu and hence supreme.
Nawanshahr
2 MINOR GIRLS ABDUCTED: Three migrant youths reported an abducted two minor sisters from Mahalon village. Ranjit hailing from Mathura (UP) and Jugnu and Sanjay, both from Barwati village, Dholpur district in Rajasthan recently shifted to Rahon . They allegedly abducted the girls on May 29, said the father . The police has registered a case.
ARRESTED: The police has arrested six persons on charges of drug trafficking and gambling in separate raids in the district. Kulwinder Singh of Pharala village has been arrested and 4500 ml of illicit liquor was seized from his possession. Four persons were caught red-handed near the BDPO office, Saroya for gambling. Jaspal Singh of Karawar village was arrested for carrying six kg of poppy husk.
ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Local Bar Council: president — Mr Mehanga Singh Banwait, secretary — Mr Manish Kumar, vice-president — Mr Kuljit Singh Dhindsa, and treasurer — Ms Sukhwinder Kaur.
Patiala
ELECTED: Congress worker Raj Rani has been elected as a member of the District Grievances Committee. This was informed by Deputy Commissioner Tejveer Singh in a communication addressed to Ms Raj Rani.
Phagwara
UNDERWEIGHT LPG REFILLS: LPG cylinders of Gupta Gas Service here were found to be underweight by one kg to two kg. Supply of LPG cylinders to the erring agency had been stopped. Four employees of Gupta Gas Service were nabbed and their godown and office sealed on May 30 following reports of irregularities. Agency owner, Munish Gupta escaped. Manager Jaspal Parmar and another employee Hardip Singh were remanded in
judicial custody.
BLOOD CAMP: The district unit of the Revenue Patwar Union, Punjab here on Tuesday organised a blood camp where 40 units of blood were collected. The unit has been organising blood camps to protest against the state government’s attitude towards demands of
patwaris.