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Amloh Amritsar FILM FESTIVAL: The children’s Film Festival of India will be held in the holy city from August 23-27. Mr Raminder Singh, Deputy Commissioner, said the festival was aimed at awakening a patriotic spirit amongst children. CONCERN: The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) Engineers’ Association on Tuesday expressed concern about the state government’s haste to form corporations by dissolving the board. Mr Jagjit Singh
Suchu, executive member of the association, said the UPA Government in its common minimum programme had postponed the forming of the corporations after looking into the conditions of other electricity corporations like in Haryana, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnatka, UP and Rajasthan.
Barnala Bathinda Faridkot Ferozepore Hoshiarpur INAUGURATION: Mr S.P. Gupta, Commissioner, Income Tax Jalandhar (I), inaugurated a computerisation return centre at the Income Tax office here on Tuesday. Addressing the participants on the occasion, Mr Gupta said to provide facilities to income tax assessees and to speed up department work, computerisation in the income tax offices of Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr had been done. DHARNA: On the call of the PSEB Employees Joint Forum, more than 800 employees of the PSEB circle Hoshiarpur, staged dharna and held a rally in support of their demands in front of the circle office here on Tuesday. PROTEST: Employees of the Tubewell Corporation, Hoshiarpur, staged dharna and held a rally in front of their circle office on Tuesday in protest against the non-payment of their salaries for June, 2004. SUCCUMBED: Amarjit Kaur, wife of Joginder Singh of Bhunga succumbed to her burn injuries at local Civil Hospital on Tuesday. She was seriously burnt when her clothes caught fire from stove flames while she was cooking food. BODY FOUND: A dead body of an unidentified young girl aged 16-17 years was found at power house No. 4 of Pandori on Monday. The police took the body into custody and sent it for postmortem. DIED: Prem, a Nepali citizen, died on the spot when a speedy tractor bearing registration no. PB-07H-7817, hit his cycle near Argowal village on Monday. Suresh, who was accompanying him, also got injured in the accident. The Dasuya police has registered a case against the driver of the tractor Gurmeet Singh of Argowal village. Ludhiana SATSANG: A satsang was held at Shri Sidhpeeth in the Civil Lines under the supervision of Rishi Onkar Dutt on Monday. Pandit Raj Kumar, in his discourse, said only faith increased religious sentiments in a person. Others who performed the satsang were Mr Hari Pal Ahuja, Mahant Pawan, Mr Ashwini Grover, Mr Jagdish Chhabra, Mr Deepak Sharma and Mr Brij Mohan. Another satsang was held at the Tapovan in the Civil Lines by the Dhanda Charitable Trust on Monday Among those who delivered sermons on the occasion were Swami Namdev and Pandit
Mahanand. RECITATION: Shri Hanumant Sewa Sangh organised a recitation of Sunder Kand in Hargobind Nagar on Monday. Those who read the holy scripture were Mr Ashok Sikka, Mr Pankaj Talwar, Mr Sandip Mehta and Mr Sunil
Rawat. Medical Camp: Over 200 patients were examined at a free prostate care health camp organised at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Model Town Extension, to mark tercentenary celebrations of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The camp was supervised by Dr I.P.S. Chhabra in collaboration with management of the gurdwara and the inauguration ceremony was performed by Mr Avtar Singh Makkar, president of the gurdwara managing committee and member of the SGPC. Dr Baldev Singh Aulakh, urologist at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, along with his team, examined men patients above 50. Free tests were done under the supervision of Dr Mahavir and Dr Gurarinder Singh. Free medicines were provided by the gurdwara management. Computer
donated: The Lions Club Ludhiana Greater, along with Free Mason’s Lodge Vishkarma No. 173 and M/s Amarjit Textiles, donated a computer and printer under a social service project to the Ashirwad - North Indian Cerebral Palsy Association here on Wednesday. According to Mr G.S. Miglani, president of the club, Ashirwad, a rehabilitation centre-cum-school for children affected by cerebral palsy, was being run on donations. The children of the
association presented a cultural programme. honoured: A function was organised at the Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib Charitable Hospital to felicitate Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha. Addressing the function, Mr Atwal advised the hospital staff to continue with the service to the suffering humanity with complete dedication and missionary spirit. He also handed over a fixed deposit of Rs 68,555 to a rape victim who had been provided treatment by the hospital free of cost. This amount was collected by donations from the people. Mr Bharatbir Singh Sobti, Senior Additional Advocate-General, Punjab, Dr R.S. Sodhi, Medical Superintendent of the GTBH, and Ms G.K. Walia, Principal, INE, also spoke on the occasion. Teej
celebrations: Members of the Gitanjali Ladies Club, Rajpura Road, organised a function to celebrate the Teej festival on Saturday. The highlight of the function was the choreography by Ms Purva Puri. It was based on the theme - celebration during rain by people of various age groups. Women as well children danced to the song - ' Kale megha, kale
megha'. Muktsar Pathankot ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Asha Purni Mandir Committee: president — Mr Harash Kumar Sharma; secretary — Mr Ashok Bajaj and treasurer — Mr Tilak Kumar Malhotra. KILLED: One person was killed and three were injured when a truck rolled into a khud due to a landslide, near Sukret village, near here, on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Kartar Singh (50), driver, while the injured were Romesh Kumar, Som Raj and Chaman Ram. The injured were shifted to the local Civil Hospital. The police has registered a case. PROTEST: Activists of the Taxi Operator Talmel Committee here on Tuesday blocked the APK road, the national highway near the Kandwal barrier against the transport policy of the Himachal Pradesh Government. The protesters were demanding the withdrawal of the recent tax hike imposed on the taxies plying here, for entering Himachal Pradesh. The roadblock was lifted only after an assurance given by the local tehsildar. The protesters also presented a memorandum to the tehsildar for the withdrawal of the road tax. BAIL DENIED: The bail plea of Dr G.D. Sharma, who was allegedly involved in a case of sexual harassment of girl students of the R.M. Tagore Nursing Institute was declined by Mr R.K. Garg Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate here on Tuesday. SAMRALA ELECTED: Mr Bachittar Singh Barn, Principal of Senior Secondary School of Girls,
Samrala, has been elected president for the 4th time of the District Schools Tournament Committee, Ludhiana. Other office-bearers of the committee are: general secretary — Dr Darshan Singh Dhaliwal, Principal of SSSS
Gujjarwal; finance secretary — Mr Nahar Singh, Principal, SSSS Jawahar Nagar, Ludhiana; and general secretary (conduct) — Mr Rupinder Singh,
DPE, SSSS Gill (Ludhiana). BOOKS DONATED: Mr Jagtar Singh, an NRI, donated uniforms and books to 125 students of the Government Elementary School, Kakrala
Khurd, 13 km from here, at a function held on the school premises on Wednesday. Among other distinguished personalities present at the function were sarpanch Bhajan Singh and
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Jhajjar Jind Sonepat CAMPAIGN: The district police has launched a special campaign for re-arresting proclaimed offenders and bail-jumpers in the district. Superintendent of Police, Kuldip Singh Siag told mediapersons here on Wednesday that the police had arrested 171 proclaimed offenders and bail jumpers during the current month alone. These included 152 bail-jumpers. All of them were involved in criminal cases. ARRESTED: The Ganaur police on Wednesday arrested a youth, Sunil of Gumar village in connection with the alleged molestation of a woman of the same village. The woman was going to fetch water from a tank when she was allegedly waylaid and molested by the youth. ![]() |
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