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Bathinda
INAUGURATED: Mr K.S. Palne, Managing Director, Punjab State Cooperative Bank Limited, inaugurated the Sunday banking in one of its local branches here on Sunday.
Jalandhar
WORKSHOP ORGANISED: The District Organising Committee organised a workshop, “Year of scientific awareness-2004” at Government High School, Rainak Bazar, on Sunday. The aim of the workshop was to develop scientific awareness among the masses through dramas and poetry.SAPLINGS PLANTED: As part of the Vanamahotsava celebrations, the Lions Club planted saplings of gulmohar and makren on the premises of Khalsa Girls Senior Secondary School here on Saturday. The saplings were planted under the club’s project, “Clean city-green city”.
LUDHIANA
ANNOUNCED: The bhog of an akhand path, which was started at a gurdwara in Sher Pur Kalan by residents to pray for rains, was performed on Sunday. Mr Nahar Singh Gill, Mayor, who was present on the occasion, announced a grant of Rs 50,000 for the construction of the second floor of the gurdwara building. Mr Manish Tiwari, Mr Surinder Dawar, Mr Jagmohan Sharma, Mr Malkit Singh Birmi, Mr Sardul Singh Grewal, Mr Parveen Bansal, Mr Raju Thapar and Mr Kuldip Singh were present, among others. PROGRAMME: The Bharat Vikas Parishad organised a ‘gau seva and gau pujan’ function at Prachin Gaushala here on Sunday. Activities included ‘jyoti prajvalan’, Vande Mataram recital and bhajan singing. Members of the parishad also cleaned various wards of the gaushala. Mr Harish Gupta, president of the parishad, exhorted the gathering to educate the new generation about ancient Indian values and culture. Among others present on the occasion were Mr Dalbir Nanda, Mr Brij Bhushan Bansal, Mr Deepak Seth, Mr Dhari Shah Singla, Mr Kewal Krishan, Mr Vinod Kumar and Mr Vipin
Kwatra.
PATIALA
STUDENTS AWARDED: Appardeep Kaur of local Multani Mal Modi College has bagged the first position in the painting’ competition while Qudrat of this college has bagged the second position in the declamation contest organised on the occasion of the 55th state level vanmahotsava function. ADC Shiv Dular Singh Dhillon honoured Appardeep Kaur by giving her a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 1,100. Qudrat was awarded a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 750.
Sangrur
SEMINAR ORGANISED: A seminar on ‘‘Exclusive breast feeding : the gold standard - safe, sound and sustainable’’ was organised by the Lions Club in collaboration with the Sangrur district branch of Breast Feeding Promotion Network of India here
on Sunday.

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