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Amritsar
LOK ADALAT: As many as 105 cases were settled through compromise and Rs 34.62 lakh relief given at a lok adalat held here on Saturday under the supervision of Mr
M.R. Batra, district and sessions judge.TRAFFIC SAFETY: Nearly 75 students were given tips on traffic safety rules at a seminar organised in Khalsa senior secondary school here on Saturday under the guidance of Mr Kultar Singh SSP. Hoshiarpur
TRAVEL AGENT BOOKED: The police here has registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC against travel agent Mohan Lal son of Sarna Ram of Gobindpuri Delhi. Mohan Lal allegedly took Rs 4 lakh from Harbhajan Singh for sending him Kuwait. He neither sent him nor returned the money. CASE OF ABDUCTION: The Garhshankar police has arrested Makhan Singh Paramjit Kaur, Sunita Rani and Vikramjit Singh of Birampur village under Section 361, 366, 34 of the IPC for abducting Sandip Kaur of the same village on June 28, 2004. The police recovered the girl from them. ARRESTED: An undertrial prisoner, Bahadur Singh of Mahilpur, escaped from the police custody in the district courts here on Friday. Later, he was arrested from Mahilpur. GANG BUSTED: The Majitha police has busted a gang of vehicle thieves and recovered two scooters and two pistols from them. Gang members were Paramjit Singh, Ranjot Singh, Harjit Singh, Amandeep Singh and Kartar Singh, all residents of Kot Tarkhana in Majitha district, were arrested here on Friday. CASE REGISTERED: Mr Pooran Singh, assistant lineman, PSEB, has alleged that Bagicha Singh of Jodh Singhwala village, misbehaved with him while he was on work here on Friday. A case under Sections 353, 186 and 506 of the IPC has been registered. Nawanshahr
CLERK BOOKED: Som Nath, an octroi clerk of the Municipal Council, here was booked for embezzling of Rs 1475. MERIT HOLDERS: Ritu Sharma and Sandip Kaur Sandhu B.Sc (Nursing) students of Guru Nanak College Nursing, Dhahan Kaleran (Nawanshahr) near here have topped the merit list of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot. Ritu Sharma got 1532 marks out of 1900 (80.6 per cent) Sandip Kaur Sandhu got 1005 out of 1250 (80.4 per cent) said Ms Saroj Sharma, principal on
Saturday. ARHTIYAS: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Arhtiya Association, Punjab: Nawanshahr district unit: president — Mr Bakhtawar Singh; secretary — Mr Surinder Kumar Khosla; vice-president — Mr Chajju Ram Aggarwal; propaganda secretary — Mr Hari Dev Marwaha; and treasurer — Mr Maninderjit Singh Walia. GROUSE AGAINST ADMN: Mr Ram Kishan Kataria, former MLA, Balachaur and Mr Tirath Ram, finance secretary, Maharaj Bhuriwale Garib Dasi Education Trust, Pojewal (Nawanshahr) has accused the district administration of ignoring the Trust while honouring institutions for social service. The trust set up in 1984, has opened schools, colleges and hospitals etc at
Pojewal, Rattewal, Mansowal, Tibba nangal, Tapparian Khurd, Burmi villages in Nawanshahr, Hoshiarpur, Ropar and Ludhiana
districts.
BLOOD CAMP: The Blood Donors Council here organised a blood camp in memory of Bhagat Puran Singh, Pingalwara Ashram founder, here on Thursday. As many as 50 units of blood were collected.
Patiala
COAL SUPPLY ADEQUATE: Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) Chairman
Y.S. Ratra on Saturday said power plants in state were getting coal supply and there was sufficient stock of coal in plants. Mr Ratra said after rail traffic disruption on the Ambala-Amritsar section coal supply issue was taken up
with the Coal Ministry and the Railway Board and coal reached the Ropar thermal plant on Friday via the
Rohtak-Jakhal-Dhuri highway.
TREE PLANTATION: The Bharat Vikas Parishad (South) organised a tree plantation function at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Pheel Khanna, here on Sunday. As many as 100 saplings were planted on the occasion. The project has been sponsored by the State Bank of Patiala, Aurobindo Bhavan branch. The manager of branch, Mr Ved Parkash, was the chief guest. ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Punjab State Services Federation: district president — Mr Baljit Singh; district president (urban) — Mr Jaspal Mehra; president, Trade Union Co-ordination Committee — Mr Surinder Singh Walia; president, Government Teachers Union — Jasbir Singh Pannu; president, Ministerial Staff Association — Mr Nand Lal Singh; president, Kriti Kisan Dal — Gyani Singh and president, Working Women Association — Ms Sarbjit Kaur. SEND-OFF: Ms Gurbinder Kaur Chahal, who was superannuated from the IAS recently, was given a farewell party by various local organisations here on Sunday. Phagwara
BREAST-FEED WEEK: At a function at Civil Hospital here on Thursday SMO Dr Subhash Sharma, doctor Mrs Sapna Bhalla, and Dr Joginder Singh highlighted importance of breast-feeding.. Phillaur
SNATCHED: Two unidentified armed robbers shot at and wounded Vijay Kumar of Phagwara, and snatched 14 tolas of gold ornaments from his wife and sister at gunpoint, near Ghurrka village in Phillaur subdivision on Saturday.
Samana
BAILED OUT: Sudarshan Kumar Mittal, Municipal Commissioner, who was arrested on the charge of extortion, was granted bail by the court of the Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Samana, and another accused, Satish Kumar, husband of Ms Nishi Bala, Municipal Commissioner, was sent to judicial lock-up up to
August 20.Sangrur
BREAST FEED WEEK: The World Breast-Feeding Week, celebrated by the Lions Club at the Breast Feeding
Promotion Network of India (BFPNI), concluded at a function here on Saturday with a pledge to protect, promote and support breast-feeding for new borns. Members of the Lions Club, BFPNI, students of ANM training school and staff of Civil Hospital attended the function.

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