Ludhiana
ELECTED: Mr Sanjiv Kumar Sharma, vice-president, Municipal Engineers Association, Ludhiana, has said Mr Hakam Singh and Mr Sunil Sharma have been elected president and general secretary, respectively, of the association. Mr Deepak Kochhar, Mr Arvind Kumar, Mr Raman Kansal, Mr Suresh Kumar and Mr M.P.S. Bedi have been elected executive members. CEREMONY: Dr Ashok Puri and members of the Lions Club at a ceremony held at Lions Bhavan on Wednesday installed Dr Pradeep Kapur and his board of directors. Mr Jaswant Rai Garg, district governor, 321-F, was the chief guest, while Mr K.S. Sohal, vice-district governor, was guest of honour. Eleven girl students who had scored more than 80 per cent marks were awarded scholarship at the function.
Scheme: Addressing mediapersons at a function organised to present an award to a city resident under a campaign, Mr Suresh C. Munjal, Managing Director (Marketing), said the company had started exporting bicycles to Japan. The company is already exporting to 89 countries, including the USA. The scheme is on till October 30. The company has earmarked a budget of Rs 5.5 crore for promotional campaigns, he said.
PENSION: Shri Gyan Sthal Mandir, near Subhani Building, will hold its monthly widow pension distribution programme on September 12 on its premises, according to a press note. The note said prior to the start of the distribution of ration and other household items among widows, a session of sermons would also be held. Parkashanand Maharaj, Swami Chinmayanand and Swami Rameshwaranand will deliver the discourse.
INSTALLED: An idol of Lord Ganesha was installed at Kali Mata Mandir, Rishi Nagar, Haibowal, on Wednesday. A pooja was performed by Pandit Himanshu, the head priest of Shiva Mandir in Upkar Nagar. A “langar” was also held.
YAJNA: A Laxmi-Vishnu yajna will be performed by the Shri Gayatri Jan Kalyan Samiti on October 15 in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar , according to a spokesman of the samiti.
FESTIVAL: The Baba Ganpati Sewa Sangh, led by Mr Harish Bedi, is making preparations to hold Ganpati Mahotsav from September 18 to 27 at Janak Puri. Mr Harish Bedi said the sangh was making preparations to hold the festival on a bigger scale this year. More than a hundred Ganesha idols would be worshiped for 10 days before the idols are taken out in a shobha yatra on September 27 and immersed in the Sutlej near Phillaur.
Nawanshahr
ELECTORAL ROLLS: The electoral rolls of Banga, Nawanshahr and Balachaur Assembly segments would be revised from September 15 to October 15.Mr Harjit Inder Singh Grewal, District Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, said this in a press note here on Thursday.
DISPENSARY: The Canada-India Education Society, Vancouver, which has been helping the Guru Nanak Mission Medical and Educational Trust, Dhahan Kalan, in running a primary healthcare project for the welfare of rural people, will soon launch a mobile dispensary facility at Guru Nanak Mission Hospital here. Dr Budh Singh
Dhahan, founder president of the trust, said this here on Wednesday.
DHARNA: Teachers of the government-aided colleges, on a call given by the
PCCTU, held dharnas on Wednesday to protest against the indifferent attitude of the state government towards their genuine demands. The teachers have not received their salaries for the past many months. Mr Vinay
Saphat, district president, PCCTU, in a press note threatened to intensify the stir if the arrear and salary bills were not released.
STRIKE: The District Bar Association observed a strike and staged a dharna here on Thursday to protest against the lathi charge on lawyers by the police in Lucknow.
HAVAN: The Dayanand College of Education for Women organised a yajna in connection with the Teachers’ Day celebrations on the college campus on Thursday.
Patiala
SBP camp: A free dental check-up and awareness camp was organised at the
State Bank of Patiala for account holders and staff of the branch here
on Thursday. Dr Ishita Gupta examined the patients and educated them
regarding the importance of oral health care. Assistant General Manager
A.S. Bhatia said the camp was organised under the Community Service
Programme of the bank.
programme: The SOS Children’s Village,
Rajpura, organised a “Young Ambassadors” programme at Guru Nanak
Foundation School here on Wednesday. The school authorities handed over
a collection of Rs 1.25 lakh which they collected by way of donation to
SOS officials.
Literacy Day
celebrated: Punjab College of
Education, Raipur, organised a function to mark the occasion of World
Literacy Day here on Thursday. Students of B.Ed. course along with
faculty members of the college led by Director-Principal of the college
Agyajit Singh visited the Dhayai Basti in the Bahadurgarh village and
conducted the adult literacy survey in the slum area of the Basti.
According to the survey 64 per cent of the adult women were illiterate.
LECTURE: The local Khalsa College organised an extension lecture
on the topic “Communication skills and personality development” on
the college campus here on Thursday. Mr Sukhwinder Singh, Executive
Director, Scientology, was the main speaker on the occasion.
LITERACY DAY: Jasdev Singh Sandhu College of Education organised a
lecture on the topic “Need of literacy for the economic development of
the nation” to mark the occasion of World Literacy Day here on
Thursday. The former Head of Department of Education, Punjabi
University, Dr T.S. Sodhi, was the chief guest on the occasion.
FOUNDATION DAY: The Bank of India organised a function to mark the
occasion of its 98th foundation day celebrations here on Thursday.
Addressing a gathering Chief Manager S.N. Suri spoke about the various
schemes and facilities being offered by the bank.
MOURNED: As
many as 100 students of Punjabi University gathered in front of Guru
Gobind Singh Bhavan and lit candles in memory of those school children
who became victims of barbaric act of terrorism in Russia. They also
observed two-minute silence in the memory of departed souls.
ELECTED: The following were elected office-bearers of the Arthi
Association, Sirhind, unanimously at a meeting held on Thursday.
President — Mr Teja Singh Mangat; Vice-President — Mr Joginder
Singh; Secretary — Mr Amrik Singh and Cashier — Mr Manjit Singh
Virk.
Phagwara
FUNCTION: A function “Ecstasy-the IT junoon” was organised at the local Kamla Nehru College for women on Wednesday. Anu and Sandeep of MSc (I) stood first in the error debugging competition, Priya Paul of BSc (final) stood first in the logic development contest. Harpreet and Prabjot of BSc (II) stood first in the paper presentation, while Deepti and Upneet stood first in the quiz competitions. In the twisted advertisement competition, the first position was bagged by BCA (II), while BCA (final) was declared as the overall winner of the competitions.
SEMINAR: The District Legal Services Authority, Kapurthala, on Wednesday organised a seminar at Rehana Jattan village. Mrs Ramesh Kumari, Additional Civil Judge, Senior Division, Phagwara, presided.
Samana
ROBBERY: Two couples decamped with 430 gm of gold jewellery from a jewellery shop on Thursday. The police chased them but they could not be nabbed.
DHARNA: The local Bar Association staged a dharna on the court premises on Thursday and demanded immediate action against the officials responsible for lathi charge on advocates in Lucknow last week.
POPPY HUSK: The police recovered 40 bags of poppy husk and arrested two smugglers, Raja Ram and Ram Dev, both residents of Rajasthan. A case under the Narcotics Act has been registered.
