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DISSOLVED: The Chemists Association, Katra Sher Singh, has decided to dissolve the association and merge with the Amritsar Chemists Association (ACA), according to a press release issued here on Thursday. The ACA has welcomed the decision.Batala
PRODUCED: Sahil, a student of BA (I) of Baring Union Christian College, was produced in the court of Subdivisional Magistrate Parneet Bhardwaj, who sent him to a drug de- addiction camp at Gurdaspur. He was arrested by the Civil Lines police on the charge of assaulting three teachers in the college. FATEHGARH SAHIB
FINANCIAL AID: The Deputy Commissioner of Fatehgarh Sahib, Mr S.K.
Alhuwalia, gave financial assistance to Navchetan Singh, a student of the local Baba Banda Singh Bahadhur Engineering College, who is going to present his research paper titled “Face Recognition by Capturing Eye Illumination Spot” at an international conference to be held in Washington DC, USA, to be held from October 13 to 15. The Deputy Commissioner gave a financial aid of Rs 10,000 to the student. Along with this the Member Secretary, Baba Banda Singh Education Trust, Mr Kirpal Singh Libra, gave Rs 20,000, and Prof Gurpal Singh, Head of Computer Department, and guide of the student, also gave Rs 10,000 to Navchetan. Jalandhar
UNION FORMED: Faculty members of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) formed a new union and the following have been elected office-bearers:
president? Prof Sarabjeet Singh; vice-president? Prof M.D. Roy; general
secretary? Prof Pramod Kumar; treasurer? Dr Rajeev Sharma; press secretary? Prof
K.V.P. Singh; and joint secretary? Dr Gurmej Singh Dhaliwal. Dr R.K. Sareen and Prof S.S. Bedi have been taken as patrons.
Khanna
Trust poll: Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, former MP from Ropar, here today said political parties should not interfere into the functioning of education institutions. Mr Dullo said he had called the press conference to clarify the party position for the coming election s of the
A.S. High School Trust and Management Society scheduled for September 26. The Trust is running four prestigious educational institutes of the city including a girls college, boys college, senior secondary School and a public school.
Ludhiana
Swarn Sambandh: Sercon organised Swarn Sambandh, a jewellery exhibition, for the sixth time here on Thursday. Gold and diamond jewellery for casual wear or bridal wear is on display. Jewellers from different parts of the country are taking part in the exhibition.SURVEY: A survey was conducted by 60 students of the department of sociology at the Khalsa College for Women here.It was undertaken by batches of BA I, II and III under the guidance of two teachers, Ms Harveen Kaur and Ms Paramjeet. The survey aimed to create interest among students towards issues of social
concern. Ebony FUNCTION: The Ebony Retail Holdings, held a function to interact with all Gold Card Holders in the city. The function was attended by the members, who had been associated with the store since it opened in cities of Punjab. Mr H S Kohli, CEO of Ebony Retail Holdings and spoke to members on the occasion. He stated, “It was way an opportunity to build bonds with all customers, the core of Ebony’s business in Punjab.” Nawanshahr
DHARNA: Member of the Punjab Roadways Conductors Union held a dharna at Punjab Roadways Depot here on Thursday in protest against the alleged large-scale termination of conductors in petty cases by the State Transport Director. Mr Gurdial Singh, general secretary of the local unit of the union, criticised the attitude of the director and threatened to intensify the stir if he did not relent. HINDI DIVAS:
B.L.M. Girls College organised a function to mark Hindi Divas on the college campus here on Thursday. Ms Geeta Aneja, a former principal, was the chief guest. Isha Sharma, Sonia and Reena won the first, second and third prize, respectively, in the essay writing competition, Reena, Nisha and Lakhbir Kaur got the first three positions, respectively, in the declamation contest and Anju, Lakhbir Kaur and Nisha Sharma won the first three prizes, respectively, in the poetical recitation competition. MEDICAL CAMP: The Guru Gobind Singh Charitable Trust, Ludhiana, in collaboration with Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial College, Mukandpur, will organise the fourth annual free medical check-up camp in the memory of its founder chairman Buta Singh Sekhon, on the college campus on September 19. A team of doctors from the CMC, Ludhiana, will examine the patients. Free medicines will also be provided, said Dr Surjit Singh Bhatti, principal, on Thursday. APPOINTED: Mr Purshottam Chadda has been appointed secretary of the state unit of the BSP by Mr Narinder
Kashayap, in charge of the state BSP. PATIALA
Ph.D DETAILS: Punjabi University has made comprehensive details of Ph.D researchers who have been registered up to 2004 available online. Giving this information Dr
T.A. Sarma, Dean, Research, of the university has stated that ordinances relating to Ph.D degree have also been put on the website. INVITED: Dr M.S. Sohal, Professor and Head, Department of Physiotherapy and Sports Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, has been invited to present a research paper entitled “Effect of mild motion on ankle stiffness in diabetic patients” during the second International Ankle Symposium from October 15 to Oct 16 at University of Delaware, New York. Symposium: As part of the 400th Parkash Utsav celebrations of Guru Granth Sahib the local Rotary Club organised a symposium of Guru Granth Sahib and National interaction at the Academy of Sikh Religion and Culture here on Thursday evening. Dr Swaraj Singh and eminent NRI surgeon and scholar was the chief guest.

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