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Amritsar
APPROVAL: Dr Atul Kapoor, senior radiologist, Advanced Diagnostic and Imaging Institute, has said the Union Health Ministry and the National Board of Examination have given their approval to the institute to impart training to postgraduate students in super speciality and radio diagnosis.APPOINTED: The Union Law Ministry has appointed Mr Salil Kapur, lawyer, as a judicial member of income tax appellate tribunal, according to a press note here on Saturday. Jagraon
Bus driver booked: Balbir Singh of Kaunke Kalan, driver in Punjab Roadways, allegedly hit a Maruti Car which was being driven by Govind Singh of Mullanpur resulting in the injuries to the Maruti driver. The Dakha police has registered a case under Sections 279, 337 and 427 IPC on the complaint of Govind Singh and arrested the driver of the bus. In another incident, scooterist Kuldip Singh of Malak and his friend sustained injuries when a Tata Sumo (HR-01E-7846) allegedly driven by Paramjit Singh of Cheemra hit their scooter. A case under Sections 279, 337, 338 and427 IPC has been registered at the police station, Jagraon. No arrest has been made so far. Booked: Kulwant Singh of Raikot allegedly parked his car on middle of a road and blocked the traffic. The Raikot police has registered a case under Section 283, IPC, and impounded the car whereas the accused fled away. Illicit liquor
seized: The Dakha police arrested Rajwinder Singh from his Morkrima village and seized 11.430 lt of illicit liquor. A case under Section 61-1-14 of the Excise Act has been registered.
Jalandhar
RECOVERED: The district police has arrested Saravjit Kaur, alias Shaboo of Amanatpur village, and recovered 20 kg of poppy husk from her possession. A case under the NDPS Act has been
registered.
Ludhiana
SEMINAR: A seminar on public speaking was organised by Ludhiana Royal Jaycees under the chairmanship of Charter President Ajay Neb here on Sunday. Zone Officer J.P. Aggarwal told the participants coming from different colleges that Jaycees organisation is organising such training programmes for the development of personality traits of the youth.
Nawanshahr
ALLEGED: Sugarcane loaded tractor-trailors are parked in a haphazard manner at the local Industrial Focal Point. Even the Punjab State Industries and Export Corporation authorities have failed to regulate parking at the focal point, small-scale industrialists have alleged.Phagwara
ANNUAL FUNCTION: The first annual and prize distribution function of Sant Sarwan Das Model School, Hadiabad, was held here on Friday. Sant Niranjan Dass, of Dera Sant Sarwan Dass, was the chief guest. Mr Joy M Varghese, Principal, claimed that the school had been affiliated with the CBSE. CONSTITUTED: A 13-member action committee was constituted by the General Samaj Manch here on Saturday. The aim of the committee is to spearhead the struggle against the misuse of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Prevention Atrocities Act. The committee will hold a protest march on February 1 for withdrawal of alleged fabricated cases against general categories under the Act.

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