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ALLEGED: The Sangarsh Committee of Government High School, Karmapura, on Monday accused the school principal, Mr Joginder Singh, of taking arbitrary decision to sideline some members of the Parent Teachers Association (PTA), who had accused him of funds misappropriation. Ajnala
RRD cells: Col. Dharam Singh, convener of the Rashtriya Raksha Dal (RRD), Punjab, recently visited Amritsar, Raja Sansi and Ajnala blocks and established cells of the party. The following were appointed presidents of these blocks: Sub. Major Singh-president, Amritsar Block; Hav. Parkash Singh-vice-president, Raja Sansi block; Sub. Avtar Singh-president, Ajnala block; Sub. Lakhi Singh- vice-president, Ajnala block; Hav. Ranjit Singh-general secretary, Ajnala block; Mr Paramjit Singh-youth wing president; S. R S Babbar-youth wing general secretary; Major Singh- vice-president of youth wing; S. Partap Singh-president, Kisan Wing. Col. Dharam Singh said he would visit Mehlan wali zail and Ramdas block, and would set up RRD cell in each village. Mandi Ahmedgarh
Satsang: The local unit of Shri Yog Vedant Sewa Samiti will organise a three-day satsang on Srimad Bhagwadgita here from February 11. Mr Ramesh Sharma, organiser, said it would be held daily at 10 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Nabha
ORGANISED: A function was organised on the occasion of 15th foundation day of Malwa Public School here on Monday. Students presented various cultural events during the occasion. Mr D.C. Mukheja, Principal, presented report of the year. Kaka Randip Singh, chief guest, gave away prizes to meritorious students. Pathankot
SHOP ACT FLOUTED: Mr Indu Bhushan, local Congress leader, on Monday expressed concern over the violation of the Shop Act by the shopkeepers at the railway road by keeping their shops open on Sundays. MEDICAL CAMP: A one-day free eye operation camp was organised at Civil Hospital here by the Sudeep Charitable Trust on Sunday. Mr Vinay Sharma, director of the trust, said 450 persons were examined and 20 cataract operations were performed by a team of doctors headed by Dr Parvez
Taneja.
ROPAR
DeaD: A driver, Sher Singh, working with the district Public Relations Department, died in a road accident near Gharuanh village here on Tuesday. He had sustained serious injuries when he was hit by a Tata Sumo while he was on his way to home. He was admitted to the PGI where he succumbed to injuries. ADULTERATION:
With a view to spread awareness among the consumers about adulteration in the milk, the Dairy Development Department will organise a camp on Wednesday on the Haweli road in the city. The Joint department, Mr K.S
Bhambi, said the main objective of the camp was to inform the consumers about harmful effect of consumption of adulterated milk. The people could get tested the samples of the milk they had been consuming every day free of cost, he added. TRUCK OVERTURNS: The traffic remained stranded for about an hour on the Sutlej bridge in the city when a mini truck overturned in the middle of it on Tuesday. The truck was coming from Nawanshahr.
Samrala
Donated: All employees of the local Nankana Sahib Public School have donated their one-day salary for tsunami-effected people, according to Ms Kuldeep Kaur, Principal of the school. The cheque for Rs 10,000 has been sent to the CBSE Tsunami Relief Fund, she
added. Protest plan: Revenue patwaris of in Punjab will hold a big protest rally on February 17 at Ajnala against the Congress government, according to Mr Gurmel Singh, state unit president, and Mr Sukhdev Singh Chauhan, senior vice-president of the Punjab State Revenue Patwar Union, here on Tuesday.
Tarn Taran
TRANSFERRED: Mr Balbir Singh Dhillon, state president of the Punjab Non-Gazetted Forest Officers Union and Ms Lakhwinder Kaur, co-convener of the Forest Staff Joint Action Committee, in a joint press statement issued here on Monday said Mr V.P. Singh Sandhu, DFO, Amritsar, had been transferred to Jalandhar on the demand of agitating employees. Mr Ram Sharan Chaudhry, PFS, has replaced Mr Sandhu.
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