Amritsar
HONOURED: The local Rotary Club honoured persons for excelling in their chosen fields here on Tuesday. They are Anil Kumar Razdan, singer, Mr Rajinder Pal Saini, who rose from a constable to become a DSP, Prof Kulwant Singh Thind, Head, Department of Physics, GNDU, Dr H.P.S. Miglani, paediatric surgeon and Mr Ravinder Singh for his excellent work in printing
aHnd publication.CENTRE OPENS: The British Counselling and Educational Centre opened its eighth centre here on Tuesday. The Director, International Affairs, Mr Nilesh Tandon, said they represented 60 leading international universities and colleges and guide students in joining these institutions.
Hoshiarpur
SUSPENDED: ASI Dharminder Singh, who was arrested under Sections 489A, 489B and 201 of the IPC in a fake currency notes scandal in Mukerian, has been suspended. According to the police Raj Kumar, manager, Preet Filling Station, Mukerian, who was one of the accused in the case, had surrendered before the police on Tuesday.
Jagraon
PROGRAMME: Unemployed boys and girls, who are middle pass or more have been invited for an interview on April 25, for a 10-day dairy training programme in the office of Dairy Development Inspector, Grade-7, Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Tehsil Road,
Jagraon. Mr Kuldip Singh Jassowal, Dairy Development Officer, said candidates, holding one acre either in their own name or their relation would be given training from May 5 at Bija (near
Doraha).
Stamp papers: Selling of non-judicial stamp papers at a premium continues unabated at the tehsil complex here. The public is forced to pay more than the printed price of the stamp paper. The public alleges that the local treasury officer seems to be not checking the stock of stamp vendors periodically, which is otherwise specified in the rules.
LUDHIANA
LMA seminar: The Ludhiana Management Association
(LMA) will conduct a seminar on ‘Corruption in public life — causes and remedies’ here on Friday. Mr
A.K. Puri, former DGP, Himachal Pradesh, would be the main speaker, a press note said.
Demand:
Mr Pawan Gupta of Durga Sewa Dal, Ahmedgarh, has demanded that the vacant posts of school teachers should be filled immediately. The president of the City Congress, Ahmedgarh, Mr Ravinder Superfine, has urged the Director-General of School Education, Mr Anuraag Aggarwal, to fill the vacant posts of computer teachers immediately.
Malout
BOOK RELEASED: ‘Jagmagaunda Ateet’, a book of short stories by eminent poet and storywriter Dr Harnek Singh Komal was released at Literary Circle here on Tuesday by Dr J.S. Anand, Principal, DAV College, Bathinda.
Nawanshahr
WON: Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial College, Mukandpur, has won the overall championship (B division) of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, for the fifth consecutive time. The college got as many as 31 points while Guru Nanak College, Nakodar, and Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Sarhali, were second and third by securing 18 and 9 points, respectively.
PENSION: Mr Harjit Inder Singh Grewal, Deputy Commissioner, in a press note issued here on Tuesday said a sum of Rs 82.87 lakh had been received for disbursing pensions to 30,393 senior citizens, 5,887 widows, 3,015 dependent children, 2,138 handicapped beneficiaries for the month of April. The beneficiaries belonging to rural areas would be given pensions through panchayats and those belonging to urban areas would get their pensions through banks by May 15.
Phagwara
AGITATION THREAT: The Punjab Non-Gazetted Employees Organisation on Tuesday threatened agitation in case government schools were privatised. An emergency meeting of the body, with its senior vice-president Harish Chander Sharma in chair, called the move to privatise education an anti-employee step. Mr Varinder Kamboj, district president of the organisation, told newsmen that the meeting urged the government to release pending salaries of government teachers.
DEAD: Swarna Ram, (63)), of Kot Sidiqqui village in Jalandhar
district, succumbed to his injuries in Civil Hospital here on Tuesday night. He was among the 24 persons who were injured after their autorickshaws were hit by an overspeeding car near Chachrari village on the GT road on Tuesday.
PILGRIMS INJURED: Three pilgrims bound for the Mata Chintpurni shrine were injured when their car met with an accident near Mauli village on Wednesday. They belonged to the family of a Punjabi singer Karnail.
COP ARRESTED: Police arrested a policeman, a Kashmiri Lal, of Bhullarai village in connection with the racket of fake and forged documents. The cop has been remanded in police custody.
THEFT: Valuables worth Rs 60,000 were stolen from the residence of a teacher, Usha Rani, at New Satnampura Colony here on Wednesday. She was away when the theft took place. The police has registered a case.