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Batala
LICENCES CANCELLED: Mr Sukhdev Singh, District Food and Supply Controller, Gurdaspur, said here on Monday that surprise raids were conducted at various places and licences of 14 fair price shops were cancelled and a fine of Rs 36,200 was imposed. Show-cause notices were also served on 22 brick-kiln owners and 350 petrol pumps were checked in coordination with the Gurdaspur district- level coordinator at Pathankot.Hoshiarpur
ARRESTED: On the complaint of Mr Romesh Dutt of Mohali, Garhshankar police has registered a case under Section 420 IPC and 51, 52, 52 A, 63, 64, 68 A, 69 C of the Copy Right Act against Davinder Kumar, Tej Pal, Hussan Lal, Harinder Singh, Sushil Kumar, alias Happy, Bikram Kumar, Avtar Singh and Vinod Kumar of Garhshankar for showing films on their cable network through pirated CDs. According to police sources, Avtar Singh and Vinod Kumar were arrested and hunt for others was on. STRIKE: Commission agents of vegetable and fruit market observed a strike on Tuesday in protest against converting the procedure of collection of market fee through private contractors by the Market Committee. As a result farmers had to sell their agriculture produce at throwaway prices. ARRESTED: The police has arrested Ashok Kumar, alias Sokhi, son of Harjinder Singh, a resident of local Mohalla Roop Nagar, on Monday evening under Sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act and seized 30 tablets of Nitro-10 from him. Jalandhar
KILLED: Diksha Sharma, a 12-year-old student hailing from Santokhpura locality here, was crushed to death here on Monday when a tractor-trailer allegedly rammed into her bicycle when she was going to school. The police has impounded the
vehicle.
Ludhiana
TSUNAMI FUND: The SDP Sabha, Ludhiana, comprising the SDP College for Woman, SDP Senior Secondary School, Hazuri road, SDP Senior Secondary School, Basti
Jodhewal, SDP Model Senior Secondary School and SDP Collegiate Senior Secondary School, has contributed Rs 2.04 lakh for the rehabilitation of tsunami victims. Mr Balraj Bhasin, president of the sabha, met the Defence Minister on Tuesday and handed over the bank drafts.ELECTION: The following were elected office-bearers of the Guru Nanak Dev Polytechnic Alumni Association: president — Mr Ranjodh Singh; vice-presidents — Mr G.S. Bedi and Mr Gian Chand Sofat; general secretary — Mr Ajit
Birdi; general secretary press — Mr Baldev Singh; and general secretary finance — Mr Surinder Singh. CONGRESS GRASS: NSS volunteers of Punjab Agricultural University removed congress grass from various locations on the campus at a two-day camp held on April 23 and 24. Dr K.S. Verma, programme coordinator, NSS, has urged in charges of NSS units to involve volunteers in the uprooting of the exotic weed.
Nawanshahr
CREMATED: Pritam Singh “Jai Hind”, freedom fighter and an aide of Netaji Subash Chander Bose, who died after a brief illness at his native village Bharta Khurd on Sunday was cremated here on Monday. Mr Parkash Singh, Parliamentary Secretary (Cooperation), Mr Harjit Inder Singh Grewal, Deputy Commissioner, Mr Kulbir Singh, SDM, Mr Kuldip Rana, District Congress chief, were among those who laid the wreaths.VISITED: A delegation of nursing students comprising Ms Pam Sethi, Ms Jaclun Smith, Ms Diana Kuhr, Ms Clarissa Tsag led by a lecturer Ms Lynne Esson from UBC School of Nursing Vancouver (Canada) visited Guru Nanak College of Nursing, Dhahan Kaleran (Nawanshahr) on Monday under the Faculty and Students Exchange Programme. Pathankot
MUSHAIRA: Anjuman-e-Dostan-e-Adab, Pathankot, will organise 27th all-India mushaira on April 30 here. According to Mr Rakesh Malhotra, president of the association, various eminent poets from different parts of the country will participate in the mushaira. REMANDED: Mr R.K. Garg, Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, on Tuesday remanded branch manager of New India Assurance Company Vijay Kumar Marwah in police custody till Wednesday. Marwah was arrested by the Vigilance Bureau on Monday following a complaint by Ranjit Singh, a resident of Chak Phool village allegedly for accepting a bribe of Rs 1,500 for settling a cattle claim case. PATIALA
OFFICE-BEARERS: Mr R.K. Kataria has been elected president of the Elders Welfare Society. The other office-bearers are: Mr C.P. Sharma — senior vice-president, Mr Rajinder Pal — vice-president, Mr M.K. Paul — general-secretary, Mr B.K. Singla — finance-secretary, Mr R.K. Dhanda — secretary and Mr Vijay Sharma — joint-secretary. Ropar
GANG BUSTED: The city police on Monday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang involved in more than 20 cases of theft with the arrest of three youths and recovered four motor cycles from their possession. Among the three arrested two youths, namely Rajbir Singh and Jatinder Singh hail from Yamunanagar while the third Harpreet Singh belongs to Morinda. They were produced in a local court and were remanded in police custody. ZIRAKPUR
ELECTED: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Real Estate Developers’ Association: president — Mr R.P. Malhotra; general secretary — Mr Vikas Singla; vice-president — Mr Darshan Singh, finance secretary — Mr Pawan Bansal; and executive members — Mr R.M. Singla, Mr Pawan Sharma, Mr Devinder Singh and Mr Kulwinder Singh.

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