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PUNJAB

Amloh
Seminar concludes: A 10-day seminar for upper primary teachers of Sirhind Block-3 concluded at the local Government Secondary School on Wednesday. Fiftynine teachers from middle and high schools participated in it. It was organised by Mr Kanwaljit Singh, Principal, District Institute of Elementary Education, under the directions of Mr Anurag Aggarwal, State Project Director.

AMRITSAR
Section 144 imposed: Mr Kirandeep Singh Bhullar, District Magistrate, here on Wednesday imposed Section 144 of Cr PC at ward numbers 34, 56 and 60 till September 19. Polling for municipal council election in these three wards will be conducted on September 18. The polling day has been declared a dry day. 

Blood donation: As many as 400 students donated blood during a blood donation camp jointly organised by the NSS unit of Law Department of Guru Nanak Dev University and Namita Nursing Home here on Wednesday. Mr Vikramjit Singh Bhatti from the department of law was declared the best donor of the year. 

War veterans to be honoured: The Indian Ex-services League Punjab and Chandigarh will honour World War II veterans and war widows at a rally to be held at Sainik house on September 17. This was conveyed by Lt Col J.S. Mand (retd), general secretary of the League. 

VCD on Hasham Shah: Dr S.P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor of the Guru Nanak Dev University, released a VCD on Punjabi poet Hasham Shah at a function organised here on Wednesday. The VCD has been produced by Hasham Shah Memorial Trust, Jagdev Kalan, Amritsar. 

Jagraon
4 colonisers booked: Harnak Singh, Major Singh, Kirpal Singh and Mohinder Singh, all from Dehlon, are alleged to have carved an unauthorised colony for selling residential plots without seeking prior sanction from the PUDA. Dehlon police on the complaint of Additional Chief Administrator Officer, PUDA, Ludhiana, has registered a case under Section 5.36 of Punjab Residential and Property Regulation Act. No arrest has been made so far.

Bootlegger held: Kulwant Singh Kaku of Kotha Fathehdin, Jagraon, was arrested by HC Baldev Singh from Agwar Gujjran area and the police seized 13680 ml of illicit liquor from his possession. Case under the Excise Act has been registered.

Ludhiana
Health camp: The Nature Cure Education Trust will organise a camp on “healthy living drugless way” on Sunday at Community Centre in Aggar Nagar, B Block, here. According to Mr S.R. Mittal, member of the trust, the camp will focus on nature cure, yoga, meditation, healthy food, herbals, acupressure, sun rays and wheat grass juice therapy for treatment of different diseases. 

Indian Chest Society: Dr R.S. Bhatia, a physician, has been elected member of the governing body of the Indian Chest Society (ICS). According to Dr J. K. Samaria, honorary secretary, ICS, Dr Bhatia will serve for a term of two years.

NAWANSHAHR
Poll arrangements: Mr Krishan Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, in a press note said that all arrangements for conducting the Balachaur civic body poll on September 18 had been completed. As many as 14 polling stations have been set up and 70 employees have been put on poll duty for 13 wards in the town.

Samrala
Elected: A social worker, Mr Dharamjeet Singh Gill, of Jandiali village, near here, has been elected vice-chairman of the Budhewal Cooperative Sugar Mill. This was stated by Mr Harpal Singh Sangowal, chairman of the mill, here on Thursday. 

CHANDIGARH

MEDICAL CAMP: A A medical-cum-awareness camp under the ongoing Family Health Awareness Programme was organised at the Community Centre, Sector 56, on Thursday by the State AIDS Control Society, Chandigarh, in association with a Mohali-based NGO. The patients were examined by a team of doctors from the PGI. Over 300 persons attended the camp and 79 were found suffering from RTI/STIs. A street play and a magic show on AIDS were also organised during the camp. Condoms, booklets and pamphlets were also distributed among those present.

MOHALI
TELEFILM: A telefilm, “Shaheedan de Sirtaz”, based on the life and sacrifices made by Guru Arjan Dev, is being produced by Sunehri Virsa Productions. Mr Hardeep Singh, an SGPC member, directing the film, told mediapersons here on Thursday that the two-hour film would be dedicated to the 400th shaheedi purab of the Guru which was in 2006. The film was likely to be completed by the year-end.

Panchkula
GOODS STOLEN: Cash and goods worth Rs 25,000 were stolen from a house in Sector 2, while the owner, Brig A S Dhillon (retd.), was out of the country. One of his relatives, who had come here to check on the house, saw that the house was broken into. He informed the police, and a case has been registered. 

HARYANA

AMBALA
Heart camP: The Rotary Club of Ambala is going to organise a free heart check-up camp on October 9 at Kumari Rukmani Devi Memorial Hall, Ambala Cantt. Cardiologists from Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, would provide free consultation, free ECG and free Echo test. For registration contact Dr R.K. Aneja, Dr Vivek Malhotra, Dr Jitender Gupta, Dr Navleen Jain or Dr Harprakash Sharma. 

Concern: The Citizens Council has expressed concern over rising pollution level in Ambala Cantt as well as Ambala City. The council said that pollution in different forms, including smoke, garbage and noise, was causing harm to the local residents. The council also demanded that pressure horns must be banned and good quality pollution control mechanisms must be installed in vehicles.