BASSI PATHANA
Blood donation camp: Blood Donor’s Society organised 90th blood donation camp at Aggarwal Dharmshala here today. A team of doctors from PGI led by Dr Usha Rao conducted the camp and 101 units of blood were donated.Dr Mohinder Singla said over 18,000 units had been donated to PGI, AIIMS, Rajindera Hospital,
Patiala.
Office-bearers: The office-bearers of Khatri Sabha and Yuva Khatri Sabha were selected in a meeting held under the presidentship of Jaspal Malhotra on Saturday. Mandhir Mohan Wig- president, Janak Kumar Ralhan-senior vice-president and Dr Sohan Lal Arora- vice-president.
Batala
Murder accused held: Gaurav Chauhan, son of Girdhari Lal of Khillonian Wali Gali, Batala, was arrested here on Friday in connection with the murder of Gaurav Mahajan (22) of Paharai Gate. Gaurav was attacked by a group of six persons with base bats on the night of February 21. He succumbed to his injuries on March 10.
CHANDIGARH
Transferred: In a press note, the Election Commission, Punjab, has transferred two executive engineers posted at Mansa and Budhlada with immediate effect.
Names submitted: The Punjab government has submitted the names of three senior officers to replace ADGP (Law and Order) Shashi Kant who was removed from his post on the directions of the Election Commission. Punjab DGP KK Attri said the commission was yet to nominate Shashi’s successor. The three officers whose names have been submitted to the commission are JP Birdi, Rajan Gupta and Chander
Shekher.
Jalandhar
Complaint cell: With the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, the district administration has constituted a complaint cell. The administration has also formed special videography teams which have been assigned the task of recording the rallies of the candidates. Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Ajeet Singh Pannu said all arrangements pertaining to poll in various booths falling under the Jalandhar
parliamentary constituency should
be made well in time.
Khamano
Bank recruits 13 MBA students:
Thirteen MBA students of the Cordia Institute of Business Management, Sanghol, were selected by HDFC Bank for regular posts through the campus placement.
Pathankot
2 bikers killed: Two persons in the age group of 23 to 25 years were killed in a road accident on the Pathankot-Jammu road near Sarna, 8 km from here, today. According to the police, Rajinder Kumar and Anshu Bhandari were on their way to Madhopur on a motorcycle when a truck coming from the opposite side hit their motorcycle. Rajinder Kumar was killed on the spot, while Anshu Bhandari succumbed to his injuries on way to hospital. The truck driver fled from the scene.
Phagwara
Couple booked: The police has booked a Ludhiana-based couple for allegedly abetting Joginder Singh, alias Soma, of Model Town Extension in Ludhiana, to commit suicide. Joginder’s body was found under mysterious circumstance in his car near a dhaba on the highway on Wednesday night. An FIR has been registered against Babli and her husband Gurpreet of the same locality in Ludhiana on the complaint of Joginder’s wife Jaswinder
Kaur.
SANGRUR
Liquor vends auctioned: Liquor vends of Sangrur district were auctioned for Rs 100.19 crore for the financial year 2009-10 here on Friday, while the liquor vends during the financial year 2008-09 had been auctioned for Rs 89.65
crore.
FCI employees’ rally held: Food Corporation of India (FCI) employees of category III and IV, working in various FCI depots of Sangrur district, here on Friday held a rally in view of the forthcoming elections, to be held on March 26, for recognition of trade unions.
‘Pay Rs 5 lakh to widow’: Members of the local District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, including president MD Sharma and member Harvinder Sharma, have directed ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Limited, Bangalore, to pay Rs 5 lakh, along with interest at the rate of 9 per cent per annum from the date of repudiation of the insurance claim i.e. November 14, 2008, till the realisation to Jaspal Kaur, widow of Balwinder Singh of Pharwahi village in Barnala district. The forum has also directed the insurance company to pay Rs 3,000 to the widow in lieu of litigation expenses. The order of the forum shall be complied with within 60 days of communication.