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Gurdaspur
Pahra becomes acting chief of DCC: Senior Congress leader Gurmeet Singh Pahra has been appointed acting president of the Gurdaspur District Congress Committee. The president of the committee is former minister Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa, who is contesting elections from Dera Baba Nanak. Pahra was felicitated by MP Partap Singh Bajwa at a function held at Qadian today. Election observer of the AICC Khazan Singh was also present.
Hoshiarpur
Two die in mishap: Darshan Singh and his wife Seema Rani died on the spot when a bus (PBO-7O-6227) hit their car (PBO-09M-0918) near Parolian village on Monday. Talwara police has registered a case under Section 304A, 279, 427 of the IPC against Madan Singh son of Gurdev Singh of Ram
Nangal. Newborn found abandoned: A newborn girl was found in the fields at Lambra village on Monday. According to the police Yusuf Ali noticed the crying child in the fields. He informed the Mahilpur police who picked it up and got it admitted to the local Civil Hospital. It is said that some unmarried mother might have threw the baby in the fields. Police has registered a case under Section 317 of the
IPC.
Jalandhar
Quiz contest held: The Bharat Vikas Parishad organised a national-level quiz competition, “Bharat Ko Jaano”, at Haridwar on January 7 and 8. Utkarsh and Muskan Garg of Class VII of Swami Sant Dass Public School,
Phagwara, competed with 42 teams from all over India in the junior group and got second position in the quiz contest. Visit to NGO:
Students of Guru Amar Dass Public School visited Unique Home, an NGO, here on Tuesday. Maninder
Kaur, Vice-Principal of the school, along with teachers Sukhbir Kaur, Inderjeet Kaur and Harleen Kaur and students of the school’s primary wing visited the NGO and distributed eatables and other items among the children there. Living in hygienic and homely conditions, the children of the NGO, were enjoyed interacting with the school students. Blood donation:
A blood donation camp was held at the Apeejay Institute of Management in association with NGO Pahal and the Civil hospital on Tuesday. Students and faculty members donated 100 units of blood. Entrepreneurship:
A day-long seminar on entrepreneurship was organised by the Entrepreneurship Cell of the DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology in collaboration with Punjab Technical University and TIE. Resource person, Deepinder
Malhotra, managing partner, Pinnacle Legal LLP, spoke at length on mergers, acquisitions, private equities, share schemes and much more.
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