The robbers struck at the house of a person called Uttam Chand and a nearby dera . The Focal Point has booked three persons for assaulting and locking employees of the Punjab State Electricity Board who had gone to check the electric meter of a factory, Sikri Steel Ltd., in Dhandari Kalan. The cultivation of cotton crop in the state is facing a crisis this year due to acute shortage of irrigation water. While the weather god has played a spoilsport, the non-availability of water in Gobind Sagar, which is supplied to canals all over the state, is adding to the woes of cotton growers. But spare a thought for school students.
Little students are the worst sufferers.
First of all the uniforms provided to them are impractical. May 4 The Education Department here has implemented the orders passed by Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, at the time of his surprise visit to Government High School, Kotla Bajwara, on April 27. Declamation contest at Sidhant Kendra Ludhiana, May 4 A declamation contest to commemorate the 37th death anniversary of Jahawarlal Nehru was organised by the Nehru Sidhant Kendra Trust for school children today. Seventeen schools participated in the contest. Each team was represented by two members.