Farmer leader dies in road accidentBalkar Singh Dakonda,president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta),and his wife Jasveer Kaur died in a road accident near Aam Khaas Bhag in Sirhind on Monday night. According to his reports,the two were going to Jasveers native village,around four kilometres from Sirhind,on a motorcycle when the accident took place. Jasveer worked as a teacher and had retired only last month. The couples son,Aprampal Singh,is currently studying in Australia. The cremation of the 55-year-old farmer leader and his wife will be held at Dakonda village on Wednesday. Dr Jagmohan Singh,a close associate of the deceased leader,said: We have been told that an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle,leaving them seriously injured. Jasveer reportedly died on the spot,while Dakonda breathed his last at the PGI in Chandigarh on Tuesday afternoon. Powercom SDO booked as farmers protestThe Lopoke police booked Punjab State Power Corporation SDO Paramjit Singh on charges of theft and intimidation after farmers,led by the Kisan Sangharsh Committee (KSC),protested against his highhandedness. According to farmers,the SDO had misbehaved with them and snatched their mobile phones when they were holding a protest against him recently at Chogawan. The police said the case had been under Sections 323,379 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code. NFL bags award for excellenceThe National Fertilizers Limited (NFL),Bathinda,has received the ICWAI National Award for Excellence in Cost Management 2009 from the Institute of Cost and Work Accountants of India,in appreciation of its efforts in cost management. The award was received by Neeru Abrol,Director (Finance),NFL,from Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Salman Khurshid at a function held in New Delhi last week. Hangloo speaks on Kashmir problemEminent scholar and historian Prof Rattan Lal Hangloo,Dean and Head of Department of History in University of Hyderabad,spoke at length on Kashmir problem in global context at the Central University of Punjab here on Tuesday. He highlighted the perceptions,topographical centrality and material culture of Kashmir. He also spoke about Pakistans cold war politics and discussed different zones of cooperations and confrontations. Book for infertile couples releasedLife Begins Here,a complete information book for infertile couples by Dr S P S Virk and Dr P S Bakshi was released here on Monday evening by Lt Governor of Pondicherry Dr Iqbal Singh. Dr Virk,a renowned biologist embryologist who was trained by an American team in IVF,ICSI and semen manipulative techniques has an experience of 18 years in the field.
