Jalandhar: After conducting a raid and checking nearly 1,498 connections in the city, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) on Saturday issued Rs 19.56-lakh penalty to defaulters. The PSPCL Jalandhar Distribution Circle Deputy Chief Engineer said during the checking, 30 violations were detected and a penalty of Rs19.56 lakh was imposed. “The PSPCL has also appealed to all consumers to help it control the menace of power theft by providing it with the info about the defaulters. Anyone can give feedback about it on WhatsApp no. 96461-75770. The PSPCL assures its consumers that their identity won’t be disclosed,” said the official. TNS

State-level mega job fair in Sept

Kapurthala: With an aim to provide the employment opportunities to the youth as well as to facilitate them for setting up the own units, the Punjab Government will organise the mega state-level job fair in Kapurthala district on September 23. Selected candidates from the state will get appointment letters during this job fair. The Kapurthala district administration has started the preparations for this mega event as ADC G Aditya Uppal and ADC (D) SP Angra have presided over a meeting of officials from various departments. They both asked the officials to submit the availability of vacancies at various commercial and industrial units till August 27 so that the interviews can be arranged for the applicants. They added that the district would also organise four job fairs next month — on September 9, 14, 16 and 17. TNS

Roadways staff form new panel

Jalandhar: A state-level meeting of the Punjab Roadways Ministerial Staff was organised at the district roadways depot-1 office on Monday. Organised under the chairman of Gurcharan Singh Dugga, staff of 13 roadways depot from across the state participated in the meeting. Apart from withdrawing the old State Roadways Committee, the members formed a new committee and appointed its members, which include state president Gurjit Singh Gill, senior vice-president Gurkirpal Singh, vice-president Harmandeep , joint secretary Angrej Singh, general secretary Gurtej Singh, legal adviser Harwinder Singh, propoganda secretary Sukhwinder Singh and cashier Amarjot Singh. TNS

Computer course at Sainik institute

Hoshiarpur: District Defence Services Welfare Officer Colonel (retd) Dalwinder Singh said the Sainik Institute of Management and Technology was starting a short-term computer course. He said in this course, basic knowledge of computer and Internet would be imparted to the students. Children of ex-servicemen, paramilitary, SC, economically weaker sections, dependants of soldiers and civilians will be given training under the course. He said for admission, candidates should contact the District Sainik Welfare Office with their original certificates from Tuesday to Thursday between 10 am to 3 pm. OC