Monthly meeting of Doaba Sahitya Akademi

Members of Doaba Sahitya Akademi in its recently organised monthly meeting dwelled upon latest trends in writing and held discussion on the books written by Dr Jawahar Dheer. The writer had authored four books during the lockdown period. Dr Dheer spoke about the contemporary style of writing and content imagination. In less than a year his three books, ‘Corona Se Karunanidhi Ki Or’, ‘Ek Phiki Su Muskan’ and ‘Tedi Gardan Wala’ have already reached the readers. The discussion was organised in the monthly meeting of Doaba Sahitya Akademi held at Arya Model CS School. Senior author TD Chawla was also present on the occasion.

Grants released for development projects

Anita Som Prakash, wife of Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Prakash, issued a grant letters related to development projects at Urban Estate and Shivpuri area to residents. The fund would be utilised for the construction of a community hall worth Rs3 lakh in Shivpuri, Rs7 lakh for Ambedkar Bhawan in Urban Estate and Rs 7 lakh for installation of water recharging plant.

5 LPU students make it to Pro Kabaddi League

As many as five students of the Lovely Professional University (LPU) will participate in Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season-8. The season is slated to commence from December 22 at Bengaluru in Karnataka. LPU students will play from teams namely Telugu Titans, Tamil Thalaivaas, Gujarat Giants and Haryana Steelers. Many of the overseas players from Iran, South Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and will also participate in the eent. LPU student Surinder Singh has been valued by Telugu Titans at a price of Rs 55 lakh, Sagar has been valued by Tamil Thalaivaas at Rs8 lakh, Rakesh Sangroya will play for Gujarat Giants for Rs7.98 lakh whereas, Meetu Sharma and Jaideep Dahiya were taken by Haryana Steelers for Rs7.98 lakh each. TNS