GNDU Distance Education dept gets a new head
AMRITSAR:Professor Ajaib Singh Brar, the Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, has appointed Prof Gurupdesh Singh of English department as Director, Distance Education. Prof M S Hundal of chemistry department has been appointed as coordinator of EDUSAT programme of the university. According to Registrar Dr Inderjit Singh, these appointments will be valid till March 31, 2010.

Journalist dies in road accident
KAPURTHALA:A journalist lost his life while his colleague sustained serious injuries in a road accident on Monday. Pargat Singh and Deepak Kumar, both journalists with Ajit, a vernacular daily, was returning from Gurdwara Ber Sahib in Sultanpur Lodhi on a motorcycle when an unidentified vehicle hit them. While Pargat died, Deepak was admitted in hospital with serious injuries, the police said. In another accident, Harvinder Singh, a student, died when another unidentified vehicle hit his motorcycle at the same place on Monday night. A case has been registered.