Punjab announce new film policy, set up rural cinema halls

New Delhi, September 28
Punjab will come up with a new film policy within two months that will enshrine the concept of rural cinema halls claimed to be first of its kind in the country.

Aimed at providing entertainment facilities to villagers, the state proposes to set up cinema halls in villages having one or two screens with a capacity of 100 seats.

"It will help entertainment of rural masses at low costs and provide impetus to production of more Punjabi and other languages films in the state," said Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal while deliberating on the film policy for Punjab drafted by the National Film Development Corporation.

Chaired by Sukhbir, the meeting was attended by Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur and Principal Secretary (Tourism) Geetika Kalha, besides corporation chairman Ramesh Sippy and its Managing Director Nina Lath Gupta.

Sangrur, Faridkot, Barnala get new DCs

Chandigarh, September 28
The Punjab Government today issued the transfer orders of seven IAS and 15 PCS officers. A spokesman said IAS officer Kumar Rahul had been posted the Director General of School Education.

Indu Malhotra has been made Sangrur Deputy Commissioner, Gurlovleen Singh Sidhu of Barnala and Mohammad Tayyab of Faridkot.

Joram Beda has been posted the ADC, Mansa, and Sonali Giri the ADC (D), Bathinda. The services of Vipul Ujwal have been placed at the disposal of the Department of Local Government for posting as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Bathinda.

Other postings are: Baldev Singh, ADC (D), Ludhiana; Rajeev Prashar, ADC, Bathinda, and Secretary, RTA, Bathinda and Ferozepur; Gurpreet Singh Khaira, ADC, Kapurthala and Secretary, RTA, Jalandhar; GPS Sahota, SDM, Patran; Poonamdeep Kaur, SDM, Sangrur; Gurpreet Singh Thind, DTO, Patiala; Damanjit Singh Mann, SDM, Bathinda, in addition to DTO, Bathinda, and SDM, Maur; Sikha Bhagat, AC (General), Jalandhar, and Amarjit, AC (General), Ajitgarh.

Three held with Rs 2.52 lakh fake currency

Sangrur, September 25
The district police today arrested three persons and claimed to have busted a gang allegedly involved in circulating fake currency in the market. They also seized fake currency worth Rs 2.52 lakh.

The accused reportedly were in contact with a Bihar resident and exchanged Rs 70,000 of genuine Indian currency with fake currency worth Rs 1 lakh.

Mandeep Singh Sidhu, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Sangrur, said the arrested persons were Gurdit Singh and Rajiv Kumar, both residents of Laad Banjara village (near Dirba), and Krishan Chand of Brahampura village. They had confessed to circulating fake currency worth Rs 25 lakh in the market so far, the SSP said. A case has been registered.