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Stray bull kills woman
Bilaspur, August 13
Sakina Begum, a middle-aged-woman, was attacked by a stray bull at Raura Sector road in town here, resulting in her intestines bulging out of her lady. Several people on the road rushed to save the woman from the fury of the bull but failed.

Kayaka yajna draws thousands
Surahan (Mandi), August 13
Amidst an awe-inspiring ceremony, three-day long Kayaka yajna at Surahan village ended yesterday. It is believed to be a devta-blessed rare divine event that washes away the sins of a lifetime once in five years.

Tomato growers block traffic
Solan, August 13
Peeved at the lack of traffic management at the local sabzi mandi, about 300 tomato growers from all over the region staged a dharna at the gate and later blocked traffic on the NH-22.

ABVP spoiling academic atmosphere: NSUI
Nurpur, August 13
Himachal Pradesh NSUI president Kewal Pathania has alleged that the Akhil Bhartiya Vidharthi Parishad and the Students Federation of India had been spoiling the academic atmosphere in the government colleges before the ensuing elections of the Students Central Associations.

Principal proceeds on leave
Solan, August 13
In a bid to appease the agitating students of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the Principal of the local college announced his decision to proceed on leave.

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Stray bull kills woman
Our Correspondent

Bilaspur, August 13
Sakina Begum, a middle-aged-woman, was attacked by a stray bull at Raura Sector road in town here, resulting in her intestines bulging out of her lady.

Several people on the road rushed to save the woman from the fury of the bull but failed. She was immediately rushed to the zonal hospital here but could not be saved. Her last rites were performed on the bank of Gobind Sagar here on Friday.

Local Jama Maszid Committee president Shan Ali, senior vice-president Hussain Ali and hundreds of members of Muslim community held Bilaspur town nagar parishad responsible for the death of the poor woman.

They urged the government to pay adequate compensation to the poor family of Sakina Begum.

They said this was the second case where a stray cattle killed a citizen within one month here as hundreds of stray cows and bulls roam freely in the town.

Repeated requests by the citizens against these stray cattle which have become a menace on the roads had failed to move the authorities concerned.

Earlier, Nagender Kumar while driving a scooter was hit by a stray bull on the Ali Khud bridge near here and was killed.

Kayaka yajna draws thousands
Kuldeep Chauhan
Tribune News Service

Surahan (Mandi), August 13
Amidst an awe-inspiring ceremony, three-day long Kayaka yajna at Surahan village ended yesterday. It is believed to be a devta-blessed rare divine event that washes away the sins of a lifetime once in five years.

Thousands of villagers from all over Mandi district, particularly from the Drang constituency, sought blessings from the presiding lord of the land, Hurang Narayan devta, from the Chuhar valley during the yajna.

The “Narh” and his family members, including women, who represent the Narh backward caste community from Hara Bagh village in Joginder nagar subdivision, believed be sent from “Indralok” (heaven) to rid the humanity of its sins.

Even Narh members are expert in dispelling locals of evil spells and spirits, informed the villagers.

Tomato growers block traffic
Our Correspondent

Solan, August 13
Peeved at the lack of traffic management at the local sabzi mandi, about 300 tomato growers from all over the region staged a dharna at the gate and later blocked traffic on the NH-22. They were protesting against the virtual non-existent parking and traffic facilities on the mandi premises.

The tomato growers contended that the vehicles entering and leaving the premises should be properly channelled. In the absence of proper management there was a rush of haphazardly parked vehicles which inconvenienced them daily.

Later, a committee comprising Mr Laik Ram, chairman of the marketing committee, police officials and transporters decided to streamline the traffic and chalked out various directions. This included ban on idle vehicles on the premises before 2 p.m., loading of vegetables to be executed till 2 p.m. and ensuring two separate lanes for vehicles entering and leaving the premises during mornings. The over one-hour long protest was finally called off after this decision.

ABVP spoiling academic atmosphere: NSUI
Our Correspondent

Nurpur, August 13
Himachal Pradesh NSUI president Kewal Pathania has alleged that the Akhil Bhartiya Vidharthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Students Federation of India (SFI) had been spoiling the academic atmosphere in the government colleges before the ensuing elections of the Students Central Associations (SCAs).

Talking to the mediapersons on the campus of Government Arya College here today, he alleged that these organisations had been misusing the SCAs for creating lawlessness and indiscipline among the student community all over the state. He claimed that the NSUI was the only organisation which follow the ideology of Mahatama Gandhi and believed in peace and discipline.

Mr Pathania also planted a number of saplings.

Principal proceeds on leave
Our Correspondent

Solan, August 13
In a bid to appease the agitating students of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the Principal of the local college announced his decision to proceed on leave. He reportedly owned responsibility for allowing outsiders from entering the college premises yesterday and said no one would be allowed to vitiate academic atmosphere in the future.

The ABVP, which had initiated a fast yesterday, decided to call off the stir at this assurance. He offered juice to the two striking students.

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