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CPMT leak: 7 more parents surrender
Snow in Kufri, Narkanda
Tibetans raise
Parec(Hu) concerns
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Irregularities in medicine purchase
Two die in sleep due to suffocation at Kasauli
Notices on water meters irk residents
Notices served on agitating lecturers
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CPMT leak: 7 more parents surrender
Shimla, November 22 Those arrested today were Mr Shivender Batish (Shimla), Mr Sudershan Vermi (Una), Mr Ashok Sharma and Mr Om Prakash Kalia (both from Chintpurni), Mr Rakesh Kumar (Mandi), Mr J.K. Gupta and Mr Desh Mitter both from Solan. With this number of parents who have surrendered to the police went up to 18. The seven parents who surrendered before the police yesterday were today granted bail by a court here. These seven parents include Mr D.C. Yadav, Mr Duli Chand, Sher Singh, Dr Dhiman, Dr Khanna, Mr Dutt Ram Sharma and Mr S.L. Puri. The police arrested six parents earlier for alleged involvement in the paper leak case. Now parents of 14 candidates who had allegedly benefited from the paper leak have yet to surrender or be arrested. A total of 38 parents of candidates who had made it to the PMT, which was later cancelled by the police are to be arrested. Meanwhile, the Himachal police today got custody of Jaijeet, machine man at the Maxwell Printing Press in Lucknow who had managed to slip out the Himachal pre-medical test question paper. Since he is alleged to be involved in the Punjab PMT paper leak also, he was in the custody of Punjab Police. The police has also got custody of Ram Bahadur, who had brought the paper from Lucknow to Delhi after it was handed over to him by Jaijeet. Ram Bahadur’s brother Adarsh, who is also alleged to be involved in the case is already in the custody of Himachal police. The two have been remanded in police custody till November 25, when they were produced in a court today |
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Snow in Kufri, Narkanda
Shimla, November 22 Light to moderate snowfall was reported from the higher reaches of the state, including the Rohtang Pass, while the lower reaches had light to moderate rain. A Met report here said that Narkanda had light snow last night, while snow flakes were sighted at Kufri. Snow flakes were also reported from the Jakhoo peak the highest point of Shimla. Kulu and Manali experienced light to moderate rainfall last night, while Rohtang Pass had 4-5 inches snow. Kalpa, where the temperature fell to -1.4° Celsius, recorded one cm snow. Moderate snowfall was also reported from the tribal districts of Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti and Bharmour in Chamba district and the Dodra Kawar area bordering Uttarakhand. The minimum temperature in Shimla further fell to 4.2 degrees, while the minimum at Bhuntar was degrees and Sundernagar it was slightly higher at 10.6 degrees. The Met office has predicted snowfall in the higher reaches and rain in the lower regions of the state in the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, a report from Srinagar said today that the Kashmir valley was cut off again from the rest of the country after the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed for traffic due to landslides triggered by heavy rains. The entire valley remained under the grip of severe cold following fresh snowfall on the upper reaches while the plains had rains resulting in a considerable drop in the temperature. A police official told UNI that the highway, linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was closed today after landslides and shooting stones triggered by heavy rains at Penthal. He said the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), has pressed into service to clear the landslides. Official sources said thousands of passengers who had left Srinagar and Jammu this morning, were stranded on the highway at different places. Hundreds of trucks, loaded with essential
commodities from Jammu and fruits from the Kashmir valley, were stranded on the either side of the Jawahar tunnel, the highest point on the highway. A report from Chandigarh said Chandigarh received 7.2 mm of rain today and the minimum temperature here was recorded at 12° Celsius. Ambala had 5 mm rain while Panchkula recorded 10 mm of rain. Amritsar received 9 mm of rain, Ludhiana 14 mm, Patiala 12.3 mm and Balachaur 5.3 mm.
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Tibetans raise
Parec(Hu) concerns
Mandi, November 22 After staging a protest and voicing anger against visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is in New Delhi, here today Mr Lobsang Tsering, area secretary of the Tibetan Freedom Movement said they had sent letters to the President and the Prime Minister, highlighting security concerns of India along the Chinese-occupied Indo-Tibetan border that runs through Himachal up to Arunachal Pradesh. According to the leaders the Parechu river that originates from the Chinese occupied territory in Tibet posed threat to the India’s border highways, hydro projects, and people living downstream along the Satluj river basin in Kinnaur district in Himachal. Similarly, the Chinese are diverting river Brahmaputra that comes through Assam, which, in turn, poses threat to ecology and river life along the river basin along the vast track of land till West Bengal, the Tibetan leaders alleged, urging the Indian government to take up the matters with the Chinese for a lasting solution. Dharamsala: A joint protest was organised by Tibetan NGOs in McLeodganj, near here, today and the Chinese flag was burnt in protest against the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to India. The protest was organised by the Students for a Free Tibet, the Friends of Tibet, the Gu Chu Sum and the National Democratic Party of Tibet. The protesters also shouted Free Tibet slogans.
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Irregularities in medicine purchase
Nurpur, November 22 Substantiating their accusations they pointed out that the annual budget earmarked in 2004-2005 fiscal year was spent in 2005-2006 by floating tenders and ayurvedic medicines worth Rs 80 lakh were purchased from only 12 pharmacies of the state even though a few had not even submitted their tenders to the directorate. They alleged that in February 2006 the directorate had placed orders for purchasing medicines worth Rs 1 crore from the same 12 pharmacies by not floating fresh tenders for the fiscal year 2005-2006. " When the association raised this issue before the Chief Minister he immediately ordered cancellation of the purchase orders and asked the directorate to float open tenders, "they added. Both of them pointed out that even though the directorate had floated tenders in March 2006 medicines worth Rs 1 crore were purchased from the same pharmacies in May on the basis of old tenders that were opened in March 2005. This obviously reflected gross irregularity committed in the bulk purchase of ayurvedic medicines. The HPAMA alleged that the directorate of Ayurveda had repeatedly purchased medicines from 12 pharmacies against three different budget allocations by manipulating the entire thing.
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Two die in sleep due to suffocation at Kasauli Kumarhatti, November 22 They were caretakers of cottages nearby the Air Force station boundary at Kasauli. Kuldeep Chand was caretaker of the cottage no. 5, Bhupinder Singh was of cottage no. 2. The deceased were last seen by other cottages’ caretakers on Monday night at 10 p.m. sitting in the lawn beside a furnace. Both went to bed in a small room inside cottage no. 5. The room had only one window that was bolted from inside by the deceased. The matter came to light last night at 9 p.m. when Kastouri Lal, brother of Kuldeep Chand, made a call to his brother. Kastouri Lal approached other caretakers. The security staff was called. Window glasses after seeing smoke emanating inside the room were broken. A security man entered the room through a window and opened the door. The room was filled with smoke and Kuldeep Chand and Bhupinder Singh were found dead in the room. The body of one was found in the bed while that of Bhupinder was on the floor. It seemed Bhupinder struggled before breathing his last. In the process he might be fallen off the bed. Bhupinder Singh’s quilt was also found half burnt. Gas emanating from furnace and smoke from burning the quilt proved fatal for both.
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Notices on water meters irk residents
Nurpur, November 22 Inquiries reveal the government issued a notification through principal secretary, IPH department on June 15,2005 relating to enhancing water tariff and installing water meters in the Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats in the state. Following public outcry the government revoked the enhanced tariff but deferred installation of water meters.
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Notices served on agitating lecturers
Kangra, November 22 Dr Rajeev Sharma, media in charge of the HPNGCLA, said the invitation of the DAV management for negotiations was received by the Principal of the college last evening. They said they were ready for the negotiations and sought time and date from the management. Dr Rajeev said, "We are not interested in holding dharna or demonstration on the college campus. We want that our genuine demands should be accepted through negotiations."
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The famous tourist resorts of Narkanda and Kufri experienced the first snowfall of the season, even as icy cold winds swept across
the state causing a further drop in the temperatures.
