Fatehgarh
Seminar on fertilisers: A seminar was held in Sirhind on the disadvantages of chemicals and harmful fertilisers in food items. Dr Labinder Kumar, the resource person at the seminar said use of chemical fertilisers and other chemicals in agriculture and food items should be discouraged.

Jalandhar
House burgled: Thieves struck at a house in Urban Estate, Phase-I, here in the absence of the owners and decamped with goods and valuable worth lakh of rupees. The theft came to light on Monday evening when Naveen Puri (House No 46), an employee of the National Insurance Company, returned home and found the entire house ransacked. A police party reached the spot and started investigations. — TNS

Inquiry marked: Taking a serious note of the tussle between the senior deputy mayor of the local municipal corporation and the Maqsudan SHO, the inspector-general (IG) of police has marked an enquiry. The IG has asked the deputy inspector-general of (DIG), police, Ludhiana range, to look into the issue and submit a comprehensive report to him. — TNS

Honour for Chann: Renowned Punjabi lyricist Tarlochan Singh Chann Jandialvi (UK) and well known playwright Dr Atamjit Singh will be conferred with “Kewal Vig Award” for the year 2008.

The convener of the Kewal Vig Foundation Jatinder Mohan Vig said the duo would be given the award during a function at Virsa Vihar in Jalandhar on December 4. The annual award was instituted in 1994 in the memory of founder editor of Punjabi magazine Janta Sansar. —TNS

Mr Air Force: Leading aircraftsman (LAC) Vinod Kumar of SWAC was adjudged Mr. Air Force 2008-09 during the best physique championship organised at Air Force Station, Adampur, here . LAC RR Pandey was declared the most muscular man, while Wing Cdr GP Singh was the best poser. — TNS

MANDI AHMADGARH
Canteen inaugurated: Jarnail Singh, head, granthi gurdwara, Karamsar, Rara Sahib, inaugurated a newly constructed canteen at Government College, Karamsar, near here recently. Balbir Kaur Bajaj, principal of the college, thanked Baba Teja Singh, who had directed the management committee of the religious place to fund the construction of the building. Nirmal Singh, Parkash Singh, Harmesh Lal and Inderjit Kaur, officials of the college addressed the inaugural function. — OC

Spycam stolen: Jaspal Singh Nindi, a local TV scribe, has reportedly lost hisbag containing a spycam worth Rs 3 lakh and some documents at Chandigarh Chowk here. The matter has been reported to the police.— OC

ROHTAK
Power redressal forum  for Rohtak: The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) has announced to set up a consumer grievances redressal forum (CGRF) in Rohtak. Earlier, the chairperson and member of the existing CGRF, Panchkula, used to visit Rohtak to register complaints lodged by consumers of Rohtak, Jhajjar, Jind, Sonepat and Panipat districts. A spokesman for the nigam on Monday said the CGRF would have three members. The tenure of the members of the forum would be three years. The CGRF would be established under Section 42 of the Electricity Act-2003. — TNS

KUMARHATTI
Jorhji fair begins: A five-day fair started at Jorhji village near here on Monday. BJP MLA Rajiv Saizal inaugurated the fair. Thousands of Hindu and Sikh devotees from all over North India come here to pay obeisance at a temple and a gurdwara situated side by side alongside a pond every year. According to local belief, it is same pond that was visited by Shravana to quench the thirst of his parents. The fair is also a symbol of brotherhood among Hindus and Sikhs. — OC

SHIMLA
DA enhancement: The Himachal Pradesh Confederation on Monday welcomed the enhancement of 7 per cent dearness allowance by the state government. HP Employees Confederation president Vinod Kumar in a press conference here on Monday said this was the second time when the state government had released the installment of dearness allowance in one year. Kumar demanded the implementation of promotion rules on the basis of Punjab pattern and continue the policy of ex-gratia jobs to the kins of employees after their death during service. — UNI

Science exhibition: Jawaharlal Nehru National Science Exhibition for Children will be organised from November 25 to 30 at Solan. Giving information about the annual event organised by the National Council of Educational Research and Training to inculcate scientific temper among schoolchildren here on Monday, education minister I.D. Dhiman said 155 models developed by schoolchildren from 26 states and union territories would be displayed at the exhibition. The theme for the exhibition would be “Science and technology and planet earth”. — TNS

Jammu
3 held for offering bribe to voters: Three persons, including a government employee, have been arrested by the police as they were reportedly offering bribe to voters to cast their votes in favour of Ashok Sharma, an independent candidate, contesting from Kalakote constituency in Rajouri district during the second phase of assembly elections. The arrested persons have been identified as Naresh Kumar, Jasbir Singh and Raju Singh (an employee in Doda hospital), all residents of Jammu. The police also recovered Rs 3 lakh from their possession. — UNI

Srinagar
Cop injured in grenade attack dies: A cop who was injured in a grenade attack in Kangan on November 22, succumbed to his injuries, police said today. Ghulam Hyder, a follower in the police, was among four persons, who were injured when unidentified militants threw a grenade in Kangan market. Others were civilians. Hyder was seriously injured and admitted to SKIMS in Srinagar where he breathed his last. — TNS

11 cops injured in accident: Eleven policemen, including a sub-inspector, were injured when a mini-bus in which they were travelling in skidded off the road here, a police spokesman said. The policemen were on their way to Kulgam district from Ganderbal after performing election duty when the driver lost its control over the vehicle and skidded off the road at Bemina bypass on Sunday night, the spokesman said. All the injured were admitted to a hospital, he added. — PTI