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Nurses to hold dharna:The Nursing Association of PGI has decided to stage a dharna in the Director’s office, if their long-pending promotions were not considered by the PGI administration.
A decision was taken at a general body meeting of the Nursing Association at PGI here today.
As a mark of protest, they have decided to wear black badges during work hours.
Zirakpur
Man found dead: An unidentified man in his mid-forties was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Pabhat godown area this afternoon. The police reached the spot and took him to the Dera Bassi civil hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
The police suspected that he died of cold, but things would be clear after post-mortem examination.
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Central deputation: The Haryana government has placed the services of M Ravi Kiran, IPS, SP, State Vigilance Bureau, and KK Rao, IPS, SP, Karnal, at the disposal of the Union government for appointment as SP/assistant directors in the Bureau of Police Research and Development, Delhi, for four years.
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ATM fraud: A case of withdrawal of over Rs 2.5 lakh from an ATM of SBI fraudulently has been registered by the police on Friday. Anil Kumar, stated that he went to draw some money from ATM of main branch of the SBI located on the Jind road a month ago. However, when the machine failed to deliver the currency despite persistent efforts, a man standing near the ATM offered to help. He asked his ATM code and tried to draw money. When he failed in his efforts, he gave the card back to Anil Kumar and they left. When Anil went to draw money from the bank on Thursday he was informed that he did not have balance. The bank informed him that a sum of Rs 2,57,143 had been withdrawn.KURUKSHETRA
Tributes paid: Tributes were paid to Gulzari Lal Nanda, former acting PM, on his death anniversary at a meeting held at Sadachar Sathal, here on Friday. DC Pankaj Aggarwal said Nanda had contributed a lot to bring Kurukshetra on the world map. The Kurukshetra Development Board was constituted under his chairmanship and Kurukshetra had been recognised as world fame religious place. REWARI
698 bicycles distributed: As many as 698 bicycles against a targeted number of 750, were distributed free of cost to girl students of Class VI throughout the district on Friday under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. The number of block wise beneficiaries stood at 370 (Rewari block), 153 (Bawal), 67 (Khol), 56 (Jatusana) and 52 (Nahar). SONEPAT
Campus placements: Even in recession, campus placements were going on in full swing, claimed the VC of the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology. He disclosed that 28 engineering students had been selected as technical commissioned officer by a team of army officers. Akash Institute had shortlisted six students. Ttwo had been selected by Indian Seamless Metal Tubes Ltd,
Pune. Car stolen: CIA unit of Sonepat claimed to have recovered a stolen Verna car after arrest of a notorious vehicle lifter identified as Krishan of Panchi Jatan village on Thursday. The car was stolen from Delhi about seven months back. According to SP, the police confirmed that a case was registered in Lajpat Nagar police station in Delhi on June 13, last year.
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2 Armymen killed in fire: Two armymen, including an officer, were killed allegedly in a fire in Udhampur district on Friday, the police said. Lieutenant Girish Tiwari and havaldar Vinood Kumar were caught in the fire that broke out in a training camp of the 3 Madras in Kishenpur Manwal, 40 km here, early today, it said. The duo succumbed to severe burn injuries, the police said and added the bodies were being sent to their native places. Brig-Gen Staff (BSG), 16 Corps, Brig Gurdeep Singh said an inquiry had been ordered into the incident.Directive to complete tourist centre: Minister of State for Tourism Nasir Aslam Wani has directed the Chief Executive Officer, Rajouri, to complete the Tourist Reception Centre(TRC), Shahdra Sharief, by the end of March. According to an official statement issued here, he gave the direction during an inspection of the TRC. He directed the executive agencies to complete the project in the targeted time. The tourism complex is being constructed at a cost of Rs 1 crore and the land for the project has been provided by the Shahdra Sharief Trust.
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