CHANDIGARH

CHANDIGARH
Public hearing session: The public hearing session scheduled to be held on Monday, March 21, at the UT Secretariat has been deferred, according to a press note.

HARYANA

Chandigarh
Erring LPG dealers: The Food and Supplies Department, Haryana, has checked the premises of 149 LPG dealers and got four FIRs registered against the erring dealers as part of a campaign launched to check black marketing of LPG cylinders. Action against 15 other erring dealers has also been recommended to the oil companies. A fine has been imposed on the dealers who have been found violating the standards of Weight and Measures (Enforcement) Act,1985. As many as 61 FIRs had also been registered against commercial establishments and motor vehicle owners for misusing domestic LPG cylinders, besides seizing 2,181 gas cylinders.

Faridabad
Stir called off: The employees of the Municipal Corporation, Faridabad, on Thursday called off their strike following talks with the Commissioner of the civic body, D Suresh.The call for strike was given by the employees’ union of the corporation in protest against the alleged undemocratic behaviour of the Commissioner of the civic body against its representatives in a meeting with them on Wednesday. According to a spokesperson of the employees’ union, Rattan Lal Rohilla, the strike was called off after the Commissioner tendered an apology.

Fatehabad
Manager held for graft: A CBI team from Chandigarh arrested a bank manager red-handed while taking bribe for sanctioning an education loan. The CBI sleuths rapped the accused identified as RK Gupta, a manager in Punjab National Bank at Gorakhpur, at the bus stand when he was leaving for home after the closure of the bank.

Gurgaon
MCG voters’ list: The State Election Commission has extended the last date for filing appeal to the deputy commissioner against the decision of the revising authorities on the claims and objections filed before them. Now, the applicants can file appeal by March 24. Earlier, this date was March 18. The voters’ lists will be finally published on March 31. The district administration has appointed 12 officers as revising authorities for preparing error-free electoral rolls of all 35 wards under the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG).

Kaithal
Three booked: The local police has registered a case under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC against three persons, Rajinder, Bhupinder and Gian, for forging signatures of Dal Singh, a panch of Guliana village in this district, to prepare the surety bond for facilitating the release of an accused, Kanwar Pal, on bail.The case has been registered at the civil lines police station here on the directions of the court of Parshant Rana, Judicial Magistrate.

REWARI
Lecturer killed: College teacher Ramesh Kumar (28), working as a guest lecturer in Government Postgraduate College, Nahar, died on the spot when the motorcycle he was riding on collided head-on with a car on the Lilodh-Sudhrana road, near Lilodh village, on Wednesday. Car driver Mahesh Kumar, a resident of Jadra village, who also sustained injuries, was hospitalised. The mishap took place when Ramesh was going to his college from Lilodh. The car driver has been booked for rash and negligent driving.

SIRSA
Labourer buried: A labourer got buried under the debris when the walls of a well caved in at Panniwala Ruldu village here on Wednesday. The incident took place when the victim, Sardul Singh, was digging a well in the village. Farmers working in nearby fields immediately started rescue operations and informed the authorities about the incident

Sonepat
Reward: The Sonepat police has announced a reward of Rs 50,000 on the arrest of Jagminder, alias Kala, an accused in the murder of Sandeep at Gannaur on February 1. He is also a bail jumper in other cases of murder registered against him in different police stations in Sonepat and the Samalkha police station in Panipat. According to the police , it had already arrested Parminder, who was also allegedly involved in the murder of Sandeep along with Jagminder.

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Bilaspur
Shinde to visit Bilaspur: National General Secretary of the BJP JP Nadda said Central Power Minister Sushil Shinde would be in Bilaspur to lay the foundation stone of the first-ever hydro engineering college at Bandla hill on April 26.

Kangra
Convict dies in hospital: A 35-year-old man, who was undergoing life-term for beheading his mother with a sharp-edged weapon in 2005, died on Thursday in the Tanda Medical College.The police today said Rashid Mohammad of Sidhbari was convicted under Section 302, IPC, for beheading his mother. Rashid was admitted in the Tanda Medical College on March 10 as he was indisposed. According to sources, Rashid was suffering from tuberculosis.

Nurpur
Trees axed: The field staff of the Forest Department had detected illicit felling of nine khair trees in the Nurpur forest division on Wednesday. According to divisional forest officer JC Katoch, the department has taken action under Sections 32, 33 and 68 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927. The accused, Sher Singh, Jagdev Singh and Des Raj and Barjinder Singh, have been fined Rs 50,788.

Palampur
Bank heist: Cops clueless: Even after three days, the police is yet to arrest the persons involved in the bank robbery of Rakkar Bheri branch of the Kangra Central Cooperative Bank from where Rs 8 lakh was looted. The police does not rule out the involvement of the staff as the five locks were opened using a master key.

Shimla
SJVN director: Official of the State Administrative Service Nand Lal Sharma has been appointed as Director (Personnel) in Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN). A 1989 batch officer Sharma, joined the SJVN as Executive Director in July 2008. A postgraduate in agriculture economics and an MBA from the University of Ljublijana Slovenia (Europe) Sharma hails from the Bilaspur district.

JAMMU & KASHMIR

srinagar
Core Group meeting held: Lt-Gen SA Hasnain, GOC, Chinar Corps, chaired a Core Group meeting at the BB Cantt here on Thursday. The meeting was attended by DGP Kuldeep Khoda, senior officers of the Army, police, CRPF, BSF, intelligence agencies and the civil administration. Lt-Gen Hasnain complimented all stakeholders for showing the high level of synergy in addressing the security concerns of the Valley. The DGP also echoed similar sentiments and elaborated on the key security issues.

Two houses, cowshed gutted: Two houses and a cowshed were gutted in fire incidents in the Kashmir valley since Wednesday. The police said a fire broke out in the house of Mohammad Maqbool Wani at Lonepora in Pulwama, partially damaging the house. Another fire broke out in the house of Mohammad Amin Dar at Mohalla Jadeed, Baramulla, damaging the upper floor. Meanwhile, a cowshed of Wali Mohammad Khan of Mohra Uri was destroyed and 26 goats were killed in another fire incident.

DEHRADUN

Dehradun
Board exams peaceful: The Uttarakhand Board examinations of Classes X and XII, which commenced on Thursday, went off peacefully at all the centres in the state. The students were thoroughly checked by the invigilators and flying squad members. Around 307,639 students are appearing for the exams at 1,192 centres across the state.

5 killed as vehicle overturns: Five persons, who were travelling in a tractor-trailer, were killed at Chanderpuri, under the Khanpur police station, Haridwar district, when it turned turtle. The accident occurred in the morning. All the five persons were killed on the spot while other five were injured. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has mourned the deaths in the road accident.

Newly married commits suicide: A 27-year-old newly married woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence at Pathri Bagh. According to the police, Bimla tied the knot with Hari Om, a resident of Pathri Bagh, in a love marriage four months ago. She was tense as the marriage had not gone well. Neither she nor her family was happy with her marriage. This forced her to take such step. There was no one at her house when she committed suicide on Thursday. The police station concerned has done the panchanma and sent the body for a post-mortem examination.

Kumaon
Officials found absent during surprise check: A surprise check carried out by Udham Singh Nagar Chief Development Officer (CDO) YK Pant at the four different offices led to discovery of nine officers not being present on their seats. The checks were carried out on Wednesday on the orders of the District Magistrate BVRC Purshottam, who has ordered the non-payment of salary for the day of some of the officials found absent, while an explanation is also being sought from the others. The officials holding top posts in various departments have been asked by Purshottam to carry out regular surprise checks to ensure the presence of their subordinates.

‘Ensure implementation of the Motor Vehicles Act’: Udham Singh Nagar DM BVRC Purshottam has ordered the SDMs and the officials of the Transport Department to carry out a joint campaign aimed at proper implementation of the Motor Vehicles Act across the district. He has ordered that action must be taken against people violating the Act. The main focus of the campaign would be to ensure that vehicle owners have proper number plates on their vehicles and do not use search and spotlights. The unauthorised use of sirens and hooters would also be checked during the drive.

Identify spots for waste disposal, officials told: A team of officials, comprising representatives of the Public Works Department (PWD), National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Sadar SDM, has been directed by Almora District Magistrate DS Garbyal to carry out a survey and identify spots for disposal of construction waste and debris of the town. A couple of spots have already been identified for the purpose on the basis of surveys done by the officials. Garbyal has ordered stringent action against those dumping waste on the roadsides and in the storm water drains. He has pointed out that dumping of debris in such a manner poses the threat of accidents and landslides, particularly in the rainy season. He has also appealed to the people constructing their houses to dump the construction debris at the identified spots.

Target set for next Pulse Polio campaign: Health authorities in Udham Singh Nagar have kept a target of 2,78,708 for administering of the polio drops in the next phase of the pulse polio drive in the district. According to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr RS Aswal preparations were being made for setting up 1,207 booths, along with 27 transit and 48 mobile booths. A total of 2,690 vaccinators have been deputed at various places. In addition, 721 teams would be going from door to door to make the campaign a success. The DM BVRC Purshottam has called for improvement in the coverage of the district with regards to the programme.

2 injured in cylinder blast at sweet-making unit: Two persons sustained burn injuries in a cylinder blast at a sweet-making unit that has come up in a residential area of Nainital. The incident occurred on Thursday morning. The unit has become hazard for the residents of the Charton Lodge locality as it also attracts a number of monkeys and langurs, who are on the look out for milk products being prepared there. People have expressed their surprise over the administration turning a blind eye to such a unit being run from a residential locality. The cause of the cylinder blast is being probed. The injured people are being treated at the local BD Pande Hospital.

(Compiled by Rajeev Khanna)