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Man dies in mishap: Mahipal (42), an agriculture sprinkler dealer of Kosli, died after the car he was driving collided against a buffalo on the Gurgaon-Jhajjar road, near Patauda village, on Thursday. Mahipal was rushed to a hospital in Gurgaon, where he was declared brought dead. The buffalo was also killed in the accident. Mahipal’s associate Seetu Sharma of Juddi village, who was travelling in the same car, sustained injuries. The mishap took place when Mahipal was returning from Gurgaon to
Kosli. SIRSA
Land for temple: Praveen Togaria, general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, on Thursday said the central government should provide 70 acres for the construction of temple in Ayodhya. Addressing a function organised by the VHP in the local Sanatam Dharma temple here, Togaria said the court had already given its decision in favour of the temple.
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Kangra
70-year-old raped: A 70-year-old widow of Nangal Bean was allegedly raped by a 45-year-old man from the same village when the victim was alone at her home on Thursday night, the police said. According to reports, the victim identified as Koshalya Devi was alone when Sher Singh entered her house and allegedly raped her. She was taken by the police to the Civil Hospital, Kangra, where her medical
examination was conducted.
16 injured in road mishap: Sixteen bus passengers were injured, two of them seriously, when a bus on way from Palampur to Jwalamukhi rolled down into a 30 feet gorge near Nagni Mandir, falling under the Jawalamukhi police station in Dehra subdivision, this afternoon, the police said here on Friday. Mandi
Five convicted of murder: The District and Sessions Judge, Mandi, CV Barowalia, on Friday convicted five key accused under Section 304 of the IPC, in a case of committing unintentional murder of Kishori Lal, a resident of Kahanwal in Mandi Sadar. The judge also acquitted six others in the case. The judge, however, reserved the final order on the quantum of punishment for March 30. Solan
Patwari caught taking bribe: The Solan unit of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau today arrested a patwari Kuldeep Singh while accepting a bribe of Rs 1,500 from a local resident in the DC office here in lieu of giving some revenue records pertaining to his land. The bureau DSP Ramesh Sharma said they had received a complaint from a local resident that Kuldeep Singh had demanded Rs 1,500 from him for providing a copy of some revenue records.
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4 killed, 5 hurt in accident:Four persons were killed and five others injured in a road accident in the Thanda Pani area of Sunder Bani tehsil in Rajouri district when the tempo they were travelling in collided with an oil tanker on Wednesday night. Those killed have been identified as Bharat
Bhushan, driver of the tempo, Tajia Begum, Mohammad Mushtaq and Mohammad Sher
NSF activists hold protest: Activists of the National Secular Forum (NSF) on Thursday staged a protest in front of the administrative block of the University of Jammu and gheraoed the Public Information Officer in his office.
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Guv, CM extend Holi greetings: The Governor of Uttarakhand, Margaret Alva, and the Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, extended their greetings to the people of the state on the auspicious occasion of Holi. In a message on the eve of the festival, Alva said: "My greetings and best wishes to all the citizens on the auspicious occasion of Holi. This festival, which fills everyone with joy, also inspires us to strengthen the feeling of brotherhood. Hope the festival of colours brings the feeling of mutual love, peace and prosperity." Holiday in state today: On the auspicious occasion of Holi, the state government announced holiday in all the state offices on March 19. According to the administration, the holiday is declared on the occasion of Holika Dahan. Rs 60,000 stolen from shop: In a theft at a leading hardware store in the city, Rs 60,000 and hardware material was stolen on Thursday night. The theft was first noticed by Anil Goel, owner of the shop, in the morning on Friday when he opened the shop and found the things missing from its place. He also found a hole in the wall. A case has been registered at the Kotwali Police Station.
Kumaon Briefs
Train services hit due to Jat agitation: The ongoing agitation of Jats on the issue of reservation has led to massive transportation problems for the commuters in the region. With a large number of trains either being suspended or running late by several hours, the passengers continue to be a harried lot. This has led to an added pressure on the roadways as the average number of commuters has gone up by almost 60 per cent. According to information, 55 additional buses are being plied on the Delhi route alone.Women block NH over water
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With the drinking water crisis continuing in several parts of Haldwani, a large number of women residents of Haldwani resorted to blocking the Nainital Highway on Thursday. The agitators gathered on the road banking empty cans of tin amidst shouting of slogans against the Jal Sansthan officials. Most of the agitators were from the Tulsinagar area. They were demanding immediate repairs and upgradation of the existing water supply lines besides installation of a new tube well in their area. They have given a week’s time to the Jal Sansthan to improve the water supply situation failing which they would resort to an agitation.Samples of sweets sent to food-testing
lab:
The administration in Nainital town carried out checks in the shops making sweets on Thursday evening. The aim was to check adulteration in ingredients used for making sweets. About a dozen samples were collected for being sent to the food-testing laboratory in Himachal Pradesh. The checks had led to a commotion amongst the shopkeepers with some of them dumping their milk products like Khoya elsewhere and telling the authorities that they do not manufacture Khoya sweets at all.Man, daughter killed in
mishap:
A duo of father and daughter were killed when the motorcycle on which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck in Sitarganj in the night intervening Wednesday and Thursday. The deceased have been identified as 30-year-old Laksham Singh of Khairana village and seven-year-old Kalpana. The accident reportedly took place at the Chikaghat Mod area. While Kalpana had died on the spot, her father had succumbed to injuries at the hospital.(Compiled by Rajeev Khanna)
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