CHANDIGARH

Chandigarh
CCA cricket trials on June 4:The Chandigarh Cricket Association (CCA), affiliated with the Haryana Cricket Association, will hold trials to select city’s cricket (U-22) team at Government Model Senior Secondary School Sector 19 on June 4. Aptitude test for admission in Sanskrit: Panjab University’s Sanskrit department today informed that the Aptitude test for admission to MA Part-I (Sanskrit) will be held on July 14, 2011 at 10am. in the department of Sanskrit, PU campus. Teaching deptts of PU to remain open: The offices of the teaching departments of Panjab University at Chandigarh and its Regional Centres at Ludhiana, Muktsar and Hoshiarpur will remain open on Saturday and Sunday (July 2 and 3, 2011) for convenience of the students to submit their admission forms for various courses.

JAMMU & KASHMIR

DEHRADUN

Dehradun
Ban on protests at Gandhi Park: To save Gandhi Park from being spoiled, Dehradun District Magistrate Sachin Kurve today imposed a ban on protests at Gandhi Park with immediate effect. He has asked the city Magistrate as well as the Assistant Superintendent of Police to inspect Parade Ground and find out a place where protests could be held. They have been asked to report to him till July 4. 

Tehsildars shifted: The Dehradun District Magistrate, Sachin Kurve, transferred Tehsildars here on Friday. He has sent Tehsildar (Mining) Laxmi Raj Chauhan to Rishikesh in the place of Shalini Negi who has been relocated at Kalsi. Additional Tehsildar (Sadar) Sahid Hussain has been sent as Tehsildar, Dehradun. Kusaum Chauhan (Tehsildar Sadar) has been made Tehsildar (Mining) and Richa Singh, Tehsildar, Kalsi, has been put on the waiting list due to her being on leave. 

Case registered: Harshvardhan Sharma, Congress leader from Rishikesh,has lodged a complaint with the police that he had been receiving threat calls on his callphone to pay money or face dire consequences. A case under Section 506, IPC, has been registered. 

Boy drowned: An 11-year-old boy identified as Rinku of Saliyar village near Roorkee was drowned in a village pond. Rinku, along with other children of the village, had gone there to take bath. However, he drowned in the pond. His body has been recovered. 

Kumaon Briefs

Officials told to complete flood-control works:The District Magistrate of Udham Singh Nagar has asked officials of various departments to take preventive action to deal with the possibility of flooding in various parts of the district. He has ordered that implements used during flood-relief operations be stocked along with an ample quantity of foodgrains and other relief material. At a meeting held at Rudrapur on Friday, he asked officials to get various flood-control works done under the MGNREGA on a priority basis. He has asked the Additional District Magistrate to appoint nodal officers for every tehsil and constitute a separate team for the Sitarganj area, which is the most flood-prone part of the district.

Tractor-trailer overturns, 2 drowned: Two persons were drowned when a tractor-trailer overturned while crossing the Sanvalde stream near Ramnagar. The incident took place as the vehicle could not resist the strong flow of the gushing water. There were more than 30 labourers in the vehicle at the time of the accident. Seven of them were taken away by the strong flow of water. While five of them were rescued, two drowned. The deceased have been identified as Mohammad Tahir and Nanhe of Rampur.

Man booked on rape charge: A rape case has come to light in Kashipur. According to information, the police has booked Bhagwan Das, alias, on the charge of having raped his six-year-old niece some days ago. The father of the victim is a rickshaw puller. It is learnt that the parents of the victim were not at home when Bhagwan Das allegedly committed the crime in an inebriated state. The accused is yet to be arrested.

Power connections demanded: Residents of Bamdoli village and areas naer Bankot in Pithoragarh district are agitated over the failure of the Power Department to provide them with proper electricity supply. They have demanded that they be given power connections at the earliest failing which they would resort to an agitation. Residents of Bankot have, meanwhile, expressed their anger against there being no power supply for three days. They said power supply was erratic in villages of Bankot, Badgeri, Brushkholi, Rugri, Basikhet etc. They have demanded an immediate redressal of their problem.

ITBP inspector killed in mishap: An ITBP inspector was killed in a road accident near Dhyari in Almora district on Thursday. According to information, the accident took place when the four-wheeler in which Mahendra Singh was travelling with two of his colleagues collided with a dumper. He was declared dead on arrival at Dhauladevi Community Health Centre. His two colleagues sustained injuries in the mishap. A case has been registered.

No change in timings of trains: There will be no change in the timings of the trains starting from Kathgodam railway station from July 1 onwards. The timings will stay the same as before. Ranikhet Express, Bagh Howrah Express, Sampark Kranti Express and Gareeb Rath will run according to the old schedule. The special summer train running from Kathgodam to Kolkatta will run for the last time on Thursday for this season. A new railway timetable has come into effect from July 1.

Youth’s body found:The decayed body of a youth was found in the Reethakhet near Ramgarh on Thursday. The body was found dumped in the bushes. It is yet to be ascertained whether it is a case of suicide or murder. The police has established the identity of the victim as Ganesh Singh, who used to work in Chandigarh and had come here to meet his ailing father. According to villagers, he had left for Chandigarh on June 25 and had been unreachable on his cellphone since then. The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination.

(Compiled by Rajeev Khanna)