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Woman found dead: The body of a 23-year-old woman was found under mysterious circumstances at her in-laws’ residence late night in Sector 24, Panchkula.
The victim who hailed from Kurukshetra was rushed to the General Hospital, Sector 6,
Panchkula, where she was declared brought dead. The body has been kept in the mortuary for the post mortem.
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Chandigarh
Petrol prices: Slamming the UPA government for the second hike in petrol prices within a fortnight, the INLD on Saturday demanded an immediate rollback of the rates. In a statement, Ellenabad MLA Abhey Chautala and party’s state president Ashok Arora said the hike in petrol prices would only add to the inflation.
Kurukshetra
Three held: The police has arrested three persons for duping a shopkeeper of Rs 9.63 lakh in a deal of mobile sets. The police said Harsh of the Pipli road in a complaint had alleged that Arun Gandhi of Panipat and three others had purchased 250 mobile sets of Carbon company costing Rs 9.63 lakh, but neither they had paid the cost of the mobile sets nor returned money. They were produced in the court here and were remanded to police custody.One dead:
Resham Ram of Jalbera village, who was injured when a motorcycle hit his bicycle near the bus stand, succumbed to his injuries at the PGI, Chandigarh, on Friday evening. The police has registered a case. Rewari
12 arrested: On a tip-off, the police conducted raids at two places in Dharuhera and arrested 12 persons, residents of various places of the Dharuhera area and the Mewat area, while indulging in gambling. The police, which recovered from them Rs 90,000, booked them under the Gambling Act.
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BILASPUR
1 held with 250 gm charas: The police has arrested Pawan Kumar from near the Animal Husbandry Department on NH-21 (Chandigarh-Manali) for possessing charas weighing 250 gm, on Friday evening. SP Anupam Sharma said the police had set up a naka on the spot in its campaign against the illicit trade and smuggling of such contrabands. A case has been registered under the NDPS Act.
HAMIRPUR
HPSSSB member: Former
IPS officer Jog Raj Thakur took oath of office and secrecy as new
member of the HP Subordinate Services Selection Board (HPSSSB) in a
function here on Friday. He was administered the oath by HPSSSB
Chairman JK Chauhan. School clarifies:
Dinesh Chander, Headmaster, Jolly Convent Public School, Jahu, has clarified that the school is affiliated to the HP Board of School Education (HPBSE) in the second list of the board dated January 20. He has condemned the claim that the school is not affiliated to the
HPBSE.
MANDI
Lambs stolen: Two motorcycle-borne thieves stole lambs worth Rs 12,000 belonging to shepherd Madan Lal from
Baijnath. The herd was grazing near Slapparh under Sundernagar police station. Though the police has lodged an FIR under Sections 379 and 34,
IPC, at Sundernagar police station, the accused are yet to be arrested. NAHAN
Charas seized: The Rajgarh police on Friday arrested Inder Singh (37) from Ghotari village and recovered 22.68 kg charas with a market value estimated at more than Rs 22 lakh. Inder had been on the run after being let out by the Kanda jail on parole of three weeks since April 2011. He had sought this parole to attend his sister’s wedding, but jumped it. At present he is undergoing 10-year imprisonment for smuggling charas under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. SOLAN
Lectures on biosciences:
Shoolini University, in association with Bio Spectrum, on Thursday held a seminar on the importance of biosciences. Prof PK Khosla, VC, Shoolini University, said such programmes assumed importance as biotechnology was losing its charm among students owing to lack of structured jobs and inadequate trained human resource. He said, “We cannot ignore biotechnology, as it is set to play a key role in meeting our future food and health needs and also resolving issues like global warming, waste management, pollution abatement, etc.” Narayanan Suresh, Group Editor of BioSpectrum also spoke. A vote of thanks was given by JM Julka, Director, Planning.
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Almora
Man jailed for rape:A trial court in Almora has sentenced a person to 7 years’ imprisonment for raping a girl and later handing her over to his brother last year. According to the prosecution, Sunil Kumar of Udham Singh Nagar lured the girl to Almora and raped her there. He later handed her over to his brother. “The brother of the victim lodged a complaint with the police, which arrested the culprit. The court found Sunil guilty under Sections 363, 366 and 376 of the IPC on Saturday,” said Divan Singh
Bisht, DGC, crime, Almora. Banbasa
Two youths arrested:The Champawat police on Saturday arrested two youths from Nepal along with Rs 36 lakh they had stolen from a factory owner of Delhi, where one of them worked as driver. “The local police swung into action after the Delhi Police sought its assistance with regard to an FIR lodged at Mangolpuri police station in Delhi under Section 408 of the
IPC. The youths, who were alighting from a bus, were arrested and the stolen money was recovered from their possession,” said RS
Mehta, SO, Banbasa police station.
Bageshwar
Students threaten stir:Students of local PG College have threatened to launch an agitation if vacant posts of teacher are not filled in a week. “As the Public Service Commission is not recruiting teachers in the college, teachers should be appointed on contract immediately. Students are suffering in the absence of teachers,” said Adarsh
Katahyat, president of the students’ union of the college.
 Dehradun
Centre's effigy burnt:Workers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today gathered at Clock Tower and burnt an effigy of the Union Government in protest against the hike in petrol prices. The workers shouted slogans against the Congress-led Central Government and alleged that the Central as well as state governments had utterly failed to check inflation and rapid price rise.Tiger's carcass found:The carcass of a tiger was recovered from Bechauri area of Ramnagar forest division in Kumaon today. Forest officials have sent the body for postmortem and the exact reason of the death will be known from the postmortem report. The deceased tiger’s stomach was severed and the role of suspected poisoning cannot be ruled out. Elephant menace:Elephant menace continues in Doiwala region of Dehradun. Elephants last night destroyed crops of wheat at Doiwala in the agriculture fields. The villagers in Doiwala spent the night in fear and informed the forest authorities. Meanwhile, forest authorities today directed increasing of patrolling in
Doiwala.
Residential maps:The Mussoorie-Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) will be approving residential maps on line from April 1. MDDA has prepared a software and the training of the MDDA officials has already begun for the purpose. The arrangement will be implemented on trial basis for a period of one month.UKD (D) to take part in poll:The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (Democratic) has announced to participate in the forthcoming local bodies elections in the state. UKD (Democratic) leader Shaktisheel Kaparwan said the party will be participating in the local bodies’ elections with full strength. He said the party hopes to show excellent performance in the local bodies
polls. Haldwani
Social welfare officer punished:HC Semwal, Director of the Social Welfare Department, has suspended a district-level officer of the department for the embezzlement of Rs 7 lakh of scholarship amount meant for students belonging to the weaker section of a school in Udham Singh
Nagar. “An inquiry by the Crime Branch and the CID found the officer guilty in June, 2012. He was sent to jail on Saturday. He has been suspended from service,” said
Semwal. Nainital
Telescope to be installed:The Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences in Nainital is mulling to install a 30 diameter telescope, considered to be one of biggest telescopes, by 2021. It will help in exploring the hidden dimensions of space. “We have been given responsibility to prepare the assembly of the third such telescope in the country for which the mirror control system and software will be prepared at Pune and
Bangalore, respectively,” said Prof Ram Sagar, director of the institute.
 Pithoragarh
Research paper presented:Dr Mohammed Arif, an agriculture scientist retired from DRDO, presented a research paper on Antarctic fauna and their adaptation on the second day of a national seminar on innovations in ethno pharmacology here on Saturday. “The paper deals with the habitat of aquatic and terrestrial animal fauna of Antarctica, their modes of living and feeding behaviour and adaptation to combating harsh climatic conditions,” said Dr Arif, who had been to Antarctica for research during his service time. (Compiled by BD
Kasniyal)
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