| AMBALA
Career
guidance
A five-day
vocational guidance week concluded at the
Divisional Employment Exchange in Ambala
cantonment on Friday. Mr Hawa Singh, Dhull,
Divisional Employment Officer, said that school
and college students were given guidance about
choice of career. A career exhibition and talks
by experts were the other highlights.
BHIWANI
Murdered
A
housewife was allegedly murdered at the local
Bhiwani Textile Mills Officers' Colony on
Thursday. Her husband was out of town at that
time. In another incident, a petrol station at
Beeran village was reportedly looted on Thursday.
A case has been registered.
HISAR
Ragging banned
Haryana
Agricultural University has banned ragging on the
campus. In the order issued here on Friday, the
students were cautioned that severe disciplinary
action would be taken against those who indulged
in ragging.
JIND
Suicide
Meena of
Sandeel village allegedly committed suicide by
burning herself as she was being harassed by her
in-laws for dowry. The police has registered a
case against her husband Satish, mother-in-law,
Ganga Devi, and brother-in-law, Pankaj, under
Section 498-B of the IPC.
Cases
registered
Cases
under the Essential Commodities Act have been
registered against seven ration depot holders in
this district. The Deputy Commissioner said on
Friday that various irregularities had been found
in the functioning of these depots during the
recent inspection done by the District Food and
Supplies Department.
Elected
Ten of the
12 panches have been elected unanimously in the
byelections to fill the vacant posts of panch in
the district scheduled to be held on August 2,
said the Deputy Commissioner here on Friday. He
said four of the five villages where byelections
were to be held for the posts of sarpanch had
been declared sensitive.
KAITHAL
Theft
Thieves
allegedly broke into a house in HUDA Colony here
on Thursday and decamped with cash and jewellery.
This was the fifth theft in the locality during
the past one month.
KURUKSHETRA
Rates fixed
The
district administration has fixed the rate of
bricks and tiles at Rs 1,250 and Rs 1,300 per
thousand, respectively, for government
development works, according to the Deputy
Commissioner. A decision to this effect was taken
at a meeting attended by brick-kiln owners,
office-bearers of the District Brick-Kiln Owners
Association and officers of the District Food and
Supplies Department.
Demonstration
The BJP
Mahila Morcha held a procession here on Friday
demanding immediate passing of the Women
Reservation Bill. They also held a demonstration
in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office and
submitted a memorandum to him in this regard.
SHAHABAD
Appointed
Mr Kulbir
Singh Kakkar has been appointed vice-president of
the local Congress Committee, according to a
press note issued by the president of the city
unit of the party.
SONEPAT
Extended
The
Telecom District Manager, Mr Chander Shekhar, has
extended office hours of the Departmental
Telegraph Office with immediate effect by two
hours. According to official sources, the DTO
will now function from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Timings changed
Dr R.N.
Sachdeva, Civil Surgeon, has changed the timings
of Civil Dispensary. According to official
sources, the dispensary will now function from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Two arrested
The Rai
police has arrested two persons in connection
with the alleged motor cycle robbery at pistol
point at Nahra village, on July 24. The police
also recovered two countrymade pistols and two
cartridges from their possession.
YAMUNANAGAR
Oral health
The Indian
Dental Association has launched an oral health
Programme throughout the country for school
children in more than 100 towns in India. Dr I.K.
Pandit, president of the local unit of the
association, said the main objective of the
programme was to raise oral health consciousness
and standard among the children. 
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