| AMBALA Revolver seized:
The police has seized a countrymade revolver and
four cartridges from Saunti village under Naggal
police station. A case was registered on Monday.
HISAR
CCSHAU
professor: Dr S.K Bhatia, professor in
the Department of Animal Nutrition, CCS Haryana
Agriculture University, has been elected fellow
of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
(NAAS) in recognition of his outstanding
contribution in the discipline of animal
nutrition.
Awarded: Dr Kuldip Singh
Dhindsa, a senior professor of the local CCSHAU
has been conferred the Man of the Year Award for
1998 by the American Biographical Institute
(ABI). According to a communication received from
the ABI, Professor Dhindsa has been given the
award for his overall accomplishments and
contributions to science and society.
KALKA
Demand:
The action of the Food and Supplies Department of
supplying wheat flour to the ration depots of the
town through Confed has not only put depot
holders but also consumers in an inconvenient
situation. This arrangement has led to delayed
supplies at the depots and the consumers too have
to bear an extra cost of Rs 4 on every 10 kg bag.
A spokesman for the Depot Holders Association, Mr
Ramesh Gupta, said here on Monday, since the
supplies had been routed through Confed, there
was no certainty of supply even after making full
payment. They have demanded direct supply from
the mills, as earlier.
ROHTAK
Distributed:
The Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Ms
Kanta Devi, distributed tricycles, artificial
limbs and blankets to poor and physically
handicapped persons on behalf of the Jhajjar Red
Cross Society, Jhajjar, on Monday. The Secretary
of the society, Mr Ajay Mishra, said the society
had distributed 45 sewing machines, 300 blankets,
56 tricycles and 39 artificial limbs worth nearly
Rs 5 lakh among widows, poor and physically
handicapped persons.
SIRSA
Arrested:
The Sirsa police busted an inter-state gang of
vehicle thieves here on Sunday and arrested a
member of the gang Bhero Singh Rajput, hailing
from Rajasthan, near Ellenabad, 40 km from here,
the Senior Superintendent of police, Sirsa Mr
B.S. Sandhu, said here on Monday. A stolen jeep
was also recovered.
Succumbed: Rajinder Kumar (22)
of Sirsa succumbed to his injuries at the local
Civil Hospital here on Monday. According to
sources, Rajinder received 80 per cent burn
injuries at his residence on Wednesday.
Suspended: Rama Nand, an
employee with the local Municipal Council has
been suspended by Dr Avtar Singh, Deputy
Commissioner, Sirsa, on charge of alleged
negligence while on duty, here on Monday.
According to sources, four other employees of the
MC are already under suspension.
Workshop held: A one-day
workshop on "Behaviour of police with
public" was organised at the local police
lines here on Monday. It was attended by local
police personnel SSP, B S Sandhu, has said. The
next district-level workshop would be organised
on December 5 also at the local police lines.
Two injured: Shakuntla and her
pregnant daughter Rani were seriously injured by
Billu and his son Raju near Vaidwala village,
about 8 km from here, on Monday. According to
sources, a scuffle arose when Shakuntla and her
daughter objected to Billu parking a horsecart
outside their house and asked him to shift it
which he refused to do. The alleged accused were
reportedly absconding. The incident has been
reported to the police.
Meeting held: Registration of
birth and deaths in Sirsa district is to be
computerised, Dr Avtar Singh, Deputy
Commissioner, Sirsa, said while presiding over
the district-level birth and deaths coordination
committee meeting held at his camp office on
Monday. He also issued directions to civil
surgeons to ensure registration of births taking
place in private nursing homes in the records of
the Civil Hospital.
Legal aid cell: In order to
educate the economically backward and weaker
sections of society about their judicial rights a
district-level free legal aid samiti has been
constituted under the chairmanship of the
District Sessions Judge, Sirsa. B. Diwakar, Chief
Judicial Magistrate, and secretary on the samiti
said here on Tuesday that poor persons with an
income below Rs 18,000 per annum, women, children
and those belonging to the Backward and Scheduled
Castes in this district would be covered under
this scheme.
SONEPAT
Cattle
menace: Stray cattle has become a major
nuisance in the city, particularly in the
vegetable and fruit market. The abandoned cattle
not only block the traffic but are also a cause
of accidents. Representatives of various
organisations urged the district administration
on Monday to direct the authorities concerned to
take immediate steps to check the menace.
Sugarcane crushing: The crushing
of sugarcane at the local cooperative sugar mill
begun after the performing of a "yajna"
by the Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chairman of the
mill here on Monday. The Managing Director and
other staff members were also present. The DC
assured sugarcane growers that payment would be
made to them on time by the mill management.
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