Wednesday, August 16, 2000, Chandigarh, India
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BALACHAUR FATEHGARH SAHIB FAZILKA KHARAR CASE REGISTERED: The police has registered a case against two brothers and their mother for allegedly taking goods our of a rented shop forcibly and then taking possession of the shop. The incident occurred on September 14, 1999, but the police took about 11 months to register the FIR. According to the FIR, the complainant, Mr Purshotam Kumar, reported to the SSP, Ropar that on September 14 night last year, the accused took away the goods and the signboard of his shop. He came to know about the incident the next morning when he came to the shop. When he asked the reason for this from the accused, he was threatened by them. The chowkidar disclosed the identity of the accused to him. MOGA PATHANKOT NOMINATED: Ms Manisha Verma, member, District Consumer Forum, has been nominated as the joint secretary of the Bar Association, Pathankot. CONDEMNED: In a meeting, the Rashtriya Chetna Parishad, Punjab under the presidentship of Mr Ravi Bhushan Puri, on Sunday condemned the recent killings in Jammu and Kashmir. They also condemned the killing of Pradeep Bhatia, photo-journalist of The Hindustan Times. PATIALA PROTEST: Responding to a call given by the All-India Federation of University Teachers Association (AIFUTA), Punjabi University teachers wore black badges as a mark of protest against the non-fulfilment of various demands, including raising of a retirement age to 62 years, release of arrears on account of pay revision and implementation of career advancement scheme, 1996. The Secretary of the Punjabi University Teachers Association, Dr Hari Singh Boparai, praised Dr J.S. Ahluwalia, Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, for releasing the arrears out of the universitys resources. He also appealed to the state government to release the arrears of the teachers for three years. PHAGWARA
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SONEPAT ARRESTED: The Baroda police on Tuesday arrested four members of a family of Bhawar village in connection with the alleged murder of Jaipal of the same village on August 10. Mr A.S. Chawla, SP, said the arrested persons had been identified as Dayanand, Naresh, Rajesh and Subhash. The police has recovered a pistol and sharp-edged weapons used in the murder from them. SMUGGLERS HELD: The city police has arrested two youths of Meerut on the charge of liquor smuggling. The police has seized 330 bottles of English wine from them. The police has registered a case under the Excise Act. KILLED: One person was killed by a vehicle near Shahzadpur village, about 8 km from here, on Monday. The driver managed to escape, leaving the vehicle behind. The police has registered a case. ELECTED: Dr Puran Mal Gaur, a lecturer of Hindu College, was unanimously elected president of the local unit of Youth Hostelers Association for the fifth time here on Monday. YAMUNANAGAR |
BILASPUR RALLY: The students of Government Postgraduate College, led by the ABVP leaders, Mr Mukesh Thakur and Mr Pankaj Thakur, boycotted their classes and organised an anti-Pakistan rally here on Monday. They shouted slogans against Pakistan, burnt the flag and warned it against supporting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. NCC CAMP: The combined
Annual Training Camp (Naval wing) of the NCC started here
on Sunday. Senior and junior cadets from Government
Postgraduate College, Bilaspur and Sarkaghat, and
Regional Engineering College, Hamirpur, are participating
in the camp. Addressing the inaugural function, Commander
D.R. Sharma said the cadets would be given training in
parade, weapons, sailing, ship-modelling, firing and the
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