Thursday, March 15, 2001,
Chandigarh, India
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GROOM, BRIDE AMONG 40 HURT IN MISHAP
Dehra Dun, March 15
Nearly 40 persons, including the bride and groom, were
injured when the bus in which they were returning after a marriage
fell into a pit on the Ramnagar-Maidawan road in Garhwal. The marriage
party was returning to Naudanu village in lansdowne when it fell into
a 50-foot deep pit. The accident is attributed to the fact that it was
being driven by the conductor. The mishap occurred late at night on
March 12. The driver was drunk and the conductor was substituting for
him when he lost control over the vehicle. UNI
NO DIFFERENCES WITH SWAMI: BARNALA
Dehra Dun, March 15
Uttaranchal Governor Surjit Singh Barnala has expressed
satisfaction at the functioning of the government in Uttaranchal and
denied having any difference of opinion with Chief Minister Nityanand
Swami. Addressing newspersons at the Rajbhavan here on Tuesday
evening, the Governor said a report in a Hindi newspaper stating he
had sent a report to the Centre giving adverse remarks on the Swami
government was false and baseless. UNI
GEN PADMANABHAN LAUDS RIMC CADETS
Dehra Dun, March 15
The Chief of the Army Staff, Gen S. Padmanabhan, has lauded the hard work put in by teachers and cadets at the Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC). Addressing a huge gathering of the college cadets on Tuesday evening during the three-day annual reunion at the RIMC, General Padmanabhan called upon the young cadets to preserve the “unique ethos” of the RIMC.
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