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Notice to govt on lack of facilities
Shimla, November 15
The H.P. High Court has issued a notice to the state government on a petition filed by local advocate Trisha Sharma based on a Tribune report highlighted the difficulties being faced by citizens of 10 panchayats of Sundernagar subdivision in Mandi due to lack of infrastructure such as schools and Hospitals.

2 die as bus, truck collide
Una, November 15
Two passengers, including a four-year-old child, were killed and nine others injured in a head-on collision between a Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus and a truck near Pir Basal village, 8 km from here, last night.

Doc couple booked for woman’s death
Kangra, November 15
The police here has registered a case against a doctor couple running a private nursing home at Birta on the outskirts of the town under the direction of the court yesterday for negligence in duty, leading to the death of a woman.

Notice to Chief Secy
Shimla, November 15
The HP High Court has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary of the state on a public interest litigation filed for the constitution of an education tribunal in the state as per the directions of the Supreme Court in this regard.

HRTC to recruit drivers, conductors
Dharamsala, November 15
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) has decided to recruit drivers and conductors to maintain adequate staff strength.

Power board redeploys JEs
Shimla, November 15
The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) has redeployed 68 junior engineers of civil and electrical cadres who were in excess to the requirement of field units.

Martyr cremated
Kumarhatti, November 15
The mortal remains of Naik Sudesh Thakur, who sacrificed his life during an encounter with militants in the Bandipur area of Jammu and Kashmir on November 12, was consigned to the flames with full state honours at his native village, Koti Chapla, near Subathu, this morning.

Notice to govt on lack of facilities
Our Legal Correspondent

Shimla, November 15
The H.P. High Court has issued a notice to the state government on a petition filed by local advocate Trisha Sharma based on a Tribune report highlighted the difficulties being faced by citizens of 10 panchayats of Sundernagar subdivision in Mandi due to lack of infrastructure such as schools and Hospitals.

Issuing the notice to the government, Division Bench comprising e Chief Justice V.K. Gupta and Mr Justice K.C. Sood directed the officials of the state to file their reply within six weeks.

The petitioner alleged that as per the news item published in the daily on October 14 under the heading “Mandi’s valley of woes”, the basic amenities like education, health and revenue services in the remote 10 panchayats of Sundernagar were in bad shape.

2 die as bus, truck collide

Una, November 15
Two passengers, including a four-year-old child, were killed and nine others injured in a head-on collision between a Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus and a truck near Pir Basal village, 8 km from here, last night.

In another accident, 20 passengers were injured when the private bus in which they were travelling plunged into a khud near Dhalli, 7 km from Shimla today. The bus was on its way to the state capital from Khalot. — UNI

Doc couple booked for woman’s death

Kangra, November 15
The police here has registered a case against a doctor couple running a private nursing home at Birta on the outskirts of the town under the direction of the court yesterday for negligence in duty, leading to the death of a woman.

Kangra district police chief S. Zahoor H. Zaidi said today that the court of the Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Kangra, had directed the police to register a case against Dr R.K. Choudary and his wife Veena Choudary, who run a private nursing home at Birta. The direction was given on a petition of Mr Madan Lal, resident of Daka village, whose wife Asha Kumari was admitted to Choudary Nursing Home on July 6 with pain in the abdomen. She was operated upon by the couple. Madan Lal in his petition had stated that when the condition of his wife deteriorated she was referred to Chandigarh. But she died on way to Chandigarh on July 16.

Notice to Chief Secy
Our Legal Correspondent

Shimla, November 15
The HP High Court has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary of the state on a public interest litigation filed for the constitution of an education tribunal in the state as per the directions of the Supreme Court in this regard.

Petitioner Trisha Sharma stated in her petition that the constitution of such tribunals had been necessitated due to service disputes pertaining to employees and teachers working in private unaided educational institutions. There was confusion with regard to the jurisdiction of the forum where service matters pertaining to these categories were required to be adjudicated.

She further alleged that there were about 100 private unaided educational institutions for whom no tribunal had been constituted for the redressal of grievances of employees, including teachers.

While issuing the notice, the court directed the Chief Secretary to file a reply within six weeks.

HRTC to recruit drivers, conductors

Dharamsala, November 15
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) has decided to recruit drivers and conductors to maintain adequate staff strength. It has also been decided to immediately appoint the next of kin of those employees who had died in accidents while on duty .

Addressing mediapersons after a meeting of the board of directors of the HRTC held here today, the Transport Minister, Mr G. S. Bali, said while the drivers and conductors recruited in place of retiring ones will be on regular scale , those appointed on compassionate grounds would be paid a fixed amount. — OC

Power board redeploys JEs
Tribune News Service

Shimla, November 15
The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) has redeployed 68 junior engineers of civil and electrical cadres who were in excess to the requirement of field units.

A spokesman for the board said no post of Junior Engineer had been abolished in the transmission wing and only redeployment had been made in other needy units, where there was an urgent need to fill vacancies.

He also maintained that no sub-division of the transmission wing had been abolished till now. This step had been taken to utilise the available manpower gainfully in the interests of the board.

Martyr cremated
Our Correspondent

Kumarhatti, November 15
The mortal remains of Naik Sudesh Thakur, who sacrificed his life during an encounter with militants in the Bandipur area of Jammu and Kashmir on November 12, was consigned to the flames with full state honours at his native village, Koti Chapla, near Subathu, this morning. His body was brought to the village today. Brig Raghuvinder Kapoor, Commandant, 14 GTC, laid a wreath on the martyr’s body. Besides, civilian officers representing the Governor and the Chief Minister, Col S.S. Bisht, who represented the Chief of Army Staff, and Lt-Col P.V. Yadav, Army Commander of Western Command, paid tributes to the martyr.

The district administration and the authorities of 14 GTC have announced a financial help of Rs 10,000 and Rs 2,000 to the martyr’s family.