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Amritsar
OFFICER’S CAR STOLEN: Car of Mr Harbhupinder Singh Nanda, a former ADC here was stolen from his house in the Basant Avenue area on Wednesday. Earlier house of a former Deputy Commissioner Sarbjit Singh also burgled.

Hoshiarpur
CHEATING CASE: On the complaint of Dev Kumar of Gondhpur village, the police registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC against Parminder Singh and Manminder Singh of Chhauni Kalan for cheating him. He alleged that the said persons took Rs 2.20 lakhs from him for sending his son to Italy. But they did not do so.

ROPAR
Blood donation camp: The Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bhaddal, organised a blood donation camp on Wednesday on the college campus. The team of 14 members from the PGI, Chandigarh, headed by Dr Meenu Bajpai, collected 360 units of blood donated voluntarily by the staff and students of the institution. Dr R.R. Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Transfusion-Medicine, PGI, Chandigarh, was the chief guest on the occasion.

Tarn Taran
WOMAN BOOKED: The Valtoha police recovered one kilogram of opium from Rumani wife of Devi Lal, resident of Karansari village falling under Bhilwara police station (Rajasthan). She was arrested at Rasulpur village on Tuesday. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered.

ACCIDENT: Narinder Singh (25), a resident of Bundala village was crushed to death by a vehicle at Kadgill village, 5 km from here on Tuesday. The police has registered a case. Narinder Singh was going on his scooter (PB-02,V2195) when he was crushed to death by a vehicle.

HARYANA

AMBALA
HONOURED: The Haryana unit of the All India Anti Terrorist Front honoured the five policemen who had nabbed dreaded Babbar Khalsa terrorist Harjit Singh. Mr R.K. Bindra, state president of the AIATF, said they honoured Inspector Hari Singh, head constable Pale Ram, constable Jitender, constable Kulbir and constable Balkar. “We presented them with memento and shawl for having nabbed a dreaded militant,” he said. Among others, Mr Kanwardeep, Mr Rajesh Sharma, Dr Rawal, Mr Inderjit Singh, Mr Pawan Sharma, Mr Jaspal Singh Raja and Mr Dheeraj Kohli were present.

VALMIKI SAMAJ: The Valmiki Samaj on Thursday decided not to vote for Congress candidate Kumari Selja. A meeting of Valmiki Samaj was held here under the presidentship of Mr Yogendra Singh Kandara. A number of Valmiki Samaj members from different parts of the Ambala Lok Sabha seat had arrived at the residence of Mr M.L. Sarwan to participate in the meeting. The speakers at the meeting claimed that Kumari Selja left the traditional seat of Sirsa to contest from Ambala as the Sirsa seat had been ignored by her. They claimed that there has been lack of development in Sirsa during the period when Kumari Selja was an MP.

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Chamba
FOUR HELD: The police on Tuesday evening seized 37 boxes of liquor from the home of Prem Lal, of Obdi Mohalla on the outskirts of Chamba town. Prem Lal, his two sons Ashok Kumar and Ajay Lal and his daughter-in-law Geeta Devi were arrested by the police and a case under the Excise Act was registered.

Mandi
ONE DIES IN MISHAP: One person was killed and five others were injured in three accidents on Tuesday. Motorcyclist Sanjay Gupta of Palace Colony, Mandi died on the spot when his vehicle hit a parapet on the Mandi-Pandoh road. In another accident three persons were injured, two of them seriously, when a Tata Sumo they were travelling by collided with a car at Bijni near here. The injured were identified Chuni Lal and his two sons Pawan and Jaikaran. In third incident a jeel fell 25 feet off the road near Shalanoo village in Bali Chowki 60 km from here. Hukam Ram was injured seriously.