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Fatehabad
MAN FOUND DEAD: A taxi driver was found murdered in his vehicle near Ayalki village in the early hours of Friday. Shankar Lal (45) was a resident of Bhirdana village. The police found his body in his Maruti Esteem (DL8CA-1240). The vehicle was parked on the roadside near Ayalki village. The police has registered a case.
Hoshiarpur
CYBER LAWS: The District
Bar Association, Hoshiarpur, organised a seminar on cyber laws at the
Bar room here on Friday Mr Hawa Singh Hooda, Advocate-General, Haryana,
presided he said cyber crime was increasing by the day. He mentioned
various cases of pornography and other fraud. Mr Vivek Sud, advocate,
said the right of an adult had not been considered in Section 67 of the
Act relating to cyber pornography.
Jhajjar
MAN KILLS WIFE, SELF: A mentally disturbed person reportedly committed suicide after hacking his wife to death at Matanhail village of the district on Friday night. The couple was cremated by villagers. No case has been registered. Jiwan Singh was mentally disturbed for the past six months after the death of his six-year-old son in a road accident. He reportedly killed his wife,
Satto, with a sharp-edged weapon and later hanged himself to death.Phagwara
WOMAN LOOTED: Ms Inderjit
Kaur Virdi was looted of seven tola gold jewellery, Rs 3,000/-, mobile
phone and other items by two clean-shaven on the local Khothran road
Hindi-speaking miscreants on Friday night. The woman runs an STD PCO on
the Khothran road near her residence. She was returning home after
closing the shop when she was waylaid by the duo. They tied her
“dupatta” around her neck, thrashed her, snatched her purse and fled.
CROP DESTROYED: About two acres of standing wheat crop was reduced to
ashes at nearby Bhagana village on Friday night. The crop belonged to
farmer Natha Singh. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained. IMB
BODY: The following have been elected office-bearers of the Association
(IMA), local branch. president — Dr Rajeev Gupta; vice-president — Dr
D.K. Chhabra and Dr Gurpreet Kaur; secretary — Dr H. Mitra;
joint-secretary — Dr Balbir Bhardwaj and Dr Ramesh Arora; and finance
secretaries — Dr M.L. Bansal and Dr Joginder Singh. PHILLAUR
NRI SHOT:
Mr Surinderjit Singh, an NRI, was allegedly shot at and critically
injured by a person at Sareeh village in Jalandhar district on Friday
night. According to information, the lone assailant came on foot to the
residence of Surinderjit, called him, outside and shot him after an
altercation. Jagjit Chauhan, nephew of the deceased said they took his
uncle to a private hospital in Jalandhar where Surinderjit succumbed to
his bullet injuries. The Nakodar police has registered a case under
Section 302, IPC, and the Arms Act. No arrest has been made so for.
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