PATIALA
Awareness camp: Goetze (India) Limited, Bahadurgarh, near here, celebrated Janmashtami by holding a first aid and traffic awareness camp for its managers and workers. Mr J.P. Thukral inaugurated the camp. Mr K. R. Verma of the Red Cross and Mr Sukhdev Singh, Mr Pal Singh and Mr Gurjap Singh of the Punjab Police gave information about first aid and traffic rules, respectively.

Celebrated: Scholar Fields School celebrated Janmashtami with great enthusiasm. Students drew pictures of Lord Krishna and enacted their parts as Krishna and Gopis with joy. The celebrations concluded with a speech by the Principal, Mr D.P. Guleria.

PHAGWARA
Four injured in clash: Four persons, including three women, were injured in a clash at Khati village, near here, on Saturday. The injured were taken to a hospital for treatment. Some property dispute was said to be the cause of the clash.

Rs 73 lakh seized in raids: Income Tax authorities are reported to have seized
Rs 73 lakh undisclosed money in the three raids conducted here. It was learnt on Friday that the raids were conducted at an industrial unit, a utensils store and a kariana shop. Sources said Rs 60 lakh, Rs 7 lakh and Rs 2 lakh, respectively were seized from each of the places where surveys were conducted.

Shop set on fire: Certain mischievous elements allegedly sprinkled kerosene oil at a cloth shop in market of Prempura Mohalla and set it on fire. The shop belonged to one Mannu. It was situated in a 18-shop market complex. However, fire was controlled in time.

Elected: Mr Ravinder Talwar, Principal, DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, has been unanimously elected president of Arya Samaj, Sector 7-B.

Meeting: Over 125 delegates participated in the zonal-level meeting of the public relations department of the Sant Nirankari Mandal here on Saturday. Maj J.D. Sharma (retd), member in charge of the department, said the mandal was engaged in the spiritual awakening at the international level for human welfare. Mr Niranjan Singh, Chairman, Punjab State Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission, said in order to develop the feeling of universal brotherhood it was must to realise God.

Programme: The six-week rural entrepreneurship development programme organised by Agro Processing Entrepreneur-ship Development Centre concluded at Ram Darbar here on Saturday. According to a press note, the participants acquired skills for the manufacture of fruits products such as jams, jellies, pickles and vinegar. The Chief General Manager of NABARD, Mr A. Ramanathan, was the chief guest.

Mohali
Residents stage protest: Resident of Phase II staged a protest outside the police station in Phase I here on Friday against the failure of the police to take action against a person who had allegedly beaten up two youths. Demanding immediate action the protesters raised slogans against the police. The youths were allegedly beaten up with a cricket bat by a resident of the same area and the police had got a medical examination of the injured youths done.

Councillors flayed: The House Owners Welfare Association of Phase I here has criticised municipal councillors for delaying the implementation of sanitation bylaws in the town. In a statement issued on Thursday the president and the general secretary of the association, Mr P.S. Virdi and Mr Tek Chand Sharma, respectively, said the delay was due to the slack attitude of the municipal councillors. Representatives of the two association also criticised the municipal council for increasing the water and sewerage charges.

BHIWANI
Man missing: A man has reportedly been missing under from Dinod village. According to police sources, 50-year-old Vishnu Dutt, son of Tek Ram, is missing from the village. The police said clothes of Vishnu Dutt had been recovered from Dinod minor, situated on the Kusumbhi road.

Girl abducted: A man and woman have been charged with abducting a girl by luring her. In a complaint to the police, Satpal of Patram Gate here alleged that Gulshan and Leelawati of the local Shanti Nagar lured his daughter, Sonu, and abducted her. But no arrest has been made, so far.

Jhajjar
Suicide by two: Two persons including a mother of four children, committed suicide by consuming same poisonous substance in Chhawni Mohalla colony of the town here on Thursday. Both the deceased belong to the same family. According to information, the deceased woman’s husband, Jaggi, had also committed suicide about two years ago. The man, whose actual name was Ranjeet, was reportedly facing acute financial crisis.

REWARI
Tractor stolen: A Mahindra tractor (HR-36-9683) which was parked near the residence of its owner, Har Narain, of Sector 3 here was stolen on Thursday. A case has been registered.

SONEPAT
Body found: The Government Railway Police found an unidentified body of an aged man on the rail tracks near the Rathdhanna railway station, 8 km from here, on Saturday. The body was sent for post-mortem examination.

Case registered: The police on Saturday registered a case against a head constable and his sons on the charge of the alleged beating up of a rehriwala in the Anaj Mandi here. The rehriwala, Baljit (40), alleged that he was forcibly taken to a house by the head constable in a van where he was beaten up. However, no arrest has been made in this connection.

Rape bid: The police has arrested Hari Chand of Mahmoodpur Majra village on the charge of attempting to rape his 11-year-old granddaughter on August 16. Mr Anil Kumar Rao, Superintendent of Police, said here on Saturday that a case had been registered. The parents of the girl alleged that Hari Chand had lured the girl and made an attempt to rape her at his house.

Nurpur
Vanmahotsava: A ‘vanmahotsava’ programme was organised on Thursday by the local Nurpur Press Club in collaboration with the Sahyog and Crescent, both non-government organisations, on the premises of the Press Club . It was presided over by the local SDM, Dr N.K. Lath. Addressing the gathering Mr Lath called upon the people to adopt a positive approach towards maintaining the ecological balance system by growing more threes.