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Cyclist killed: An unidentified 23-year-old cyclist was killed when a speeding truck hit him on the GT Road near the Focal Point Chowk. The body of the deceased was sent to the Civil Hospital here for postmortem, the police said. One held: One person has been arrested for carrying illicit liquor. The accused Jeet Singh, a resident of Dhani village, was arrested and 200 kg of illicit country-made liquor was allegedly recovered from his possession.

Phagwara
Liquor seized: The special staff of the Phagwara police recovered 40 cartons of liquor from a mini-truck at a naka near Chaheru village here on Saturday. The police also arrested Rashtar Pal Singh and Harjinder Singh, both residents of Pehowa in Haryana. A case under the Excise Act has been registered against the accused at the Sadar police station and the truck has been impounded.

CHANDIGARH

HONOURED: Mr Neel Kant Gargya, a local chartered accountant, was awarded a certificate of honour for his work on “Contribution in organising programmes for professional and social cause” at the 53rd AGM and Award Distribution Function of the Northern India Regional Council of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Delhi, held on Friday.

HARYANA

Ambala
Office-bearers: Following are the office-bearers of the district Youth Congress, Ambala: president: Mr Babu Kanojia; senior vice-president: Mr Anand Jindal; general secretary: Mr Satish Saini; vice-presidents: Mr Sandeep Duggal, Mr Deepak Singla, Mr Sunil Thakur, Mr Tarun Kumar Pahuja, Mr Akhilesh Goel and Mr Altaf Khan; secretaries: Mr Jai Dhiman, Mr Neeraj Sharma and Mr Amit Chona; joint secretaries: Mr Deepak Gupta, Mr Mahesh Kumar, Mr Mohit Gaur and Mr Shashi Batra; organising secretary: Mr Manjeet Singh; press secretary: Mr Ravi Kanojia; and members are Mr Jai Prakash, Mr Ramesh Sahara and Mr Johari Gulati.

Book released: A book by Ambala-based author Parvesh Handa was released at the World Book Fair, New Delhi. The book on ‘How to Control Wrinkles and Ageing’ has been published by New Dawn Press, USA and UK. It has been released through the Sterling Group.