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NEW HOTELS: Choice Hotels India, a part of Choice Hotels International, is coming up as a major participant in the hospitality segment in the country and aims to join the league of international brands like Clarion, Quality, Comfort and Sleep inn. The chain is opening five new hotels in Punjab — three in Ludhiana, and one each in Amritsar and Bathinda.
ZIRAKPUR
Body found: An unidentified body of a male was found near
Nagla village on Thursday. The victim seems to be about 45-year old. A
resident of the village found the body near a paper mill. The body has
been sent to the Dera Bassi civil hospital where it would be kept for
three days for identification.
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HARYANA
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AMBALA
Memo: The association of entrepreneurs of Saha urged the state government to roll back the order of recent power cut imposed on the industries in the state. Saha Industrial Association, in a memorandum sent to state government, said the industries in Haryana were already facing the worst situation of power cut. The latest order of power cut from 5 am to 9 pm on industry would ruin them, they said.CHANDIGARH
Police to organise dog show: The Haryana police will organise “All breed inter-state open dog show” at Vachher Stadium, Madhuban, Karnal, on January 20. A spokesman of the police department has said more than 200 dogs of different breeds would participate in the event. He said all winners of the competition would be awarded cash prize of Rs 8,000 for holding first position, Rs 6,000 for second, Rs 5,000 for third, Rs 4,000 for fourth, Rs 3,000 for fifth, Rs 2,500 for sixth and Rs 2,000 for the seventh position. Nirman Sadan’s construction: The Haryana government will incur a sum of Rs 12.75 crore on the construction of the office building, ‘Nirman Sadan’, of engineer-in-chief, PWD (B&R) and chief architect, Haryana, at Sector 33 in Chandigarh and the work on this building will be completed by the end of this year. This was revealed by state PWD (B&R) minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, while reviewing the construction works on Nirman Sadan on the site with engineer-in-chief, PWD (B&R), Mahesh Kumar, chief architect Ashwani Sabharwal and senior officers of both the departments here on Wednesday. HISAR
Professor gets award: Haryana Agricultural University’s Dr K.S. Bangawra has won Dr B.P. Pal National Environment Fellowship Award. Bangawra, who is a professor of forestry, has bagged the award in recognition of his outstanding research achievement in forest tree breeding and biodiversity.
PINJORE
Man killed in accident: Om Dutt (48) was killed in a hit-and-run case on Thursday. The deceased was working as a watchman at Yadavindra Gardens and was a resident of Sainin Mohalla in the town. According to the police, the victim was hit by a Mahindra pick-up van. He died on the spot, following which the driver of the van fled. A case was registered.
REWARI
2 held for robbery: The police has arrested two persons, Raju Yadav and Kamal Saini, residents of the town, in connection with a robbery case. They had allegedly looted Rs 780 and three mobile phones from three youths in Rao Tula Ram Park here on Monday. The police had registered a case under Section 392 of the IPC in this regard. It has also seized the booty from them. A local court remanded them to judicial custody on Thursday.NGO holds protest: Activists of the Rashtriya Nav Chetna (RNC), a voluntary organisation, staged a demonstration at the district secretariat here on Wednesday. They were protesting against the alleged corrupt practices of certain proprietors of cooking gas agencies here, erratic power supply, flawed BPL lists and non-provision of employment for local youths in factories being run by national and multinational companies here. The demonstrators led by RNC’s founder president Vijay Somany and state president Gur Dev Singh raised slogans against the government. A memorandum was submitted to the DC, which was addressed to the Governor of Haryana. School lecturers’ plea to CM: The Haryana School Lecturers Association (HSLA) has urged the Chief Minister and other higher authorities concerned to expedite action on their charter of demands, which was presented to them at Chandigarh on January 3 and 4. State president of the HSLA Anil Yadav on Wednesday said it was brought to the notice of the CM and others that there were disparities in pay scales of lecturers. Several other demands of the lecturers were placed before them for implementation, he added. Army officers’ study tour: A nine-member team of young officers from the Kumaon Regimental Centre, Ranikhet (Nainital), came on a study tour of the Ahirwal region. The three-day tour, which commenced on January 7, concluded here Wednesday. The team comprised Lt B.B. Thapa, Lt Jag Mohan Singh Rawat, Lt Sunil Singh Luntih, Lt Hemant Kumar Deolal, Lt Anil Prasad, Lt Pankaj Gairola, Lt Ashwarya Joshi, Lt Mahipal Singh Bhati and Lt Davender Kumar Singh. Subedar Shiv Raj Singh Bisht was the liaison officer of this team.
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DALHOUSIE
Trekking expedition: The last batch of trekkers who had gone on a national-level expedition organised by the Youth Hostels Association of India (YHAI) returned on Thursday. This year, 701 participants from 18 different states participated in the expedition. The participants included some foreigners, one blind and one deaf and dumb trekker. There were 18 batches in all. The last batch that returned to Youth Hostel, Dalhousie, on Thursday was felicitated by the organizing team of the YHAI. The trekkers were given certificates.HAMIRPUR
Suicide: A timber merchant reportedly committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun at Bagarti village on Thursday morning. Police sources said Mahinder Singh Patial (48), shot himself with his brother’s gun. Mohinder Singh was living in the government quarter allotted to his wife Pushpa Patial at Bagarti. He allegedly had two wives and was under heavy debt. He had also taken loans from the banks. Accident: One person was killed and three others injured, when a car fell into a gorge at Jaladi on Wednesday night. Arun Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Madan, Ajeet along with driver Ramesh were travelling in a Maruti car, when their car hit a tree and fell into a gorge. All of them were taken to Nadaun hospital where Pawan Kumar succumbed to his injuries. Other injured have been referred to district hospital. Crushed to death: A woman was crushed to death by a bus on Wednesday evening near Kharwada. Sandhya Devi, a resident of Patta, was coming to her village from Shimla. After alighting at Kharwada from the bus, when she tried to cross the road, she was crushed by a bus. The woman was taken to Bhoranj hospital where she died. The police has arrested Vinod Kumar, the driver of the bus. Power cuts condemned: The Hamirpur District Congress Committee has condemned power cuts introduced in Hamirpur and surrounding areas. District secretary of the Congress committee Chetandeep Lakhanpal said in a press statement “There used to be no power cut expect once in a month to repair the lines during the Congress government, former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh never allowed the power shortage to crop up in the state.” MANDI
Fire incident: Belongings of two families were gutted in a fire that broke out in government quarters in Keylong on Wednesday night. Leakage from an LPG cylinder was said to be the reason behind the fire. Families of a driver and an electrician were rendered homeless in the biting cold. However, there was no loss of life. SDO (civil), Keylong, Vinay Kumar said the fire broke out on the first floor of the government quarters. He said an immediate relief of Rs 5,000 had been given to the affected families. SHIMLA
Appointed: PCC Chief Viplove Thakur has appointed Harsh Wardhan Chauhan, MLA, as president of the Sirmaur District Congress Committee. She has also dissolved the Shimla (urban) District Congress Committee with immediate effect and appointed Anand Kaushal as its new president.
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GUREZ
Ration distributed: Over 70,000 quintals of rice, 8,370 quintals of flour, 212 quintals of sugar and 8,000 litres of kerosene oil have been distributed among people in Gurez tehsil during the past two months. Presently, 14,800 quintals of rice, 7,500 quintals of flour, 1,700 quintals of sugar besides, 81,500 litres of kerosene oil are in stock in Gurez and Tulail valley to cater to the requirements of the people up to June 2008 as the area is cut off from the valley during winter months.
Poonch
Teachers demand jobs: Demanding government jobs, hundreds of unemployed physical education teachers under the banner of Unemployed Physical Trained Union (UPTU) organised a protest demonstration outside the sub-divisional magistrate office at Nowshera in Rajouri, yesterday. They later submitted a memorandum to the SDM. UPTU president Sudershan Chander Yashpal alleged that the government has failed to provide jobs to thousands of trained physical education teachers.
SRINAGAR
Flight cancelled: The Hajis who left for Jeddah on November 30 last and were scheduled to arrive here tomorrow, will now reach on January 17, following cancellation of tomorrow’s return flight.Total literacy campaign: District development commissioner, Anantnag, G.A. Peer flagged off a rally of the Total Literacy Campaign volunteers on Thursday. The rally was jointly organised by the State Resource Centre, University of Kashmir and ZSS, Anantnag, on the successful completion of the TLC Programme. Black-marketing: In its drive against black-marketing, profiteering, and those creating artificial scarcity, the market checking squad, constituted by the deputy commissioner, inspected various markets in Srinagar to ensure hassle free availability of essentials to people at rates fixed by the administration due to the closure of the national highway. The traders were asked to display price lists and avoid indulging in black-marketing and hoarding.
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