APPOINTED: Sunil Kumar, a lecturer in chemistry at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, has been appointed officiating principal of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22. He has been transferred as a lecturer against the post of a principal in GMSSS-22 with immediate effect.CELEBRATED: Basant Panchami was celebrated today at Shishu Niketan Public School, Sector 43, with traditional zeal and fervour. Students were briefed about the importance of Basant Panchami and after the customary Saraswati vandana, kite-making activity was carried out. A kite-flying competition was also held. The function concluded with rhymes on
Basant.
MOHALI
Chain snatched: Two youths snatched a gold chain from a woman in Phase VII on Monday. Balwinder Kaur told the police that she was sitting in the courtyard of her house when two youths came on a motorcycle. They parked the vehicle outside the gate. One of them approached her on the pretext on inquiring about some address. When she started directed him, the youth snatched her gold chain and both the youths fled on the motorcycle. A case was registered.
Commissioned: A radiotherapy machine, a dedicated cancer pathology laboratory and first Rural Indus Cancer Detection Centre were commissioned at Indus Super Speciality Hospital in Phase I. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Dr Navtej Singh, medical manager and consultant radiologist, claimed that the radiotherapy machine was the first high-energy medical linear accelerator (15m V) was the first to be used in Punjab and the
tricity.
Low water supply: Parts of residential and industrial areas of the town will be supplied water at low pressure on February 12 and 13 as old machinery is being replaced at Kajauli water works. According to a press note of the department, residential Phases I to VII and Industrial Phases I to V will not get the noon supply of water on both the days.
BILASPUR
Police remand: District and Sessions Judge Sidharth Sarwal, Ghumarwin, has remanded Ashok Kumar of Plasla village, Sardar Singh of Gandhir village and Rulia Ram of Kutheda village in police custody till February 13. A leopard skin was seized from their possession.
KULLU
Houses, cowsheds gutted: Four houses and four cowsheds were gutted while one house was partially damaged in a devastating fire at Garuli village here on Sunday night. The loss to property was assessed to be around Rs 15 lakh. However, no loss of life was reported. The Naib Tehsildar, Banjar, said 13 families were affected and an immediate relief of Rs 21,500 was distributed to them. Banjar Nagar Panchayat president Vijay Thakur has demanded establishment of a fire station there.
AIDS awareness camp: The Himachal Pradesh Green Foundation for Drug Reforms and Environmental Protection in Himalayas, an NGO, organised an AIDS awareness camp at the ITBP (2nd Battalion) premises at Babeli, about 5 km from here, on Sunday. As many as 150 ITBP cadets and 13 soldiers volunteered to give blood samples for tests. The cadets were given information about HIV and AIDS. Lectures were delivered as to how to protect themselves from the deadly virus and the disease.
MANDI
3.75 kg charas seized: The Mandi district police on Monday arrested three persons under the NDPS Act after allegedly recovering 3.75 kg of charas from their possession today in three different cases. According to the police, three persons have been identified as Dalip Singh, a resident of Rangcha (Bali chowki), Ramroop, resident of Budhsham, Panipat, and Rajinder Singh, resident of Patreli, Panipat. Dalip Singh was arrested last evening and has been sent to three days police remand by the judge while the other two would be brought before the judge here tomorrow. The police claimed that Dalip was carrying 1 kg charas with him while walking towards Larji dam near Aut police station on the highway. The alert police patrol searched him and arrested him after recovering charas from him. The patrol police searched another suspect Ramrup near the dam and recovered 1.25 kg charas. The police arrested Rajinder Singh near Thalot after it recovered 1.75 kg of charas from his possession.
Raising day: DIG central range P.L. Thakur on Monday lauded the efforts of the CRB battalion Pandoh for rending its services during emergency and meeting difficult situation of law and order in remote areas of the state. Addressing the gathering at the raising day of the battalion at Pandoh Thakur said the community policing has gained acceptance among people and getting people’s cooperation in the state. The CRB has been doing tremendous service in difficult law and order times or floods and serving in the remote areas in the state, he added.
Nahan
Rajgarh youth dies: Sohan Singh (24), son of Nain Singh, a resident of Dhamla village under Rajgarh subdivision, died under suspicious circumstances on Sunday. Reports said passengers of a private bus noticed Sohan Singh lying unconscious at Sheilesh Kenchi. He was rushed to a hospital by the bus passengers but he breathed his last near Sanoura village. Eyewitnesses said he had a deep head injury. The police has sent his body for a post-mortem.
Woman suffer burns: Durga Devi (32), wife of Daulat Ram, a resident of Tikkri village in the Renuka area, received more than 50 per cent burns as a kerosene stove burst at her residence. She was rushed to Dadahu referral hospital in a critical condition from where she was referred to the Nahan district hospital. A case has been registered.
NURPUR
Office-bearers elected: The following have been elected unanimously as office bearers of the local block unit of the Himachal Pradesh Non-Gazetted Officers association- president Onkar Dhiman, senior vice-president Rajesh Sahotra and general secretary Tilak
Raj.
