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Appointed: The Chandigarh education department on Tuesday appointed Gurdip Singh, superintendent grade-II, as registrar, education (Schools). Gurdeep Singh has been promoted to this position following the retirement of
A.L. Nanda.
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Protest against price rise: The Haryana Janhit Congress (Bhajan Lal) has decided to hold demonstrations in each block of the state on Wednesday in protest against price rise. Satpal Kaushik, a close associate of party president Kuldeep Bishnoi, here on Monday, said Bishnoi had directed block presidents of the party to stage dharnas to highlight the failures of the ruling Congress in checking galloping inflation, which had made the life of a common man miserable. REWARI
Dowry case against five: The police has booked Manju Devi’s husband Mukesh Kumar, Priyanka’s husband Raj Kumar, their father-in-law Surender Kumar, mother-in-law Bimla Devi and sister-in-law Shakuntala, all residents of Pali village of Mahendergarh district, on charges of dowry harassment, criminal breach of trust and criminal intimidation. A case under Sections 498-A, 406 and 506 of the IPC has been registered against them. Earlier, Manju of the Hans Nagar colony here filed a petition against them.
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Probe sought: The District Non-Gazetted Employees Association has urged the Chief Minister to order a probe into the alleged carelessness by some officials who did not bother to ensure payment of medical reimbursement and TA bills of employees under the
HP-PWD 10th circle here. Association district president Chet Ram Verma, general secretary Anil Chadda and press secretary Bhupender Dogra said the government had sanctioned Rs 25 lakh on March 27 for these payments, but the information and sanction was conveyed to the offices concerned only on March 31 at 3 pm. This led to the lapse of grant and put beneficiaries to inconvenience, they alleged. CHAMBA
LIC agent found dead: LIC agent Parveen Kumar (21), a resident of Sadwan in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district, was found dead in a field alongside Pulani Nala, near Bharmour, on Monday. A case had been registered at the Bharmour police station and the body sent for a post-mortem examination. Hamirpur
Exorbitant school fees: The District Consumer Protection Organisation has urged private schools to charge genuine fees at the time of admission. The president of the organisation Deepak Sharma said many private schools had been charging hefty amounts at the time of admission in the garb of providing facilities. Asking the parents to be vigilant Sharma said his organisation would keep an eye on such activities by the private schools. NAHAN
Shop gutted: A kariyana shop owned by one Gurpal Singh, a resident of Paonta, situated at the Bangaran Chowk in the town, was reduced to ashes, as fire broke out in the shop in the wee hours on Tuesday. The police has registered a case in this connection and started investigating regarding the cause of fire and loss to the shopkeeper. Sources said the store was having articles for more than Rs 10 lakh, which were completely destroyed, however actual loss was still to be calculated. NURPUR
Three houses gutted: A sudden fire broke out in kutcha house of a gujjar family at
Kathgarh, 6 km from Indora in this subdivision, today and rendered three gujjar families homeless. According to the Indora Police, house of Vashir Mohammad caught fire at 10 am when he and his family were away. The fire spread and engulfed adjoining houses of Makkan Deen and Pappu
Deen. All three houses gutted before the fire brigade from Pathankot reached the spot. However, no loss of life was reported in the mishap. A loss of Rs 4.80 lakh has been estimated in the preliminary investigation made by the police. Shimla
Committee constituted: The government has constituted a committee under the Chief Secretary to rationalise the existing administrative units, including the need for creation of new units, taking into account the existing sub-divisions, tehsils and blocks in the state. The principal secretary, revenue, rural development and GAD, would be the members of the committee and all divisional commissioners the special invitees. The secretary, revenue, would be the member secretary of the committee.
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Policeman arrested: A policeman was arrested on Tuesday after 108 rounds of AK-rifle were allegedly found in his possession in Kathua district. On a tip-off, the police raided the house of havaldar Abdul Gani in Basholi area and recovered the ammunition. A case has been registered. Meanwhile, troops of the 157 Territorial Army Battalion arrested a woman roaming near the Zero-line in Kanachak area of Jammu district. She was identified as Poonum Rani of
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SRINAGAR
SHRC’s notice to DGP: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the DGP to seek a report from the authorities of Tihar Jail in New Delhi regarding the alleged maltreatment of Kashmiri detainees there. A notice had been sent to the DGP for collecting complete information from the superintendent, Tihar jail, with respect to the allegations that appeared in a local newspaper, acting chairman of the SHRC, Habibullah Bhat, said. The commission has listed the case for hearing on May 1. Water supply schemes: An amount of more than Rs 10 crore was being expended in different water supply schemes in Leh of Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesman said on Tuesday. He said Rs 2.80 crore was expended on various water supply schemes against an allocation of Rs 2.97 crore under the district plan for the current fiscal year. Steel bridges: To provide more connectivity to people of remote border areas in Karnah sub-division, the government has started construction of four bridges at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore, an official spokesperson said on Tuesday. He said work was in progress on all four steel girder bridges, including Butha Moji and
Tazooni. Co-operative bank: The Jammu and Kashmir Co-operative Bank has done a business of Rs 2,000 crore in the financial year 2007-08, through its network of 210 branches, while its credit deposit ratio has increased to 40 per cent, state agriculture and cooperatives minister Abdul Aziz Zarfm said on Tuesday. IED blast in Pulwama: Militants triggered an IED blast in Pulwama district, official sources said on Tuesday. The explosion took place on the Rajpora-Pulwama road in the wee hours from where a police patrol party and the CRPF were expected to pass. However, no one was hurt in the blast. Police sources added that no militant outfit had claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
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