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Urged: The Residents’ Welfare Association, Phase XI, has urged the CTU authorities to re-start a direct bus service from Phase XI to PGI, Chandigarh. Association president Kulwant Singh Kaler said before the grid system was introduced, a direct CTU bus service to the PGI was available from Phase XI. Introduced: RG Stone Urology and Laparoscopy Center located at Ivy Hospital, Sector 71, Mohali, introduced holmium laser prostetomy in the hospital. The center is a part of the RG Stone Hospital Group, India's only chain of super specialty hospitals for urology and
laparoscopy. PANCHKULA
Liquor seized: The district police seized two truckloads of Indian-made foreign liquor on Friday. The contraband was to be smuggled to Rajasthan and Gujarat from Chandigarh and was worth Rs 14 lakh. Discourse: Shri Swami Vishvas
ji, founder and head of the Vishvas International Mission, delivered a discourse at Inderdhanush Auditorium, Sector 5, on Friday.
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Wife held for murder: A woman was arrested on Friday in connection with the murder of her husband in Budhakhera village in the district about 10 days ago. The victim, a photographer, was found dead in his house with his head chopped off. The wife’s alleged illicit relations are stated to be the cause of the murder. The accused, Sushma, was married to Bhoop Singh (28) about a couple of years ago.
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BILASPUR
Consumers’ body formed: The state government has formed the district-level consumers protection council for spread awareness among people regarding rights of consumers under the Act concerned and also to provide protection to them in this matter. A government notification issued here said the DC would be the chairman of this council, while the additional deputy commissioner would be the vice- chairman and subdivisional magistrates (civil) of Bilaspur Sadar and
Ghumarwin, district public relations officer and the regional manager, civil supplies corporation, would be its members.
DHARAMSALA
Result declared: The HP State Electronic Department Corporation has decleared the result of the written examination for recruitment of 1,400 constables. The Kangra SP said in a press note issued here on Friday that the marks have been displayed at the SP office, here, and at the office of subdivision police officers at Kangra, Palampur, Baijnath, Dehra, Jawali and Nurpur.NAHAN
LPG shortage: Residents of Nahan town have been facing acute shortage of LPG for the past two weeks. Sudershan Sood, in charge, gas agency, Nahan, said at least supply of 2,500 LPG cylinders was required immediately to streamline the proper supply of LGP in the town. Bhanwar Singh, field officer of IOC at Shimla office, said there was no shortage of gas but these crises were due to the non-availability of sound transport system.
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Jammu
BJP women’s protest: Over 400 BJP women staged a demonstration here on Friday in protest against the rise in prices of essential commodities. Led by the president of the BJP’s women's wing Usha
Chowdhary, they took out a procession from the party office to the city
chowk. The protesters raised slogans against the state government and the AICC president and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. BPL families:
The Jammu and Kashmir Government will be conducting a fresh survey to determine the number of households below poverty line
(BPL) in the state. Three
separate surveys would be undertaken by three different departments for compiling the fresh data. Srinagar
Liquor seized from medical shop: The state police had seized illicit liquor from a medical shop at Pulwama in south Kashmir, official sources said. The police searched a medical shop of Fayaz Ahmad Wani at Tumlahal, Pulwama, on Thursday on a tip-off that liquor was being sold there, the sources said. During the search, the police seized eight bottles of illicit liquor from the shop. 2 killed in separate incidents: A woman was killed and two others seriously injured when a house collapsed in Baramulla district on Friday. The second floor of the house collapsed at Al-Mustafa colony in the district town in the wee hours, killing Afshana (29), a police spokesman said. In another incident, a girl was killed after being hit allegedly by an Army vehicle near her house at Dethu in Anantnag district on Friday. Traffic awareness campaign: In order to create awareness and educate people about traffic rules and regulations, the traffic wing of the state police will launch a campaign next month. A three-month campaign aimed at creating traffic awareness and discipline among people, including private vehicle owners, would be launched from May, SP, Traffic, Shabir Ahmad said on Friday. Jawan kills civilian: A jawan of the 22 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) killed a civilian in Baramulla district on Thursday, a police spokesman said. The jawan found Shakeel Ahmad Malik’s movements “suspicious” and shot him. It is believed that Malik did not realise the danger of straying in the area guarded by the troops.
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