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Surprise check: Members of the Kisan Union (Lakhowal) found overweight bags of wheat being loaded at the old and new mandis in Lalru. The union and market committee members undertook a surprise check of the heat bags being loaded in the two mandis on Friday. Each bag had over one kg of wheat more than the prescribed weight of 50 kg. For every quintal of wheat that the farmer gave, he suffered a loss of Rs 20. The members demanded strict action against those who were responsible for causing loss. PANCHKULA
Nominated: Central president of the Anti-Corruption Society has nominated Pooja Sharma as the president for the Panchkula branch of the society. Other office-bearers include Sudhir Kumar Malhotra and M.P. Singh — vice-presidents; Rajan Bali and Sandeep Kapoor — general secretaries; Man Sharma — press secretary; Mukesh Gupta — secretary; Bandana Malhotra — joint secretary and Anju Banati - chief adviser.
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Prayer meeting: A prayer meeting was held in Sector 9 here on Saturday for paying tributes to 78-year-old Raj Rani Sharma, mother of Haryana MLA Venod Sharma. Besides local leaders and politicians, finance union minister for state Pawan Bansal, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, MP Naveen Jindal, AICC general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi and AICC treasurer Moti Lal Vora were among those who attended the meeting. FARIDABAD
17 students hurt: Seventeen students of the Gurgaon Institute of Aeronautical Engineering and Technology were injured, two of them seriously, here on Friday when the bus of the institute they were travelling in overturned. The driver of the bus, Sanjay, has also received injuries. All of them were admitted to Badshah Khan Hospital. The two seriously injured have been identified as Deepak, a native of Rohtak, and Amit from Himachal Pradesh. The institute has a branch in Palli village in the district. The students were going to Palli for practical classes. REWARI
Booster stations: Irrigation and PWD minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav inaugurated three newly constructed booster stations at Lakhnaur, Budhpur and Chandawas villages of the Rewari constituency on Friday. He said the stations would ensure augmented drinking water supply to residents of these villages as well as other surrounding villages. Reiterating the state government’s commitment for equitable distribution of canal water through Hansi Butana Link Canal, he assured the villagers that the pace of developmental works in the Ahirwal region would be accelerated in the remaining two-year tenure of the state government. SIRSA
Addict arrested: The police arrested an addict, Gurdeep Singh, of Chakhewal village for kidnapping a three-year-old girl here on Saturday. High on drugs, he picked up the girl from a market. However, nearby people saw that and chased him. They informed the police, which after registering a case under relevant sections against him, handed over the girl to her parents. Sonepat
Cong charged with
neglecting Gohana: The INLD candidate from Gohana assembly constituency, Dr K.C. Bangar, on Saturday charged the Congress with neglecting development of Gohana and failing to meet the water and electricity requirements of people. While addressing a press conference here, he said the rising prices of essential commodities had made it difficult for poor people to arrange a two-time meal for their children.
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Prosecutors meet CM: The state Attorneys (Prosecutors) Association has thanked Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal for appointing
H.S. Rana as director Prosecution as this has given proper representation to cadre of prosecutors in the state. Association state press secretary N.C. Ghai said here on Saturday that a deputation of state executive committee of the association led by its state president
V.K. Choudhary met Chief Minister at Shimla on Friday and expressed gratitude of prosecutors to him for taking certain steps for their welfare and also for ensuring justice to their cadre. The association also presented a memorandum to the Chief Minister and stressed their demands that they should be paid non-practicing allowance on pattern of several other categories of officers in state.
KANGRA
Anurag’s candidature non-family affair: BYM: Bhartiya Yuva Morcha (BYM), youth wing of the BJP on Saturday denounced any such campaign launched by political opponents of the BJP that the selection of Anurag Thakur was a boost to the family cult in the party by Chief Minister P.K. Dhumal. Himanshu Misra, state general-secretary of the BYM, said this while addressing a press conference here. He said Anurag Thakur has his own identity in the party and the BYM was moving from door to door from April 29 in Hamipur constituency to carry poll campaign.Office-bearers: The following have been elected as office-bearers of the Himachal Pradesh Medical officers Association Kangra. President Dr Gurdharshan Gupta, vice-president Dr Vinay Mahajan, general-secretary Dr Subhash Thakur, joint-secretary Dr Prem Bhardwaj, press-secretary Dr Kulbhushan Sood, treasurer Dr T.K. Rattan. Central executive members Dr Ajay Pathania and Dr R.S. Rana and Dr Neelam Mahajan and Dr Satish Sharma have been elected as the district executive members of the association. NURPUR
Social worker dead: Hem Raj Suri (79), an ex-member of the state telecom advisery committee and noted social worker, died here on Saturday after brief illness. A large number of people from different walks of life attended the funeral. Local market remained closed as a mark of respect to the departed soul. Seminar for farmers: In order to motivate the farming community to sell wheat crop to the government agency, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) on Saturday organised a farmers’ seminar at Gujjar Ka Talab near here in which local farmers and representatives of panchayati raj institutions took part. The area manager of the FCI, who presided over the seminar, called upon the farmers to sell their farm produce wheat to the FCI. He informed them that the FCI had opened two procurement centres at Gujjar Ka Talab and Thakurdwara in Nupur subdivision besides appointing its agents to procure wheat from the farmers. He said the government had fixed Rs 1,000 per quintal as support price for wheat and farmers should prefer selling their produce to the FCI, as they would not be cheating with farmers while weighing their produce.
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2 held for murder: The police presented a challan in a south Kashmir court in a murder case on Saturday. A police spokesman said Om Bahadur Thapa of Gurkha Nagar, Jammu, was murdered by some unidentified men early this year in south Kashmir district of Anantnag. Later, two persons, Hamid Nissar Shah and Imran Ahmad, were arrested. During the interrogation, both accused confessed to their involvement in the murder of Thapa.Land for runway: Another 110 kanals of land required for the runway of Shiekh-ul-Alam Airport has been identified. With the annexation of this land to the airport, the air flights would be doubled and the airplanes could have hassle free landing and take off, an official spokesman said here on Saturday. The deputy commissioner directed the functionaries of the Revenue Department to prepare the requisite papers for the transfer of land to the airport.
1 hurt in mishap: One Irfan Ahmad Mir (12), was injured when he was hit by a bus at Qammer, Dooru, in Anantnag district on Saturday. He was then shifted to a hospital.
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