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PANCHKULA
Appointed: Panchkula deputy commissioner Rajender Kataria has appointed Maheswar Sharma, HCS, sub-divisional officer (Civil), Panchkula, to convene a meeting of newly-elected members of the local municipal council to administer the oath of allegiance to the remaining members and for conducting election to the post of president and vice-president of the civic body.
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CHANDIGARH
Holiday on May 22: On account of the byelection, May 22 will be observed as a public holiday within the jurisdiction of the Indri, Gohana and Adampur Assembly constituencies so that employees can cast their votes. The holiday shall also be observed under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
KURUKSHETRA
KU exams from May 16: The Kurukshetra University (KU) postgraduate annual examinations are going to start from May 16. Stating this here on Friday, KU examinations controller Hukam Singh said all roll number slips along with date-sheets of eligible candidates had already been dispatched. In case the candidates do not receive the roll number slips up to May 13, they are advised to contact the concerned result branch to collect the duplicate roll number slips during office hours.
Packaging industry: “Packaging industry is going to be one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy in our country,” vice-chancellor of the Kurukshetra University (KU) R.P. Bajpai said. He was here to inaugurate a three-day workshop on Milk and Milk Products, Packaging Technologies organised by the university here on Friday.ROHTAK
Housing society poll: The process for the election of the Management Committee of the Rohtak Model Cooperative House Building Society Ltd here began on Thursday with the display of voter list. The voter list and election programme have been sent to the secretary of the society, who is also the election manager.
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Hamirpur
Seminar on poultry: A state-level seminar on poultry production, management and disease control including bird flue will be organised at Hotel Hamir on Saturday. Farmers, poultry consultants, breeder and several experts are likely to attend this seminar. KUMARHATTI
Man crushed to death: A man was crushed under the rear wheels of a bus when he was trying to get down from it at Lakkar Depot near Barotiwala on Friday evening. Arun, who ran a rehri business, was trying to get down from the bus when he lost balance. The bus driver started the vehicle suddenly thereby killing him on the spot. A case has been registered. Mason dead: A mason died as he fell into a water tank at Baddi on Thursday evening. Rajinder (45), who hailed from Bihar, was engaged as a carpenter at the under construction Sun City. As per information available, the deceased could not notice the tank, as he was heavily drunk. His body was noticed on Friday morning by another
labourer. MANDI
himsen inspects district office: Principal secretary, information and public relations and excise and taxation, Bhimsen inspected the district office on Friday. He urged the officials to bring about qualitative change in the services and positive coordination with different departments to communicate public opinion to the government. He also took stock of the excise and taxation department. Sports meet inaugurated: Gopalpur MLA Inder Singh Thakur inaugurated the three-day long ITI sports meet at Paddal stadium on Friday. He said over Rs 12.62 crore was being spent on sports in the state. Over 250 students are participating in the meet. The state-level ITI sports meet will start here from May 26.
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JAMMU
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JAMMU
2 held with heroin: Two persons were arrested and 1 kg of heroin was recovered from their possession in Jammu on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested Yashpal and Sahil from Bari Brahamana area in the district and recovered heroin from their possession. The heroin’s worth was Rs 1 crore in the international market, the police said.
SRINAGAR
Fire damages Sufi poet’s shrine: The shrine of Sufi poet Socha Kral was partially damaged in a fire in south Kashmir on Friday, official sources said. The fire broke out in the shrine at Inder in Pulwama district and caused partial damage to it. The fire was controlled by the locals, they added. A matador was damaged in a fire at Chatloora, Dangiwacha in Baramulla district, while two houses and two shops were reduced to ashes at Kalaroos in
Kupwara.
Police arrests two HM militants: The police has arrested two more Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants in the frontier district of Kupwara, official sources said on Friday. They said the special operation group (SOG) of the state police and the 125 Battalion Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a joint operation at Handwara in north Kashmir. During the operation, two HM militants, Mohammad Saleem Sheikh and Abdul Hamid War, were arrested. One AK rifle, two magazines, one grenade, wireless set and 49 rounds of ammunition were recovered from their possession.
144 B Ed colleges: As many as 144 B Ed colleges in the private sector besides, two in the government sector, are functioning in the state. However, out of 1.13 lakh teachers, only 40 per cent are trained so far, while efforts are on to train the remaining teachers. Khazir Mohammad Wani, secretary, higher education, said the two BEd colleges in the government sector, at Srinagar and Jammu, with an intake capacity of only 900 teachers was not able to suffice the increasing requirement for teachers training.
March session: The government has decided to introduce March academic session in the Kashmir valley, while ensuring minimum 180 teaching days. The November session in higher education is giving way to the March academic session in the valley making it at par with rest of the country in respect of the conduct of examinations and holding of academic classes, minister for higher education Gulchain Singh Charak said.
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