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French award: Dr Navdeep Bajwa, a post-doctoral research associate and former student of Panjab University, has been given award for contribution in the field of science and application of nanotubes by the organising committee of the ninth international conference held Montpellier (France). Her contribution to science has been selected from amongst 100 poster communications. Her study is regarding making of viable sensors which respond and recover rapidly to reflect the concentration of the
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Panchkula
Injured in mishap: Pechelal (50) and Rajeshwari (10), both residents of Peer Machala, were seriously injured in a road accident that took place near Sector 5 here on Tuesday. The victims Pechelal and Rajeshwari, who were on their way to Sector 5, were hit by a school bus loaded with students of Little Flower School. The bus driver fled the spot. The victims were immediately taken to the general hospital. Condition of the injured is said to be critical. Killed in mishap: 25-year-old Bintu and his four-year-old niece Bhawna were killed when a trolley driver lost his control at a ‘T’ point near Raipur Rani on Tuesday evening.
Bintu, along with his father and niece, was on his way to Naraingarh when the accident took place. Both siblings died on the spot while their father got injured. He was admitted to the
PGI. According to information, the trolley driver fled the spot. Zirakpur
Traffic disrupted: The breakdown of an Uttar Pradesh roadways bus on the Ghaggar bridge on the national highway 22 disrupted the traffic for more than an hour on Tuesday. People had a tough time due to hot weather. The traffic in charge revealed that the bus was removed from the bridge with the help of a JCB machine. He said the traffic was resumed after one and a half hour.
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Effigy burnt: Members of the BJP’s local unit burnt an effigy of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Ambala City on Tuesday. The party workers were protesting against the alleged unethical tactic adopted by the ruling party to save the government. They raised slogans against Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi and demanded their resignation. Senior leaders of the party Faquir Chand
Aggarwal, Sanjay Sharma, Sandeep Sachdeva, Sushil Aggarwal, Vinod Garg and Satpal Maggo were present.Woman commits suicide: Bhupinder Kaur of Nagla Nanku village near Ambala City committed suicide by hanging herself at her in-laws house. The deceased's father, in his complaint lodged with the Panjokra police, said her daughter had got married to Sandeep around eight months back. He alleged that her in-laws had been demanding dowry from her. The police has registered a case against the husband and in-laws. They were produced in the local court today noon which remanded them in judicial custody. CHANDIGARH
3 get Rajiv Gandhi fellowship: The University Grants Commission has awarded the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship to three students of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University,
Hisar. Giving this information on Monday, a university spokesperson said the students, Sunder Singh, Asha and Anita
Rani, were pursuing PhD in botany. Under the fellowship, the research scholars would be provided Rs 8,000 per month for research and education purposes.
REWARI
Diesel seized, 2 held: The police here on Tuesday arrested two persons on the charge of black marketing of diesel. They have been identified as Ram Kishan of Lalpur village and Krishan Yadav of Alwar district. The police seized 525 litres of diesel from their possession. Later, they were remanded into judicial custody. The police has registered a case under the Essential Commodities Act.YAMUNANAGAR
Relief sought for martyr’s kin: Members of the Rashtriya Jat Mahasangh (RJM) on Tuesday urged the state government and the Centre to provide proper facilities and compensation to the family of a martyr, Subedar Ranbir Singh, of 16 Jat Regiment. He had killed four militants in an encounter on July 3. However, later he was killed in a hand grenade blast caused by the militants in Jammu and Kashmir. The RJM submitted a memorandum to the district administration for the Chief Minister in this regard.
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Summer school concludes: A two-week-long summer school on Design Techniques for VLSI & Nanotechnology (DTV-08) concluded on Monday. It was organised by the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department of NIT, Hamirpur. Prof I.K. Bhatt, director of the institute, was the chief guest. Rajeevan Chandel, head of the department and coordinator of the programme, said the VLSI designers and electronics engineers were in high demand and there were many job opportunities for them. Kumarhatti
3 temples looted: Unidentified burglars looted three temples near Nalagarhon Monday. The Durga Mata temple’s donation box was broken open and a sum of around Rs 20,000 stolen. Members of the temple committee sleeping in the temple could not notice the thieves. The second theft case was reported from the Shiv Temple at Kawarni. Here, the thieves took away the donation box with them. Nobody was in the temple during the night. In the third case, the Baba Balak Nath Temple was looted at
Jabbal.
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BARAMULLA
AIDS awareness: About 72,000 persons have voluntarily got themselves tested against AIDS through counselling centres opened in 92 per cent areas in the state under awareness programmes launched by the AIDS Prevention and Control Society. This was stated by M.A. Wani, director, AIDS Control Society, during an HIV/AIDS advocacy seminar organised by the Rural Development Department, in Baramulla district on Tuesday. Wani said intensive awareness programmes through electronic and print media had already been launched and under religious advocacy programme, 840 Imams had been trained besides, two teachers in 2000 high and higher secondary school, 17,000 workers of the social welfare department and 2400 sarpanches and panches had also been trained.
SRINAGAR
Fare revision ordered: The government on Tuesday ordered a revision in the fare structure of various types of stage carriage and contract carriage. An official spokesman said a notification was issued by dint of which the state transport authority had been directed to revise the fare structure with 14 per cent increase in the existing rates in respect of 52 seated buses and mini buses, 11 per cent in respect of Tata Sumo Contract carriage and 10 per cent in respect of auto-rickshaws. As per the notification, the fare per passenger per km by 52 seater buses would be 48 paisa, while for mini buses upto three km, it is Rs 3. While Rs 5 will be up to five kms, Rs 6 up to six kms and so forth. The passenger fare for auto-rickshaws up to first km has been fixed at
Rs 12, with Rs 9 for each subsequent km. The decision to revise the tariff was taken after the passenger transport services were suspended for four days from June 9 to June 12 last. Directorate for tribals: The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to create a separate directorate for tribal welfare in the state. “The Governor-in-council has approved of a separate directorate for tribal welfare for facilitating socio-economic uplift of tribal communities in the state,” chief secretary S.S. Kapur said at the council meet here on Monday. The council also approved the introduction of common seniority for direct recruits of junior Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) officers irrespective of the departments. The decision to induct 50 officers of seven feeding services into the KAS was also taken up in the meeting, Kapur said. The council also approved the creation of electric subdivision for Karnah, two posts of project officers in watershed projects were sanctioned for Leh and Kargil districts.
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