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BILASPUR
Plea to streamline
reimbursement: The Himachal Pradesh State Pensioners Welfare Association has hailed the government for sanctioning Rs 16 crore for clearing all pending medical reimbursement bills of pensioners. Association president Jiva Nand Jivan said the system of clearing pending medical reimbursement bills of pensioners needed to be properly streamlined and reviewed at regular intervals so that pensioners did not face difficulties. He said he had written a letter to the government, pleading that all heads of departments at the state and district levels should be asked to present a status report of medical reimbursement payment requirements every month invariably.
DALHOUSIE
Set up coop societies: Gujjars: The district Gujjar Samaj Kalyan Sabha has urged the state government to set up cooperative societies for milk, as the principal avocation of the Gujjars is rearing livestock, especially buffaloes. In a meeting of the sabha held here on Tuesday, the leaders of the Gujjar community said with the formation of cooperative societies for milk production, the Gujjars would get genuine prices for milk and its products. HAMIRPUR
Drive to book traffic violators: The police has started a special drive to check road mishaps by acting against traffic rules violators in Hamirpur district. Under this drive, a special police van patrolled the highways of the district from July 16 to 22 and took action against rash and negligent drivers, besides traffic rules violators. Hamirpur SP Asif Jalal said 96 traffic violators were challaned during this period and Rs 15728 was collected as fines on the spot while 57 cases were sent for trial in court. 10-yr RI for rape:
R.L. Raghu, the district and sessions judge, Hamirpur, has sentenced an Army personnel to 10-year in prison for raping a widow four years ago. The court has sentenced Deepak Kumar to 10-year rigorous imprisonment (RI), besides imposing a fine of Rs 25,000. He has also been sentenced to six-month RI and a fine of Rs 1,000.
KUMARHATTI
Woman sets herself on fire: A married woman, Champa Devi (25), had allegedly set herself on fire at Thadi Bhola village near Nalagarh on Tuesday. She was rushed to the Civil Hospital, Nalagarh, by her husband and neighbours. She was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh, where she breathed her last. The deceased received 65 to 70 per cent burn injuries. According to her husband there was no issue that could force her to take such an extreme step. Meanwhile, it was learnt that the deceased was mentally upset and badly depressed.
MANDI
3 arrested under NDPS Act: The police on Wednesday seized 2.7gm of charas from Hira Singh and Hem Raj and 1.4 kg of poppy husk from Sanjiv Kumar, a resident of
Amritsar, Punjab. All three were arrested under the NDPS Act. The CIA police team searched a Kullu-Chandigarh HRTC bus and recovered 2.7 gm of charas from them, the police said. Sanjiv was caught at Aut carrying the poppy husk, the police claimed. Nahan
Media in charge removed: Giving a big jolt to the Shyama Sharma faction, Baldev
Bhandari, Sirmaur district BJP president, on Wednesday removed district media in charge of the party Sanjeev Sharma and named Rakesh Garg as the new media in charge. Body found : The Renuka police recovered the body of Layak Ram (32), a resident of Dhar Chullaheria village, from the Giri river near Mohtu village, about 42 km from here, on Wednesday. The deceased had been missing for the past two days from his village. The body has been sent for a postmortem. Liquor seized:
Vishal, a resident of Chandigarh, was arrested by the Paonta police for carrying illicit liquor in a Tata Indigo car (CHO3U 5998) on Tuesday. Paonta DSP
V.S. Thakur said the arrest was made at a naka at Bata Mandi, near
Paonta. There were 192 bottles of liquor packed in 16 cartons. The vehicle was impounded and Vishal was arrested after he failed to show any legal document for carrying liquor. Vishal reportedly confessed that the wine was being smuggled to Dehra Dun. 1 killed in road mishap: Baldev Singh, an employee of the
HPSEB, died on the spot on Tuesday when his motorcycle (HP-17A-1507), which he was riding, had a head-on collision with a truck (HP-17-3787), near Missarwala village, on the Nahan-Paonta road. While Jangbir Singh of Kolar village, the pillion, was seriously injured. He was rushed to the Paonta subdivisional hospital from where he was referred to a hospital in Dehra Dun, the Paonta DSP said. He said the truck driver fled away from the scene, along with his truck. However, he was arrested by a police party following the truck, he added. Boating objected: Due to the expiry of boating contract, boating in the holy Renuka lake is suspended for the past three weeks. Although the Renuka Development Board has put this matter to be decided in the next meeting, the
panchyats, NGOs and saints of Renuka are up in arms to stop boating in the holy lake which has hurt the religious feelings of lakhs of devotees and cause environmental hazard. Swami Dayanand
Bharti, mahant of Renuka Brahamchari Ashram and chairman of Sirmaur Kalyan
Samiti, on Tuesday demanded to stop boating in the lake which is worshipped by lakhs of devotees.
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KUPWARA
Independence Day: Preparation for the forthcoming Independence Day was discussed in the district officers’ meeting that was chaired by the district development commissioner,
Kupwara, on Wednesday. It was decided that main function would start with the plying of ‘shahnai wadan’. The contingents from the
JKP, JKAP, CRPF, BSF, fire and emergency services, Home guards and school children would take part in the parade. Artists from the Information Department and school children will present a cultural
programme. The PHE, electric, health, fire and emergency services will provide necessary arrangements. A committee headed by the additional district development commissioner will monitor the arrangements, an official spokesman said.
SRINAGAR
Work on Nageen Club inspected: Masaud Samoon, divisional commissioner, Kashmir, on Wednesday inspected the work on Rs 6.3 crore Nageen Club, Nandpora Festival Park, guesthouse and Ashai-i-Bagh Park. He conducted a detailed review of the ongoing de-weeding of Nageen Lake and directed the authorities to revive its past glory. Samoon also asked the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) to order immediate removal of illegal structures and encroachments on the lake. The divisional commissioner was accompanied by the commissioner (housing and urban development), director (health), commissioner (municipality) and senior authorities of LAWDA. He also had a detailed discussion with the director health services, Kashmir, regarding acquiring of 14 kanals of land for proposed sewerage treatment plant near the leprosy hospital.
Challan presented: Crime Branch has presented a challan against proprietor of M/s Marinex Chemie, Saqib Faheem Kachroo of Soura, Srinagar, before the chief judicial magistrate here on Tuesday. Kachroo had been accused of cheating and forgery. The complaint was lodged by director (school education), Kashmir. The Crime Branch enquired into the allegations of production of fake ISO-9000 certificate by a local SSI unit holder entitling him to submit tenders for providing materials for Chemistry. As a result of the inquiry, a case was registered against the accused, an official spokesman said. Investigation revealed that the directorate of school education, Kashmir, had invited tenders for purchase of chemical materials from dealers in November 2003. It was found that one M/s Marinex Chemie, near Goal Masjid Bulochipora Soura, Srinagar, had produced ISO-9000 certificate bearing No QSC-9000 purportedly issued from Rotherdam, the Netherlands. The certificate in question was verified from the quarters concerned through Interpol with the assistance of CBI. It was found that the said certificate was fake. The other documents submitted by the firm along with the tender were also forged.
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