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Diarrhoea cases: As many as 25 patients suffering from diarrhoea visited the Civil Hospital here today. Nine of them were admitted. However, Dr H.S. Sarang, SMO in charge of the hospital, said the situation was under control and the patients were admitted only to be kept under observation. These in-door patients had come from Phase VI, Lakhnour, Balimki Colony and Badmajra. There were no indications that pointed towards any epidemic. 
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Villagers meet SP: Residents of Mandholi Kalan village here met the SP and urged him to arrest a man, who has been allegedly threatening villagers these days. They said the man identified as Rajesh had been allegedly threatening people with a pistol. Rajesh had allegedly threatened one Kartar Singh of the same village with dire consequences on Sunday. The matter was reported to the police, but no action was taken against him, they alleged.
Body found:The police recovered the body of a 26-year-old youth from the industrial area near the ESI hospital on Monday. Sources said the youth was murdered with a sharp-edged weapon and thrown into bushes.
KURUKSHETRA
Office-bearers elected: Following have been elected unopposed members of the governing body of
I.G.N. College, Ladwa. Pawan Garg, president; Harjoginder Singh, vice-president; Praveen Gupta, general-secretary; and Ved
Prakash, treasurer. The election process was carried out by retuning officer Dr
H.P. Sharma in the presence of Prof M.M. Goel from Kurukshetra University as the observer.
SONEPAT
Addl transformer: The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) has augmented the capacity of 33 kV substation near the sugar mill, Sonepat, by installing an additional 8 MVA transformer at a cost of Rs 65 lakh. A spokesman for the UHBVN on Monday said at least 8,000 electricity consumers would be benefitted. He said the substation already had an 8 MVA transformer. With the installation of the new transformer, the capacity of the substation had gone up to 16 MVA.Work in court suspended: Work in the court of subdivisional Judicial Magistrate J.S. Sindhu was reportedly suspended for some time when a large piece of cement plaster fell down from the roof of the court during the hearing of a case on Monday. The incident created panic among people and other members of the Gohana Bar Association. The building was renovated about a month ago.
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Shopkeeper assaulted: No arrest has so far been made by the police in an incident of assaulting a shopkeeper Garjesh Kumar near Bharmour tribal township by three persons on Sunday evening according to a report reached here on Monday. The report said after closing the shop in the evening, Garjesh was on his way to home when three persons waylaid his vehicle and dragged him from the vehicle. They assaulted him with stones, thereby, causing him head and mouth injuries, besides internal grievous injuries on his body. A case has been registered.
Viral fever under control:
The viral fever, which has gripped the tribal belt of Holi and affected more than 30 children, is under control. Its symptoms were severe fever and cough. N. K. Lath, additional district magistrate of
Bharmour, said this fever was seasonal. However, the doctors and other paramedical staff at the Holi community health centre were directed to help the patients, who were combating the viral fever, he added.
SHIMLA
BPL certificates: The government has authorised concerned gram panchayats to issue below poverty line
(BPL) certificates to the families at the village level so that they do not face inconvenience. An official spokesperson here on Monday said it had also been decided to issue the certificates in the name of the head of the family, while the names of other family members would be mentioned so that the BPL certificate can be used by anyone to avail benefits meant for them.
Sharma executive director:
Nand Lal Sharma, Himachal administrative officer (HAS), has joined as executive director (Personnel) in Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam
(SJVN). Sharma had been serving as special secretary in the State Department of Health and Family Welfare. He has served in various capacities in the state government and has a vast administrative experience in diverse fields.
SOLAN
Liquor seized, 2 arrested: Cracking down on the illicit liquor traders in the district, the police arrested two persons, identified as Mohan Singh of Bathalag of Arki and Mukesh Kumar of Shimla, and seized 2,364 bottles of liquor from them near Shalagarh of Aki subdivision on Sunday. Liquor worth Rs1 lakh was seized from a mini truck, which has also been impounded by the police. A case has been registered under Section 61-1-14 of the Excise Act.Misuse of official car:
Clarifying his position in the news item, “Misuse of vehicle by top cop” which was published in these columns on July 17, wherein it was stated that an alto car had been withdrawn after it was allegedly misused by his Chandigarh-based family, SP Solan SPS Verma on Monday said he had merely taken this car on a few occasions to Chandigarh and that too for official tours. He further added that he had been posted at Solan since the past six months and in this tenure his family stayed with him for nearly 3 months. Hence, the misuse of this official car at Chandigarh was not true.
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DC visits Hazratbal: Kashmir divisional commissioner Masaud Samoon accompanied by other senior officers visited the Hazratbal shrine on Monday to assess the arrangements ahead of the Meraj-un-Nabi. Masaud interacted with the shrine management and reviewed the transport facilities. He was informed that adequate medicare, water, power supply and sanitation facilities had been made. Nearly 262 water points have also been installed besides, four additional water tankers have been arranged. Flash and street lights had also been made functional. About 90 SRTC buses and 250 more mini buses would be plied to ferry the pilgrims to and from
Hazratbal.Wildlife training programme:
A three-day training programme on “Wildlife Crime Prevention in J&K” was inaugurated at the Dachigam National Park on Monday. The programme is being organised by the Department of Wildlife Protection in collaboration with a Delhi-based NGO, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), to conserve wildlife and ensure capacity building of departments concerned. Chief wildlife warden A.K. Srivastava said manpower equipment, mobility and communication was needed for better management of wildlife. Principal chief conservator of forests I.A. Khan said wildlife crimes were a major threat to the survival of flora and fauna. Regional wildlife warden, Kashmir, F.A. Gillani, acknowledged the contribution of the WTI in providing 160 field kits to the staff. Book fair organised: A book fair organised by the Sahitiya Academy was inaugurated by renowned poet and former vice-chancellor, Kashmir University, Prof. Hamidi Kashmiri, at the College of Education here on Monday. Books published by the academy in Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, English and Punjabi, would be available at the fair. The fair is organised in collaboration with a local publishing agency “Meezan”. The Sahitiya Academy, convener, (Kashmiri) Dr. Aziz Hajini said the fair would last for five days. Prof. Hamidi also urged the youth to read the poetry of Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani. Prof. Mohammad Zaman Azurda, Rukhsana Jabeen, and a number of book readers were present on the occasion. Batmaloo blast toll up to 6:
Mushtaq Ahmad Dar (30), who was among 28 persons injured in the grenade attack at Batmaloo here last week, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital here on Monday. With his death, the death toll has risen to six, official sources said. Dar, a driver by profession, succumbed to splinter injuries at the Soura Medical Institute where he was admitted after sustaining serious injuries in the grenade attack at Batmaloo bus stand on July 24. Dar hailed from the Barzulla locality here. Meanwhile, a mother and her four children were also killed when militants exploded a grenade at the bus stand. All five victims were buried at the Malkhah graveyard in the interior city. 7 hurt in mishaps:
Six passengers were injured when an Army vehicle hit a Sumo in Baramulla district on Monday, a police spokesman said. The Army vehicle hit the Sumo near Khawaja Bagh in Baramulla district, injuring six persons travelling in the vehicle. The injured were later hospitalised. In another incident, Abdul Kuloo, was injured after being hit by a private jeep at Akugund in Ganderbal district. Abdul hails from Naninara village of Sumbal. The jeep was on way to Srinagar from the Sonamarg hill resort.
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