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Young champions: Eleven students of Creative Arts and Brainobrain Kids Academy, Sector 8, were declared champions at the 11th Regional Abacus Competition-2008 held in Ludhiana on Sunday. As many as 23 students from the academy participated in the competition. Remaining 12 students were also awarded as toppers. The champions include Kanika, Bhoomika, Bhavika, Roopangi, Parikshit, Muskaan, Abhinav, Avasyu, Aru, Aayu and Yuvraj. The toppers include Aakriti, Ishangi, Avni, Yatharth, Tushaar, Alisha, Akankasha, Prableen, Aaditya, Arpit, Rhea, and
Ankit. Blood donation camp: A blood donation camp was organised at Saupin’s School on Saturday. A team of doctors from General Hospital, Sector 6, conducted the camp with the support of the Red Cross Society, Panchkula. The students were shown an educational film, Red. The film, directed by Dr Gaurav Chhabra and produced by the SBTC, Chandigarh, clears some misconceptions regarding blood donation. Vinod Bagai, a renowned entrepreneur of Panchkula, was the guest of
honour.
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Villagers beat up liquor contractor: Irate villagers beat up a liquor contractor and took him hostage in Pirthala village in this district on Friday. The villagers refused to allow the police to come near the liquor shop. They were protesting against the opening of the liquor shop again after it was closed by villagers over the beating up of two villagers by the contractor’s men. The villagers later set the contractor free after the police assured them that the accused would be arrested soon and the liquor shop shifted outside the village. They alleged that Ram Dhari and Hans Raj of their village were beaten up and injured by men of liquor contractor Daljit Singh on June 28. The villagers alleged that though the police registered a case, it did not arrest the accused.
Drug pedlar gets 10-yr jail: Additional District and Sessions Judge
N.P. Dewat on Saturday sentenced a poppy husk trafficker to 10-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1
lakh. The Fatehabad police had recovered six bags of poppy husk from a car on May 29, 1999, near Rozanwali village in this district. The police had arrested Joginder Singh in this connection and had booked him under the NDPS Act.NEW
DELHI
Chief secy gets award: Haryana Governor A.R. Kidwai presented the Distinguished Fellowship Award - 2008 to Haryana chief secretary Dharam Vir for his outstanding contribution to the field of public administration at a function organised to mark the 19th foundation day of the Institute of Directors at India Habitat Centre here on Saturday. Dharam Vir is an IAS officer of the 1973 batch. The award was also presented to secretary, corporate affairs, Anurag Goel, secretary, industrial policy and promotion, Ajay Shankar, secretary, literacy, A.K. Rath and secretary, urban employment and poverty alleviation,
H.S. Anand.
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KUMARHATTI
CPI flays BJP: Jagdish Bhardwaj, president of the AITUC, said here on Friday that the
Dhumal-led government had deceived the public by scarping the State Administrative Tribunal. The decision would hit the government employees, he said. In its manifesto, the BJP had assured to strengthen the tribunal by opening its Bench at
Dharamsala. But it had betrayed the public, he alleged.
NAHAN
One commits suicide by consuming poison: Bablu (30), resident of Mohalla Amarpur, Nahan, committed suicide by consuming poison on Friday. The police said Bablu was rushed to the Nahan district hospital by his family and neighbours, where he was declared brought dead.UNA
Hindi typing competition: The Language and Culture Department organised a district-level Hindi typing competition here on July 26. As many as 52 employees from various government and other organisations participated in the competition. Shamsher Singh of Una secured the first position, Ashutosh of Nagar Parishad, Una, grabbed the second position and Balbinder Kumar of Ghanari bagged the third position. Employees’ meeting: Meeting of the Judicial Employees’ Welfare Association was held in Una on Thursday. Vinod Kumar Sharma, vice-president of the association, in a press note issued here on Friday, said the Supreme Court accepted the recommendations of the Shetty Pay Commission in favour of the subordinate judicial employees of the state. Sukhpal Naib Nazir was unanimously elected as the cashier of the Una association.
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SRINAGAR
2 Hizbul men nabbed: The police apprehended two over ground workers of the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) from Kangan in Ganderbal district on Saturday. The two were identified as Munawar Lone, son of Samad Lone, and Abdul Majid Sheikh, son of Ibrahim. Police sources said both were not active militants but provided help in terms of logistics. “They had delivered messages and consignments to HM militants several times. There has been a spurt in militant activities in Ganderbal district. Recently two Pakistani militants of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were gunned down by the security forces, while several attempts to attack Amarnath pilgrims had also been foiled. Three days back, CRPF personnel also seized an improvised explosive devise weighing 2 kg, hidden under a bridge.One dead, 7 hurt: A fire service employee died, while seven others were injured in the Kashmir valley on Saturday. Official sources said Ghulam Qadir Dar was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his quarter at the Fire Services at Maisuma, Srinagar. In another incident, five passengers were injured when a bus collided with a truck at Handwara in north Kashmir. The injured were later hospitalised. Meanwhile, a girl was injured after being hit by a vehicle at Kunzar Bazar, while another one was wounded when a motorcyclist hit her at Kralgund. Both were
hospitalised.
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