CHANDIGARH
Additional charge: Haryana financial commissioner and principal secretary, labour and employment, Naresh Gulati, has been given the additional charge of the food and supplies department with immediate effect during the leave of
L.S.M. Salins.
REWARI
2 killed in road mishaps: Manjit (19), a student of the Industrial Training Institute, Maujabad, died on the spot when the motorcycle he was riding on reportedly collided with a Bolero on the Dhanaura-Rohrai road on Friday. He was a resident of Pranpura village, near Bawal. The driver of the Bolero fled the spot. In another incident, Vishnu (12) of Bhateda village, who got injured in a road accident on the Dharuhera-Rewari road on August 18, succumbed to his injuries on Friday in Delhi. The police has registered a case in this regard.
Man run over by train: Lala Ram (55) of Nagaur in Rajasthan was reportedly run over by a train on the Rewari-Jaipur track, near here, on Friday. The Government Railway Police said the deceased was in a state of mental delirium. He was missing from the village since August 19.
SIRSA
Girl sustains bullet injuries: Sandip Kaur, a nursing student in Ellenabad, got critically injured under mysterious circumstances at Lakranwali village here on Thursday. She has been admitted to the local general hospital with bullet injuries, where her condition is stated to be serious. Her family members said they suddenly heard a sound and rushed to her room, where she was found lying in pool of blood. She had received bullet injuries in the stomach. The family members informed the police that she was cleaning a gun, which went off accidentally.
KANGRA
Student missing: The police and family has failed to know whereabouts of a 16-year-old boy, Deepak Sharma from Dhraman, who was missing since August 11, the police said here on Friday. According to the police, he left his home on August 11 and did not return back. The police said information was flashed all over and the police parties were dispatched to trace the boy but so far he could not be traced.
NAHAN
Panchayat chief’s son found dead: Kewal Singh (23), son of Awtar Singh, president of the Behral gram panchayat, under Paonta subdivision, was found dead in an agriculture field in Behral village on Wednesday. V. S. Thakur, Paonta DSP, said there were no injury marks on the body of the deceased. It is suspected that he might have died from snakebite. He said the police was investigation the case.
1
dies in accident: Jalam Singh, a resident of Banog village
in Rajgarh tehsil, was killed on the spot on Friday when a 407 TATA
truck (HR 45 A-2782), fell into a 200 m deep gorge at Mathanan village
near Bagthan on the Nahan-Kheri-Rajgarh road. The Renuka police has
reached the spot and further investigations are being carried on. The
district administration has sanctioned Rs 5,000 as relief for kin of
the deceased.
NURPUR
PWD celebrates vanmahotsva: Local circle of the Public Works Department (PWD) on Friday celebrated vanmahotsva at Khazan near here, which was presided over by local MLA Rakesh Pathania, who planted saplings of jamun, a medicinal plant. Pathania underlined the need to protect plantation of the medicinal plants being planted in the state to make it a herbal state.
SHIMLA
Guidelines to ensure safety: The government has formulated comprehensive guidelines to ensure safety of devotees and pilgrims during fairs and festivals in view of recent incident of stampede at Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur. An official spokesperson said the government had taken a serious view of the incident and decided to circulate the guidelines to ensure the safety of public. The guidelines contained detailed plan of the fair to be made by the district magistrate.
Appeal to CM: The state public service commission employees’ association has urged Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal to appoint a permanent chairperson of the commission. President of the association Bhoop Ram Verma said a senior member S.Nigam had been functioning as the acting chairperson since July when the last incumbent retired. He said it would be appropriate if Nigam was appointed as the regular chairperson.
Committee constituted: The government has constituted a state-level grievances committee under chairmanship of Chief Minister P.K.Dhumal. The committee has 67 members, which include all ministers, former Chief Ministers Shanta Kumar and Virbhadra Singh , MP Anurag Thakur and the state BJP chief Jai Ram.
SOLAN
1 killed in mishap: Sanjay Kumar hailing from Kunihar tehsil was killed when the scooter he was riding collided with a truck. While Beena Bhardwaj, who was riding pillion, was injured. The police said the truck was rashly driven. A case under Section 304-A, 279 and 337 of the IPC has been registered against truck driver Vinod Kumar. Further investigations were underway.
