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Orkut on Spice: The Spice customers would be able to connect with their Orkut friends without using Internet. The Spice mobile service has made, Orkut, a social networking website available to its customers on mobile phone. The customers would be able to send, receive and respond to scraps with their Spice mobile anytime anywhere through text messages. All Spice customers could use this SMS driven service as the service works on all handsets said one of the officials. President elected: The Chandigarh State Cooperative Bank Ltd. , in its board of directors’ meeting, elected Gurdial Singh as president and Jujhar Singh as vice-president of the bank for a term of one year. The board of the bank includes 12 elected directors and three as government nominee.
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Funds collected: Students of the Army Institute of Law, Sector 68, here contributed amount worth Rs 37,000 to the chief minister’s Relief fund in Bihar. Fourth year Law students collected funds, clothes and other essentials from the college and surrounding sectors. The Institute has planned to organise a blood donation camp for the flood victims. Tumour removed: Doctors at the Cheema Medical Complex, Mohali, have successfully removed a ovarian tumour weighing 4.3 kg from an elderly woman, Angrez Kaur. Dr Ajaiwant Cheema, MD of the medical complex, said the tumour was removed from the area surrounding pelvis and involved complicated surgical procedure, including
laparotaomy. Students’ screening: A team of army officials headed by Brigadier Sanjay Aggarwal visited Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology college campus to screen students who had applied under the University Entry Scheme. Dengue threat: The consumer protection and grievances redressal forum has asked the municipal council to improve the state of sanitation in the town in order to check the spread of dengue fever and other communicable diseases. Twelve cases of dengue fever were reported from different parts of the town. President N.S. Gill said the condition was brought to the notice of the authorities concerned around mid-August but to no avail.
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Rs 486 crore for
development works: The Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board has earmarked Rs 486.75 crore for various development works like construction of link roads, special repair of link roads, mandi works and deposit works during the current financial year. An expenditure of Rs 166.82 crore had been incurred on the construction of link roads till July, agriculture minister Harmohinder Singh Chatha said here on Wednesday. Fish production target: The Haryana fisheries department has raised the level of fish production to 68,000 metric tonnes during this financial year from 61,000 metric tonnes in 2007-08, thereby keeping a growth rate of 10 per cent. Stating this here on Wednesday, agriculture minister Harmohinder Singh Chatha said fish productivity would be raised from 5,048 to 5,200 kg per hectare per year. Similarly, water area under fish culture would be raised from 13,000 hectares to over 14,300 hectares by the end of 2008-09. He said efforts would be made for diversification of traditional carp fish culture to culture of high valued fish species such as magur, sol, singhara, ornamental fish and prawn. KAITHAL
Orissa violence: Condemning the attack on Christians in various parts of Orissa, the Masih Shakti Sangthan, a Christians’ organisation, has demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident. In a representation, signed by Krishan Kumar Chauhan, national president of the MSS, which was sent to the President through the deputy commissioner here on Wednesday, the organisation has also demanded imposition of ban on bodies fanning communalism in Orissa. The organisation has also demanded payment of compensation for the loss of life and property and adequate compensation to those injured in the Orissa violence.
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Scheme dedicated: PWD minister Gulab Singh Thakur on Wednesday dedicated the Rs 25.30 lakh irrigation scheme for the Mamaan village in Ladbharol, giving villagers an opportunity to grow cash crops. Addressing a public meeting at Maman in Jogindernagar, Thakur said the fertile Ladbharol area had vast potential for growing cash crops. The Rs 1.65 crore irrigation scheme for the Utpur area was under fast progress and would soon be dedicated to the villagers, he added. NAHAN
One washed away: Namdev Singh (16), a resident of Faridkot, was washed away in the Yamuna near Govind Ghat on Tuesday. The police said four boys had come to Paonta from Faridkot on Tuesday to pay obeisance at the gurdwara. Three of them went to take bath in the Yamuna. But, Nam Dev Singh and his friend Mangal Deep went into deep waters. Ajay Kumar (18) of Devi Nagar jumped into the river and got hold of the youths. He managed to save Mangal Deep but could not save Namdev Singh. NURPUR
1 held for rape attempt: The police on Wednesday arrested Arun Kumar, a migrant labourer from Bihar, for reportedly attempting to rape a six-year-old minor girl at Gurchal. When he allegedly attempted to rape the girl, the minor raised an alarm. On hearing the cries of the victim, the family of the girl reached the spot and the accused fled the spot. The police has registered a case under Sections 511 and 376 of the IPC against the accused and sent the victim to Tanda Medical College for medical examination. Boy drowned: Ayush (10), a student of DAV school, Bagni, drowned in a water tank at his house in Danni village on Tuesday. He was rushed to the civil hospital here in a serious condition. His parents took him to a private hospital in Pathankot, but he died on the way. SHIMLA
Blood donation camp: The Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) under the aegis of the State Red Cross on Wednesday organised a blood donation camp. Sheila Dhumal, wife of the Chief Minister, inaugurated the camp where 75 police personnel and their families donated blood. Dhumal said more such camps should be organised so that patients and their wards do not face any inconvenience in arranging blood. She added that awareness must be created among the people to donate blood.
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17th Karmapa arrives in Ladakh: Head of the Karma Kargupa of Buddhism arrived here on Wednesday on a 10-day trip with thousands of people waiting to receive his blessings. The 17th Gelwang Karmapa Rinpochey is expected to visit Changthang, eastern Ladakh and Nubra valley in northern Ladakh. He will deliver a one-day religious discourse at Choglmasar in Leh, Disket in Nubra and Mahey Gonpa in Changthang areas. Rinpochey was earlier scheduled to visit Ladakh on July 26, but the visit was postponed as the Centre did not give
clearance for his visit until the Beijing Olympics ended. SRINAGAR
Lake conservation: The Dal and Nigeen lakes would be mapped in consultation with the Hyderabad-based Directorate of Remote Sensing. “The state government is consulting the Directorate of Remote Sensing to ascertain the latest status of the twin lakes”, chief secretary S.S. Kapur said here on Wednesday. While addressing the 10th meeting of the coordination committee constituted for the conservation and reviving of the water bodies, Kapur said two new sewage treatment plants would soon be installed in the city. Kapur said an amount of Rs 25.84 crore had been earmarked for efforts aimed at arresting soil erosion and reducing the silt and nutrient load into the lakes. The meeting also approved the purchase of lake cleaning machines and decided that manual de-weeding would also be carried out wherever possible. 2 hurt in mishaps: Two persons were injured, while an equal number of houses were gutted in the Kashmir valley on Wednesday. Official sources said a girl was injured after being hit by a security force vehicle at Palhala, Pattan, on the Srinagar-Baramulla road. She was admitted to a hospital in a critical condition. Later, hundreds of people took to the streets and protested against the security forces. Demanding arrest of the driver, people blocked traffic for an hour. Meanwhile, a scooterist was injured after being hit by an Army tanker at Malanpora in Pulwama district. The scooterist was hospitalised and a case was registered. In another incident, two houses were gutted in a devastating fire at Ibrahim colony in Bemina. The cause of the fire was not known, said sources.
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