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Sarita suicide case: The arguments on the bail application of the accused in the Sarita suicide case were concluded here on Tuesday. The Special Judge of the CBI court, A.K. Verma, reserved the order on the application for October 23. The CBI had arrested two police officials of the Rohtak CIA staff for allegedly raping Sarita, who had later committed suicide in front of the police headquarters at Panchkula on June 9. The CBI counsel, H.P.S. Verma, during the arguments, pleaded that Sarita had mentioned the name of two of the accused - Baljeet and Silak Ram- in the suicide note. In September, on the direction of the CBI court, the DNA test of the duo accused was conducted in a national laboratory in Delhi and the report of the test came negative. KURUKSHETRA
Prohibitory orders: On the eve of Diwali, District Magistrate Pankaj Aggarwal, in an order issued here on Tuesday, has prohibited the sale of fireworks, which explode at the height of 4-5 meters or above and dangerous type of bombs within the municipal limits of Thanesar town, Pipli, Ladwa, Babain, Shahbad, Pehowa, Ismailabad and other areas of the district. The sale will be restricted from October 25 to 30. SONEPAT
Drive against dengue: In collaboration with the local Municipal Council, the health authorities in the district on Tuesday launched a 15-day drive against dengue larvae breeding in all localities of the town, said civil surgeon Dr
M.S.Ahlawat. He said nearly 15 teams had been deployed to carry out fogging and other 16 teams to visit house-to-house to check water containers, destroy the dengue larvae if found.
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HAMIRPUR
Ban on firecrackers: Hamirpur district magistrate Abhishek Jain has imposed a ban on the sale of unlicensed firecrackers and clamped Section 144 from October 20 to 30. In his orders, Jain has banned exploding firecrackers in the main bazar, from mini secretariat to regional hospital and Bhota Chowk to petrol pump. The ban has also been imposed at Nadaun, Sujanpur, Bhota, Badsar, Jahu, Bhoranj and Bijarahdi areas from 10 pm to 6 am on the Diwali night. KULLU
Two dead: Two persons died of hooch on Monday as they had overdose of liquor at Patlikuhal, about 20 km from here. The deceased were identified as Kamal and Kanshi Ram, both Nepalese. The police said the post-mortem confirmed excessive dose of liquor as the cause of death. The bodies were handed over to the relatives, the police added. SHIMLA
Workshop held: A workshop on computerisation of accounts in the government sector was organised by the Information Technology (IT) Department here on Tuesday. Representatives of various boards, corporations and public sector undertakings attended it. It was chaired by secretary, IT,
B.K. Aggarwal. The objective was to enable efficient processing of information and automatic generation of accounting documents.
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Srinagar
Youth found dead: Panic gripped the people of the Mujpathri area when body of a 26-year-old was found in the forest area on Tuesday, official sources said. They said a group of villagers, who were going to the forests, saw a body at Nangaser in Shopian district. The body was taken to local police station. The deceased has been identified as Rashid Goorsi, a local resident. The cause of his death was not known and investigations were on, they said.
Boy’s death sparks protest: An 8-year-old boy was knocked to death by a vehicle at Bijbehara, leading to massive protests by locals, official sources said on Tuesday. They said a vehicle hit and killed Umar Bashir at Bijbehara in Anantnag district of south Kashmir. Later, hundreds of people took to streets in protest against the incident. The driver of the vehicle was arrested, they said adding situation was now under control.
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ICFAI organises IMDP-08: The ICFAI University has organised a Management Development Programme at ICFAI National College here. Inaugurating the programme, Prof P.A. Kulkarni, vice- chancellor, ICFAI University, said the programme is aimed at enhancing and ensuring effective global service standards in the service sector. He said the objectives of the IMDP were to understand service design issues, explore customer values, enhance customer retention and ensure best practices in the service sector. Many senior research scholars, academicians and meritorious students attended the
programme. Amway forays into energy drinks: Amway India Enterprises has announced its venture into the energy drinks and energy bar segment by launching Amway XL Energy Drinks and Amway XL Energy Bars. While Amway Energy Drinks have no carbohydrates, no sugar, no fat and marginal caffeine and is in two flavours - Citrus Blast and Tropical Blast, Amway Bars are available in Apple, Cinnamon and Fruit and nut
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