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Elected: The following have been elected office bearers of the Punjab State Accounts Service Association: president - H.S. Bedi, senior vice-president - Ashok Kumar Bhatia, vice president - S.K. Hari, general secretary - Jatinder Singh, office secretary - A.K. Gambir, joint secretary - Satinder Kaur, finance secretary - Charanjit Singh.
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Body found in well: The body of Gulbir Sharma (24) was found in a dry well in Wazirabad near here on Monday. He belonged to Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and was running a music shop here. His wife Vimla told the police that after closing the shop Gulbir went away and didn’t return. She also said he used to drink a lot. HISAR
Settlement offer: The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has offered settlement of all cases pending in various courts through Mega Lok Adalat by paying 50 per cent of the penalty. Surcharge levied on the arrears in such cases will be waived off. DHBVN sources said here on Tuesday the Mega Lok Adalats were scheduled to be held on December 20 and 21 at all district of the state. All such disputes, where penalties had been levied, can be settled through the Mega Lok Adalats provided the consumers pay 50 per cent of the amount initially assessed without any surcharge. The DHBVN has authorised the assistant general managers (AGMs) to make the settlement on behalf of the Nigam and accept the compounding charges from the consumers’ along with 50 per cent of assessed amount in the Mega Lok
Adalats. REWARI
1 killed in accident: Sunil Kumar (19), resident of Sisoth village of Mahendergarh district, died while four others were injured when a pickup reportedly rammed into the tractor on the Rewari-Mahendergarh road, 20 km from here, on Monday. Driver of the pickup Ajit and tractor driver Ashok Kumar of Zenabad village were seriously injured. The police has booked Ajit for rash and negligent driving. Minor canals commissioned: Irrigation and PWD minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav commissioned the newly constructed Mundia Khera minor as well as the Kakodia minor in the Rewari constituency here on Monday. While the Mundia Khera minor, constructed at a cost of Rs 3.61 crore, would provide irrigation facilities to 1,782 acres of agricultural land of Mundia Khera and eight other surrounding villages, the Rs 3.28 crore Kakodia minor will irrigate 2,731 acres of agricultural fields of Kakodia and seven other neighbouring villages. Simultaneously the minister inaugurated the newly-built 3-km long Khatavali-Titarpur approach road as well. Capt Yadav also said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would commission the Rs 6.70 crore Lal Bahadur Shastri Recharge Channel here on December 16. Booking office inaugurated: Ganga Ram Aggarwal, divisional manager of the Jaipur division of the western Railways, inaugurated a newly-constructed booking office in the Station complex here on Monday. He said while the new booking office would facilitate passengers purchase the tickets without undergoing the grinding exhaustion of long queues, the department was also going to open three more booking offices in Sunder Lal market, Kewal Bazaar and the Naiwali Chowk here to further ease the congestion of ticket purchasers.
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JAMMU
Adviser inspects road projects: C.Phunsog, adviser to the Governor, on Tuesday inspected the construction work of Sidhra-Surinsar-Mansar road that is being upgraded by Economic Reconstruction Agency through Asian Development Bank funding. Phunsog was informed that double lane work the road and construction of four two-lane bridges have been taken up and was expected to be completed by next year. Later, Phunsog also inspected Bari-Brahmana-Bishnah road that was being converted into two lanes. The Adviser stressed upon the executing agencies to expedite the construction of these roads and complete them ahead of schedule. Drivers caught selling flour: Four drivers of the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) Department were arrested when they were found allegedly selling flour illegally in Akhnoor area of Jammu district, police said here on Tuesday. According to the police sources, a team headed by Zahid Wani, the SHO of Akhnoor area, raided the Tanda market on Monday and caught four drivers of the CAPD department selling flour illegally to local traders. The four drivers have been identified as Balbir Singh, Sat Pal, Pardeep Kumar and Surinder Kumar. The trucks were coming from Jammu and the flour was meant for CAPD outlets in Kalakote and Bakori areas of Rajouri district. The drivers have been taken into custody and their trucks have been seized, the police sources said. 2 held for murder: The police arrested two people for murdering an auto driver in the heart of the city late on Monday, police sources here said. “The auto driver was hit with an iron rod by the mini bus driver in a fit of anger after they entered into a brawl resulting into critical injuries to him,” the police said and added that he was immediately shifted to the Government Medical College Hospital where he succumbed. The deceased has been identified as Sudhir Sharma, resident of Rehari Colony. Meanwhile, police arrested the accused identified as Joginder Kumar and Rajinder Singh, both residents of Chawadi and case under Section 302 has been registered against them. Srinagar
1 killed, 2 hurt in mishaps: One person was killed and two others wounded in the Kashmir valley overnight, official sources said on Tuesday. They said a vehicle hit and critically wounded one Abdul Salam Mir at Badgam in the central Kashmir. He was immediately rushed to hospital where he died. In another incident two people were injured when a vehicle, in which they were traveling, met with an accident at Kanidajan in Badgam. The injured were admitted to hospital, they said.
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Minister flays master plan: The former president of Dehradun Mahanagar Congress Lal Chand Sharma has strongly flayed the state government on the issue of the master plan for Dehradun. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Sharma pointed out that the situation on ground is in great variation from the draft master plan. “The land use change cases were sanctioned after the draft master plan was made public, which was totally wrong,” he alleged, while threatening to knock the doors of the court on this issue. Police officials’ meeting: The state DGP Subhash Joshi convened a meeting of members of the Police Kalyan Samiti and senior officials at the police headquarters on Monday evening. Joshi said a proposal has been sent to the government for constituting a Police Welfare Board as per Section 78 of the Police Act. During the meet, information about welfare schemes for police personnel was also provided to the Samiti members. Woman commits suicide: A woman along with her two-and-a-half-year old child committed suicide by jumping in front of a train on the Naukranda-Lacchiwala railway track, near Doiwala, on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Rambha Devi (25) and Ashu and they were residents of Missarwala
(Doiwala). Jal Nigam members protest: Under the banner of Jal Sansthan Mazdoor Union, a large number of employees of the Jal Nigam on Tuesday staged a protest against non-fulfillment of their demands. The members took out a rally from Jal Nigam office to the secretariat and raised slogans in favour of their demands.
New milk products launched: Uttarakhand minister for milk and fisheries Beena Maharana on Tuesday launched Himalayan Cheese (Natural Cheddar) and Recotta Low Fat Cheese Spread of the Aachal milk products. In her brief address, she lauded the efforts of Aachal towards promotion of milk industry in the state. Instant messaging service: Tata Indicom company on Tuesday launched its instant messaging service, an exciting and innovative medium of staying connected with people while on the move. This feature service empowers users to send group messages to friends through a single click. It also offers various personalised option of usage, including changing availability status and text, creating profiles and saving offline messages.
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