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Dr B.C. Gupta bereaved: The cremation of former electronic engineer Nirmal Kumar, father-in-law of Punjab financial commissioner, Cooperation, Dr B.C. Gupta will be held at Sector 25 cremation ground here on Wednesday. Kumar (80), who died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday, is survived by Dr Vanita Gupta, director, State Aids Control Society,
Chandigarh. CHANDIGARH
Exams rescheduled:
Sacred Heart School has rescheduled the exam, which is scheduled for 3rd Dec to 19th Dec, and the paper scheduled for 19th Dec is postponed to 6th Jan, 2009 for the senior wing of the school.
— TNS
Complaint No:
Ram Niwas, home secretary-cum-chief vigilance officer has stated that a telephone number 2743410 has been installed in the office of superintendent, home-III branch, for attending vigilance complaints.
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KAITHAL
Power transmission to be strengthened: The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam have jointly made a comprehensive programme to strengthen the transmission and distribution network of the district, under which various developmental works will be carried out at an estimated cost of over Rs 150 crore. A UHBVN spokesperson on Wednesday said the district would have 23 new substations within the next two years to transmit power, which included setting up of 220 kV substations at Kaul and Batta near Kalayat, five 132 kV substations at Dhand, Kheri Gulam Ali, Habri, Sitamai and Khurana and 33 kV substations in Sangan, Deora, Sirta, Songri Guliana, Jagdish Pura, Kathwar, Sisla Sismor, Kutabpur, Budha Khera, Chandana, Deeg, Barsana, Kheri Raiwali, Mandi Sadran, Landar Keema and Harnola villages.
— OCSports Council: The Haryana College Teachers’ Association (HCTA) has welcomed the revised and new constitution of the Sports Council of Kurukshetra University. The HCTA is of the view that the present constitution will increase the participation of college teachers of physical education and students in sports activities. General-secretary of the HCTA Rajbir Parashar on Wednesday said the HCTA had hailed the direction and content of the new governing principles of the Sports Council, which was unambiguously a positive step towards decentralisation and democratisation in the functioning of the body. Dr Parashar said the HCTA had demanded a review because the earlier constitution was not conducive for flourishing sports in the university and other affiliated colleges.
— OC KURUKSHETRA
Last date extended: The last date for admission to various programmes except MPhil and MA (P) education being offered by the Directorate of Distance Education (DDE), Kurukshetra University, has been extended up to December 31, said director, DDE, KU, in a press note released here on Wednesday. The form had to be submitted with late fee of Rs 1,500 plus usual examination late fee.
— OC Manesar
Fire in cloth factory: A major fire broke out at a cloth factory named Koutons here on Wednesday morning. Although fire was huge, there was no casuality. Seven fire tenders reached the spot immediately and controlled the fire in one and half hour. The SHO said the factory got fire at 6 am and they received the information at 7.15 am and they reached the spot immediately. The fire was so huge that they had to refill the tender.
— TNS REWARI
Teenager killed: Amit Yadav (15), son of Surender Singh Yadav, died after he reportedly fell into a well incidentally while watering their fields in Parkhottampur village, near Jatusana, on Tuesday. The police, which held inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC, has treated it as a case of incidental death.
— OC Youths thrash man:
Some youths allegedly beat up a man after they failed to get the victim’s motorcycle for a joy ride in TP Scheme Colony here on Tuesday. They also set Chandan Mata’s motorcycle on fire and looted his gold chain. The police has registered a case of causing hurt, theft and indulging in mischief by fire against the accused, Vishal, his accomplice Sandeep and several others, on a complaint filed by the victim, a resident of Mohalla Tejpura here.
— OC SONEPAT
Teacher dies in accident: A retired teacher, Sultan Singh (60), a resident of Uttam Nagar Colony in Gohana, was killed after he was reportedly hit by a vehicle near railway crossing on the Meham road on Wednesday. The driver of the vehicle sped away after the incident. The victim had gone for a morning walk. Passers-by found his body lying on the road and informed his family members. The police reached the spot and took his body to the CHC, Gohana, for a postmortem. A case has been registered.
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BILASPUR
New DC: Amar Singh Rathore, a senior officer of the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Cadre (HAS), has joined here as the deputy commissioner. Earlier, Rathore was the director of the Town and Country Planning, Shimla. He has replaced Devesh Kumar, who has been posted in Shimla as the director of the Information Technology.
— OC
HAMIRPUR
Reimbursement bills: Himachal Pradesh Pensioner’s Kalyan Sangh has expressed serious concern on the non-payment of medical reimbursement bills of pensioners. In a letter written to the Chief Secretary, which was released to press on Wednesday, president of the sangh B.D. Sharma said despite announcement by the Chief Minister on July 15 to release Rs 16 crore for paying medical bills to pensioners, these were still pending for the want of money
— TNS
KANGRA
Tata Sumo stolen: A Tata Sumo was reportedly stolen from Packa Tiala village falling under the Dehra police station in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Subdivisional police officer Kulwant Singh said the vehicle was parked along the roadside at the village on Monday and found stolen in the morning.
— OCNAHAN
3 shops gutted: Three chemists shops in front of referral hospital at Dadahu were reportedly destroyed here on Wednesday after a fire broke out in one of the shops, which reportedly engulfed two more shops. The fire was first noticed by watchman of the bazaar. Hundreds of residents immediately assembled at the spot and tried to extinguish the fire with the local police.
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Jammu
DD’s tribute to scholars: In its efforts to showcase the rich cultural history of the state, Doordarshan has initiated a series of programmes so as to pay tributes and preserve the memories of great artists, jurists, scholars, academicians and poets of eminence who brought laurels to the state. ‘Sakhsiyat’ and ‘Safar Zindagi-Hundh’ are two such programmes introduced recently by Doordarshan Srinagar and Kashmir channel so as to preserve the great voices that are playing their last innings.
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Srinagar
Thieves decamp with telephone cables: Thieves looted 600 pairs of telephone cables, rendering many telephones dead and more than 20 gas cylinders were robbed from a shop in the uptown, during the past 24 hours, official sources said. They said in the dead of night, when people remained indoors, a group of thieves looted several meters of cables at Natipora. A BSNL official said, about 600 telephones were dead in the entire area.
— UNIWorld Disable Day: A function was organised on the premises of Shafaqat Special School for Multiple Disabilities by Voluntary Medicare Society on the occasion of World Disable Day on Wednesday. Various competitions like fancy dress, flower show, rhymes, game show and cultural programmes were organised on the occasion.
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DEHRADUN
Seminar on beat policing held: Police administration would provide light weapons, motorbike and walky-talky to the beat police officers. Making this announcement during a seminar on beat policing held yesterday, IG Garhwal Ashok Kumar said that multipurpose belts would be provided to beat officers. He also made it clear that beat officers will not be looking
after the routine jobs in the police stations. “The beat officers would be exclusively dealing with the duties assigned
to them under the respective beat,” said the IG. — TNS
MC holds meeting: As part of its garbage disposal initiative, Dehradun Municipal Corporation today held another round of dialogue with the Hoteliers and Restaurant owners. The meeting in principle
decided to level some user charges ranging from Rs 300 to Rs 1000 depending
upon the category of business. The hoteliers and Restaurants were broadly divided into three categories. First
those, Restaurants without lodge, Restaurants with lodge and Restaurants with both lodging and eatery. Further,
it was decided to include two more restaurant owners in the 9-member committee of hoteliers.
—TNSHARIDWAR
Security beefed up: With the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, security has been tightened in the city and special checking operations are being carried out in the city. Policing at all the prime locations and sensitive places have been increased. Police patrolling is also increased at all major temples and Triveni ghat. SHO A.Chaudhari said that vigilance in the city has been increased at all public places. Meanwhile the traders association and student associations paid tributes to
the martyrs who died in the Mumbai attacks. — TNS Sadhvi found dead:
A 60-years-old sadhvi named Krishna Saraswati was found dead at her Shivam Ashram room in Haripur. Her body was found hanged with the room fan. The Haripur area is a saint dominated area with various ashrams situated here. The ashram authorities tried to conceal the matter as they tried to give her Jal Samadhi but
the area people informed the police. Police took the body in the possession and send it for the postmortem. A senior
police officer said that it looks like a suicide case but possibility of internal feud
can't be totally ignored. — TNS
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