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One killed: Jagdish (35), a resident of Bhat Ka Syana village, was killed on Friday after he fell from a private bus, which was on way to Rajgarh from
Tanda. Police sources said Jagdish, who was an employee of the Horticulture Department, was critically injured when he suddenly fell on the road from the window of the running bus near Rajgarh helipad. He was rushed to Rajgarh Hospital from where he was referred to Solan Hospital, but he succumbed on the way.
SHIMLA
Two die in mishap: Sanjay Gupta (35), junior engineer in the IPH, and Prem Lal (42), BO in the Wildlife Department, died on the spot when the their Maruti car (HP-03-0044) they were travelling in rolled down, near Jaigarh, 4 km from Chopal, on Thursday night. As the accident took place late in the night, it was only on Friday morning that the villagers found that an accident had taken place. However, both were dead by the time the bodies were recovered.Alumni meet: The HPU will hold an alumni meet in April next year. Vice-chancellor Sunil Kumar Gupta on Friday held a meeting with senior officials with regard to holding of the alumni meet. The varsity intends preparing a directory of all students who have passed out from the institute since its inception in 1971. A committee had been constituted under the chairmanship of Dean of Studies V.P. Sharma to make all preparations for the meet.
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4 killed in mishaps: Four persons were killed in different road accidents in the Jammu region in the past 24 hours, police reports here said on Friday. Naib Subedar Bal Krishan (24) of Nikkian
Khour, Akhnoor, and Havildar Ashok Kumar (30) of Kaluchak were killed when an unidentified vehicle hit them on the National Highway near
Kaluchak. In another incident, two BJP workers were killed when their vehicle met with an accident near Kuthyar Bala in Udhampur district. The deceased activists have been identified as Amar Singh and Balbir Singh. 1 killed in grenade blast: A shepherd was killed in an accidental grenade blast in an Army firing range area in Rajouri district on Thursday. Sanjit Singh, while returning home from the forest area on Thursday night, accidentally stepped on a grenade at the Nonihal Army firing range in Nowshera border belt of Rajouri district, resulting in blast, the police said. The grenade was among the over 300 grenades fired by the Army during a practice exercise held on Thursday. A case in this regard has been registered by the police. Painting exhibition: Swati
Sood, a 22-year-old student of the Institute of Music and Fine Arts, has put up a painting exhibition, depicting what all Jammu residents witnessed during the unprecedented 63-day Amarnath land agitation. The exhibition will conclude on December 8.
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Kashmiri poet dead: Eminent Kashmiri poet and scholar Dr Altaf Niaz died of cardiac arrest in Bandipora district on Friday. The 44-year-old Niaz complained of chest pain in the morning and died before he could be taken to the hospital, his family said. Niaz was posted as lecturer in Government Degree College,
Handwara.
Illicit liquor seized: About 1,350 bottles of illicit liquor on Friday were seized by the police in south Kashmir district of
Anantnag, which goes to the polls in the sixth phase on December 17. Sources said on a tip off, the police raided a place in the district and seized 1,350 bottles of liquor from Fayaz Ahmad Khan.
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AIDS awareness: An awareness campaign was organised by HOPE (Horizon for Prosperity and Education), to spread awareness about AIDS today at Govind Garh. The organisation held a puppet show and Nukkad Natak for at least 2000 people comprising of truck drivers, labourers and other sections of the society where awareness about AIDS is limited. Programme coordinator of HOPE said that the leaflets and brochures were distributed among the people and they were encouraged to avail the facility of free HIV test at Doon Hospital.UPCC media cell: The office of the media cell of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC), was inaugurated at the party’s state office here today. Uttarakhand Congress chief, Yashpal Arya said that in order to have better interaction with media and to propagate various programmes being undertaken by the Congress, they had constituted a media committee under the headship of senior party leader Suryakant Dhasmana. Prominent among others present on this occasion included media incharge of Uttarakhand Congress Suryakant Dhasmana, spokesman Surender Singh Arya and co-spokesman Rajiv Maharishi. Dharna staged: Seeking removal of anomalies in the Sixth Pay Commission linked to ministerial cadre, Uttaranchal Federation of Ministerial Services Association members today staged dharna at Luxmi road situated Pay Commission office. The protesters alleged that their pay related concerns have repeatedly been ignored by the commission and thus they have been forced to go for the protest. Led by T.S. Pundir State President of the Association, the agitating employees on the occasion also submitted their resignation. R.P. Juyal, Sushil Joshi, J.P. Saklani, Purnanand Nautiyal and Shekarnand Raturi participated in the today’s protest. MP pays tributes to martyr: Former Congress MP Harish Rawat on Friday visited the Ganeshpur residence of NSG Commando Gajendra Singh Bisht who attained martyrdom fighting terrorists in Mumbai. In his condolence message to the bereaved family members, Rawat said the sacrifice made by Gajendra would be written in golden words in the nation’s history. He said Uttarakhand had no dearth of persons who are ready to sacrifice for the cause of the nation.
PNB opens ATM centre: The Punjab National Bank on Friday opened its 37th ATM center in Dehradun. The ATM has been installed opposite Garhi Cantt Police Station. S.K. Goyal, deputy general manager of PNB said the bank was fast expanding its services in Uttarakhand. He said the bank presently has 1808 ATMs in the country while a total of 81 ATMs were in Uttarakhand.
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