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KURUKSHETRA
DAV College wins trophy: The DAV College for Girls, Yamunanagar (YMN zone), bagged the trophy in the Kurukshetra University three-day 31st inter-zonal youth festival. The youth festival was organised by the department of youth and cultural affairs, KU, which concluded on university campus here on Friday. The festival was inaugurated by vice-chancellor R.P. Bajpai while the prizes were given away by state finance minister Birender Singh.
— OCSeminar today:
The Haryana government has decided to pursue the case of Kurukshetra to develop it as a heritage city and seek its inclusion in the list of world heritage cities. To facilitate the affairs, the department of tourism and hotel management, Kurukshetra University, will organise a national seminar on “Kurukshetra: Planning for World Heritage City” on university campus here on Sunday. The seminar will be inaugurated by Dr A.R. Kidwai, governor, Haryana, while Kiran Choudhry, minister of tourism, Haryana, will be the guest of honour.
— OC REWARI
Hotel owner thrashed: A hotel owner, Niranjan Lal Saini, and his two employees - Rajender and Dinesh - were allegedly thrashed with sticks and iron rods by a gang of youths in Dharuhera on Friday. The youths also went on a rampage at the hotel. Sources said when the hotel owner refused to oblige a youth with the supply of a packet of eatables free of cost, the infuriated youth along with his other associates assaulted the hotel owner and his employees. The police has registered a case of rioting, criminal trespass, causing hurt and damage as well as criminal intimidation against the accused, Sonu, a resident of Wazirabad, and his 10 other accomplices.
— OC Man commits suicide: Rakesh Bawaria (35) reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Neelgiri Colony of Dharuhera on Friday. Sources said Rakesh took the extreme step out of sheer desperation caused by his in-laws’ reported refusal to send his wife with him recently to Dharuhera. His wife, who had an altercation with him recently, has been living at her parental house for the past some time. The police, which held inquest proceedings, has treated it as a case of suicidal death.
— OC 2 killed in accident:
Two youths died on the spot when the motorcycle they were riding on was reportedly hit by a truck on the Bhiwadi-Dharuhera road on Friday. The deceased have been identified as Manish Kaushik, scrap dealer of Dharuhera, and Praveen Kaushik. The mishap took place when they were going from Bhiwadi to Dharuhera while the truck was on its way to Bhiwadi. The police has registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the truck driver, who reportedly absconded after the accident.
— OC SIRSA
Workshop on stories: A workshop on stories, Kahani Karyashala, will be organised by the Haryana Sahitya Akademi in collaboration with the Haryana Lekhika Manch at Shri Yuvak Sahitya Sadan here on Sunday. According to an official spokesman, Sunita
Setia, chairperson of the Improvement Trust, would be the chief guest at the workshop. Noted storywriter, Chitra Mudgal would preside over the function. Some new books would also be released on the occasion, he added.
— TNS SONEPAT
4 die in mishaps: Two persons identified as Jagdish and Raj Kumar of Trinagar in Delhi were killed after they were run over by a passenger train on Friday. The incident took place when they were crossing the level crossing near the local railway station. In another incident, a rehriwala, Om Prakash, and his wife Sumitra, a resident of Ambedkar Colony in Khewra village, were killed when they were reportedly hit by a canter on the Bahalgrah-Baghpat road on Thursday. The police has arrested the canter driver and impounded the vehicle after registering a case against him.
— OC 5 gangsters held:
The CIA team of the police arrested five armed gangsters and seized two guns, eight live cartridges and two motorcycles from their possession. A case has been registered against them. The gangsters have been identified as Sunil, Pradeep and Yashvir of Badwasni, Ajai Pal of Lath and Sandeep of Bharain village in Rohtak district. SSP Navdeep Singh Virk said they arrested them on a tip off.
— OC Cattle smugglers held: With the arrest of eight persons, the police busted an inter-state gang of cattle of smugglers operating in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for the past few days. SSP Navdeep Singh Virk here on Friday said the police also seized two mini-trucks loaded with 16 bulls and calves, which were being smuggled to Uttar Pradesh from Haryana. The arrested were identified as Sunil, Bulla, Khalid, Satbir, Ravi, Abid Ali, driver Sanjeet and Intezar. The arrested persons, he said, have confessed that they were taking the bulls and calves to Uttar Pradesh from Haryana for the purpose of killing.
— PTI Priest shot at: Priest of a local temple in a village here has been allegedly shot at and injured by some armed persons, the police said on Friday. Priest Gajanand, who sustained pellet injuries during the attack, is admitted to a private hospital where his condition is stated to be critical, they said. The incident occurred on Thursday when seven unidentified persons forcibly entered the temple premises. When the priest and his follower resisted the move, Gajanand was shot at and injured by them, watchman of Kaali Maata temple at Barhi village told the police. Gajanand’s follower escaped unhurt in the attack.
— PTI
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JAMMU
VC releases souvenir: The outgoing Jammu University (JU) Vice-Chancellor, Amitabh
Mattoo, on Saturday released a souvenir - ‘The Voice’ - of the Jammu University Research Scholars Executive Association
(JURSEA) here. On the occasion, president of JURSEA Vikas Sharma deliberated upon achievements of the scholar
organisation. —TNS
Srinagar
Seven NC workers join PDP: Seven prominent workers of the NC today joined the PDP at Anantnag in south Kashmir where sixth phase of the polls are scheduled for December 17.
A spokesman of the PDP said seven senior workers of the NC had joined the PDP along with their supporters.
They resigned from the NC yesterday, he said.
— UNI
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