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Office-bearers: Varinder Singh Sant, national president of the Anti- Corruption and Crime Prevention Community- Oriented Policing Society, today announced the office-bearers of the Punjab unit of the society. President - Dr Harjasdeep Singh; general secretary - Kirandeep Singh Oberoi; vice-president-Mithlesh Yadav; treasurer - Anil Kumar Kansal; and secretary - Ashok Kumar Arora . Besides this an 11- member executive committee was also formed. Advocate Harmanjeet Singh Dhanoa was nominated in charge, legal cell of the society.Kharar
5 kg poppy husk seized: A 5 kg poppy husk was confiscated from Amarjeet Singh, a resident of Barauli village, on Wednesday. The police put up a naka, near Gharuan, and arrested Amarjeet with poppy husk stored in a cloth bag. He has been sent to 14 days judicial
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MC executive officer: Vijay Kumar Gupta took over the charge as the executive officer of the Mohali municipal council here on Wednesday. He replaced Amna Kumar Goyal, who has been transferred to Rajpura civic body. The transfer orders issued by the secretary have been received on Wednesday. 
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Paddy arrivals: As many as 39.20 lakh tonnes of paddy has arrived in mandis of Haryana during the current kharif season so far. Stating this here on Wednesday, a spokesman for the food and supplies department said of the total paddy arrival, about 18.13 lakh metric tonnes had been procured by government agencies at the minimum support price and the remaining about 21.07 lakh metric tonnes had been purchased by private millers and traders, which included 3.37 lakh tonnes levy and 17.69 lakh tonnes non-levy paddy.
FARIDABAD
Jhuggis demolished in Faridabad: A demolition squad of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) on Wednesday demolished scores of jhuggis in Sector 17 and cleared shop verandahs of
encroachments. The anti-encroachment operation was conducted smoothly. The HUDA authorities have warned shopkeepers of stringent action in case they indulged in encroachments in the future. Similar drives in other sectors of HUDA are being planned.
HISAR
Energy conservation fairs: To make people aware about electricity conservation, the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has decided to organise energy conservation fairs at all its circle headquarters, including Sirsa, Hisar, Bhiwani, Narnaul, Gurgaon and Faridabad, from December 13 to 15 as part of Energy Conservation Day celebrations on December 14. A spokesman for the DHBVN said here on Wednesday that the nigam would organise exhibitions, speeches, seminars, drawing competitions and cultural programmes during the fairs. Nigam officers would educate people about efficient use of domestic and commercial electrical gadgets, use of non-conventional energy for lighting, cooking and water heating.KURUKSHETRA
Tipsy employee suspended: General manager of the Haryana Roadways S.K. Katyal has placed a Class VI employee, Rajender, under suspension for allegedly consuming liquor while on duty. Confirming this here on Wednesday, Katyal said Rajender, who was posted at the old bus stand here, was found under the influence of liquor while on duty and was suspended. REWARI
In-laws booked for dowry: The Sadar police has booked Suman Lata’s husband Anil Kumar Yadav, her mother-in-law Shakauntala Yadav and seven others, all residents of Balawas Jamapur village, near here, on charges of harassment for dowry, causing hurt and criminal intimidation. A case under sections 498-A, 406, 323, 506 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against them on a complaint filed by Suman Lata, daughter of Pooran Singh, a resident of Bhiwadi town in Alwar district in Rajasthan. She alleged that recently she was subjected to cruelty by her in-laws for dowry. SONEPAT
Blood donors: Two voluntary and social organisations and five blood donors of Gohana who have donated blood 50 or more times will be among those to be honoured by the blood bank of the PGIMS, Rohtak, on December 12. Asha Hooda, wife of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will be the chief guest at the function. Among the Gohana blood donors, Surender Biswas has donated blood 130 times, Rahul Goyal 78 times and P.K. Paliwal, Thakur Jagpal Singh and Lalit Adhlakha 50 times each. Sri Ram Sharnam Ashram and Ahuti are the two organisations of Gohana town to be be honoured for their outstanding contribution to the blood donation movement.
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Soil samples tested: Consequent upon the directions of the state government, 3487 samples of soil from differing parts of Chamba district have been tested for the ‘rabi crops under the recently launched innovative campaign called ‘apni mitti pehchano abhiyan’ of the government. According to district soil testing officer, R. L. Chauhan, the soil samples duly tested in the laboratories had been sent to the respective blocks alongwith soil health cards. DALHOUSIE
Leopard cub dead: A six-month-old cub of leopard was caught dead in the barbed wires on the fringe of forests of Dalhousie cantonment on Tuesday. After receiving information about the incident, forest officials rushed to the incident site and tried to save the cub but despite all efforts, it succumbed to its injuries. Later, the body of cub was sent for a post-mortem examination, sources said. NURPUR
Yojna launched: The Atal Vidhyut Bachat Yojna was launched in the Nurpur area on Tuesday by local MLA Rakesh Pathania at Chhatrolli village near here. Addressing a gathering Pathania said the government would distribute CFLs worth Rs 1 crore to all domestic power users in Nurpur assembly constituency. He said 400 poly houses were also being set up in the area to generate
self-employment. SHIMLA
Bar protest: Members of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Bar Association abstained from appearing in courts to express their solidarity with the agitating lawyers of Mandi. The decision was taken by the association on a call by the Mandi Bar Association which was up in arms against the police over the registration of false cases against its three advocates.
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JAMMU
Awareness programme: The Catch Society and the University of Jammu jointly organised an awareness programme on Human Rights Day in Nangal, Samba
village on Wednesday. The programme started with the welcome address by patron of the association Dr. Khem Raj Sharma. Member of the core committee, Amnesty International Society for Human Rights, Sunil Sharma, was the chief guest on the occasion. Sharma while addressing stressed that people should report to the organisation if human rights were violated anywhere.
Fake passport racket busted: Mohammad Shawl of Rehan village was arrested when the police busted a fake passport racket in Rajouri district on Tuesday here. The police said a fake passport of Shawl, carrying photograph of his brother Talib Hussain was recovered from his possession. Shawl was engaged in making fake passports for trips to Dubai, the police said.
UDHAMPUR
Workshop on bamboo mission: With the collaboration of the State Forest Research Institute, the School of Biotechnology of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) organised a day-long workshop on the National Bamboo Mission on the university campus. The SMVDU VC Prof N. K. Bansal inaugurated the workshop, while agriculture production principal secretary Sonali Kumar presided over the function. Bansal spoke on the importance of bamboo production and its various utilities.
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CONFERENCE: Scientists from all over the world will converge at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, for a three-day conference from December 11 on the latest research and development in nano-technology.
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