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Scholar dead: Pt Babu Ram
Shastri, Sanskrit scholar and father of O.P. Sharma, Deputy Director (CM cell) of the Haryana Information and Public Relations Department, died here today after a prolonged illness. Pt Babu Ram Shastri was 87. He is survived by his wife, three sons, three daughters and grandchildren. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Commissioner-cum-Director, Information and Public Relations,
K.K. Khandelwal have mourned his demise.GURGAON
Suspect a crime? Dial 1090: The Gurgaon police has started a new toll-free number 1090 for local residents to inform it about any suspicious person or activities noticed by them. Stating this here recently, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) Kulvinder Singh said the police had introduced the new number to keep a check on criminals and also involve the public in community policing. REWARI
Husband held: The Rohrai police in the district has arrested Gaj Raj in a case of abetment to suicide. His wife, Munni
Devi, had committed suicide in Gadla village, 30 km from here. He was produced in a court at Kosli on Saturday, which remanded him in judicial custody. Munni Devi had set herself on fire on August 8 and died at the
PGIMS, Rohtak, on August 9. The complaint against Gaj Raj was filed by Munni Devi’s brother, Davender Singh, who alleged that Gaj Raj was a liquor addict who frequently treated Munni Devi cruelly. SIRSA
Air Marshal’s visit: Air Marshal NAK Browne, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, IAF, arrived here on Friday on a visit to the Air Force Station. He visited various important places in the station and interacted with station personnel, said a release of the Air Force. SONEPAT
Girl dies in mishap: A four-year-old girl of the local Jawahar Nagar died on Saturday morning in the Delhi branch of Western Yamuna Canal near the Mahra fall when the car in which she was travelling fell into the canal after her mother, Rajesh, lost control over the vehicle. However, Rajesh managed to swim to safety. Rajesh, a lecturer in Law College at BPS Mahila
Vishwavidyalaya, Khapur Kalan, along with her daughter, was on the way to the college when the incident took place. Yamunanagar
3 schoolgirls go missing: Three Class X girls of a local private school went missing from here this morning. The girls had appeared in a computer examination and left the school around 10 am. DSP Ashok Kumar said the girls had called their parents in the evening informing them that they were at Paonta Sahib. However, when the girls’ mobile calls were traced, it was found that they were in
Ambala.
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Drum beating to scare wild bear: The Department of Wildlife Protection has initiated necessary measures to scare away the wild bear out of the human habitations by way of drum beating to save lives and property of the people. This was stated by the Minister for Forests, Mian Altaf Ahmad in Legislative Assembly.GCET to start from
next session: The Minister for Higher Education, Abdul Gani Malik, said the government is committed to making Government College of Engineering and Technology (GCET), Jammu fully functional from the next academic session. Replying to a question in the House on Saturday, he said the recruitment rules for gazetted staff of the GCET were under preparation and promotion can be effected when these are finally notified. Industrial Act doesn’t ‘exist’: There is no such Act called the Industrial Act existing in the state, the Minister for Industries and Commerce, SS Slathia said on Saturday in the Legislative Assembly. He said under the state industrial policy, 2004 incentives are payable to the industrial units subject to the condition that these units provide employment to the local people.
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