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MOHALI
Action sought against SHO: The All-India Human Rights Watch has written to the SSP, Mohali, to take action against an inspector for using blue beacon on his private vehicle. Taking up the matter with the SSP, Dr Jagmohan Sarao, president of the human rights group, said on October 26, inspector Lakhwinder Singh had gone to the Tata dealership in Chandigarh. While his driver misbehaved with the staff there, the cop posed as the DSP, CID, and on being cornered by those present there he admitted to be an inspector with the Punjab Police.9-hr power cut in Phase IX: Two days before the One-Day match between India and Australia at the PCA, the residents of Phase IX have already started facing problems. On Saturday, the residents faced a nine-hour power cut as the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) was shifting the load of the phase from one feeder to another. During shifting the line tripped and the area remained without power for nine hours. Sources said though the PCA had an independent feeder, an alternative backup line was being set up. The power came at 7.30 pm. Ex-servicemen’s front: The ex-servicemen movement has decided to raise an Ex-Servicemen Joint Action Front to pursue the case of one rank, one pension and allied problems. The decision was taken at a meeting of the joint ex-servicemen meeting held here on Saturday. Sports teacher booked: The police has booked a sports teacher of Government School, Balongi, along with her husband Gurjant Singh and brother Prabhdeep Singh, for creating nuisance and threatening the District Education Officer at the DEO office in Phase IIIB-1 here. The teacher and his accomplice were protesting against cancellation of her duty. The police has registered a case under Sections 186, 353 and 506 of the
IPC.
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Jammu
Table tennis tourney: The Jammu and Kashmir Table Tennis Association
(JKTTA) is organising the Jammu district open table tennis tournament at the Indoor Sports Complex, MA Stadium, here from November 3 to 6. All interested participants can send their entries to coaches Sushil Gupta and Ravish Vaid before November 3.
Srinagar
Husband denies charge: Days after his 16-month-old son received a medal and Ph. D degree at the 17th annual convocation of University of Kashmir on behalf of his mother,late Syed Nasreen Rufai, her husband, Noor-ul-Mushtaq, has denied the charges levelled by the family that she had been tortured to death by her husband, settled in Dubai. “She died of lung disease which led to cardiac arrest”, Mushtaq, a businessman, conveyed from Dubai.He denied he was absconding after the death of his wife, and added that he was, in fact, trying to get back his son who was being held captive by the family.
Lashkar militant shot
dead: A Lashkar-e-Toiba militant was killed in an encounter in Sopore on Saturday, which was suspended in the evening. DIG, north Kashmir, AQ Manhas told The Tribune that they would resume the operation in the morning. “One or more militants could be still inside the suspected house,” he said, adding that the killed militant is likely a Pakistan national. Official sources said the killed militant was
Zubair, a close associate of top Lashkar commander Abdullah Owni, who had recently escaped from an encounter in which one of his associates was killed.
University
festival:
Sonzal, the annual festival of Kashmir University, began here on Friday. Vice-Chancellor Riyaz Punjabi inaugurated it. Riyaz termed Sonzal as a festival of creative minds of our university departments and affiliated colleges. The VC said Sonzal gave recreation to mind and could prepare students for the new challenges. Nilofar Khan, Dean Students Welfare, said the festival provided an opportunity to students of the university and its affiliated colleges to manifest their hidden talent.
Camp
on martial arts ends: The four-day camp on real martial arts,
being organised by the NSS wing of Government College for Women, Gandhi
Nagar, concluded today. A large number of girl students participated in
the workshop-cum-awareness camp. Sameer Singh, chief trainer, Real
Martial Arts Training Association, taught the girls some techniques of
self-defence.
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