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200
donate blood:More than 200 persons, including 50 women, donated
blood at a blood donation camp held at Garhwal Bhavan, Sector 29, today.
A team of doctors led by Dr Usha Rao from the PGI, Chandigarh,
supervised the camp. Also, Dr Rahul Mahajan checked more than 150
persons for skin diseases. The camp was organised by the Uttarakhand
Yuva Manch, an NGO involved in preserving cultural heritage of
Uttarakhand.
Park
inaugurated:Mayor Anu Chatrath inaugurated a green park in Sector
45 D here today. Area councillor Vijay Singh Rana and other councillors
besides officers of the municipal corporation were present. The park
developed over .87 acre has over 100 types of shrubs, 40 ornamental
trees, flower beds, playing equipment for children, huts, hedges, PCC
and CI benches, etc.
Orthodontic
centre opens at GMSH: To provide specialised services to city
residents and those of peripheral areas at nominal costs, a Chandigarh
Orthodontic Centre, which will provide treatment of irregular teeth and
jaws, opened at the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16.
Panchkula
Elected: Vicky Grover has been unanimously re-elected as the
president of the Punjabi Sabha Arora Khatri during the election of the
Sabha held here today. Lala Sahib Ram was elected as the chairman for
the 11th time. Stating this in a press release issued here today, Pankaj
Gandhi, general secretary (PSAK), said a resolution was also passed
during the meeting allowing local Khatris to join the Sabha.
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KAITHAL
Minor girl recovered: The police has recovered a minor
girl, who had been forcibly taken along by a youth a few days ago. The
accused has been arrested and sent in 14-day judicial custody on court
orders. The girl was medically examined which confirmed rape. The
police said on Sunday that the girl’s father had a lodged a
complaint that his 16-year-old daughter was forcibly taken in a car by
Ramesh of Bhagwan Pura in Jind district while she was going to school
on March 20. The police raided a place in Panipat district and
recovered the girl. The girl was handed over to her parents. Charas
seized: The police recovered 300 gm of charas from a local
resident near the General Hospital here on Saturday. The accused has
been identified as Deepak Mahajan of Subhash Nagar here. He was booked
under the NDPS Act and produced in a local court and sent in judicial
custody. REWARI
4-yr-old boy killed: A four-year-old boy identified as
Praveen was killed on the spot while his father Ranvir Singh of
Maheshwrai village sustained injuries when the motorcycle they were
riding on was reportedly hit by a trailer on National Highway 8 in
Malpura village, near Dharuhera, on Saturday. The mishap took place
when the father-son duo was returning home from Bhoorawas village. Rezang
La website: The Rezang La Shauraya Samiti’s new website
www.rezanglass.com was dedicated to the public by its chief patron and
former union minister Col Ram Singh here on Sunday. The samiti also
decided to be a co-partner in the civic reception that would be
accorded to the new Chief of the Army Staff Gen VK Singh at Rajput
Vatika in Gurgaon on April 4. SONEPAT
Free medical camp: As many as 1,500 patients were examined
at a free-of-cost medical camp organised by “Chaupal”, an NGO, in
Mohana village on Sunday. The eyes of over 700 patients were tested
and 500 of them were given spectacles free of cost. Facilities like
ECG, ultrasound, blood testing were also provided free of cost in the
camp. Talking to mediapersons, patron of Chaupal and renowned
cardiologist Dr Rajinder Singh Tonk said the NGO had been organising
weekly medical camps in villages for the past three years and over 150
such camps had been organised so far. Computers
looted from bank: Some miscreants again struck at the Rai
branch office of Punjab National Bank on Saturday and looted six
computers and a CCTV camera. However, their attempt to break the
strong room of the branch proved futile. The iron shutters and
windowpanes of the branch were found broken by the chowkidar of the
BDPO office on Sunday. A case has been registered. Earlier, some
miscreants had taken away the ATM machine worth Rs 20 lakh containing
cash of Rs 9 lakh on September 21, 2000, from the same branch of the
PNB. 300 children
vaccinated: The Manav Seva Trust organised a free-of-cost camp
for MMR vaccination of children on the premises of the trust library
on Sunday. A team of doctors vaccinated at least 300 children mostly
from the poor section of society. President of the trust Alakh said
besides arranging various welfare activities in the town for the poor,
the trust had been organising free-of-cost camps for ENT, diabetes,
kidney and lever check-ups.
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