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Panchkula
Pensioners’ society: The Panchkula chapter of the Central Government Pensioners Welfare Society was inaugurated by Raj Pal Sharma, secretary general of the coordination committee, of the Central Government Pensioners Association, a member of the standing committee of voluntary organisations. This is the third such chapter of the society after Chandigarh and Mohali. MS Toor, president of the society, congratulated members who live in Panchkula to have formed the society. 
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Kalka
Two-wheelers worth Rs 50 lakh gutted: Two-wheelers, including scooters and motorcycles, worth Rs 50 lakh were gutted in a fire that broke out in the showroom of Vespa in
Pinjore. The employees of Prem Auto closed the showroom around 8.30 pm yesterday. At 9.30 pm the neighbouring people saw smoke coming out of the showroom and intimated the owner of the showroom. The fire tenders from HMT and Panchkula had a tough time to control the fire till late night. REWARI
2 women held: The police has arrested two women identified as Rekha and
Radha, residents of the Najafgarh area of Delhi, for allegedly snatching gold chains from two women here. The police has also seized the two stolen chains from their possession. They were on Thursday produced in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate RK
Jain, who remanded them in judicial custody. 2 killed in accident: Two persons were killed and one sustained grievous injuries when a head-on collision took place between a Tata 407 vehicle and a tractor-trailer on the Rewari-Bawal road, near Karnawas village, on Thursday. The driver of Tata 407 and the conductor of the tractor-trailer were killed on the spot while another occupant of Tata 407 sustained grievous injuries. One of the deceased has been identified as Rajender Singh, a resident of Bahadurgarh area of Jhajjar district. The injured has been identified as Bijender of
Bahadurgarh.
SONEPAT
Bathing in canals banned: Following incidents of drowning in canals, District Magistrate Ajit Joshi has prohibited bathing in the canals within jurisdiction of Sonepat district with immediate effect. The prohibitory orders, issued under Section 144 of the CRPC, will remain in force up to June 30 and will not apply on the expert divers of the district administration, police force and the defence personnel. SP MS Sheoran has also ordered the police riders and PCR vans to patrol the canals and book those found violating the orders. As many as 11 persons, mostly youths, lost their lives due to drowning in canals within one year.Training workshop: A three-day training workshop for master trainers of Census-2001 was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner Ajit Joshi here on Thursday. As many as 68 trainers are participating in the workshop jointly organised by the Union Home Ministry and the Census Department of Haryana. The DC said in the first phase, registration of the houses and preparation of a national census register would be completed. The aim of the exercise was registration of all citizens and prepare a data which after completion of the census would be used for issuing national identity cards to all those having the age of 15 years or more, he added.
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Jammu
CRPF gives sports items to poor
students: The 84th Battalion of the CRPF distributed sports items among the needy students of Government Middle School,
Pachote, in Kud and Government Middle School, Dhalwas, in Ramban on Tuesday. On the occasion, Commandant Rakesh
Rao, Deputy Commandant Arvind P. Anand and other senior officers were present.
Suicide bid by cop’s son: A son of a head constable in the Jammu police allegedly tried to commit suicide by shooting himself with a gun at his house in Panjtirthi here, the police said.
Daljeet, son of Jagjeet Singh, injured with a bullet in his chest was admitted to the
GMCH, where his condition was said to be out of danger, a senior police officer said.
Srinagar
Drive against polythene bags: A huge quantity of polythene bags was seized from various traders and destroyed on the spot in an anti-polythene drive conducted here on Thursday. The drive was conducted during an extensive tour in various parts of the city by Srinagar District Development Commissioner Mehraj Ahmad Kakroo, who is also the commissioner, Municipal Corporation. He inspected various markets of Maharaj Gunj, Goni Khan, Naaz Cinema, Hazuri Bagh and the Batamaloo areas.
Labourer electrocuted : A labourer working with the Power Development Department (PDD) fell from an electric pole after suffering an electric shock and died in hospital later on Thursday. Showkat Ahmad Wani was working on a high-tension line at the bus stand, Tral, when he fell down from the electric pole after suffering an electric shock. He was taken to the SMHS Hospital, Srinagar, where he died.
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