Bassi Pathana
Food samples taken: The health department team led by Dr Randhir Singh, SMO, and Dr Jaiwant Cheema took samples of eatables in the town here on Monday. The team succeeded in taking eight samples of essential commodities like milk, curd, ghee, haldi etc. As the news regarding inspection spread in the town, most shopkeepers pulled down their shutters and fled. Dr Randhir Singh said on directions of Dr Reena Sidhu, civil surgeon, anti-adulteration drive, had been launched in the district and to take samples was part of it. He said people should co-operate with the department to curb the menace. He said these samples would be sent for analysis and action would be taken accordingly.

DERA BASSI
Gas leak renders man unconscious: A person working as a tubewell operator at ward No 4, here, got unconscious due to leakage of chlorine gas from a cylinder in the tubewell room on Monday. The gas cylinder was put in the tubewell for the purpose of purifying water. Gufar Khan was affected by gas and fell unconscious. Fire brigade reached on the spot and took the cylinder outside where the gas was controlled.

Jalandhar
Dr Stya Paul dead: Dr Stya Paul, Chairman of the Apeejay Stya Group and president of the Apeejay Education Society, New Delhi, died this morning.The Apeejay fraternity mourned the death of Dr Paul, who was a luminary in the field of higher education.

Hoshiarpur
Rs 2 lakh for dharamshala: Congress MP from the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat Santosh Chaudhary on Monday released a grant of Rs 2 lakh from her MPLAD fund scheme for the gram panchayat of Satial village to construct a dharamshala. Sarpanch Manjit Kaur said the village had a population of over 550 Dalits. On his visit to Hoshiarpur on September 2008, AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had promised to get constructed a dharamshala. However, he failed to fulfil his promise and the matter. The sarpanch thanked the MPfor honouring the promise of her leader.

MOHALI
Board to revise result: The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) will revise the open school result. A week after declaring the result, the board officials found that they had not given grace marks to students. The fact came to light when marksheets of candidates were given to the Board employee for rechecking. Now, after giving grace marks, the result was being revised on the Board’s website.

AMBALA
Biker killed: A youth of Ambala Cantt was killed near Model Town at Ambala City on Monday when his motorbike was hit by a tractor-trolley. The driver of the tractor-trolley fled from the site. According to information, Vishal (22) was going to the SDM office on this motorbike to collect a driving license. His brother was sitting on the backseat of the motorbike. When they were crossing near Model Town, a tractor-trolley hit their motorbike. Vishal sustained head injuries. He was rushed to the local civil hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. His brother sustained minor injuries. The police registered a case against the driver of the tractor-trolley.

Kaithal
Register FIR, orders court: Special Judge Naresh Katyal, after hearing arguments in a case pertaining to electricity theft, on Friday sent the complaint to the SHO, City police station, Kaithal, for the registration of an FIR. The electricity theft was reported by Himanshu Panwar, SDO, subdivision No. 2.

KALKA
Paint store gutted: Articles worth thousands of ruppes were gutted in a fire incident at a paint store of Pinjore. According to information, the incident took place around 4 pm on Monday in the store situated on National Highway 22, near T-point of Pinjore, was noticed by some passersby, who saw smoke emanating from the store and raised the alarm. The police called the fire tenders from Panchkula who reached within 30 minutes and it took them 30 minutes to extinguish the fire. Ranghuvansh Malhotra, the owner of the store, was in Gurgaon to attend the funeral of his father, when the fire broke out. The reason behind the incident was yet to be ascertained.

Open darbar: To redress the grievances of consumers of the UHBVN, an open darbar was organised in Pinjore on Monday. As many as 28 complaints were heard in the open darbar by RK Sharma, the Superintendent Engineer of the department. Most of the problems were related to low voltage problem being faced by the residents of the area. Gurcharan Dhiman, one of the complainants, in his complaint said the project of installing a separate feeder for the tubewell of public health was lying pending since two years. Sharma said the work on this project would soon be started. PK Goel, XEN of the department, said in case of non-availability of meters with the UHBVN, the consumer may arrange their own meter, for which the department would not charge anything.