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Material worth lakhs gutted:Material worth lakhs was gutted in a fire that broke out at Excel Call Net Centre, plot number 24, Industrial Area, Phase II, Chandigarh, this morning Employees present at the centre managed to escape unhurt before the flames engulfed the entire office.There was a loss of around Rs 4.5 lakh. Two computers, an UPS, a table, three air-conditioners were damaged in the fire. Fire officer said two water tenders were sent to the spot.
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Ambala
80 donate blood: A blood donation camp was organised at SGN Polytechnic,
Chormastpur, Ambala.Around 80 students of the institution, including the principal, donated blood. One of the lecturers, MK
Garg, donated blood for 65 times.
KAITHAL
Rs 1 lakh stolen: Some miscreants reportedly stole Rs 1 lakh from the boot of a motorcycle here on Thursday. The incident took place when RamChander of Shergarh, after withdrawing Rs 1 lakh from the SBI branch here, parked his vehicle on the roadside and went to purchase revenue stamps.
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Kullu
Briton held with charas:A Briton, Edward, was arrested with 4.5 kg charas yesterday near
Manali. Superintendent of police (SP) Abhishek Dular said the police had information about the accused and launched a search operation. The accused was involved in smuggling of
contraband. The SP said the police was looking for the source from whom he had purchased the
charas, and also his possible links with the drug mafia. A case under the NDPS Act was registered. The British Embassy in Delhi had also been informed of his arrest, the SP added.
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Srinagar
One killed, 6 hurt in accidents: One person was killed and six others were injured in road accidents across the Kashmir valley on Saturday. Manzar Imam (33) was killed when the tractor he was driving overturned near Labran at Budgam. A passenger bus, on it way to Tangmarg from Srinagar, overturned near Magam Hospital at Budgam, resulting in injuries to three passengers. The injured were admitted to the SKIMS at Soura in Srinagar. Three passengers were injured in another accident when a Tata minibus they were travelling in overturned near Kutbal in Kulgam.Talks solution to Kashmir issue: Karat: A two-day women’s conference organised by the interlocutors of the Central government in Kashmir started here on Saturday. Some women parliamentarians are participating in the conference. Prominent among the participants were Shruti Chowdhary, Brinda Karat, Viplab Thakur, Mabel Rabello, besides the three interlocutors of the Centre, Dileep Padgaonkar, MM Ansari and Prof Radha Kumar. Speaking to the reporters on the sidelines of the function, CPM leader and Member of the Rajya Sabha Brinda Karat said dialogue was the only way forward for the resolution of the Kashmir issue. “Dialogue is the only way forward, but it has to be unconditional,” Brinda said.
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4 doctors to join Doon Hospital: To strengthen services at the Doon District Hospital, the Hospital Management Committee is contemplating appointing four doctors in the coming days. These doctors/specialists would be neuro surgeon, plastic surgeon, endocrinologist/ oncologist and vascular surgeons, said an official.11-yr-old taken away by leopard: Pooja, an 11-year-old girl, was taken away by a leopard at Rann village, Havalbagh block, Almora district, on Saturday. According to forest officials, the girl had gone out of her home for toilet with her mother when the leopard pounced upon her and took her away. This was the third incident of a man-eating leopard striking in the area in the past three months. Forest officials and villagers are searching nearby forests for the girl till reports last came in. 2 conmen take away girl’s chain: A school student’s gold chain was taken away by two conmen, who promised her that they would polish it, at Vikasnagar here on Saturday. According to the police, Heena was alone at her house when two men came there. She gave them the chain. They put it in a bowl and asked her to take it out after half an hour. However, when she put her hand inside the bowl to take the chain out, it was missing. By then the two had left. The police was informed of the matter.
Kumaon Briefs
Bus driver crushes man to death following minor tiff
A minor tiff at a marriage celebration saw a bus driver crushing a man to death in Jaspur. The incident occurred on late Thursday night. The deceased has been identified as Hasan Khan who was working with the Jaspur-Thakurwara Bus Union. He had entered into an altercation with two brothers Brahmpal and Jaipal at a marriage celebration that was going on at a banquet hall on the Thakurdwara road. Later, when he was returning home by a rickshaw, he was crushed by a bus allegedly driven by Brahmpal at Rahmapur village on the Uttar Pradesh border. It is alleged that after running him over once and realising that he was still breathing, Brahmpal went on to crush him again with the vehicle.Train services continue to be hit by ongoing Jat stir
The train services in the region continue to be badly affected on account of the ongoing Jat agitation at the Jyotiba Phule Nagar. In the past one week, several trains coming and departing from the region have had to be either cancelled or rescheduled. The Kathgodam-Delhi Sampark Kranti Express continued to be suspended on Saturday. Most of the trains that are plying on the route continue to be late by several hours. This has been causing a lot of inconvenience to passengers and revenue loss to the Railways. To help passengers reach their destination, the Roadways authorities have pressed into service more buses on various routes. Mayhem over issuance of hill driving licence at RTO
The Regional Transport Office (RTO) at Haldwani was once again the venue of chaos and commotion on Friday as some elements created mayhem over the issuance of hill driving licence. The elements, led by Mahendra Sharma, created a scene at the office. This led to employees stopping their work and seeking protection from Sharma and his associates. The employees charged that Sharma was a regular visitor to the office and often misbehaved with the staff. They said he had gone to the extent of tearing official papers on Thursday afternoon after misbehaving with an employee. It was decided to get him booked if there was any repletion of such acts. Sharma was said to be a Congress leader and had been alleging wrongdoings by the RTO staff. People protest following youth’s death in road mishap
The death of a youth following the collision of his motorcycle with a tractor trolley once again led to people protesting outside the Bazpur police station on Friday. According to information, the motorcycle on which Arvind was going with his brother Dharmendra and sister Piny was run over by a tractor trolley near Kela Kheda. The three were badly injured and Arvind died while being treated at a hospital. This led to people protesting at the police station. They charged that the police was responsible for allowing the tractor driver to flee, and alleged that the vehicle was illegally carrying mining material. The protesters went on to block the traffic, and following a heated exchange of words with vehicle owners stuck in the jam, they even damaged some vehicles. The matter was resolved when senior police officials assured them of the early arrest of the tractor driver. 85-year-old man run over by speeding car
An 85-year-old man was killed when his bicycle was run over by a speeding car at Jaspur. According to information, Gyan Chandra Batra of Mohalla Bhupsingh was returning from Pantrampur village when he was run over by an unknown speeding car. He died while being treated at a hospital. He used to sell clothes for a living. The police is trying to locate the driver of the car along with his vehicle. (Compiled by Rajeev Khanna)
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