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FATEHABAD
Security: A woman constable from this district and her husband have been provided security after they apprehended threat to their lives from the cop’s family members. The constable, Kavita, posted at Bhattu Kalan in this district, had married Vishnu, a resident of Kharia in Sirsa, in December last year against the wishes of their families. The couple filed an application in the district courts in Sirsa and sought police protection for themselves.
2 electrocuted: Two persons were electrocuted while two others sustained serious burn injuries when a metal tripod they had placed in agriculture fields to take out a submersible motor from a borewell touched overhead electric wires at Gillankhera village on Wednesday. Pal Singh and his cousin Jasbir Singh from Bagguwali village in Sirsa had taken an agriculture field on a contract basis and their agreement had ended with this rabi season. The two went to the fields at Gillankhera with a labourer, Lakha Singh, and a neighbour, Baljinder Singh, to take out the submersible motor. Before they could start work, the metal tripod touched the high-tension wires passing overhead. Lakha Singh and Baljinder Singh died on the spot, while Pal Singh and Jasbir Singh were seriously
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JHAJJAR
Woman killed: A woman was killed while her son was seriously injured when their mobike was hit by a private bus on the Jhajjar road in Bahadurgarh town here on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Rekha of Chhara village. Her son, Himanshu, has been admitted to a hospital where his condition is stated to be critical. The Bahadurgarh police has registered a case against the driver of the bus on a complaint of the victim’s husband, Virender, in this regard.
REWARI
Farmer shot dead: A farmer, Jagdish Yadav (60), was shot dead by miscreants at his farmhouse at Pavati village, near Bawal, on Tuesday night. The miscreants, who looted jewellery and other valuables, also assaulted the deceased’s son, Dharamender Yadav , as well as women of the family. Later, they decamped with the booty. The Bawal police has registered a case.
SIRSA
Girl dies of
poisoning: A young girl died of poisoning, while a boy, who was found beside her, was admitted the PGIMS, Rohtak, in a critical condition on Wednesday. The two were spotted in the Shamshabad Patti area of the town. A resident, Gurvinder Singh, noticed that the girl was lying unconscious, while the boy was sitting nearby. Singh took the girl to a private hospital, where she died. In the meantime, the boy also fell unconscious after informing his family members that he had consumed poison. Later, the family members identified the girl as Pinki, a resident of Begu Road and student of a local polytechnic. The boy, Arvind Kumar, belongs to Dhudianwali village.
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CHAMBA
Dharna held: To extend wholehearted support to the ongoing crusade against corruption launched by the noted social activist Anna Hazare in New Delhi, Chamba RTI Bureau chief Swami Bhuvneshwar Sharma and his other followers, staged a dharna in the complex of the DC’s office here on Wednesday. They also submitted a memorandum to the President of India through the Additional District Magistrate Ashwani
Choudhary. NURPUR
Three convicted: A news item published in these columns on April 2 under the headline “4 convicted for attacking minor,” additional district attorney,
Jawali, Bisham Chand has clarified that the judicial court had convicted only three accused, whereas the case of Tilak
Raj, the minor son of Kashmir Singh of Bhadwara, Fatehpur tehsil, was still under consideration in the juvenile board.
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DEHRADUN
1 killed, 5 hurt in attack at ashram: Five persons got seriously injured and one died in an attack by some unidentified men at an ashram at Simli village of Laksar in Haridwar district early Thursday morning. The attackers couldn’t be identified as yet. The incident happened at about 3 am when some men attacked six sevikas at Rameshnath Ashram with lathis. The sevikas were sleeping when they were attacked. Satpal Singh died on the spot and the remaining five were admitted to the Doon Hospital here in a serious condition. Those injured have been identified as Harinath, Ilam Chand, Inder Nath, Mahelo and Jhagdu. 2 houses burgled, cash stolen: Two houses of a colony of the Community Health Centre were burgled at Vikasnagar in Dehradun district on the same day. According to the police, the two house owners had gone for duty when the theft was reported. Locks of the two houses were found broken when they returned home. And on checking, some cash was found missing. A case under Section 380, IPC, has been registered at the Vikasnagar police station. 17-year-old girl abducted: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly abducted from Babugarh at Vikasnagar by a local on Monday. The minor’s brother has lodged a complaint against Ashvani, alias Monu. The police has registered a case under Sections 363 and 366-A, IPC, at the Vikasnagar police station. The police has started looking for the two. The cops told the accused will be soon arrested.
Kumaon Briefs
List of Kaila sh Mansarovar yatris prepared: The list of the annual Kailash Mansarovar yatris has been prepared following their selection by the lottery system. According to sources, 16 batches of yatris, comprising 60 persons each, will undertake yatra this year. There were 1,778 applicants and 45 persons have been kept in the waiting list. The first batch of the yatris is expected to reach Almora on June 1. The yatra is held under supervision of the Ministry of External Affairs, while the Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam is the executing agency for the exercise.
Petrol pump employee, customer trade charges:
The town of Kashipur was a venue of chaos on Wednesday following a tiff between a petrol pump employee and a customer. Customer Vinod Kumar alleged that the petrol pump employee Ramesh Singh gave him less petrol for the amount paid to him and used casteist terminology. Ramesh, on the other hand, levelled charges that Vinod had beaten him up and fled with his bag containing Rs 50,000. The fracas led to a strike by petrol pump owners in the area and there was also a traffic jam. The petrol pumps reopened following assurances by the police that is now investigating the charges. Relocation of postmortem house sought:
Residents of Bageshwar have demanded relocation of a postmortem house that is situated in a residential area. They say besides being in a residential area, the structure is in a dilapidated condition and there is no sanitation in and around the building. They claim that the new postmortem house near the government hospital is not being utilised. They have sought the intervention of the administration in the matter. Medical equipment lying out of order in Sushila hospital:
The matter pertaining to a large number of medical equipment either lying out of order or being unutilised has come to light in the Sushila Tewari Memorial Hospital in Haldwani. It is the most advanced hospital in Kumaon catering to the needs of the entire region. According to reports, important machines in departments of surgery, orthopedics and urology are either not being utilised or are out of order. The authorities at the hospital are learnt to have started taking stock of condition of equipment in every department. Work on damaged gates of Gaula barrage begins:
The damaged gates of the Gaula barrage are finally getting repaired. A team from the Roorkee Mechanical Engineering Workshop has dismantled the gates and started repair works. It is learnt that the exercise will take at least a month and a half to be completed. Till that time, the Irrigation Department has made an alternate arrangement of supplying water to Haldwani from the old canal. The water supply of Haldwani is dependent on the Gaula barrage and was damaged in 1993. This is the first time when the gates are getting repaired. Fogging machines out of order in Haldwani:
The exercise to carry out fogging in Haldwani has failed to take off till now as the two fogging machines available with the local municipality are out of order. According to reports, the machines had been sent to Rudrapur for repairs almost a year back and are yet to come back. Meanwhile, the town is grappling with the problem of mosquito menace which is increasing by the day. In the absence of proper sanitary conditions in various localities, certain spots have become mass breeding grounds for mosquitoes. There are 25 wards that are awaiting fogging
operations. (Compiled by Rajeev Khanna)
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