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Minors on fast: Farmers agitating against the acquisition of their land for the Gorakhpur Atomic Power Project added a new chapter to their agitation when two minor children sat on a 24-hour fast at the dharna site on Sunday. Aman Siwach (10) and Sachin (13) started their 24-hour fast against the proposed nuclear plant in their village at the dharna site in the morning. Aman is a grandson of Hans Raj Siwach, president of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, which is agitating against the project.
Secy suspended: Vijay Singh
Dahiya, Deputy Commissioner, has suspended Naresh Kumar, secretary of the District Red Cross Society, after an audit conducted by the National Rural Health Mission
(NRHM) pointed out financial irregularities in the ambulance services managed by the Red Cross in the district. The DC has also asked Ashok Kumar
Meena, ADC, to conduct a thorough inquiry into the case and submit his report within a month. The audit had found that there was tampering of bills of usage by the District Red Cross to inflate the amount claimed from the
NRHM.
Cop suspended: Shamsher Singh Dahiya, DSP (Headquarters), has suspended a head constable for allegedly creating a scene in the local Masjid Street on Thursday. Irate residents, who assembled outside the local city police station, complained that Pritam Pal allegedly came to the street under the influence of liquor and started misbehaving with women. When some residents tried to stop him, the cop allegedly started abusing them. When the residents got together to tackle him, Pritam Pal fled leaving his motorcycle and wireless set. HISAR
Quota sought: The Brahmin community in Haryana too has jumped onto the reservation bandwagon. The Haryana Brahmin Samaj Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti has demanded that the community should be extended the benefit of reservation in jobs in case the government gives this benefit to other communities. A resolution to this effect was passed at a meeting of community leaders held here under the chairmanship of Umesh Sharma, convener of the samiti. It said the Brahmins were included in higher castes but their economic status had worsened to the extent that most Brahmins were now among the poorest sections of society. They were not getting government jobs in proportion to their numerical strength. REWARI
10 hurt in mishap: As many as 10 passengers were injured, six of them seriously, when the Mathura-Bhiwani passenger train abruptly hit the rear of a dumper, which was dumping stones along the rail track near Sudhrana station, 32 km from here, on Friday. While the grievously injured were referred to the PGIMS, Rohtak, the other four were hospitalised at Charkhi Dadri. Meanwhile, the Government Railway Police (GRP) of Charkhi Dadri has booked the dumper driver, who absconded after the incident, for gross negligence. PANIPAT
4 cops get bail: The four cops, who were booked by the district police for allegedly torturing two Dalit women - Neelam and Jaiwanti - while investigating a case of theft that had taken place in the refinery township, were granted bail by the high court. Earlier, the district court had issued arrest warrants against the four cops, including a woman constable. The court had also got a notice published in the newspapers asking the four to surrender in the court before May 30, following which the four had moved the high court for anticipatory bail. The accused included in charge of the Bohali police post Balbir Singh, constables Hakam Singh and Rajbir and woman constable Reena. 
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Proclaimed offender held after 11 years: The police here has arrested proclaimed offender (PO) Desraj, alias Sonu, son of Rattan Lal of Hatwaad village in this district, 11 years after he had committed a theft in a shop at Dehra village. A case of theft under Section 379, IPC, was registered against him on September 15,1999. Desraj had been on the run since then. He was declared a PO on August 8, 2008. SP Santosh Patial said here on Sunday that Desraj was nabbed by a special police team at Kiratpur Sahib in Punjab on Saturday after a tip-off.7-day book fair concludes: District and Sessions Judge Sushil Kukreja presided over the concluding function of the seven-day book fair here on Saturday evening. The fair, organised by the Gayatri Parivar Trust, had more than 3,500 books, including the Vedas, the Ramayana, the Gita etc. These were available at almost at one-10th of the prices normally charged in the market for such books. Ghumarwin MLA Rajesh Dharmani was the chief guest. He said Gayatri Parivar founder Acharya Sri Ram Sharma could never be forgotten. KANGRA
7 injured in road mishaps: Seven persons were injured in two road accidents in this subdivision. Kangra district police chief Daljeet Singh Thakur said here on Sunday that five persons were injured when a jeep trolley rolled into a 25-foot-deep gorge near the Bathu bridge on the Matour-Shimla national highway. He said the jeep was on way to Dharamsala from Una. The injured included driver Jaspreet of Jalandhar and four others identified as Anil, Sahil, Arun and Ravi, all residents of Nangal. The injured were admitted to the Tanda Medical College and Hospital and were said to be out of danger. In another accident, two motorcycles coming from the opposite directions collided at Nagrota Bagwan leaving both the drivers injured. They were rushed to Tanda Medical College Hospital. The injured were identified as Satish Singh of Hatwas and Partap Chand of Chambi. The police has registered cases of rash and negligent driving.
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Job quota: Pradeep Kukreti, district president of the Rajya Andolankari Manch, has welcomed the positive response of the Chief Secretary to their demands of
extension of 10 per cent reservation in the government jobs from August 2011 to 2020 and issuing of identity cards to statehood strugglers under the title of ‘Rajya Nirman Sainani Card’. Kukreti said they were still working on persuading the state government to providing pension, and other facilities such as free education,
health facilities, transport to all statehood strugglers.Drugs recovered: The police recovered a huge quantity of contraband drugs from a resident of Gorakhpur Chowk on Saturday at Shimla bypass chowk. The accused has been identified as Subhash, alias Shibu. The police arrested him during a checking operation in the area. The cops said they were questioning the man to find out from where and how he got the banned drugs. Ornaments stolen: Ornaments were stolen from an almirah of a house at Ajabpur Khurd. The police on Saturday registered a case after it received the information. Salman Khan has lodged a complaint with the police. The police has registered a case under Section 380, IPC, at Nehru Colony police station. Kumaon
Kidnapped boy found at Pantnagar: A boy, who was earlier kidnapped from Bareilley, has been located at Pantnagar by the police. Two of the alleged kidnappers have been arrested, while the third is still absconding. According the information available, 11-year-old Mohit of Barkana village was kidnapped while returning from school, and brought to Pantnagar. The boy was spotted in a car parked near Sainik Farm by a police official. Hearing his screams, the police van stopped near the car. The kidnappers panicked at the sight of the police. The boy managed to open the car door and ran towards the police van. The police has managed to nab two of the tree kidnappers. The arrested have been identified as Firasat and Nazim of Rudrapur Kheda, while Asad Khan of Rampur Khajuria is absconding. Efforts are on to nab him.Stringent action against practice of manual scavenging:
Vice President of the State Sanitation Workers’ Commission Ajay Rajaur has warned the officials that they will be facing stringent action if any instance of manual scavenging comes to light. At a meeting held in Rudrapur on Saturday, Rajaur ordered the Social Welfare Officer Neeraj Chilkoti to get a survey conducted to see if manual scavenging is still on in Udham Singh Nagar. He said if anyone was still practising it on account of poverty, the administration should help him get loan to start another enterprise so that he could earn a decent living. Students escape unhurt as classroom ceiling falls:
Students of a primary school in Kashipur had a narrow escape when the ceiling of their classroom fell down on Saturday. 17 students studying in class III had just vacated the room when the incident took place in the school. The loud noise caused by the fall created panic among the students, who had to be pacified by the teachers. The District Education Officer at Udham Singh Nagar has ordered a probe into the matter. 20 rounded up for illegal liquor consumption:
The Haldwani Police rounded up 20 persons for illegal consumption of liquor at various eating joints in the Mangal Padav area of the town on Saturday night. The police confiscated at least a dozen bottles of liquor from these joints. Owners of many eating joints closed their shops and left for the day when the search operations were going on. According to the information available, those rounded up included two restaurant owners. Cases were registered against them under the Excise Act. Girl killed as car hits tree:
A girl died in a car accident near Nayagaon on the Kaladhungi-Ramnagar road on Saturday. According to the information available, the car in which she was travelling hit a tree when the driver tried to avoid a collision with another car which overtook them by. The deceased has been identified as 20-year-old Preeti Arya, who was a student living in the Bengali Colony of Kashipur. She, along with her family members, was on her way home when the accident occurred. The injured were rushed to a local medical
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