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Fatehabad
Youth drowns:Rohit (26), who had gone to the Bhakra canal at Tohana town with two friends, Gaurav and
Pawan, to take a bath last night, was swept away. The youth’s body is yet to be found. Rohit had gone with his friends to the canal around 11 pm after closing his eatery at Tohana
. While Gaurav was standing on the canal’s bank, Rohit and Pawan jumped into the canal. However, they started drowning due to the strong currents of water. Gaurav took a rope from a truck standing nearby and threw it into the canal. While Pawan was saved as he grabbed the rope, Rohit was swept away.
Rewari
Cables stolen:Thieves broke into two shops- Sharma Electronics and Jai Laxmi
Jewellers, in Nathu Ram Market at Kosli last night. They stole electric cables worth about Rs 50,000 from Sharma Electronics while silver ornaments worth about
Rs. 20,000 were taken away from the jewellers’ shop.
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HAMIRPUR
Mahila Mandal women honoured: The Sarva Kalyan Kari Sabha on Sunday organised a programme at Chabutra in which several women from the Mahila Mandal were
honoured. President of the sabha also distributed gas burners to 15 Mahila
Mandals, sports kits to two Yuvak Mandals and also honoured meritorious students on the occasion.
KANGRA
Man dies of poisoning: A 31-year-old taxi driver died at the DRPGMC Hospital at Tanda late Saturday night following consumption of poison by him, the police said here on Sunday. According to the police, Sandeep Kumar of Bangni Sidhbhari village was admitted to the Tanda hospital in a precarious condition. He struggled for life for a few hours before he died. The police is investigating the case under Section 174,
CrPC.
MANDI
Youth rescued from drowning: A joint team of the Mandi police and the Fire Brigade rescued a youth from drowning in the surging waters of the Suketi Khad in this town on Sunday. According to the police, the youth had gone to answer a call of nature on a boulder along the Suketi
Khad, when the river suddenly rose and trapped him in the water. The team rushed to the spot and saved him from drowning.
Driver gets one-yr
imprisonmen: Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Rajesh Chauhan found Raj Kumar, a driver of a private vehicle from
Drang, guilty of rash and reckless driving and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 7,500 on him here on Saturday. Complainant Vineet Singhi of Kullu had alleged that his wife Sambhavi died after the vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident at Saat Meel near Mandi a few years ago as Raj Kumar had driven the vehicle recklessly.
NURPUR
Octogenarian commits suicide: Prabhudayal Singh, an octogenarian of Kulahara village of Dahkulahara gram panchayat under Indora police station, reportedly committed suicide on Saturday night. The pradhan of Dahkulahara gram panchayat informed the police in this connection. The deceased was mentally disturbed for the past some time and committed suicide by hanging himself from his house roof. The matter was reported under Section 174,
CrPC.
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Satyagraha Yatra: As the Satyagraha Yatra will reach Dehradun in a few days, Congress workers from the Dehradun Cantt region held a meeting here on Sunday to discuss preparations. Presiding over the meeting, senior party leader and Pradesh Congress Committee member Suryakant Dhasmana said the yatra, led by Uttarkhand Congress President Yashpal Arya, was underway in the state since May 2 and was getting a widespread support. 2 jawans rescued: The Rishikesh police on Sunday rescued two Army jawans, who got stuck in boulders in the Ganga at Rishikesh. The victims were part of a rafting team of the Garhwal Rifles. The incident took place when their raft overturned. While other team members swam to safety, two jawans, Jitendra and Dipesh, got stuck in boulders in the
Ganga. Theft at shop: Miscreants on Sunday barged into a garments showroom in Rishikesh and decamped with a cash. Lalit Mohan Mishra, the owner of the shop, garments, has lodged an FIR in this regard. He said there was Rs 6,000 in the shop. The police has started investigations. ‘Padyatra’
by CM: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who will complete his two-year tenure as the CM on Monday, will participate in a protest “padyatra” against the hike in fuel products. The “padyatra” will start from his residence and culminate at the Secretariat on Monday.
KUMAON BRIEFS
Fire at Rudrapur factory
A fire broke out in a poly-leather factory in Rudrapur on Saturday night. According to information, a machine in the factory caught fire which spread abruptly as a pipe supplying oil to the machine was immediately engulfed by the inferno. The fire gradually spread to the godown where flexi sheets manufactured at the unit had been stored. The factory is located in the State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttaranchal hub. The loss is yet to be ascertained.Regular water supply sought
Residents of localities in Haldwani and Ramnagar are agitated over the failure of the Jal Sansthan to ensure a regular supply of water to them. The people in both these towns have been facing an acute water shortage for the past several days. Both the towns also witnessed a massive protest by the people outside the Jal Sansthan offices on Saturday. The worst affected area in Haldwani is Vanbhoolpura and in Ramnagar its Chorpani, Puchdi, Kyari etc. Debates on gender statistics
District Magistrate, Champawat, Pankaj Kumar Pandey has asked the authorities of various colleges to organise debates, lectures, workshops and seminars on the issue of gender statistics on June 29. The day is being observed as the centenary year of Prof PC Mahalanobis, the eminent economist who help shaping up the economic policies in India during post-Independence years. Similar programmes will be organised across the country on that day. Youth held with elephant tusk
The Jaspur police has arrested a youth and seized an elephant tusk weighing 1.2 kg from his possession. According to information, Shakir Hussain of Nai Basti was arrested following a tip-off while he was in the process of selling the ivory. The tusk recovered from him is said to be 19-cm-long. The accused told the police that he had purchased the ivory from one Saddiq of Hajiro village six months ago for Rs 6,000. Saddiq had died under mysterious circumstances three months ago. Leopard found dead
A leopard was found dead near Kant village, Pithoragarh, on Saturday. The cause of its death is yet unknown. Villagers found the animal lying in a field. They informed officials of the Forest Department, who reached the spot. The body parts of the wild cat are said to be intact. (Compiled by Rajeev Khanna)
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