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Sirsa
3 cricket bookies held: The police arrested three cricket bookies while they were betting on the England vs Sri Lanka match on Sunday night. Three mobiles, Rs 1,500 in cash, two mobile chargers and a TV have been seized. The police raided a house near the railway station last evening after a tip-off that cricket betting was taking place there. A case has been registered against the accused.
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BILASPUR
33 shopkeepers challaned: The Weights and Measures Circle raided a number of shops and business premises in the district here during the past couple of days and challaned 33 shopkeepers for violations of various rules and regulations. Assistant Controller Weights and Measures said here on Tuesday that Rs 99,000 was recovered as fine from the shopkeepers, while several of them were warned of serious consequences in any future violations. He said these challans were a result of the administration attempt to keep prices under check and also to ensure that no overcharging was done on items which must have the maximum price written on it by the manufacturer. The fines were charged for packets being without the name and address of the manufacturer and its date of packing and price not written on the packet, apart from weights and measures used by the shopkeeper not being properly got standardised from the department after regular checks at intervals etc.
CHAMBA
Motor bike rider killed: A motor bike rider was killed and his relative riding pillion on the vehicle was wounded when an HRTC bus hit his bike at Byana Mor near Salooni township, 55 km from here, on Monday, according a report received here on Tuesday. The deceased had been identified as shopkeeper Suresh Kumar of Pukhri. He succumbed to his injuries on way to the hospital. The injured woman Bobby was rushed to nearby Civil Hospital, Salooni, and stated to be out of danger.The police had arrested the driver and impounded the bus.
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DEHRADUN
Hoardings removed: A team of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation on Tuesday removed two hoardings on Rajpur Road. It also confiscated a few articles from shopkeepers who have encroached upon the road near Clock Tower. Meanwhile, another team of the MC demolished illegal slabs at Dilaram Bazaar on Tuesday. The senior health officer, Dr Kailash Joshi, visited the spot in the morning. He said: “ The locals were supportive. They also urged me to ensure that a small drain that has been constructed there should be repaired,” he added.Teachers’ protest: Irked over the non-fulfilment of their long-pending demands, members of the BEd/ BPEd Prashikshit Berozgar Sangathan took out a rally from the Parade Ground to the Secretariat here on Tuesday. The police, however, arrested those protesters who tried to cross barricades erected in front of the Secretariat. Birpal Singh Bisht, state general secretary of the association, said they would continue to stage protests against the state government till their demands were met. Mahila manch: Accusing the Uttarakhand BJP government of neglect, the Uttarakhand Mahila Sadbhawna Manch on Tuesday held a protest at the Dehradun District headquarters. The protesters submitted a memorandum to the administration demanding prompt redressal to the concerns raised by women state agitationists. President of the manch Asha Keda led the protest.
Kumaon Briefs
Trust to promote Punjabi: The Uttarakhand Punjabi Mahasabha will soon form a trust to bring Punjabi language on a par with Kumaoni and Garhwali in the state. It will also promote community marriages of the poor Punjabi students and help them financially in pursuing their education, said Rajiv Ghai, state general secretary of the mahasabha at Haldwani. According to Ghai, to promote Punjabi culture, a Punjabi folk festival will be organised on August 15 this year.Four crushed to death:Four persons, including a man and his son, died in road accidents in the town during the last 24 hours. Raghubir Singh, a resident of Nanakmatta and his 8-year-old son, were crushed to death by a truck near Kotwali Gate on Monday. In a second incident, two Tanakpur youths Anand Ballabh Bhatt and Mahesh Kharkawal died at Khatima PHC where they were brought after being hit by a truck near College Road when they were going to Pilibhit. The truck driver of the first accident has been arrested. Bosy Sen remembered:Speaking at the 88th anniversary of the Vivekanand Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, a veteran Gandhian social worker Radha Behen said on Tuesday that the laboratory, which was serving hill farmers, was started by Bosy Sen in his kitchen in 1924. He set up this laboratory in the hills to serve the poor of the region, said Radha Behen. She said in the region more than 1,300 villages depended on the dry season for their agriculture. The scientists related with the laboratory would have to seek the solution for these villages. Traders: Set up mobile tower:A traders’ union of Dharchula has warned the BSNL that if the mobile tower will not be installed in Jauljibi within one month, the traders will block the road between Pithoragarh and Tawaghat. Despite being the border town, no mobile tower has been set up at Jauljibi so far and the only mobile tower is not working properly, said Bhupendra Singh Thapa, president of the Udhog Vyapar Mandal unit of the Dharchula area. Pension for elderly sought:Demanding pension for the elder members, the SSB guerillas on Tuesday threatened that if their demands would not be met, they would block the Char Dham and Kailash Mansarowar route. The organisation would also stage a dharna in front of the houses of ministers and MPs, besides boycotting the next assembly elections in the state, said Dan Singh Baghari, district president of the SSB Swam Sewak Kalian Samiti. (Compiled by BD
Kasniyal)
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