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PGI academic session from July 16: The PGI authorities have decided to revert to the old system of commencement of the new academic session i.e. from July 16. In 2005, the then director, Dr KK
Talwar, had clubbed it with the institute’s foundation day - July 7. Faculty members had been demanding reversion to the old system as the new system disturbed the summer vacation schedule between May 16 and July 15.
Zirakpur
Illegal structures razed: The Zirakpur municipal council (MC) today demolished illegal encroachments on the Zirakpur-Kalka highway road. Giving information, MC inspector Gurdarshan Singh stated that the drive started with the demolition of an illegal wall constructed near Hotel Shagun. Later, MC workers demolished illegal encroachment in Golden Estate Colony.
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BHIWANI
Pension distribution: Irked over the untimely distribution of pension for the past several months, the elders of Rewari Khera village in the district submitted a memorandum to the district commissioner here on Tuesday. It is learnt that the beneficiaries of the pension scheme have had to return empty- hands for the past several months. Bribery case: A team of the Gurgaon unit of the State Vigilance Bureau headed by DSP Satya Vati caught Anil Kumar Rohilla, a sub-inspector of the Food and Supplies Department, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 from Vikas Kumar, a depot holder of the nearby Sulkha village, in the former’s office here on Tuesday. Bureau sources said the depot holder had complained that the sub-inspector was demanding a bribe of Rs 5,000 to restore his suspended depot. A case has been registered against the culprit. Crushed to death: A five-year old boy, Hari Ram, son of a migrant labourer, Ishri Singh, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, was crushed to death by a speeding tractor on the Rewari-Bawal road at Suthani village, 8 km from here, on Monday. Sources said when the boy’s father was taking lunch, the boy just strayed on the road while playing and was run over by the tractor. REWARI
Mother turns
saviour: A spirited fight put up by Bindoo Yadav (30) of Baidwara Mohalla against her husband Hari Yadav’s stubbornness bore fruit eventually when the court of JMIC Lokesh Gupta issued an injunction of late, restraining Hari Yadav from solemnising the marriage of his two minor daughters, Rekha Yadav (15) and Shikha Yadav (13). Following the judicial order, Hari Yadav submitted an affidavit in the court pledging that he would not marry off his two minor daughters.
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NURPUR
One arrested for raping minor: The local police arrested Karnail (23), alias Kaka, of Tholla-Jatolli village on Tuesday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl of Geora village under Gangath police chowki. According to DSP Rajinder Jaswal, the victim came out of his house on Monday night to answer a call of nature. The accused, who was hiding nearby, forcibily took her behind bushes and allegedly raped her. The police registered a case under Section 376, IPC, against him and conducted a medical examination of the victim at the Civil Hospital here. SUNDERNAGAR
Body found from BBMB reservoir: The body of Dharam Singh (32), who fell into the BBMB canal on May 18, 2011, while taking a bath on the bank of the canal, was recovered on Monday from the BBMB reservoir situated here. As per information, an unidentified body was found floating in the reservoir. It was taken out and relatives of the deceased identified the body. The body of was then handed over to them after postmortem.
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Srinagar
Domestic Violence Act notified: The government has notified that the provisions of the J&K Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act shall come into force from July 12. The notification has been issued in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (3) of Section 1 of the Act, an official spokesman here said.
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DEHRADUN
Mega lok adalats on Aug 3: Mega lok adalats will be organised in Dehradun, Vikas Nagar and Rishikesh on August 3. According to Mohammad Sultan, Secretary, Dehradun Legal Services Authority, said those who wanted an amicable redressal
of their grievances must submit their applications at the earliest.X-ray machine functional: Dr BC Pathak, Chief Medical Superintendent, Doon Hospital, said the X-ray machine that had developed a technical snag and was non-operational for long had started functioning. Residents of Dehradun had been facing problems due to the non-functional X-ray machine. Low pressure of water supply: Residents of Patelnagar and Dalanwala localities have complained of low pressure of water supply. In a complaint to the Jal Sansthan, they said most of the pipelines in the region were out of order, causing inconvenience to them. AK Sharma, Executive
Engineer, Jal Sansthan, said the repairs were being done. Services hit: The services of Link Express that connects Allahabad to Dehradun have been disrupted due to the Fatehpur train mishap. Following this, the authorities in Dehradun have refunded ticket payment to passengers.
Kumaon Briefs
Youth crushed under earthmover: A youth was killed when he was crushed under an earthmover on the banks of the Gaula river in the Bindukhatta area of Nainital district. The deceased has been identified as Ratan Koranga who was in his early twenties. He had been working as a labourer on a project being executed to divert the course of the river. The incident took place on the night of Sunday. An injured Ratan was rushed to the Sushila Tewari Memorial Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Woman murdered: In a gruesome incident reported from the Sitarganj area of Udham Singh Nagar district, a woman was murdered in a field. Rekha (27) had come to her parents’ house at Sisaikheda village. When she had gone to a field to answer nature’s call early in the morning on Monday, she was murdered. Her throat was slit by a sharp-edged weapon. Rekha’s brother has accused her husband of having committed the murder. He is learnt to have told the police that Mahesh Ram had been illtreating his wife for a long time. He had come to the village on Sunday evening asking his wife to go back with him but she had refused. Labourer killed:
One person was killed while 10 were injured when a slab on the roof being constructed at a dargah in Kashipur came crashing down. The deceased has been identified as 25-year-old Arif Ahmed who was a resident of Nai Basti in Vijay Nagar locality. He was one of the labourers working at the site. Villager electrocuted:
A villager was electrocuted to death in the Nanakmatta area of Udham Singh Nagar district. According to sources Harvansh Singh of Kishanpur village had gone to sprinkle fertiliser in his fields when his foot got entangled in a live wire that had fallen on the ground. Seeing him fighting for his life, farmers from the adjoining areas rushed to the spot but he died on the spot. The police has handed the body to the members of his family after carrying out the required formalities. Cong men clash:
Various factions of the Congress from the Berinag area clashed before a district-level observer of the party at a meeting held on Monday. The meeting was one of the preliminary exercises to discuss the possible party candidate for the Gangolihat and Berinag seats. Various contenders and their supporters had a heated exchange of words in the presence of the observer, Chhatra Singh. It is learnt that the police also reached the spot. The matter was resolved only when the observer declared that the contestants would be decided by the party high command. (Compiled by Rajeev Khanna)
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