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Three die in mishaps:
Three persons were killed in separate road accidents in the past 24 hours. A pedestrian died when he was hit by an unidentified vehicle near the traffic intersection of Sector 16 and 17 last night. The victim, Pyar Chand, was a resident of Kangra. Eyewitnesses told the police that he was hit by a motorcycle but its number could not be noted down. A case was registered in this regard.
In another mishap that occurred this morning, a cyclist was killed after a mini-truck hit him near the grain market in Sector 26. Samuel (26) was hit by a Swaraj Mazda truck which fled the spot. In yet another mishap, 82-year-old Phoola Devi, was killed when a motorcycle hit her in Sector 40 yesterday. 2 held for stealing car:
Prompt action by local police led to the arrest of two watchmen posted at Mahindra Stock Yard in Industrial Area Phase-I, Panchkula, when they fled their duty place after stealing a new Verito car late night.
The accused were identified as Surender Sharma, a resident of Jind district, and Sunil Kumar of Gorakhpur (UP). The police said Satinder Singh, a manager of the company, who visited the yard at night found the gate open while no watchman was present at the spot. 
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Hamirpur
Power shutdown on March 23, 24: The electricity supply to the Mattan Sidh industrial area will remain shut on March 23 for repair of 11 KV line. Power supply to
Baroa, Sihani, industrial area, Badu and other adjoining areas will remain shut from 9 am to 5 pm and on March 24 to Mattan
Sidh, Dugha, Police Line, Dosarka, Pratap Street and Regional Hospital area from 9 am to 5 pm.
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Kumaon Briefs
Father, son convicted of killing daughter: District and Sessions Judge of Nainital has convicted three persons, including a father and son, for killing their daughter. According to the prosecution, the culprits have confessed that they killed their daughter Puja (18) as she had been in bad company and used to run away from her house. “The culprits, Mahendra, his son Ravikant called Puja at home on the pretext of her marriage and killed her near the town on June 16, 2006,” said the police in Nainital district. The police later arrested them. Call to revive Himalayan crafts:
Vinay Pathak, Vice-Chancellor of Uttarakhand Open University, has called to revive the traditional knowledge of Himalayan societies to make the region self-sufficient. Professor Vinay Pathak was speaking at a seminar on the topic of, “Himalayan traditional knowledge system in social and historical perspective” organised by an NGO The Himalayan village, at Nathuakhan near Haldwani. “We need to revive all traditional Himalayan crafts either be it Ayurveda or construction crafts, as these are not mere crafts but a culture as well, “said Dr Pathak. Rs 20 lakh sought for tackling fire:
The Bageshwar forest division has demanded Rs 20 lakh for fire fighting activities as due to lack of sufficient funds, the department is finding itself unable to put off fires in remote forests of the division. “Every year, we get less than the required money for the purpose. Due to this shortage, the department is unable to reach the forest of Malla and Talla Katyur to douse flames even if we get information on time,” said RC Sharma, Divisional Forest Officer. The DFO said the division had 1.6 lakh hectare of civil and panchayat forests for which fire fighting estimates were Rs 22 lakh of which only Rs 4.50 lakh had been given to the division , which is insufficient for the set targets of fire fighting in the season. ‘Extend last date for regularising Nazul land’:
Residents of Lohaghat in Champawat district have demanded that the last date for regularising the Nazul land should be extended as the circle rates for 166 hectares of Nazul land, to be regularised in Lohaghat, has not been fixed by the administration. “The follow-up action on the government order of November 18, 2011, to start the process to make the land freehold in the town has not been followed as the administration was busy in the election process in the state," said Bhagwan Singh Mahra, a resident of the town. Protect traditional knowledge: Scientists:
Scientists from the Uttarakhand Council of Science and Technology have given a call to protect the traditional knowledge being used in small and micro industries. The scientists, who were speaking in a seminar organised by the council for small entrepreneurs in the town, have said due to the non-protection of this traditional knowledge in this sphere, the area of small and micro industries is becoming the victim of knowledge piracy. “We can protect the intellectual property laws related to the small industry sector by dividing these into various categories and giving specific protection for these under that category,” said Dr Manoj Kumar, a scientist from UCOST. (Contributed by Rajeev
Khanna)
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