Chandigarh
Rath yatra on girl child: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will flag off a rath yatra to highlight the issue of “Save girl child” on the foundation stone laying ceremony of Kalpana Chawla Medical College in Karnal on November 18. An official spokesman on Friday said the rath yatra would spread awareness regarding consequences of female foeticide in five villages of the district everyday. He said with a view to curb the menace of female
foeticide, the district administration had also launched a special campaign in September 2011. On the sixth of every month ‘Sankalap Divas’ was being observed to eradicate this social evil.
Additional charge: Brijendra Singh, Managing Director, Haryana Warehousing Corporation, has been given the additional charge of Director and Joint Secretary, Food and Supplies Department and Managing Director,
CONFED, during the leave period of Rajbir Singh.
Rewari
Tributes paid to Rao Gopal Dev: Led by Shanti Devi, Capt Ajay Singh Yadav’s mother, and Ashok Rao and Davender Rao, descendants of Rao Gopal Dev, and distinguished citizens paid floral tributes at the statue of Rao Gopal Dev here on Friday to mark the 155th anniversary of the historic battle of Nasibpur. Rao Gopal Dev, who had spearheaded the revolt against British imperialism in Rewari domain in 1857, had fought the historic battle against the British at Nasibpur, near Narnaul, on November 16, 1857 as a commander of the Indian forces. However, as a sequel to the British victory in the battle, Rao Copal Dev escaped to the then Bikaner state in Rajasthan where he died in obscurity in
1862.
Sonepat
3 girls to get Indira Gandhi award: President Pranab Mukherjee will present the prestigious Indira Gandhi National Award to three NSS volunteers from the district, Monika Dhillon and Priyanka
Malik, students of BPS Women University, Khanpur Kalan, and Radha, a student of Government Women College,
Murthal, on November 19 in New Delhi. Only these girl students had been nominated by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for the award from
Haryana.
Dalhousie
One killed in mishap: A person died on the spot after being hit by a pickup vehicle, near Goli on the Dalhousie-Chamba highway, last
evening. An official report revealed that the deceased was identified as Nidhia Ram, a local resident. He was walking alongside the highway with his son Kasturi Lal when the mishap
occurred. A case of rash and negligent driving against the driver was registered at the Dalhousie police station.
Hamirpur
Proclaimed offender held: Officials of the Badsar police have arrested a proclaimed offender, Suresh Kumar, belonging to Dehar village of Mandi district, after a tip-off. The accused was declared a proclaimed offender in 2009 by a court in a criminal case and was eluding arrest since then.
