Fatehabad
2,368 shortlisted for Army test: The Army Recruitment Office, Hisar, has shortlisted as many as 2,368 youths for the written test during its 12-day long recruitment rally that ended here today. Colonel Ranjan Minocha said as many as 24,745 candidates appeared before the recruitment board from four districts of Hisar Division.
Hisar
Jat rally in Hisar today: With a section of Jat reservation activists announcing a rally at Mayyar in Hisar on Wednesdayto observe the first death anniversary of Sandeep, who was killed in police firing on March 6 last year, the police has made elaborate arrangements to face the situation. A police spokesman said two companies of the district police had been kept in readiness.
The police could call additional forces from neighbouring districts. The spokesman said two companies each from Hisar, Jind, Bhiwani, Fatehabad and Sirsa, the five districts coming under Hisar Police Range, had been trained by the Rapid Action Force (RAF) to deal with situations
like riots.
Jhajjar
Man crushed to death by train: Ramesh of Aasauda village was crushed to death by a train after he fell down at Aasauda railway station on Tuesday. The accident took place in the morning when Ramesh was going to Delhi by the train. As he boarded the moving train, he slipped and fell on the track. He was rushed to a hospital from where he was referred to the PGIMS, Rohtak, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Karnal
Escapee drug smuggler held: A drug smuggler, who escaped from the police custody on Monday night, was arrested by CIA-I of the Karnal police within 24 hours. After the incident, Superintendent of Police (SP) Shashank Anand suspended two policemen for dereliction of duty. Rinkoo was arrested with 50 gram smack on Monday and a case under the NDPS Act was registered against him. When he was taken to the Ram Nagar Police Station, he escaped from there. The SP constituted a special team of the CIA-I headed by Sub-Inspector Virender Singh to arrest the smuggler. The CIA-I team arrested him from Gandhi Nagar in Karnal. The police also arrested Kalu, who instigated Rinkoo to escape.
Rewari
One killed in mishap: Satbir Singh ( 23) died on the spot while his niece, Priya, and his sister’s brother-in-law, Vikram, sustained serious injuries when their motorcycle collided with a pick-up van on the Nahar- Kanina road, 35 km from here, on Tuesday. The mishap took place when Satbir was going from Kohard to Gurgaon while the van was coming from Kanina to Nahar. The van driver fled, leaving the vehicle.
Sirsa
Four girls hurt as
bus overturns: Four girls from Mata Harki Devi College for Women, Odhan, were hurt when a bus of Mata Harki Devi Senior Secondary School overturned near Khai Shergarh village in Sirsa on Tuesday. The bus overturned after the driver lost control over it while trying to overtake a tractor trolley. Three injured girls were shifted to the General Hospital, Sirsa. Shamim Sharma, principal of the college, said three girls had already been discharged from the hospital.
