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Jhajjar
Will ‘regularise’ jobs of contractual employees:
BJP Kisan Morcha chief and its nominee for Badli constituency Om Prakash
Dhankar, while addressing a gathering at Kheri Jatt village on Saturday, said the services of guest teachers and other contractual and ad hoc employees would be regularised if the BJP formed government in the state. "We will also ensure an honorarium of Rs 9,000 per month to poor students who want to earn money while studying," said
Dhankar.
Sirsa
Tanwar mocks Modi’s sanitation drive: State Congress chief Ashok Tanwar dismissed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sanitation drive and at the same time tried to woo Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda, when he said Modi was aping what the Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had been doing since long. Speaking at Sonia Gandhi's rally in Sirsa on Saturday, Tanwar not only tried to belittle Modi's efforts, but also tried to cajole the Dera chief at a time when the political affairs wing of the Dera was in the process of gathering inputs from its followers.Abhay terms rallies of Modi, Sonia as ‘flop shows’:
Ellenabad MLA Abhay Singh Chautala on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's rallies in the state today had proved to be “flop shows”. He said people were not “impressed” with their speeches. 
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Haldwani
DIG Martolia takes charge: Ganesh Singh Martolia, DIG, Kumaon, has said he will give priority to curbing illegal trade of wild animal organs in border areas of the region. He told mediapersons after taking charge at Haldwani on Saturday that to keep a check on the trade of organs of wild animals, the police would take help of the ITBP, the SSB and the revenue police, as they were already working in this direction in the border areas. “The gang of criminals involved in the illegal trade will be busted with the help of local people,” he said.Nainital
Tourists throng Nainital: Hoteliers and other people involved in tourism business in Nainital are happy to see a large number of tourists in the town on the occasion of the Durga puja and Vijaya Dashami during, otherwise, off season. According to hoteliers, tourists from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are reaching Nainital in big numbers these days. “Besides, tourists are coming to the town to visit the local zoo, the lake for boating and horse riding. Buses and jeeps plying between Haldwani and Nainital are doing a good business due to increase in the number of tourists,” said Kamal Jagati, a hotelier in
Nainital. Pithoragarh
Lakhpat to hunt leopard: The Forest Department has deputed hunter Lakhpat Singh to shoot or capture a leopard that has killed 13 villagers in the area in the last 3 years. Three cages have also been installed to trap the leopard. “Besides the hunter, villagers of the area are also helping the department in catching the leopard, which has been declared a man-eater,” said IP Singh,
DFO, Pithoragarh. Ramnagar
Gyms to come up in 5 blocks: The Ramnagar, Betalghat, Okhalkanda, Ramgarh and Dhari blocks in Nainital district have been identified for opening gymnasiums. A grant of Rs 5 lakh will be provided to each gym from the Uttarakhand Border and Backward Areas Development Fund for the purpose in the coming days, District Youth Welfare Officer PL Verma said. Over 5,000 youths from 15 villages will be able to take the benefit of these gyms once these are opened.
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