Ranbaxy
fire toll three
SAS Nagar, June 14
One of the four persons critically injured in the Ranbaxy blast and fire of June 11 died at the Fortis hospital here this evening taking the toll to three. The condition of the other three also remains critical, though according to Dr
R.V. Karanjekar, Medical Director of the hospital, their condition has not deteriorated any
further.
City Fire Dept on alert
Chandigarh, June 14
After a Ranbaxy plant in SAS Nagar went up in flames following a series of three blasts, the UT Fire Department has decided to take steps for ensuring that similar incidents do not occur in Chandigarh.
Police seeks permission to destroy seized drugs
Chandigarh, June 14
The Chandigarh Police has begun the exercise of obtaining orders for disposal of drugs seized under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
As per the instructions issued by the top brass of the city police, stress is being laid on obtaining orders for disposal in fresh cases. The cases have been categorised in — decided, under investigation and fresh seizures.
3 of family killed in road accident
Kurali, June 14
Three members of a family were killed and four others injured in an accident that took place on the
Chandigarh-Roopnagar national highway at Chanalo village, near here, last evening. An eight-year-old boy had a miraculous escape that otherwise appeared unbelievable.
This is what remains of the car which met with an accident at Chanalo village, near Kurali, on Friday evening.
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No review of audit
in PU colleges
Chandigarh, June 14
Panjab University has failed to have a round-up of the preliminary audit of the colleges that had made significant recommendations for upheaval of college functioning. It had been well over an year when the preliminary report of four zones was submitted to the university Syndicate and there were no reports of any follow-up for assimilation of the data.
IG’s brother held for illegal telephony operations
Chandigarh, June 14
An illegal operation of routing international calls to customers in the country through Internet lease lines and land telephone connections was unearthed by the operation cell of the Chandigarh Police here late this evening.
Cops help lost child return to parents
SAS Nagar, June 14
The day-long anguish of parents of Golu, a four-year-old girl child, who got lost this afternoon at Khumbra village here, ended on a happy note when she was found safe and sound at phase VIII police station here this evening.
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