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HARYANA

Fatehabad
Docs protest police inaction: Medical services in Tohana town in this district were paralysed today due to a strike by doctors against alleged police inaction in the case of attempted kidnapping of a local doctor last week. Three armed miscreants had tried to kidnap Dr Hardyal Bhatia from his residence-cum-clinic at Tohana on night of January 30. The accused had entered the clinic of the doctor as patients at midnight. The accused had decamped with his car when they failed in their attempt to kidnap him. Though over a week has elapsed since the incident, the police is still to find any clue to the crime. — OC

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Shimla
BJP puts off rally to April 6: The proposed BJP rally to highlight the failures of the four-year Congress rule in the state will now be held on April 6 instead of March 6 to coincide with the Sthapna Divas of the party. The state BJP chief, Mr Jai Ram Thakur, today said that though the party had intended to hold the rally on March 6, yet due to unavailability of the Ice Skating Rink for holding the rally, it had been postponed. He said that the highlights of the four-year Congress rule like corruption, price rise, unemployment and patronising various mafias would be brought to the notice of the government. — TNS