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MOHALI
Elected: Dr Uma Sharma, District Public Relations Officer,
Mohali, has been elected as president of the Mohali unit of Bharat Vikas Parishad. Dr Ajay Gandhi and V.K. Singal were also elected as general secretary and cashier of the unit. The elected body would take over from April 1.

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CHANDIGARH
Transfers: The state government with the concurrence of the Election Commission has issued posting and transfer orders of three HCS officers with immediate effect. Girish Arora has been posted as SDO (C)-cum-additional collector, Dadri; Satbir Singh Lohchab has been posted as land acquisition officer, Faridabad, and Partap Singh has been made secretary, Municipal Corporation, Faridabad.KARNAL
Man chops off his genitals: Rakesh (35) allegedly chopped off his genitals with a sharp-edged weapon in an inebriated state in Guda village of Karnal district on Sunday. He was working as a cook in marriages and functions. He was rushed to hospital and referred to trauma centre at Karnal on Monday. He was in an unconscious state and his condition was stated to be critical. Sources said Rakesh was in relationship with a eunuch. In-laws booked: The police has registered a case against six persons of Jahad Majra Khurd village for alleged murder of Seema on the complaint of her brother. Complainant Rishi Pal alleged that his sister died under mysterious circumstances in her in-laws house. He found some marks of injuries on her neck. He said his sister was opposing her husband for, Roop Chand, for selling a plot of land to his brother Hukum Chand. He suspects that this as the cause behind her death. After preliminary investigations the police registered a case against Roop singh, Hukum Singh, Kala Singh and Lal Singh, Santoshi (wife of Hukam Singh) and Praveen. Smack seized: The police has seized 730 grams of smack worth Rs 70 lakh in the international market and 420 grams of opium from a person after intensive interrogations during a police remand. Subhash was arrested by a team led by Surinder Singh, ASI, on March 4, on a tip off that he was dealing in drugs and remanded in police custody up to March 13. His police remand was further extended up to March 15. The police registered a case under Sections 18 and 27 of the NDPS Act and added another Section 21 of THE NDPS. Subhash was sent to jail by the court
on Monday. Two killed in road accidents: Two persons were killed and a woman was injured in two separate accidents in Karnal district on Monday. Rajat (12) died on the spot after hitting by speeding HRTC bus near Anaj Mandi in Assandh. The driver of the bus fled after the accident and the police has registered a case against the unknown driver. In another accident, a couple riding a motorbike was hit by a wagonR at Chideo, 8-km from here, on Sudnay. Raghubir Singh and his wife, Bimla, were rushed to a local hospital where Raghubir succumbed to his injuries while Bimla was referred to PGI in serious condition. A case has been registered. KURUKSHETRA
‘Save girl child’: District and Sessions Judge-cum-chairman of the District Legal Services Authority, Kurukshetra, RC Bansal called upon the people to save the girl child. Bansal was addressing the gathering at Prerna Old Age Home, near the Salarpur road, here on Monday. He said the female foeticide was illegal. Moreover, without them reproduction of next generation was not possible. He also heard the senior citizens’ problems, which were redressed on the spot.
REWARI
SUCI announces nominee: Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) has announced that its party nominee Anoop Singh, a resident of Matanhale village, would contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha election from the Rohtak parliamentary constituency. A prominent SUCI leader comrade Rajender Singh released the above information to the mediapersons here on Monday. He said SUCI would contest only the Rohtak seat.
Drowned: When Anand (10) incidentally fell into the canal in Bhakli village, near Kosli, on Monday, his companion Aman Singh, too, hastily jumped into the canal to rescue him. Hearing Aman’s cries, farmers from neighbouring fields rushed to the spot. While Aman was taken out safe by them, Anand, who was apparently swept away by the current, could not be saved. The police was engaged in efforts to trace and fish out Anand’s body till the filing of this report.Woman commits suicide: Chander Mukhi (27), wife of Sajjan Singh Yadav, reportedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at Kosli on Sudnay. She was admitted to a private hospital in Gurgaon, where she died in the evening. On a complaint filed by her father Phool Singh Yadav, a resident of Paldi village of Bhiwani district, the police has registered a case against her husband Sajjan Singh, father-in-law Lal Chand Yadav, mother-in-law Shnati Devi and two others, all residents of Kosli. Salesman kidnapped: Mainpal Singh, a resident of Jakhala village, a salesman at liquor vend in Guriani village, near Kosli, was allegedly kidnapped by some miscreants in a Scorpio on Sunday. Sources said he was first taken to Tumbahedi village, near Guriani, where Rs 2,400 was snatched from him. Subsequently, Mainpal, who was reportedly dropped late in the night by the miscreants in a field in Baghot village in Mahendergarh district, somehow managed to return to Jakhala village. The police has registered a case of abduction, extortion, wrongful restraint, savage treatment and causing hurt under Sections 365, 384, 506, 377, 452, 323, 147, 149 of the IPC against the miscreants.

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MANDI
Six booked: The police on Monday booked six persons identified as Chaman Lal, Dinesh Kumar, Shankar Dass, Narinder Kumar, Sanjay Kumar and Kashmir Singh, all from Gehra village in Mandi Sadar after they alleged breached the drinking water supply line of the village. They have been booked under Section 3 of the PDP Act. Acting on the complaint filed here on Monday by Bhag Singh, vice-president, gram panchayat, Behal, that the six persons broke the waterline, the police booked them.Dog bites sisters: Gitanjli and Lalita, both sisters from Majhwar village under Mandi Sadar police station, on Monday were bitten by a dog that belongs to one Nand Lal when they had gone to forest to collect grass for animals. A case under Section 289 of the IPC has been registered against
Nand Lal. Man beats up wife: On the complaint of Sarita Devi, married to Rajesh Kumar in 2000, the Sarkaghat police on Monday registered a case of cruelty by her husband and his relatives under Section 498(A) of the IPC. She complained that her husband beat her up on Monday demanding dowry. He has been torturing her mentally and physically over the years, she alleged. According to the police the investigation is on.

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JAMMU
120 kg poppy straw seized: The police and the Army seized 120 kg of poppy straw (Bhukki), near Sher Bibi in the Banihal area, on Monday. Official sources said, though a suspected smuggler escaped from the site but a truck driver, Kamal Singh, of Jalandhar, along with his conductor, were detained. Their truck bearing registration number PB08U/3484 was also seized.2 youths hurt in mishap: Two mobike-borne youths sustained serious injuries after their vehicle collided with a divider on the arterial expressway near Government Ayurvedic Hospital here on Monday. Samir and Yasin, both residents of Sunjwan, were injured critically after their mobike rammed into the divider. They were later shifted to Government Medical College. Blood donation camp: A blood donation camp was organised by the International Netherland Group (ING) Life Insurance, Jammu, at the Government Hospital, Gandhi Nagar on Monday. According to the statement issued here on Monday, the camp was supervised and conducted by Dr Vinod Gupta, medical superintendent and Dr SL Fotra, pathologist. The supervisors said the ING team was actively involved in social initiatives, helping the society. The ING team led by its area manager, Kamal Kumar, also donated one unit of blood.

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One dead, 24 injured in
mishap: A woman was killed and 24 others sustained injuries after a bus met with an accident on the Haridwar-Dehradun road here today. District Magistrate
Amit Singh Negi has ordered a magisterial probe into the incident.
Belal boxes to
gold:Head constable Jagat Belal, who hails from Udham Singh Nagar, did the state proud by winning the gold medal in the 81-kg category at the Mishra Memorial
International Boxing Championship held in Chandigarh from March 11 to 15.
The Director-General of Police has announced a cash prize of Rs 2,500 for Belal.

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