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AMBALA
IMA condemns attack: The Indian Medical Association state branch strongly condemned the brutal attack and arson at Suraya Hospital, Hisar. Dr Vinod Tayal, state president, IMA, Haryana state, demanded immediate arrest of culprits and registration of the criminal case. Dr VN Sood, state secretary, IMA, Haryana state, said all members of the IMA would bear black badges from Saturday and if the action was not taken within the reasonable time we would be compelled to take direct action.
REWARI
World Heritage Day: The Rewari chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage has again urged the chief secretary of Haryana to expedite the framing of the Heritage Conservation Act to safeguard the fast-dwindling Heritages in the state. The demand was raised at its meeting held to commemorate the World Heritage Day here on Saturday.
SIRSA
Phones out of order: Hundreds of telephones have been lying “dead” after damage to telephone cables during the construction of railway over bridge here. Officials of the BSNL have been busy in repairing the cables but it may take them a few days before all telephones were set in order. According to reports, four telephone cables of 1,200 connections each have been damaged rendering these telephones out of order, either completely or partially.SONEPAT
Body found: The body of Tez Singh, a resident of Kilorad village, was found lying in a room in the fields of one Ram Phal of Murthal village on Saturday. The body was sent to civil hospital for postmortem and on the complaint of victim’s brother Hoshiar Singh a case had been registered. Hoshiar said on April 15, Tez had gone to Murthal village to meet Ram. But he did not return home. In another incident, Amar Singh, a resident of Uttrakhand, reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a fan on Friday.

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Jammu
Power shutdown: In order to carry out maintenance works and replace worn out droppers and jumpers of 131.5 KV grid station at Bari-Brahmana (BB-I), the power supply to Gangyal, Vijaypur, Jakh, Kartholi, industrial area at Bari-Brahmana, being fed from BB-1 station, and adjoining areas will remain suspended on Sunday from 8 am to 4 pm. The PHE, MES installations and other essential loads will be affected during the period. According to chief engineer, M&RE wing, Ajay Gupta the shutdown is subject to fair weather conditions.35 cell phones stolen: Some unidentified burglars stole 35 cell phones from a shop in the Talab Khatikan area on Friday. Official sources said Neeraj, owner of the shop, came to know about the incident on Saturday morning when he found the locks of his shop broken. The police has registered a case at the Pir Mitha police station. Omar leaves for Umrah: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday left for Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. He would return to the state on April 21. 2-day exhibition inaugurated: First Lady Usha Vohra inaugurated a two-day annual exhibition - Tatva - of the JD Institute of Fashion Technology, here today. At the exhibition, which is open to all, creations of students of the institute in interior decoration, fashion, jewelry and textile designing are on display and sale. She evinced keen interest in the designs on display and appreciated the creativity of the students. She also interacted with staff and students of the institute. AIDS awareness workshop: The State AIDS Prevention and Control Society (SPACS) in collaboration with the State Institute of Education, Directorate of School Education, Jammu, launched an adolescent education programme for AIDS awareness here on Saturday. A four-day training workshop for teachers, students of government schools of the Jammu province was inaugurated by SPACS project director Dr MA
Wani.

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