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contest:Anee’s School students, Sector 69, participated in painting and fancy dress competitions organised at the British Library under the title “Paint Britain”. They presented themselves with colourful attires denoting different themes. School coordinator shared her views with the students on scarcity of water. Office-bearers
elected:The following have been elected as office-bearers of the Chandigarh Area MES Workers’ Union,
Chandimandir, Chairman — Manohar Lal; president — Suresh Kumar
Mehta; vice-presidents — Angrej Singh and Shamsher Singh; secretary — Ranbir Singh; joint secretaries —Suresh Kumar and Avtar Singh; cashier — Pal
Chand; adviser — Puran Chand. Billiards c’ship from May 26:Chandigarh Billiards and Snooker Association is organising men and women (senior/junior/sub-junior) 25th Chandigarh State Snooker and Billiards Championship from May 26.
Mohali
Jaipur Garib Rath suspended:The Railways has suspended the Chandigarh-Jaipur Garib Rath on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays for this week only. The reverse pair of the train has also been suspended. Railways officials said: “Due to repair work on the railway track at Rewari, the train has been cancelled.”ZIRAKPUR
Body found: An unidentified body was found on the Ambala-Kalka railway track near Dhakoli village here on Saturday. According to sources, the deceased died after getting hit by a passenger train on the track around 7.45 pm. The body has been sent to civil hospital, Dera Bassi, and will be kept for next 72 hours for identification. Car stolen:
Gaganpreet, a resident of Sector 22, Chandigarh, reported to the police that his car was stolen from outside AKM marriage palace, here. A case of theft has been registered.
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Summer camp: A summer camp is being organised in DAV Public School, Model Town, Ambala City. This school has arranged specialised teachers to give the training of making paper bag, glass painting, pot making and gift packing. Personality development and English speaking classes are also been organised. She said the camp would continue for a fortnight.
JHAJJAR
Body found: The body of a middle-aged man was found in a pump house at Madanpur Akheri village here on Saturday. The body was spotted by an employee of the pump house. The police fished out the body from the water after taking the stock of the situation. However, the body has not been identified as yet.
KURUKSHETRA
Weather information centres: To provide weather information, the Indian Space Research Organisation will establish 83 weather information centres in important towns, including 21 district headquarters in Haryana. Stating this at the concluding function of the six-day state-level flood relief training camp here on Saturday, financial commissioner and principal secretary of the Haryana Revenue and Disaster Management Department Urvashi Gulati said the centres would start functioning within four months.
NARNAUL
Renewal facility: Now, ex-servicemen need not go to the headquarter station, Alwar, for smart cards and membership registration. All these works have started under one roof at the ECHS Polyclinic, Narnaul, located in Employees’ Colony since April 1. ECHS office in charge Om Prakash said the form for the membership of the ECHS was given on a payment of a nominal fee of Rs 2 and submitted here only. Renewal of membership registration and issuance of smart card were also done in the office, he added.
Rohtak
Rs 8,000 looted from truck driver:Three unidentified youths reportedly looted Rs 8,000 and a cellphone from a truck driver at gunpoint on the Rohtak-Panipat road near Makrauli village here last night.
The truck driver, Rajesh, a resident of Kannauri village, lodged a complaint in this connection with the Sadar police station here. SIRSA
Cash looted: Some persons allegedly looted gold and Rs 70,000
in cash from a residence in the local MITC colony on Saturday. The
incident took place when the owner of the house, Sukhwinder, was not at
home. The police has registered a case. Blood donation camp: Dr Ved Beniwal, patron of the state chapter of the Indian Medical Association, organised a blood donation camp at his clinic here on Saturday. As many as 64 units of blood was collected during the camp. Sirsa ADC Yudhvir Singh Khayalia inaugurated the camp.
Sonepat
3 buffaloes electrocuted:Three buffaloes of
Ramesh, a resident of Silana village, were electrocuted when a live high tension wire reportedly fell on them here today. The incident took place when the animals were being brought back from a village pond.
Irked over the incident, a large number of villagers blocked the Rohtak-Kharkhoda road in protest against the incident and the alleged failure of the power nigam authorities to replace the dilapidated wires.
The SDO of the nigam from Kharkhoda persuaded the villagers to lift the blockade promising that the wires would be replaced and loss of the buffaloes would be suitably compensated by the
nigam.
Man killed: Surat, a resident of Bidhal village, was allegedly killed by Shambhu of the same village on Saturday. The police has registered a case against Shambhu, who absconded after committing the crime. The victim’s son, Ramesh, alleged that Shambhu also molested his brother’s wife. When his father went to Shambhu’s house to complain to his family members, Shambhu allegedly attacked him with a brick. YAMUNANAGAR
Assault condemned: The president of the Haryana Civil Medical Services (HCMS) association, Dr Vijay Dahiya, on Saturday condemned the assault on the medical officer, Dr Gaurav Bhardwaj, posted at the CHC, Kalayat, in Kaithal district. Addressing press conference here, he demanded that assailants, who attacked the doctor on Friday, should be immediately arrested. He also demanded that adequate security should be provided at remote and peripheral health institutions.
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Excellence award: National Hydropower Corporation Limited has been conferred with the “Performance Excellence Award” by the Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, during a four-day-long 12th CEOs conference started at Manali on Friday. Chief Secretary Asha Swarup presented the award to chairman-cum-managing director of NHPC S K Garg. The NHPC had generated 16,690 mega units of electricity in 2008-09 thereby registering an increase of 12 per cent in comparison to the previous year.
SHIMLA
3 killed in mishap: Three persons were killed and one seriously injured when the car (HP-62-0048) they were travelling in rolled down into a deep gorge near Lambidhar on the Theog- Sandhu road on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Rajinder Singh, Roop Singh and Hemant Singh. Mohan Singh has been admitted to a hospital with serious injuries.New courses: The St Bede’ College will be starting two new courses in microbiology and biotechnology from the current academic session. The college administration on Saturday said the approval had been granted for starting B.Sc (Hons) in microbiology and biotechnology. The admission forms could be obtained from Himachal Pradesh University and the last date for the submission of admission forms for microbiology was May 30 and June 5 for course in biotechnology.
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Jammu
1 killed, 10 hurt in mishap: A man was killed while 10 were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road in the Kaluchak area, near here, on Friday. The mishap occurred when one of the tyres of the vehicle burst suddenly. The deceased is Abdul Majeed of Rakh Rajpura in Bari Brahmana. The injured are Maisima, Bhuggi, Surma, Gulabi, Kali, Bhago Bibi, Salima Bibi and Nagima, all residents of Vijaypur, Joginder Lal of Ramgarh and Nazira Begum of Udhampur.Jawan electrocuted: An Army jawan (31) was electrocuted while repairing a live wire of an electricity water pump at his residence in Badyala Chak village in Akhnoor, near here, on Saturday. Parvin Kumar of the 6 JAKLI, who had come home on leave, fell unconscious and was immediately rushed to the Army Hospital in Akhnoor, where doctors declared him brought dead.
Rain brings respite:Rain in some parts of the city brought the temperature down and people were seen enjoying the showers as a respite from the scorching sun.
For the past many days, the city has been reeling under intense heatwave as the day temperature has been soaring with every passing day.
“Showers in some parts of the city brought respite for people who were reeling under intense heat,” said an officer of the MET Department.
He, however, said today’s showers were not pre-monsoon showers and the people of the city might have to wait for some more time before the arrival of monsoon. Srinagar
Kashmir writer remembered: Rich tributes were paid to legendary Kashmiri writer Akhtar Mohi-ud-Din at a function organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages here on Friday. Prominent Kashmiri poet and scholar Amin Kamil presided over the function held on the eighth death anniversary of Akhtar, and attended by a number of writers and scholars.
Seminar on moral education:Concerned over the alarming rate of people from all sections of society, particularly youth, getting involved in anti-social activities, the Jamiat-e-Ahli
Hadith, a religious organisation, organised a seminar here today. The seminar entitled Importance of Moral Education in Modern Education being held at Salfia Muslim Institute,
Barzalla, was attended by various intellectuals, doctors, lawyers, heads of educational institutions, journalists, religious heads and students.
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