BHIWANI
Employees' meeting: A meeting of employees of
the Haryana Roadways Union (affiliated with the
Haryana Karamchari Maha Sangh) was held here on
Wednesday. The meeting rejected the institution
of the Joint Consultative Committee by the
Haryana Government in the present form and
demanded that the deliberations of the committee
should be made binding on the government to make
it acceptable to the employees.FATEHABAD
Cultural function: A cultural programme was
organised by the Fateh-Dhwaj, a police-public
coordination forum, here on Wednesday. The role
of Fateh-Dhwaj in bringing the police and the
public close was appreciated on the occasion.
Arrested: The mother-in-law and two
sisters-in-law of a Dalit woman have been
arrested for allegedly harassing the latter for
bringing insufficient dowry. Ms Ragni, a resident
of the local Inderpura locality, has in a
complaint with the police alleged that her
husband, brothers-in-law, and sister-in-law, used
to harass her for bringing insufficient dowry and
for not allowing her to enter the kitchen, saying
that she belonged to a lower caste. She also
alleged that her in-laws beat her up and threw
her out of the house.
JIND
Blood donated: As many as 89 persons donated
blood at a camp organised by the District Red
Cross Society here on Thursday. Mr Tarun Bajaj,
Deputy Commissioner, inaugurated the camp. He
said so far 802 persons had donated blood at
various blood donation camps organised by the
society in 1998.
Licence cancelled: The Food and Supplies
Department here cancelled the licences of two
ration depots in the district during the current
month for various irregularities. The department
also forfeited security deposits of 13 ration
depot holders due to irregularities in their
working.
SIRSA
Injured: Ms Guli Devi, widow of Lilu Ram Ahir
of Darbi village, near here, and her daughter
Nirmal Devi, were seriously injured when they
were allegedly attacked by Tara Chand, his son
Biru Ram, and grandson Raj Kumar at the village
on Wednesday. A case has been registered.
Held: Seema Kumari, a minor girl of
Abohar, along with her alleged lover Hardeep were
arrested from Chatargarh Patti, near here, by the
police on Wednesday. According to sources,
Hardeep had allegedly abducted the girl from
Abohar. The matter has been reported to the
Punjab Police.
Meeting: A meeting of the Sirsa District
Review and Consultation Samiti, organised here
under the chairmanship of Dr Avtar Singh, Deputy
Commissioner, on Wednesday discussed the
functioning of banks in the district during the
past three months. Dr Chopra urged bankers to
help farmers. He also appealed to them to help
small-scale industries and rural industries in
the district.
Bail petition: The bail petition of Mr
Harbajan Singh, an employee of the Haryana State
Vidyut Nigam, who was on strike on December 11
has been turned down under the ESMA. The strike
call had been given by various trade unions. He
has been sent to judicial custody till December
27.
Liquor seized: The police here seized 50
kg lahan and five bottles of liquor from Chotta
Singh Ram Chander in the district on Thursday.
The police also seized one working still from
Pappu of Melakanion village.
SONEPAT
Protest: A joint meeting of various
government employees' unions and the trade unions
was held here on Wednesday to register their
protest against the arrest of employees under
ESMA and their sacking from service by the state
government.
Arrested: The police here arrested
Ashwani, alias Sonu, of Pehladpur Kiroli village
on Thursday. He is reported to be a member of an
inter-state gang of car thieves operating in
parts of Haryana and Delhi.
YAMUNANAGAR
Blood donation camp: A blood donation camp
and a prize distribution function were organised
here on Wednesday. Mr Narender Singh,
Sub-Divisional Magistrate, was the chief guest on
the occasion. He gave away prizes to 146 blood
donors. Mr Singh emphasised the importance of
voluntary blood donation.
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