AMBALA
Three killed: Three persons were killed in
two road accidents on Friday. Darshana Rani and
Sunny were killed when the rickshaw in which they
were travelling was hit by a four-wheeler near
Hari Palace in the city. A case has been
registered. In another accidents, Mr Kuldeep
Singh of Zafarpur village was killed when the
three-wheeler in which he has travelling was hit
by a Tata Sumo near Duliani village.ROHTAK
Blood donation : As many as 750 units of
blood were collected at a three-day blood
donation camp organised by the Jan Kalyan Samiti
here. Mr Surender Singh, MP, honoured the blood
donors and urged the people to cooperate in this
good cause.
Foundation
stone : The Public Health Minister, Mr
Jagannath, has called upon the people to strive
for the uplift of the poor and Dalits. He was
addressing a gathering after laying the
foundation stone of Dr Ambedkar Chaupal at
Kalanpur town, near here, on Friday. He announced
a grant of Rs 31,000 for the construction of the
chaupal and assured an adequate supply of potable
water to the residents of the town.
Women awareness
programme : Prof L N Dahiya,
Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand
University presided over the inter-college women
awareness programme organised at the BPS College
of Education , Khanpur Kalan, on Friday. He said
women’s cells, which had been created in
every college, should adopt villages, to educate
rural women on the issues of health, ills of
overpopulation, economic welfare, anti-dowry
drives and their legal rights.
SIRSA
Protest: Employees of the Municipal Council
under the chairmanship of Mr Shiv Parshad,
president Haryana Nagarpalika Karmachari Sangh
(Sirsa branch), held a protest here on Thursday
and raised slogans against the government. Mr
Prashad alleged that the state government was
taking no decision on the long-pending demands of
the employees and threatened to launch a
statewide stir if their demands were not accepted
soon.
DCC
office-bearers: The following have been
nominated office-bearers of the District Congress
Committee (I): senior vice-president - Mr Mohan
Lal Darolia; vice-presidents - Mr Harmeet Singh
Mahnat, Mr Baldev Singh, Mr Pratap Singh, Mr
Jagdish Sinver, Master Sampuran Singh and Mr
Vickrem Singh; general secretaries - Mr Mani Ram,
Mr Sher Singh, Mr Harcharn Singh, Mr Babu Ram, Mr
Teja Singh, Sumita Yadav, Mr Ram Singh Pachar, Mr
Randhir Godara and Mr Rastranjeet Singh; and
treasurer - Mr Om Parkash Rania.
SONEPAT
Farmers’ protest: Representatives of
various farmers’ organisations held a joint
meeting here on Friday to protest against the
erratic and inadequate supply of canal water in
the villages falling under the Sonepat Water
Service Division. It urged the state government
to order a probe into the matter and punish the
officials found responsible for it.
Ration cards:
The district unit of the CITU protested on
Friday, for not issuing of ration cards to the
workers employed in various industrial units in
the city and the GT Road belt. It alleged that
the authorities had failed to redress their
grievance in spite of repeated complaints.
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