FATEHABAD
Seized: The police seized large-quantity
of liquor and arrested five persons in this
connection on Saturday. It seized 48 bottles on
Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) from a jeep and
arrested Dharam Paul, of Nehrana village in
Rajasthan. Another person Pawan Kumar, of
Pilimandori village however escaped. In another
incident, it seized 48 bottles of country made
liquor from a jeep and arrested Bhoop Singh, of
Dhand village. As many as 144 bottles of liquor
were seized in two other incidents.HISAR
Fire: Household goods worth several lakh
were destroyed in a fire that broke out in a
house in Professor Colony here on Saturday. None
of the family members was present in the house
when the fire broke out. Neighbours informed the
fire brigade when they noticed the flames.
Symposium:
Over 100 farm scientists from all over the
country engaged in research on pearl millet will
converge at CCS Haryana Agricultural University
on May 7 to participate in a symposium on
"Pearl Millet Improvement — past
achievement and Future Priorities". Dr D.C
Nijhawan, head of Bajra section at the
university, said here on Sunday that a meeting of
the All-India Coordinated Pearl Millet
Improvement Project would be held from May 4 to 6
on the campus.
Elected:
The following have been elected office-bearers of
the Haryana Agricultural University Non-Teaching
Employees Association: president — Mr
Surajbhan; senior vice-president — Mr Vinod
Kumar Sehgal; vice-president — Mr Jagminder
Singh Bhukal; general secretary — Mr Ashok
Kumar Minocha; secretary — Mr Ashok Verma;
and treasurer — Mr Dayanand Balecha.
PANIPAT
Family health: The family health
awareness week was organised at Ahar village from
April 26 to May 1 by the Health Department and
Haryana AIDS Control Society here. It was
inaugurated by Mr Bijender Singh Kadiyan,
Minister of State for Animal Husbandry and
Health. Dr D.P. Mangala, Director of the State
Health Department, was the chief guest.
Energy
Day: International Energy Day was
celebrated here on Monday to create awareness
among people, particularly the young generation,
about the unlimited source of solar energy. A
‘Run for Energy’ was organised at
district-level, and students of 10+2 from
different schools took part in it. It was flagged
off by Mr Anil Malik, Additional Deputy
Commissioner, from MLN Senior Secondary School
here and it concluded at Government Model Senior
Secondary School, Jagadhri. An essay writing
competition on "Sun is the Ultimate Source
of Energy" was also held at Government
Senior Secondary School at Jagadhri.
REWARI
Inaugurated: Cooperation Minister Rao
Narbir inaugurated a cooperative bank at Guriani
village, 25 km from here, on Saturday. The new
branch is the 15th branch of the Central
Cooperative Bank, Rewari, in the district. The
minister said five mini banks one each at
Guriani, Gugodh, Bhairampur Rattanthal and
Tumbaheri would soon be set up to facilitate the
farmers in 17 villages in Kosli subdivision of
the district. He also said the rate of interest
on agricultural loans had been lowered from 16 to
14 per cent.
ROHTAK
Power supply: A former minister Mr
Krishan Murti Hooda, said here on Sunday that
while the state government had been talking of
providing round-the-clock power supply from June
30, several villages in the district, including
Kildi, Dhamar, Sisrauli, Makkoli Kalan and
Khidwali, were getting power supply only for five
hours in a day. The supply in other rural areas
was also poor. He said several damaged
transformers had not been repaired by the Haryana
Vidyut Prasaran Nigam.
SIRSA
Condemned: Mr Bajrang Dass Garg,
president of the Haryana Pradesh Beopar Mandal,
has strongly condemned the state government for
increasing rural development tax. He alleged the
state government was anti-industrialists and
anti-farmers. He said the people were demanding a
decrease in the market committee fee as it was
higher than that in the other states. He alleged
the hike adversely affected business of oil,
pulses and other mills in the state.
PNB
staff union: The following were elected
office-bearers of the Punjab National Bank
Employee Union local branch on Saturday:
president — Mr Ramesh Sharma; vice-president
— Mr P.P Singla and Mr Muklak Ram Chodhary;
general secretary — Mr Ramesh Gakhar; and
secretary — Mr Naresh Garg.
Market
Committee: Mr Krishan Lal Saini,
chairman of the Market Committee, said here on
Sunday that the market committee had allotted Rs
25 lakh for the repair of roads in city and the
work would be completed with in a month. He also
said the construction of toilets in additional
anaj Mandi would also be completed within a
month.
Case
solved: The Crime investigation agency
of the local police has solved the case of murder
of Major Singh, a farmer of Thobraian village in
the district by arresting Bhadur Singh, a
neighbour of the deceased. Mr B.S Sandhu, SSP,
said Major Singh was found murdered on April 22
and during investigation Bahadur Singh revealed
that the deceased had molested and misbehaved
with his wife and he had murdered him to take
revenge. The police has also recovered murder
weapons.
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