HISAR
Power supply: The "experiment" of
supplying round-the-clock electricity started by
the Dakshin Haryana Bijlee Vitaran Nigam (DHBVN)
from May 18 has been a success, Mr A.K. Singh
Deputy Commissioner, said here on Thursday. He
said areas were given three-phased power supply
without any scheduled power cut. He said before
the start of the "experiment", the
consumption of power was 28 lakh units per day
which rose to 33.34 lakh units a day within two
days.PANIPAT
Lions club: The following have been nominated
office-bearers of the Lions Club International
(region VI) here: Region Chairman Dr Vinay
Goyal; Zonal Chairmen Mr G.B. Singh (zone-
I), Mr Ved Parkash (zone II); Mr Ramesh
Sharma (zone-III); and Region Secretary Mr
Sunil Chawla.
Appointed:
Mr Navdeep Virk has been appointed Block Youth
Congress President here, according to Mr Sanjeev
Sharma, District Youth Congress President.
Financial
help: The local Red Cross Society has
provided financial help and medicines free of
cost to eight persons injured in last weeks
robbery at Korgiwallah village and Bishanpura.
Seminar:
A seminar on "Role of Theatre in
Education" was organised by Sri Guru
Harkrishan Public School recently, Mr Pran
Sabharwal presented a paper at the seminar.
Rath yatra:
A "chetna rath yatra" organised by the
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha which started from
Hussainiwala on May 23 reached Nabha on
Wednesday. It was welcomed by the district unit
of the BJP there.
SIRSA
Supply restored: Mr R C Bakshi,
Superintending Engineer, PWD, said here on
Thursday that rationing imposed on the supply of
drinking water in the city has been withdrawn and
adequate drinking water was being supplied to
residents.
Arrested:
The local police arrested Balbir and his wife, Om
Pati, under Sections 323, 506 and 34, IPC, on the
complaint of Santro Devi, a widow, who accused
the couple of beating her. All three are
residents of the New Housing Board Colony.
Suicide:
Simerjeet Kaur, wife of Gurdeep Singh, of
Musahibwala village in the district committed
suicide by consuming poison on Wednesday.
According to the complaint lodged by
Simerjeets brother, Harjinder, his sister
was being tortured by her husband for not being
able to conceive. A case under Sections 306 and
34, IPC has been registered.
Police
remand: Pawan Mittal, arrested in connection
with the suicide case of Ramesh Chawla, was
remanded in police custody for two days on
Wednesday. He is one of the five persons booked
under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471, IPC.
Earlier his bail plea was also rejected.
SONEPAT
Drowned: Two boys, aged 12, were reportedly
drowned in the Yamuna near Memarpur village, 30
km from here, on Wednesday. According to the
police, the two had gone to the river for taking
a bath.
Funds
utilised: The District Rural Development
agency (DRDA) has utilised Rs 1.33 crore out of
the allocated amount of Rs 1.39 crore on various
schemes under the Integrated Rural Development
Programme (IRDP) in this district during 1998-99.
This was stated by Mr P K Mahapatra, Deputy
Commissioner, while presiding over the meeting of
the governing body of the DRDA here on Wednesday.
Robbed:
Mr Naresh Kumar, a liquor contractor, was
allegedly robbed of some cash by two motorcycle
borne robbers at gunpoint on the Sonepat-Jahri
road near Jahri village, 5 km from here on
Wednesday. He was on his way to a distillery.
When the incident happened.
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