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Labourer
held on rape charge
Mohali, July 27
The police here today arrested, Rahul Choudhry, a 22-year-old daily wage labourer on charges of raping a 13-year-old girl, a resident of Badh Majra village yesterday.
Cash, goods worth Rs 25,000 stolen
Panchkula, July 27
Cash and goods worth Rs 25,000 were stolen from the Sector 17 residence of an Accounts Officer with Dairy Development, Haryana, while the family was away to Gurgaon for three days.
Child hit by car, dies
Chandigarh, July 27
A seven-year-old child of Sector 53 was killed when he was hit by a car in front of the community centre yesterday. Vijay Kant (7), son of Mr Man Manohar Murali, was playing with two other children in an open area near the community centre. He suddenly crossed road while two other children stayed back when they saw a car coming towards them.
2 arrested for carrying weapons
Panchkula, July 27
The police arrested two persons near Saketri village last night and seized some arms and ammunition from them. Two of their accomplices, however, managed to escape. The arrested persons have been identified as Sanjay and Suraj. Three swords, a revolver and eight cartridges were seized from their possession.
Valuables worth 70,000 stolen
Mohali, July 27
Valuables worth Rs 70,000 from a house in Phase V here today. According to the police, thieves broke in while the owner, Ms Jaswinder Kaur, was away.
Liquor seized; 1 held
Chandigarh, July 27
A Kurukshetra resident was today arrested and 24 boxes of country-made liquor were seized from his possession at the Zirakpur border. Ashok Kumar of Haripur village in Kurukshetra district was allegedly smuggling the liquor to Haryana in an Indica car (HR-7F 8626).
Power bill payment machine trial a success
Mohali, July 27
The first electricity bill payment machine (BPM) installed by the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) on an experimental basis at its office here was successfully tried today.
A power consumer pays his bill through a machine installed at the Punjab State Electricity Board office in Mohali on Tuesday.
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LIC conference
Chandigarh, July 27
The LIC of India, pension and group schemes, North Zone, organised the first conference of marketing officials at Panchkula today. Mr S.Chakrapany, Executive Director, along with Mr Nilesh Sathe, Chief (P&GS), SBU, presided over the conference.
BIS interactive session from today
Mohali, July 27
The Mohali Industries Association (MIA) will hold an interactive session with Mr K.K. Sharma, Deputy Director-General, Bureau of Indian Standards, Northern Regional Office, and other officers about the services provided to the industry in the fields of standardisation and quality control, acquisition of ISO certification, etc on July 28 at the local PCA Club.
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