BILASPUR
Revenue officials suspended: The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Manish Garg, has suspended three revenue officials. Those suspended include Bilaspur Sadar field kanoongo Bishan Singh, Badhyat circle patwari Surinder Kumar and Bilaspur town Diara Sector circle patwari Bal Krishan. Lab opened:
R.B. Pathak, NTPC Kol Dam Project in charge and General Manager, inaugurated a modern testing laboratory at Harnora and officers and employees’ colony at Jamthal near here on Thursday.
KUMARHATTI
Liquor seized: The CIA Staff, Solan, on Wednesday seized 72 bottles of country-made liquor from a van near here. Vijay Singh from Dilwan and Mohan Singh from Sultanpur bodh occupants of van were arrested. The vehicle was impounded.
MANDI
HPAA demand: The HP Attorney Association on Thursday demanded that the state government should restore the posts of the district attorney (Forest), in Litigation and at HIPA, which were abolished recently.
Office-bearers: The following have been elected the office-bearers of the HP Government College Laboratory Staff Federation: president — Mr Arun Kumar Awasthi; vice-president — Mr A.S. Kalyan; vice-president — Mr Pawan Kumar and Mr Mohan Lal Gautam; and treasurer Mr Subhash Dhiman.
SHIMLA
Lahaul Spiti residents meet Sonia: A deputation of residents of Lahaul Spiti, led by Mrs Pratibha Singh, MP and Mr Raghuvir Singh, MLA, called on the UPA president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Thursday and urged them to expedite the construction work of the Rohtang tunnel.
Exempted from appearance
: The Himachal High Court on Thursday exempted the Chairman and the Members of the H.P. State Electricity Board from personal
appearance before the Chairman of the H.P. State Electricity Regulatory Commission till further orders. A Division Bench comprising Mr Justice Arun Kumar Goel and Mr Justice K.C. Sood passed this interim direction on a petition filed by the H.P. State Electricity Board.