HARYANA

Sirsa
3 booked: Three Haryana Irrigation Department officials and a landowner were today booked by the police allegedly for tampering with records pertaining to discharge of canal water following the orders of a local court. Parshotam Das of Suba Khera village had alleged the three tampered with the records after accepting illegal gratification from the landowner Rajinder Singh. A court directed the police to register a case against Ashok Kumar, Iqbal Singh and Surta Ram, the Irrigation Department officials named in the complaint.

4 held: The police on Tuesday arrested four persons and seized 15 stolen LPG gas cylinders from their possession. The arrested accused were identified as Geja Singh, Sita Ram, Mubarak and Deepu.

Sonepat
Mysterious death: Mystery shrouds the death of Sahil (eight-month) whose body was found on a cot in his house at Datauli village 25 km from here on Monday. It is suspected that Sahil had been murdered. The mother of the child had gone outside to fetch water. On return she found the boy murdered.

Yamunanagar
Seer on FP: Shrikanshi Sumeru Peethadish Jagatguru Shankracharya, Swami Narendranand Saraswasti addressing a Hindu’ Sammelan here on Monday said the family planning norms should not be confined to the Hindu community only and efforts must be made to bring under purview of the programme other communities also. He demanded the tax levied on the Hindu pilgrims of Kailash Mansarovar, Amarnath Yatra, Allahabad (Paryag Tirath) Yatra and other place be abolished.

Several booked: The police has booked several residents of Vasant Vihar Colony here allegedly for threatening the District Town Planner (DTP) who was assaulted by a mob when he had led a team to demolish unauthorised constructions in the colony on Friday. Satpal and others were booked under Sections 332, 353, 186, 341, 504 and 506 of the IPC.

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NURPUR
Diploma engineers: Diploma assistant engineers of the HP State Electricity Board (HPSEB) from the local zone resigned from the membership of the State Power and Project Electrical Engineer Association (SPPEEA) on Monday in protest against the association opposing the recently amended promotion rules for diploma engineers. Justifying new promotion rules for diploma engineers the assistant engineers said after implementation of amended rules the diploma engineers would get only two promotions whereas degree holders would get four during service. The HPSEB diploma holder engineers association accused the board of discrimination against the diploma holders.

Ex-servicemen’s plea: All-India Army Ex-servicemen Seva Parishad, Kangra district, unit at a meeting at Kandwal near here on Monday appealed to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for not giving clemency to Afzal Beg, a militant awarded death sentence for attack on parliament in 2001. The parishad also urged the state government to exempt from toll tax all Army ex-servicemen living near border areas of Kangra district as they with families have to visit Pathankot for treatment in the military hospital, CSD canteens and Army cantonment area for pension.