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Faridabad
Cong banks on PM’s visit: The Congress here is banking heavily on the “progressive” image of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, scheduled to address an election meeting here on May 4, to brighten the prospects of its nominee from the Faridabad parliamentary constituency Avatar Singh Bhadana, who is facing a stiff challenge from the
BJP.
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Nurpur
Resentment:Around 15 villagers of Kopra panchayat in a memorandum submitted to the local SDM today expressed their resentment over delay in disbursing payment of their labour job done under the NREGA scheme.
Meanwhile, the SDM had further submitted their complaint to the Block Development Officer to conduct an inquiry into the allegation.
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JAMMU
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Jammu
Jawan hurt in landmine blast: An Army jawan was injured in a land mine blast near the LoC in Poonch district on Friday. While patrolling the area, the Army jawan, Opinder Chand, stepped on the mine near the Madana border outpost in Gulpur belt, about 260 km from here, the police said. The jawan has been
hospitalised.2 held on murder charge: Two sisters were arrested on Friday for allegedly killing their mother in Poonch district, the police said. The accused - Yasmin and Parveen Akhter - who confessed to have committed the crime said their mother died after being hit by them last night. The victim Kaneeza Begum, wife of Mohammad Tasveer, was hit on head when she tried to stop her daughters to go out with some youths at their residence in the Mendhar area, about 220 km from here. Leh
Polythene ban: A seminar on climate change was organised by Delhi-based NGO- Nandanya and the Women Alliance of Ladakh , the pioneer initiator of polythene ban. The World Wide Fund also showed a film on climate change in the Himalayas -“Living with Change- Voice of Ladakh.” It is pertinent to mention here that a ban on polythene bags has been in force in Ladakh for the past one decade.
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