Woman injured in acid attack in Punjab
Amritsar: A 23-year-old woman suffered severe burn injuries when two unidentified masked men allegedly threw acid on her at Thoba village, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday when the woman, a student of Bed, was returning from college when two motorcycle-borne men chased her after she got down from the bus at the village, nearly twenty 25 km from here. The accused fled from the spot after the incident, police said. Some passersby immediately admitted her to a village hospital from where she was referred to Amritsar Government Guru Nanak Hospital. A case has been registered against the unidentified accused under section 326 A of the Indian Penal Code for wilfully causing grievous injuries by acid.
SJVN observing Swachhta hi Sewa Pakhwara
Shimla: SJVN is observing Swachhta hi Sewa Pakhwara from September 15 to October 2 at all its offices and projects. In a series of activities that are planned for this fortnight, a pledge was administered to all the employees across all the offices and projects of SJVN. At Corporate Office Shimla, the pledge was administered by Chief General Manager Deepak Nakhasi where in the employees pledged to wholeheartedly adopt Swachh Bharat drive initiated by Prime Minister and to imbibe it in the daily routines of all their lives.
Haryana CM approves Rs 222 l for roads
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal, has accorded administrative approval amounting to over Rs. 222 lakh for the improvement of road from G.A. road (Badshahpur) to Sakatpur and Palra School road in district Gurugram. Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister, Rao Narbir Singh said that over Rs. 222 lakh has been approved for improvement of road including providing concrete pavement and side drains for G.A. road (Badshahpur) to Sakatpur and Palra School road in district Gurugram. Similarly, administrative approval amounting to around Rs 97 lakh was given for the construction of new road from Garhi – Sadhrana road to village Hamirpur upto Railway crossing in district Gurugram.
3 held with Rs 1.43 cr demonetised currency
Chandigarh: The Haryana Police claimed to have seized demonetised currency worth Rs 1.43 crore from three persons. The seizure was made after police conducted a raid at a house in Navdeep Colony in Hisar on Friday night. Police spokesperson Harish Bhardwaj said on Saturday that the accused were identified as Guriqbal Singh, resident of Vikas Puri in New Delhi, Sunil of Girawar village in Rohtak district and Praveen Kumar of Samar Gopalpur village, Rohtak. During investigation, the accused admitted that they had procured demonetised notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 from a property dealer in Delhi by making a payment of Rs 7.50 lakh in the new currency. The police were yet to ascertain the purpose behind the purchase of the scrapped currency while the interrogation of the accused was underway, police spokesman said. A case has been registered in this regard, the spokesperson said.
Red Cross Fair to be held on Nov 3 in Shimla
Shimla: The State level Red Cross fair will be organised at Ridge, Shimla on November 3 this year. Governor Acharya Devvrat will inaugurate this fair while Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will preside over the closing ceremony. Chairperson of the HP Red State Red Cross Welfare Section Sadhna Thakur presided over a meeting of the Section organised here and said that 28 stalls would be established during this fair and the stalls would be allotted on come first, get first basis. The Hospital Welfare Section would also distribute sweats in the hospitals, child and old age homes before the Diwali festival.
Badnore kicks off ‘Swachhata hi Seva’ drive in UT
Chandigarh: To make Prime Minister’s “Swachhata hi Seva” (Cleanliness is the only service) campaign a success, V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor, Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh on Saturday kicked off 18 days drive from Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh. The Administrator appealed to the residents to clean their surroundings and post photographs of it. He said that this 18 days campaign will end on October, 2, which other than being Gandhi Jayanti is also the fourth anniversary of “Swachh Bharat Mission”. The Administrator also flagged off “Swachhata rally” carrying all the information about “Swachhata hi Seva” and other IEC jingles, placards and pamphlets etc.