Meet TODAY to ensure peaceful Kanwar Mela
Dehradun: Taking cognisance of past cases of rowdy behaviour by the Kanwarias and to ensure a peaceful Kanwar Mela, State Director General of Police will chair a meeting with police officers of neighbouring districts of Uttar Pradesh and Haridwar, Dehradun and other districts at Police Head Quarter on July 3.
BAN ON sale of drugs NEAR EDUCATIONAl BODIES
Dehradun: In view of increasing cases of sale of narcotics and tobacco products around educational institutions, State Director General of Police BS Sidhu has directed the district police heads to enforce Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 strictly and ensure that the tobacco products are not sold within 100 metre radius of educational institutions. He directed the police officers to impose penalty of Rs 200 on violators initially and later arrest them under section 24 of this Act. The district police heads have been directed to submit a certificate within a fortnight guaranteeing complete ban on sale of drugs and tobacco items within 100 metre radius of education institutions in their district. Action against the officers will be taken if such violations are found around educational institutions in their jurisdiction by the appointed police officers at PHQ level.
DEBRIS FAllS ON VEHIClE, two KIllED
Joshimath: Two men were died after the vehicle they were travelling in came under debris falling from the mountainside on the Joshimath-Malari road on Wednesday. According to official sources, a driver and a labourer working for the Border Roads Organisation were in a truck at Suraitota on the road when the mishap occurred. The BRO is presently undertaking work for widening of this road that leads to Niti near the international border with China.