Bike rally on Bhagat Singh’s birth anniversary

Karnal: Members of the National Integrated Forum of Artists and Activists on Wednesday took out a bike rally here to mark the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Abhay Singh Sandhu, nephew of Bhagat Singh, and Baba Sukha Singh, head of Dera Kar Sewa, flagged off the rally from the dera.  TNS

Sonepat

Women’s varsity students visit orphanage 

Students and faculty member of the commerce department of BPS Women University, Khanpur Kalan, on Wednesday visited Sapna Balkunj Anath Ashram in the village and distributed clothes, food, foodgrains, toys and skin care products among the inmates.  oc

Jhajjar 

Three students beaten up by classmates 

Three BTech students of a private institute in the district’s Kablana village were allegedly beaten up by their classmates on Tuesday. The victims have been identified as Nasir, Kaishar and Mujahid. The police said the accused and the victims were from Kashmir.  tns

CHANDIGARH

Civil Aviation bans lantern

The Civil Aviation Department has imposed a ban on the use of lantern or wish kites within a radius of two kilometers from the Civil Aerodrome, Pinjore. A spokesman of the department said during the festival season, the airport operators faced problems due to the use of lantern or wish kites, especially during landing and takeoff by the aircrafts. TNS

New HCS officers meet CS

Chief Secretary DS Dhesi has exhorted the newly-appointed HCS officers to discharge their duties with promptly. He also apprised them about the vision and flagship programmes of the present government. The officers met Dhesi here on Wednesday. Dhesi said a number of e-services had been implemented to facilitate the people. TNS

Committee constituted

The state government has constituted a Statutory Committee headed by CM Manohar Lal Khattar to recommend the name for appointment of Commissioner for the Haryana Right to Service Commission (HRSC). Members of the committee include Abhay Singh Chautala and Transport Minister Krishan Lal Panwar. Lt Gen (Retd) VS Tonk, Commissioner, HRSC, retires on October 4, 2016. TNS

More staff for women police stations

The state government has sanctioned 1,724 posts of different categories for the 21 women police stations. Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu said these included 20 posts of inspector, 129 posts of sub inspector, 250 posts of assistant sub inspector, 396 posts of head constables, 786 posts of constables and 143 posts of Class-IV staff. TNS

Strike prohibited

The state government has prohibited strike of employees of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), for a period of six months with immediate effect. An official spokesman said the decision would help ensure smooth functioning of agriculture related activities. TNS

Jind

Burning of Ravana’s effigies opposed 

Concerned over environmental pollution, the Brahmin Samaj of Jind on Wednesday opposed the burning of Ravana’s effigies on Dasehra. The community will give a memorandum to the Jind Deputy Commissioner and write to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the regard. OC

Sonepat

Panel formed to probe gate collapse

Ashwani Maingi, Commissioner of the Sonepat Municipal Corporation, has constituted a three-member committee to probe the collapse of the iron gate at the main entrance to a ‘nandishala’ at Harsana village on the night of September 25. One security guard was killed and another injured in the incident. The committee has been asked to submit its report within three months, Maingi said. OC

Liquor boxes seized 

A team of CM’s flying squad and the Taxation and Excise Department raided a plot near Jharonth village on the Sonepat-Kharkhoda road on Tuesday. In all, 2,205 boxes of liquor — 1,494 boxes of IMFL, 363 boxes of beer and 348 boxes of country-made liquor — were seized. The team also seized Rs 3.30  lakh from the spot. A case has been registered. OC

Kurukshetra

Int’l book fest in Dec

The Kurukshetra Development Board (KDB) will host an international book festival in December here. Deputy Commissioner Sumedha Kataria said at a meeting here on Wednesday that more than 20 committees had been formed for Gita Jayanti celebrations. Kataria said the KDB would also organise a crafts mela to be attended by artisans from India and other countries. TNS