New DGHS assumes charge

Chandigarh: Dr Parveen Garg assumed charge as Director-General, Health Services (DGHS), here on Friday. Reiterating his commitment to streamlining the functioning of the Health Department, Dr Garg assured that he would make every possible effort to ensure that the people of the state did not face any difficulty in accessing healthcare services. TNS

CM’s nod for transfer of land

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has accorded approval for the transfer of four acres of Gram Panchayat, Badha (Fatehabad), land to the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB) for the construction of a purchase centre. TNS

Grievance redressal

Members of the Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) will make extensive visits this month to hear out consumers. The forum will hold proceedings at Karnal on December 9, Ambala (December 12), Sonepat (December 14), Panipat (December 16), Rohtak (December 20), Panchkula (December 21), Kaithal (December 23), Jhajjar (December 29) and Kurukshetra on December 30. TNS

Yamunanagar

Youth found dead

Sumeet Kumar (18) of Jaipur village of Yamunanagar district died under mysterious circumstances. According to information, Sumeet, who worked at a photo studio in Radaur, did not return home on Thursday night. His body was found lying under a bridge of a seasonal rivulet near Kanjanu village on Friday. After getting information, the SHOs of Radaur and Jathlana police stations visited the spot. TNS

Kaithal

22-yr-old girl goes missing

Mandeep, a 22-year-old girl of Arjan Nagar here, went missing from her house on Thursday night. On the complaint of her father Sohan Lal, the police have registered a case under Section 346 of the IPC against unknown culprit and started investigation into the matter. OC

Ambala

Man stabbed

A resident of Patiala, Virender (28), sustained serious injuries after he was attacked with a knife on the courts complex here on Friday. The victim was attacked while he was returning from the court after appearing as witness. He ran towards the chamber of his lawyer where he fell down. The injured was admitted to the Civil Hospital. The police are investigating. OC

Bhiwani

Nominated

Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki, also the Chancellor of Chaudhry Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani, on Friday nominated Prof OP Arora, Prof Madhulika Dube and Prof Kailash Chandra Sharma as members of the Executive Council of university.  Prof Chandra is the VC of Kurukshetra University, Prof Arora is a former VC of Manav Bharti University, Solan, and Dr Dube is professor of statistics at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. TNS

Mahendragarh

Awarded

Prof Ramesh Chander Kuhad, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Haryana, has been awarded by National Academy of Science for scientific contribution to utilisation of waste plant biomass for developing value-added products to boost secondary agriculture. OC