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2 students washed away in Beas river
Kullu: Two students were washed away in Beas while having a dip in the river near Bashing, four km from here, yesterday. A group of five students reportedly went to have bath in the river. Unfortunately, two of them were washed away in the strong water current. The other three students informed the parents of the victims who further informed the police about the incident. All the students were studying in class VI in a school at Bashing.
Police team sent to locate missing Chandigarh trekker
Kullu: To locate a trekker from Chandigarh who had gone missing on his way back from Shrikhand Mahadev in the Anni subdivision of the district on July 4, a police team along with a trekker dog has been sent today.
Fresh floods damage houses, snap road links
Shimla: Following flash floods triggered by rain at the Pashgaon Khad near Ganvi in the Rampur subdivision of Shimla district, five water mills and some foot bridges linking adjoining villages were washed away, two houses were damaged and road connectivity was snapped between Ganvi and Fancha and Ganvi and Jagori villages. However, no loss of life was reported.
Two killed as car falls into canal
Sonepat: Two women were killed when the car they were travelling in fell into a canal near Nuran Khera village in Sonepat district today. They were coming for a religious function in Gohana. The car driver, Sub-Inspector Dharambir Saini, was yet to be traced.
Prez poll: EC provides special pen for voting
Chandigarh: Learning from the “pen controversy” that rocked the voting during the Haryana Rajya sabha elections last year, the Election Commission of India has provided a special pen to be used for voting to elect the President of India tomorrow.
Illegal mining led to death of three girls, allege residents
Karnal: Residents of Taprana village in the district alleged that illegal mining was responsible for the death of three girls. The girls drowned in a canal near the village yesterday.
Jat quota likely before next general election, says Malik
Bahadurgarh: All-India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS) chief Yashpal Malik today said Jats might get reservation in government jobs and educational institutes before the general election in 2019.
Burundi woman with baby in hand receives degree
Mangaluru: A 32-year-old Burundi citizen, who received the post-graduate degree with her three-month old baby in hand, stole the spotlight at the international students graduation day of Mangalore University here.
Lord Dalhousie never visited Dalhousie town, claims new book
New Delhi: The over 160-year-old Dalhousie hill station in Himachal Pradesh may have been named after the famous Governor General of India, but strangely Lord Dalhousie himself never visited the idyllic town, claims a new book.
Prez poll: Voters can't carry their pens inside voting chamber
New Delhi, Jul 16 (PTI) MPs and MLAs who vote to elect the next President tomorrow have been barred from carrying their personal pens inside the voting chamber and will have to mark their ballot with a specially-designed marker, the Election Commission said today.