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Rainfall in parts of Punjab, Haryana | Chandigarh News - Net4News

CHANDIGARH: Rains lashed several parts of Punjab and Haryana on Saturday, providing the much-needed relief to people from the hot and humid weather conditions. The maximum temperatures dropped several notches below normal following the rains, the Meteorological Department here said. However, rain left some places waterlogged, causing inconvenience to the people. Chandigarh, the common capital of both the states, registered 26.7 degrees Celsius, seven degrees below normal. The city witnessed 20.8 mm of rainfall. In Haryana, Ambala, Hisar and Karnal registered maximum temperatures at 27.1, 29 and 26.4 degrees Celsius, up to seven degrees below normal, according to a media bulletin of the Meteorological Department here. Ambala and Karnal received 17 and 27.4 mm of rainfall respectively. Narnaul, Rohtak and Gurgaon registered their respective maximum temperatures at 29.2, 27.7 and 31.4 degrees Celsius, up to seven degrees below normal. Rohtak and Gurgaon received 24 and 5 mm of rainfall respectively. In Punjab, the maximum temperatures of Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Bathinda settled at 31.4, 28.2 and 27 degrees Celsius, up to six degrees below normal. Patiala received 13 mm of rainfall. The weather department predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers at isolated places in the next 24-hours. Source link Read the full article

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Haryana: After protest against BJP minister, case registered against 13 farmers in Jagadhri | Chandigarh News

YAMUNANAGAR: The Yamunanagar district police on Saturday registered a case against 13 identified farmers and others who held a strong protest against Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Haryana transport minister Mool Chand Sharma in Jagadhri. The farmers have been booked for allegedly using criminal force against the police, causing damage to public property and attempted to break the police barricades using tractors. On the complaint of Jagadhri City police station house officer (SHO) inspector Suresh Kumar, the police have registered a case against 13 identified farmers and other under Section 148 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt with intent to deter public servant from his duty), and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 3 (mischief causing damage to public property) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act (PDP) Act at Jagadhri City police station on Saturday. Those booked have been identified as Sanju of Gundiana village, Sahib Singh, Subhash Gujjar of Daurang, Gurdeep Singh of Talakaur, Rupinder Kaur of Mandebar, Raj Kumar Sipiawala, Bittu of Tejli, Raman of Udhamgarh, Major Singh of Mehal Wali, Amrit Singh of Kathwala, Mohan Singh of Munda Kheri, Vijaypal of Galili, and Mandeep Singh of Rod Chappar. In his complaint, inspector Suresh said that he was deputed on VIP duty at Ram Leela Bhawan, Jagadhri with regards to the meeting of Haryana transport minister Mool Chand Sharma, education minister Kanwar Pal, and Yamunanagar MLA Ghanshyam Dass Arora and other workers of the party (BJP). "At about 12.15pm, a large number of people of Kisan Union carrying union flags reached to the spot. The farmers had spread the information about the visit of ministers in the WhatsApp groups of Charuni Group, Rakesh Tikait Group, and CPM Group and gathered a large number of people. The farmers gathered with their tractors and cars at Matka Chowk, Jagadhri", said inspector Suresh. "To stop them (farmers), the police had placed the barricading naka and the farmers were very furious. The farmers gathered in large number and attempted to break police barricades to move forward. The police were stopping them from moving forward. Among these farmers were Sanju, Sahib Singh, Subhash Gujjar, Gurdeep Singh, Rupinder Kaur, Raj Kumar, Bittu, Raman, Major Singh, Amrit Singh, Mohan Singh, Vijaypal and Mandeep Singh", said inspector Suresh. "One Sardar driver Mandeep Singh brought a blue colour tractor and stopped it near the naka and it was followed by one more tractor. They were stopped by the police for some time and later in a fit of anger, he (Mandeep) hit the barricades with the tractor and the police personnel saved themselves by getting aside. After protesting for a long time at the barricades with their flags, the farmers blocked the road near Matka Chowk. They obstructed the government duty of police and caused loss to government property. Government officials also received injuries", further added inspector Suresh. Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Rajender Kumar said, "We have registered a case under relevant Sections of the law and the investigation will be carried forward and more sections could be added accordingly. The protestors had attempted to force their way by breaking the barricades with tractors and this would have been fatal for the on-duty staff. They were allowed to hold a peaceful protest at a distance of about 200 meters." "So far, no arrests have been made and action will be taken as per the investigation", added DSP Jagadhri. Source link Read the full article

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Haryana extends lockdown till July 19; cinemas, spas to reopen at 50% capacity | Chandigarh News - Net4News

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Sunday allowed the functioning of cinemas, spa centres, swimming pools in the state with the riders of Covid appropriate behavior. The state disaster management authorities also allowed the training sessions, ITI, offline examinations of universities to operate and functioning of coaching centres while extending Mahamari Alert Surkashi Haryana restrictions till July 19. According to information, gatherings in social events outdoors have been allowed with an increased cap of 200 persons. At wedding functions and funerals, the cap has been extended to 100 persons. The authority has also done away with bar on wedding processions. Delhi University has also allowed to conduct CLAT with the social distancing norms and appropriate Covid behavior in the examination centres for the entrance test of law courses. Similarly, universities and colleges are allowed to conduct doubt classes, conduct practical examinations and offline examinations with the guidelines set by the minister of health and family welfare, Government of India. Spa centres are allowed to open between 6am to 8pm with 50% of the occupancy of the centres. Swimming pools have been allowed for the swimmers or athletes preparing for the competitions. Referring to cinema halls, the order reiterated that only 50% occupancy will be allowed with adequate Covid behavior in the hall in the mall or outside the mall. Open training centers which have been set in state under the skill development mission and the centres of ITIs have been allowed to function with appropriate covid behavior. ITIs are also allowed to function for taking doubt classes, practical examinations or other instruction sessions. Lastly, the coaching institutes, training centres and libraries, both private and government are allowed to function with appropriate Covid behavior. Rest instructions related to shops, industries, corporates etc shall remain as it had been in the past. Source link Read the full article