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Office of Chandigarh Smart City Ltd unveiled

Chandigarh: VP Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, on Saturday inaugurated the office of Chandigarh Smart City Limited at over bridge Sector 17 here in presence of Davesh Moudgil, Mayor, Arun Kumar Gupta, Home Secretary, K.K. Yadav, Commissioner, MCC-cum-CEO, Chandigarh Smart City Ltd and councilors of MCC.   Addressing the gathering, the Administrator said that under the Smart City Mission, project worth 6100 crores have been proposed. Projects to be implemented by SPV are worth Rs. 5700 crores, projects worth 4900 crores are expected to be carried out in PPP model. The Smart city project also involves Projects worth Rs. 400 crores under convergence rest of the projects are to be implemented through.

Self-styled godman held for raping woman

Chandigarh: A self-styled godman was nabbed by Fatehabad police for allegedly raping his female disciples. Acting on a tip-off, Amar Puri was arrested from his residence in Shakti Nagar area in Fatehabad district.  Video CDs containing the clips of the victims being sexually assaulted were recovered from the accused, they added. “There are videos in which he could be seen sexually abusing different female disciples,” said Deputy Superintendent of Police (Tohana) Joginder Sharma. “A case had been registered… Investigations were under progress,” he added. Puri was produced before the local court yesterday that granted him five-day police remand, said the DSP.

Newborn dies soon after birth in Ambala

Ambala:  A new born died soon after its birth in Haryana's Ambala, following which the family accused the doctors of not giving the mother proper treatment.  Twenty-six-year-old Reena, a resident of Kadasan village, suffered labour pain after which her husband took her to Sahjadpur community health centre. She was then referred to a civil hospital in Ambala cantt on Friday. The doctors at the civil hospital further referred her to PGIMER Chandigarh when they assessed that there could be the possibility of miscarriage. Lakhwinder, the husband of the woman, alleged that instead of giving her emergency treatment, the doctor referred her to Chandigarh. When the ambulance was on the way to Chandigarh, she gave birth to a child. The ambulance then returned to civil hospital in Ambala where the doctor declared child dead, Lakhwinder alleged. When contacted, Principal Medical Officer at civil hospital Satish Kumar said the woman was referred to PGIMER because she was serious. He said a probe would be conducted and whosoever found guilty would not be spared.

HP CM presides over Nari Samman Samaroh

Shimla: Himachal chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said one cannot even think of a strong and vibrant society without active cooperation and participation of the women in every sphere. Presiding over the 'Nari Samman Samaroh' organised by Divya Himachal to honour the women of the State excelling in their respective field, he said women constitute almost half of the population and they have proven time and again that if opportunity given, they can excel in every field. Thakur said that the State Government was ensuring that the women were empowered from the grassroots level and for this free education was being provided to them at highest level. He said that mindset of the people about girl child needs to be changed only then healthy society can be ensured.