Godown gutted in Kharar
Kharar: A blaze broke out in the godown of a wholesale and retail karyana merchant in Mahavira Bazar here early Friday morning. Though no major loss of life or property was reported due to the timely action of the godown owners, good worth about Rs 2 lakh lying in the godown were gutted. Short-circuit is believed to be the reason behind the fire. In another incident, burgalrs broke into the shop of another retail karyana merchant on Swami Ram Tirath Marg here in the were hours of Wednesday and decamped with goods lying in the shop worth over Rs 1 lakh.

Roopnagar SHOs transferred
Kharar: Roopnagar Senior Superintendent of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar has ordered the transfer and posting of half a dozen Station House Officers, including one inspector, four sub-inspectors and one assistant sub-inspector of the district. Inspector Rajinder Singh Sohal was transferred from Kharar to S.A.S. Nagar Phase-I, Sub-Inspector Gurinder Pal Singh from Sohana to Kharar, Sub-Inspector Devinder Singh from S.A.S. Nagar Phase-I to Nurpur Bedi, Assistant Sub-Inspector Tirlochan Singh from Kharar CIA staff to Sohana as Additional SHO, Sub-Inspector Tejinder Singh from Roopnagar Police Lines to Chamkaur Sahib and Sub-Inspector Parvinder Singh from Chamkaur Sahib to Roopnagar Police Lines.
Keep politics away from Pope's visit
Solan: The Union government's decision to accord state honour to the Pope would promote Christianity in the country. It would also create a new controversy as the Pope's visit to India has been planned to spread the Christian religion. Jagadguru Shri Madhavasharm Shankrachary Jyotishpithohishawar of Badrikaasharm, while addressing a press conference here on Friday, said the people of India, particularly the Hindus, expected the government to rise above narrow political considerations and review its decision of according state honor to the Pope. "The leaders should not involve vote politics in this visit," he said.