Khattar urges retired employees to become volunteers

CHANDIGARH: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday called people to register themselves on the ‘Samarpan’ portal for serving the society as a volunteer. About 3,500 volunteers have registered on the portal and soon will be assigned the task to start social service, said Khattar. “There are many retired employees who wish to serve the society. During Covid, a portal was started for volunteers in which around 70,000 people have already registered. Every section of society should come forward and ensure maximum registration,” he said. miscreants looted Rs 3.16 lakh from Canara Bank’s Upli branch in Gharaunda subdivision of Karnal, police said on Thursday. As per bank officials, the masked miscreants entered the branch and held the cashier hostage at gunpoint. They took the cash and fled. Police found that there were no CCTV cameras outside the branch. Karnal SP Ganga

Ram Punia said police have started investigation and are working to arrest the accused. He said police are also analysing CCTV footages to get clues about the accused. Statements of bank officials have been recorded to register the FIR. three others were injured when their car collided with a dumper near Charkhi Dadri’s Atela village on Thursday.

The deceased were Bhateri Devi, 50, and her sister Sumitra, 48, of Jhajjar’s Bupania village. “Both the sisters were killed on the spot. One of the injured was referred to Rohtak’s PGIMS. Police have booked the dumper driver for rash driving and causing death due to negligence.