KHATIMA NEWS
Pauri
A leopard was captured late Wednesday night at Bacheli-Khandah in Pauri Garhwal, weeks after a woman died in a leopard attack at Taruli village on October 9. The Forest Department had maintained regular patrols, but DNA testing will be needed to determine whether the captured animal was involved in that incident.
Dehradun
AIIMS Delhi specialists have warned that potash and carbide guns used during Diwali can cause devastating eye and burn injuries. The hospital received about 150 eye-injury patients after the previous festival, including 60 injured in potash or carbide-gun blasts, while hospitals in Uttarakhand and other states also reported serious cases.
Dehradun
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Dehradun on Friday for 2 major programmes. He will address the 26th state foundation day gathering at Parade Ground before attending the President’s Police Colour ceremony at Police Line Race Course, while security checks have intensified ahead of the visit.
Nainital
Bindukhatta’s demand for revenue-village status and land ownership remains central to the Lalkuan contest. The BJP highlights roads, healthcare, electricity and irrigation work, while Congress leaders say a major promise remains unfulfilled. With nearly 40 thousand voters affected, the issue could influence the seat’s electoral arithmetic.
Haridwar
A transformer serving Web City Colony near Ahmadpur Grant was damaged after thieves allegedly brought it down from a live high-tension line and removed its oil and copper components. The theft cut electricity to about 110 homes and also disrupted the colony’s water supply. An investigation is underway.
Dehradun
Mohammad Shadab Khan, ed at the Dehradun Police Lines, was found dead under a handcart near a railway bridge construction site in Singhal Mandi on 17 July. His sister named 2 youths in a complaint, while police examine CCTV footage, bank records and mobile videos as part of the murder investigation.
Nainital
Residents of Tirchakhhet near Bhowali are concerned after a social-media video appeared to show a leopard climbing down a pine tree. The forest department has sent a team to inspect the area and determine whether the video was recorded there. Reports of a second leopard have not been officially confirmed.
Rishikesh
Rishikesh Kotwali police arrested and challaned 3 youths in separate incidents involving alleged fights, abuse and public disorder. Police said a toy pistol was recovered from one of them after a dispute near Ankur Gas Agency, while 2 others were detained after allegedly fighting in an intoxicated state near a petrol pump.
Dehradun
A Dehradun woman gave her new Volkswagen Virtus to Agrawal Road Assistance for delivery to her home in Thiruvananthapuram. After the car failed to arrive, Fastag records reportedly showed it in Uttar Pradesh. Nehru Colony police have registered a case against 4 people linked to the transport firm.
Haridwar
Police are waiting for mortem report after Sahil Singh, a hotel employee from Tehri Garhwal, died in a room at Chitra Grand Hotel in Haridwar’s Mayapur area. Investigators are treating the case as a suspected suicide for now while questioning the female colleague who was staying with him.
