Governor hosts State Banquet
Shimla: HP Governor Urmila Singh hosted State Banquet during the ongoing Vidhan Sabha Session at Raj Bhawan on Wednesday evening.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh, Speaker HP Vidhan Sabha BBl Butail, Vidya Stokes, Deputy Speaker Jagat Singh Negi, Cabinet Ministers namely Kaul Singh Thakur, GS Bali, Sujan Singh Pathania, Thakur Singh Bharmouri, Mukesh Agnihotri, Sudhir Sharma, Prakash Chaudhary, Dhani Ram Shandil and Anil Sharma; leader of Opposition Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries Rajesh Dharmani and Vinay Kumar among others were present on the occasion.
Agarwal stresses on improving power stations
Chandigarh: Managing Director, Haryana Power Generation Corporation ltd.(HPGCl) Anurag Agarwal has emphasised on improving the reliability and efficiency of the power stations of HPGCl and to bring down cost of generation so as to make HPGCl power competitive.
Mapping of CCIs in Haryana completed
Chandigarh: Haryana Women and Child Development Department has finished mapping the Child Care Institutions (CCI) in the State and at present, the process of their registration is in progress. Out of a total of 110 CCIs, 83 of them have been registered.Member Secretary of Haryana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, (HSCPCR) Sumita Misra said that the first meeting of HSCPCR was held and members were briefed about the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for Children (POCSO), 2012. Radio jingles are already being aired about the POCSO Act and a State level workshop will be conducted by the department to generate awareness about POCSO.
low pressure Water Supply in chandigarh today
Chandigarh: There will be low pressure water supply on April 5 in the whole city. This would be done in order to repair leakage of water pipeline at Kajauli Water Works, Phase-III. The timings of water supply on April 5 will be 3.30 am to 9 am (full pressure) and evening 6 pm to 9 pm (low pressure).
Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls nearly done
Shimla: Narinder Chauhan, HP Chief Electoral Officer said that revision of Photo Electoral Rolls of all Vidhan Sabha constituencies except 2-Bharmour (ST), 21-lahaul-Spiti (ST) and 68-Kinnaur (ST) had been completed with January 1, 2013 as qualifying date and final photo electoral rolls would be published on April 5. There were 43,99,538 registered voters in 65 Vidhan Sabha constituencies at the time of publication of draft of photo electoral rolls and 1,08,317 new voters were registered, 28,730 were deleted due to death/ migration/double registration etc. reasons during revision and there had been an increase of 79,587 voters in the electoral rolls. Now there are 44,79,125 registered voters in the photo electoral rolls out of which 22,89,016 are male and 21,90,109 female voters. Further information can be obtained on website http://ceohimachal.nic.in.
170 encroachers challaned
Chandigarh: In an anti-encroachment drive, the enforcement wing of Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) has removed encroachments from various markets of city and approximately 170 violators have been issued challans. During the drive, enforcement team removed encroachments from Sector 8, 9, 10, 11, PGIMER Sector 12, Sukhna lake, Sector 17, 22 and Manimajra. Various items including furniture, rehries, tables, stools, crates, pharies etc. were removed and seized from the Municipal land. 10 truck loaded items were seized during the drive which was carried under the directions of lalit Siwach, Additional Commissioner.
PGIMER to hold CME on cervix cancer
Chandigarh: The PGIMER Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology will hold a CME (Continuing Medical Education) programme on “Cancer of the Cervix: reducing the burden”. The programme will be held on April 6,7 under the aegis of The Federation of Obstetric & Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI). During this CME, experts would discuss various screening strategies for cancer of the cervix in a low resource country like India and the role of HPV vaccine in preventing it.
Gupta new FICCI region Advisory Council chairperson
Chandigarh: Rajinder Gupta, Trident Group chairman has been appointed as chairperson of FICCI’s Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh Advisory Council which has been set up to guide FICCI’s activities in these states. Until now, Gupta had been associated with FICCI as an executive committee member. He will be supported by co-chairperson Yashovardhan Saboo, CEO & MD, KDDl ltd. The appointment is co-terminus with Naina lal Kidwai as president FICCI.
ORRA launches gold jewellery in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: ORRA has announced the introduction of 22kt BIS Hallmarked gold jewellery at its 1800 sq ft new generation, high end luxury boutique at SCO -199, Sector - 17 C here. Vijay Jain, CEO and director ORRA and actress Shilpi Sharma lit the auspicious inaugural lamp on the occasion. later, the actress Shilpi Sharma displayed an exquisite range of 22kt BIS hallmarked gold jewellery and American supermodel Victoria Roughtan glittered in some exclusively designed, detachable multi-wear diamond jewellery.
Mega expo to be held at Sector 17 Parade Ground
Chandigarh: Paramount Exhibitors would organize 102nd multi theme expo covering real estate, sports, healthcare, wellness & fitness, auto, banking & finance, architecture, building & construction, handicraft & industrial sectors at Parade Ground Sector 17 here from April 5-7 at 10:30 am 8 pm. Till date, Paramount Exhibitors has organized 101 exhibitions, 64 conferences and 38 Vendor Development Programs all over India.
Sandhu stresses on offering best health treatment
Chandigarh: Haryana Principal Secretary Health Navraj Sandhu has laid emphasis on providing the best treatment in emergency cases, especially during the first golden hour after the accident so as to save precious lives. After inaugurating one day State level workshop on “Accident, Emergency and Trauma”, she described emergency services as the face of any hospital adding that a lot of- focus is required to improve emergency services in terms of manpower, logistics and infrastructure. During 2011-12, 704384 patients were treated in Accident and Emergency Department and about 10000 cases, excluding accident cases, are referred annually from periphery to district hospitals.
Novel play to be enacted at Tagore Theatre
Chandigarh: Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA), Delhi, in collaboration with Haryana Department of Information, Public Relations and Cultural Affairs and Haryana Urdu Academy will present a Novel Play Akbar Ki Mehbooba Anarkali at Tagore Theatre here on April 9 at 6 pm. The play has been written and directed by Azi Quraishi.
‘Stress — A silent killer’
Chandigarh: Colonel Gursevak Singh, a renowned, stress management Guru, gave tips to control stress for making the life smooth and steady in the present scenario at Raj Bhavan, Haryana on Thursday. Colonel Guru said that stress has been called as silent killer which initially attacks nervous system and then deteriorate eyes, ears and kidney etc. It further causes hypertension, heart diseases and diabetes. Colonel said that it was necessary to make our life stress free as the present fast lifestyle has affected our physical as well as psychic equilibrium and Yoga is the most effective therapy to manage the stress.
Sanitation campaign in Ram Darbar colony
Chandigarh: To bring awareness among the residents, an awareness campaign-cum-cleanliness drive was organized in Ram Darbar Colony by the sanitation wing of MCC. The campaign was in addition to the regular sanitation by deploying 20 additional Safaikaramcharies in small groups under the close supervision of the senior Inspectorate Staff for getting the public places/open spaces etc. swept in order to maintain the area sanitation.