Trucks laden with sand seized, 13 arrested
Moga: Thirteen people were arrested for their alleged involvement in illegal mining in Moga district on Monday and 14 trucks laden with sand were seized. The trucks laden with sand were coming from Kanwanka Pattan river bridge on the Shahkot-Jalandhar road at Dharamkot in this district when police stopped them for checking and nabbed 13 persons, police said. The accused had been arrested under the Mining and Mineral Regulation Act, police said.
water connection fee waive off time extended
Chandigarh: Haryana Public Health Engineering Minister Kiran Choudhry on Monday said that the State Government has decided to extend by one year the period of waiving off water connection fee of `500 for all categories of houses in rural areas so as to give them free water connections up to March 31, 2015. Earlier, the State Government had waived off water connection fee for all categories of houses in the rural areas up to March 31, 2014. Choudhry said that this decision would encourage the people to save precious water.
Sangrur-Khanouri road to be four lanes
Chandigarh: To ease road connectivity with national Capital for Malwa region, Punjab Government has initiated the process for four-laning of Sangrur-Khanouri road which would be a big push to strengthen State’s infrastructure. The PWD Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon said that this 60 km long highway leading to New Delhi through Haryana would be completed at an estimated cost of `600 crore. All initial formalities are being completed on priority and this project would be completed by June 2016, he added.
Jind girl wins bronze at international jr CWG
Chandigarh: Poonam Dalal of village Malvi in Jind district has brought laurels to the country by winning bronze medal in 130 kilogramme category of weightlifting at International Junior Commonwealth Games organized at Malaysia from November 26 to 30. On her return, she has been given warm welcome by various gram panchayats. Poonam said that her aim was to bag the Gold in the next Olympics and she would try her best for the same. At present, she is undergoing training in weightlifting at Sports Authority of India in lucknow.
World AIDS day celebrated
Chandigarh: World AIDS Day was celebrated by IAP Chandigarh chapter and division of Social Pediatrics, APC at Snehalaya in Chandigarh. The function was marked with various cultural and educational activities highlighting different aspects of AIDS and HIV infection to young adolescent boys and girls residing in Snehalaya. The key feature of the function was drama on HIV and AIDS tailored in spiritual context which was played by 15 young students, followed by lecture by PGIMER’s Department of Paediatrics’ associate professor
Dr Bhavneet Bharti on basic concepts, high risk factors and various preventive measures about HIV and AIDS.
lt Gen Chakravarty takes over as DG NCC
New Delhi/Chandigarh: lt Gen Aniruddha Chakravarty took over the reins of National Cadet Corps as the Director General of this premier youth organisation, succeeding lt Gen PS Bhalla who retired on November 30. An alumnus of Pune’s National Defence Academy, the General was commissioned in the Rajput Regiment of the Indian Army on December 15, 1976, and has had a distinguished career in the Armed Forces. A graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, General has done all important courses, including the prestigious NDC course at New Delhi.
Haryana to set up DIET at Machrauli village
Chandigarh: Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal on Monday said that foundation stone of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) would soon be laid in Machrauli Village of Jhajjar district to start D.Ed classes. With this, a long pending demand of people would be fulfilled. The process of admission to D.Ed in the DIET institute had also been completed and initially classes were being held at DIET Institute at Madina. “After construction DIET institute building at Machrauli, the classes would be shifted there in its own building,” she added.
PGI professor bags Young Scientist Award
Chandigarh: Dr Sanjay Munjal, working as assistant professor and in-charge of Speech and Hearing Unit of the PGIMER’s Department of Otolaryngology, bagged ‘Young Scientist Award’ at ninth Asia Pacific Conference on Cochlear Implants and related sciences held at Hyderabad for his paper — Residual Hearing following Cochlear Implantation-Comparison of Two Surgical Insertion Techniques. A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing.
Allahabad Bank to open 13 more branches
Chandigarh: Allahabad Bank Monday announced 13 more branches for the Chandigarh region out of total 200 branches across country during the current financial year. Arun Tiwari, Executive Director, Allahabad Bank emphasised upon the need for expanding business in the area of retail lending and MSE Sector for which there was abundant scope in Chandigarh Zone. Highlighting the achievement of the Bank, Tiwari advised that the Bank has already crossed business of `3,10,000 crore and it is poised to achieve greater heights in the time to come. All the branches of the Bank are under CBS platform and the Bank is providing a range of e-products suited to the requirements of the customers.
Haryana election commissioner bereaved
Chandigarh: Anika Sur, mother-in-law of Dharam Vir, IAS (retd) Haryana’s former chief secretary and now Haryana State Election Commissioner breathed her last on Monday at the age of 88 years. She is survived by one daughter, Prof Keya Dharamvir from Panjab University’s Department of Physics, and three sons — two of whom are in USA and Canada. The cremation shall take place at 12 noon on Tuesday at Sector 25 Cremation Ground.
HAFED sugar mill pays farmers in 24 hours
Chandigarh: HAFED Sugar Mill has become the first mill in Haryana to give payment to farmers for their produce within 24 hours of its purchase. HAFED Mill’s spokesman said that to facilitate farmers, a branch of HDFC bank had been set up on the Mill’s premises where payment was being credited to bank accounts of farmers in 24 hours.
RlIC ties up with insurance repositories
Chandigarh: Reliance life Insurance Company (RlIC) on Monday announced its tie-up with all five insurance repositories to provide life insurance policies in electronic form across all its products. RlIC chief executive officer Anup Rau said that Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has approved five companies — Database Management limited, Central Insurance Repository limited, SHCIl Projects limited, CAMS Repository Services limited and Karvy Insurance limited — as Insurance Repositories (IR) to enable and encourage policyholders to hold their insurance policies in demat form.