Congress legislative Party meeting today
Chandigarh: The meeting of State Congress legislative Party (ClP) in view of the ensuing Monsoon Session of HP Vidhan Sabha will be held on August 5 at official residence of Chief Minister at Oak over at 7.00 PM. Chief Minister Shri Virbhadra Singh will preside over the meeting. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shri Mukesh Agnihotri has appealed to all the members of the State Cabinet, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries and Congress legislators to attend the meeting.
Solanki stresses on need for quality education
Chandigarh: Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki who is also Chancellor of State Universities said that more emphasis should be paid on providing quality education to students besides focusing attention on research activities in the universities.Solanki was interacting with Vice-Chancellors of state universities who made a courtesy call on him at Raj Bhawan here on Monday. The Governor enquired about the infrastructure and academic atmosphere from the Vice-Chancellors. He said that moral education is as important as job oriented education.
HSIIDC invites applications
Chandigarh: Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) has invited applications for allotment of 15 institutional sites in Industrial Model Township (IMT), Manesar. A spokesman said that these sites would be allotted in different sizes in sectors 2, 3 and 5. The last date for submission of applications has been fixed as August 25. Applications could be submitted in Corporation offices at Manesar or Delhi or Panchkula. IMT Manesar, an integrated model township is a home to many corporate houses and is located on Delhi-Jaipur Highway at a distance of about 30 kilometre from Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi.
two assistant sub-inspectors convicted
Chandigarh: The Court of Additional Session Judge, Gurgaon has convicted two Assistant Sub Inspectors namely Sunil Kumar and Satbir Singh of Government Railway Police (GRP) to undergo two years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 4000 in a bribe case. A spokesman of the State Vigilance Bureau, Haryana said that a case was registered against the accused under section 7/13 of Prevention of Corruption Act at Bureau’s police station at Gurgaon.
HUDA sub-committee approves Rs389.09 crore
Chandigarh: The sub-committee of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has approved Rs389.09 crore for various developments works at Faridabad, Gurgaon, Rohtak, Fatehabad, Panchkula and Karnal. The 38th meeting of the sub-committee was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. A sum of Rs14.70 crore have been approved for Faridabad, Rs199.49 crore for Gurgaon, Rs17.84 crore for Rohtak, Rs50.02 crore for Fatehabad, Rs23.68 crore for Panchkula, Rs68.50 crore for Pinjore-Kalka Urban Complex and Rs14.86 crore for Karnal. While Rs14.70 crore has been approved for construction of dual carriageway and for outer periphery road at Faridabad, Rs48.84 crore has been approved for the construction of six lane underpasses at Sector 42, 43, 53, and 54 Gurgaon.
register water tankers in Gurgaon by aug 25
Chandigarh: Gurgaon district administration has made it mandatory for all private water tankers operating in the district to get registered with the District Authority by August 25. These orders have been issued by Deputy Commissioner Shekhar Vidyarthi in compliance of the orders of Punjab & Haryana High Court passed in CWP No. 20032/08. Vidyarthi said that from September 1 onwards, if any water tanker is found without registration, it will be seized by the concerned SHO. He said that extraction of ground water from any private tubewell for filling water tankers is strictly prohibited and in case of violation of these orders, stern action will be taken against the owner of the tubewell and the tanker supplier.
CCSHAU’s dean rk pannu honoured
Chandigarh: Dr RK Pannu, Dean, College of Agriculture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Chandigarh (CCSHAU), Hisar has been conferred Bharat Ratna Dr C Subramaniam Award for outstanding Teachers-2013. The award carries cash prize of Rs one lakh and an equal amount of travel grant. Union Agriculture Minister, Radha Mohan Singh, presented this prestigious award to Dr Pannu at the 86th Foundation Day function of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) held at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi, recently. The award instituted by the ICAR, is presented to teachers of agricultural universities in recognition of their excellent achievements.
Discovery expands portfolio to 11 channels
ludhiana: Discovery Communications India on Monday launched three new channels in India taking its network portfolio to 11 unique content channels. The company has launched a refreshing Hindi entertainment channel ID - Investigation Discovery and two high-quality HD channels - TlC HD World and Animal Planet HD World
SSSDC inks deal with SPUJ
Chandigarh: The Private Security Sector (PSS), estimated to grow to Rs 900 billion industry employing over 10 million people directly and indirectly by the year 2022, is now planning to carve out career pathways for its existing workforce and making the sector more lucrative for the youth of the country by introducing a number of skills enhancement short term courses in coming years. The Security Sector Skills Development Council (SSSDC), has signed an MoU with Sardar Patel University of Police Training & Criminal Justice (SPUJ) at an industry conclave, ‘Excellence Though Skills and Education’ organized by SSSDC. The conclave also witnessed the launch of training courseware for security guards in regional languages such as Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil and Marathi.
Cream bell ‘India’s Most Promising Brand’
Chandigarh: Cream Bell ice-cream was declared as ‘India’s Most Promising Brand’ at the WCRC leaders Asia Summit. Creambell has been awarded for their performance in a short span of time. Recently the brand was the recipient of the highest honour at the “Great Indian Ice Cream Contest 2013” conducted by Indian Dairy Association.