Haryana to hold state-level R-Day function at karnal
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has decided to hold State-level Republic Day function at Karnal on January 26 where Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki will unfurl the National Flag. The joint ‘At Home’ will be organised at Punjab Raj Bhawan Chandigarh at 4.30 pm. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal will hoist the National Flag at Kaithal and Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kanwar Pal at Ambala.
Haryana Govts’ directions on court appearances
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has directed all heads of the Departments to depute those officers or officials in the court for appearing as witnesses, who are efficient and well conversant with the facts of the case to be produced. An official spokesman said that if any case is lost on account of non-production of the record as well as witnesses then only the Heads of the Departments will be held responsible for this lapse.
Power transformation capacity raised
Chandigarh: Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has added about 100 MVA transformation capacity in power distribution network during last over two months at a cost of about Rs9 crore. The discom has augmented capacity of eleven sub-stations of 33 kV level to increase the transformation capacity.
Seminar held on competitive Exams preparation
Chandigarh: Allen Chandigarh Centre conducted a seminar on the ‘Art of Preparing for Competitive Exams’ at the SD College Auditorium, Sector-32, here. The seminar was conducted by CV Kalyan Kumar, a senior Faculty Member of Chemistry at Allen Chandigarh Centre. The seminar began by highlighting the difference between a conventional exam like the school exam and Board exam and Competitive Exams like JEE, AIPMT etc.
It was shown, based on previous year’s data, that Competitive exam are so highly competitive that losing even a single mark could bring down the rank of a student by several hundred ranks. The second part of the seminar dealt with the Techniques for achieving excellence in these exams. The students gathered were told the importance of developing skills like thinking which is generally never addressed by students who pay more attention to only gaining knowledge and learning concepts.
Expedite Campaign To End Child labour: lal
Chandigarh: Giving a clarion call to speed up State Government's campaign against the menace of child labour in Punjab, the State labour Minister Chuni lal Bhagat on Tuesday announced to widen its ambit by involving general public and NGOs. Presiding over the state-level monitoring committee to review the progress of National Child labour Projects, he said that we should not be complacent by launching anti-child labour drives only during campaigns twice a year but make it a sustained and continued process to keep a check on erring employers.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioners from all the districts, NGOs and labour leaders from all over the State. The Minister said that the problems of poverty, unemployment, limited resources of family, increasing migration to the cities, big families and narrow thinking have to be taken in totality while tackling the problem of child labour. Issuing strict instructions to keep a track record of all rescued children, he instructed education department to ensure that there was minimum dropout of rescued children and education department should ensure that they should complete their education up to plus-two level and children should be given vocational education to enable them to stand on their own feet.
Tata Motors launches interactive hubs
ludhiana: Tata Motors announced the launch of Bolt Arena in ludhiana and Jalandhar. Engaging with customers, the company has set up the Bolt Arena interactive hub where they can take part in various activities to know everything about the new sporty hatchback from Tata Motors, the Bolt. It has been creatively designed for customers to engage with the car and get a better chance to know more about it, before its launch.
Fisher & Paykel expands presence in ludhiana
ludhiana: Fisher & Paykel, global leaders in innovative kitchen appliances, plans to increase its footprint in ludhiana. After strengthening its presence across 15 key tier I & II cities in India, it is focusing on the industrial hub of Punjab as a priority market. The appliance range also includes refrigerators, ovens, hobs, washing machines, dryers, as well as dishdrawers.