Badal mourns demise of Bajwa’s mother
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia on Thursday expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Partap Singh Bajwa’s mother Gurbachan Kaur, who passed away at her native village Qadian in Gurdaspur district after a brief illness. They prayed to the Almighty to grant courage to the members of the bereaved family, friends and relatives to bear this huge loss in this hour of grief and grant peace to the eternal soul. She was the wife of former Minister Satnam Singh Bajwa.
Punjab vaccinates 40l domesticated animals
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has vaccinated 40 lakh domesticated animals to prevent outbreak of foot and mouth disease. The Government has already issued instructions to provide free vaccination and appealed to the farmers to get their cattle vaccinated in the nearest veterinary hospitals, said the State Animal Husbandry Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike. He said that the Department has launched a sustained and intensive drive throughout the State for mass vaccination of cattle and this campaign would continue till June 30.
Haryana to e-auction mines in Yamunanagar
Chandigarh: Haryana Mines and Geology Department has released its schedule of e-auction of minor mineral mines in Yamunanagar, Mahendergarh and Bhiwani districts as it would begin from July 3 and 11. Spokesperson said that for Yamunanagar district, last date to submit application along with e-services fee is July 3 till 5 pm; while for Mahendergarh and Bhiwani districts is July 11 up to 5 pm. Eligible candidates could download the application forms from Haryana Government website www.haryana.gov.in, he added.
Punjab transfers six tehsildars
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has issued transfer orders of six tehsildars and two naib tehsildars with immediate effect. Gurcharan Singh Brar has been posted as tehsildar at Balachaur, Amarjit Singh at Dharamkot, Gurjit Singh at Ajnala, Jarnail Singh at Fazilka, Data Parsad Pandey at Amloh and Jaswant Rai at PWD Jalandhar.
Punjab transfers three PPS
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Thursday issued the transfer or posting orders of three PPS officers. Baldev Singh, Assistant Commandant, ninth battalion, PAP, Amritsar, has been posted as Intelligence wing, Balwant Kaur has been posted as Captan Police/SPU, and Rakesh Chandera has been posted as Assistant Commandant, fifth Commando Battalion, Bahadurgarh, Patiala. Spokesperson said that Desh Raj, Captan Police/City Bathinda, has been given the additional charge of Captan Police/Investigation, Bathinda till further orders.
Haryana to launch statistical software
Chandigarh: Haryana Finance and Planning Department will launch ‘e-Vishleshak’ (Statistical Software) to mark the occasion of National Statistics Day on June 29 at Haryana Niwas, Chandigarh. Spokesperson said that Haryana Finance and Planning Minister Capt Abhimanyu would be the chief guest of the function.
‘People experiencing a transformed Haryana’
Chandigarh: Haryana Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister Rao Narbir Singh on Thursday said that people have been experiencing a transformed Haryana whereas opposition parties have been making useless and hollow statements from last seven months describing present State Government as incompetent. He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for celebrating International Yoga Day, which has evoked interest of yoga among people and popularised it throughout the world. Singh also hailed Chief Minister Manohar lal’s decision to start Biometric Attendance System that has instilled a sense of discipline and punctuality among Government employees.
Punjab announces rotational irrigation prog
Chandigarh: Punjab Irrigation Department on Thursday announced rotational programme for irrigation for the kharif season through canal water from June 26 to July 3. The channels of Sirhind Canal System would run on priority basis from Bist Doab, Sidhwan Branch, Bathinda Branch, Patiala feeder and Abohar Branch, respectively.