Another mild quake hits Chamba in Himachal
Shimla: In just over a week, another mild quake was recorded on Monday in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba region, which witnessed tremors for three consecutive days in May, an official said. An earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale was recorded at 4.32 p.m, an official at the Meteorological Office said. He said the epicentre of the quake was in the Chamba region, bordering Jammu and Kashmir. However, there was no report of loss of life or damage to property. An earthquake of almost similar intensity was recorded in Chamba on September 24. Six mild quakes rocked Chamba for three days consecutively from May 19, two on each day, triggering panic among the people. One mild quake occurred each on June 14 and July 19, while two mild quakes were recorded simultaneously on August 16. Himachal Pradesh had suffered the most devastating earthquake in 1905 in the Kangra valley, killing over 20,000 people.
Police seize 40-kg poppy husk in Punjab
Moga: Police have seized nearly 40 kg of poppy husk from a field in a village here, officials said on Monday. The contraband was recovered when a search operation was conducted last night in the field in Roli village following a tip-off, the officials said. The unidentified peddler, however, managed to flee. A case has been registered under the NDPS Act against the unknown smuggler, police added. Poppy husk is the source of opium, which is used as an analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drug.
Chd Congress pays homage to Gandhi, Shastri
Chandigarh: The leaders of the Chandigarh Congress on Monday remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 148th birth anniversary with the city unit chief Pardeep Chhabra and other senior leaders paying floral tributes to the Father of Nation at a simple function at Congress Bhawan. Tributes were also paid to country’s second Prime Minister lal Bahadur Shastri who had given famous slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ (Hail the Soldier, Hail the Farmer). large number of party workers and leaders participated in the function. Chhabra said nation was indebted to Gandhi ji forever for his contribution in making the nation independent.
SBI conducts swachchhata drive
Chandigarh: State Bank of India’s Chandigarh Circle, comprising its operations in Chandigarh (UT) and the states of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, carried out ‘Swachhata Drive’ across its territory in the run up to Gandhi Jayanti. The drive started from Bank’s local Head Office in Chandigarh on September 29 with a large number of officers and staff led by the bank’s Chief General Manager Anil Kishora cleaning up peripheral roads adjoining the lHO building. On October 2, SBI officials carried out the drive at Sector-42 lake in Chandigarh. Similar initiatives were undertaken by Bank’s Zonal offices in Chandigarh, Panchkula, Rohtak, Patiala, ludhiana, Bhatinda, Shimla and Jammu. As many as 2174 Branches also joined in the campaign by spring cleaning their premises and adjoining areas.
Tropicana partners with rally for rivers
Chandigarh: Tropicana has started a special initiative to encourage gifting back to nature with its ‘Plant a Tree’ initiative. It has partnered with the ‘Rally for Rivers’ initiative and Grow-Trees.com, and has pledged to plant over 15,000 trees across the country. As part of its endeavour to gift back to nature, every festive pack of Tropicana will also contribute towards planting of trees. It is supporting the Rally for Rivers awareness drive in Chandigarh, to encourage people in the city to pledge their support to the cause of restoring the country’s rivers. The Rally for Rivers initiative by Isha Foundation aims to restore the country’s rivers by planting trees along the river banks, and raising awareness for the cause.
DSP BlackRock Equal Nifty 50 Fund launched
Chandigarh: DSP BlackRock Equal Nifty 50 Fund has been launched with the core investment principle of investing in blue chip benchmark companies that are leaders in their sectors, large in size and can ride through business cycles, a statement said. The fund slightly changes its investment allocation in India’s top 50 companies, by weighing each stock equally to achieve better stock and sector level diversification and eliminating skew towards a particular stock or sector.
Cleanliness drive at Chandimandir Military Station
Chandigarh: As part of the ongoing ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, a cleanliness drive was conducted at the Chandimandir Military station in Panchkula on Monday. Sending the message of the Army being a pioneer in promoting ‘cleaner and greener environment’, the aim of the campaign was to create environment of cleanliness across the station, a statement said. The drive saw participation of maximum number of available officers — including Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) and other ranks. It also resulted in mass awareness amongst the residents of need for clean and green environment for a healthy living, it said. On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, a pledge was also taken by the Army re-dedicating itself to the cause of cleanliness.