Spiritual leader Amma in city on Mar 18
Chandigarh: Spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) will be in Chandigarh on March 18 as part of her annual India tour that started in January from Thiruvananthapuram. Amma’s head disciple, Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri briefed media about her first ever visit to the City Beautiful and the various initiatives the math plans to undertake in the region. He said a programme has been organised at Exhibition Ground, Sector 34. Amma will deliver spiritual discourses as well as lead devotees in singing bhajans, doing meditation and conducting manasapuja. She will also give her darshan to everyone, which comes in the form of a motherly embrace. There will also be opportunities for devotees to perform their own Shani Puja under Amma’s guidance. All programmes are free and open to the public.
pulse polio campaign in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: As many as 1,04,291 children have been immunized during the three-day National Immunization Pulse Polio Campaign in UT of Chandigarh, conducted from March 11 to 13. The coverage is 4,055 children more than the second NID round of Pulse Polio carried out last year. The enhanced coverage is owing to the night vigil being implemented during which 351 ofchildren have been vaccinated in the night hours in different parts of the city like railway station, bus stands, streets, showroom corridors etc. First day of the campaign was dedicated for booth activity, while next two days were planned for door-to-door visit to ensure that no child is left unvaccinated and the children found without dose were immunized there and then by the visiting team.
haryana produces 28.56 lakh quintals of sugar
Chandigarh: Haryana’s cooperative sugar mills have crushed 290.84 lakh quintal of sugarcane and produced over 28.56 lakh quintals of sugar so far during the ongoing crushing season. Sugarfed spokesperson said that Shahabad cooperative sugar mill has so far crushed a maximum of 51.95 lakh quintals of sugarcane and has produced over 5.33 lakh quintals of sugar, followed by Rohtak cooperative sugar mill which has crushed 43.72 lakh quintals of sugarcane, producing over 4.21 lakh quintals of sugar. So far, the average recovery of sugar from cooperative sugar mills has been 10 per cent.
UT Admn gearing up for Chandigarh Skill Test-2018
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Administration is all geared up organising Chandigarh Skill Test-2018 wherein students of Chandigarh will participate under various categories like poly-mechanics and automation, manufacturing team challenge, mechatronics, mechanical engineering CAD, CNC Turning, CNC Milling, Welding, Web-Design and Development, Industrial Control, Mobile Robotics, Carpentry, Hairdressing, Beauty Therapy, Fashion Technology, Patisserie and Confectionery, Restaurant Service, Prototype Modeling etc. A meeting of state level executive committee for the same was held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of UT Home Secretary-cum-Secretary Technical Education Anurag Agarwal.
RP Gupta given additional charge of HUED
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has given additional charge of Haryana Urban Estates Department to IAS officer Ravi Prakash Gupta, currently posted as Chief Vigilance Officer, HUDA, Special Secretary, Home-II Department and Commissioner Gurudwara Elections, with immediate effect.
Mayor assures Safaikarmacharis of early redress of long-pending demands
Chandigarh: The city Mayor Davesh Moudgil on Wednesday called a meeting on request of MCC Safaikarmachari Union in regard to redress of their long-pending grievances or demands. During the meeting, the Mayor assured the union leaders for early redressal of their long pending demands including regularization of daily wage or work charge safaikarmacharis, five percent ceiling limit on compassionate ground and filling up of 525 posts of regular safaikarmacharis in the MOH wing.
Bank of India holds credit camp
Chandigarh: Bank of India (BOI), Chandigarh Zone, on Wednesday organized Mega Credit Camp at Chandigarh Zonal Office, Sector-31A, which was inaugurated by MSME Head Office General Manager Swarup Dasgupta, NBG North 1 General Manager SK Swain, Zonal Manager (Chandigarh) SS Khera, and Zonal Manager (ludhiana) SK Bansal. Various customers of Agriculture, MSME participated and shared their success stories.
Various entrepreneurs who were beneficiaries of various bank schemes showcased their products. On this event, loan sanction letters to customers of various fields like agriculture, MSME, gold loan, amounting Rs 418 crores were handed over to them.
Govt. to strengthen Ayurvedic system
Shimla: Himachal Health and Family Welfare Minister Vipin Singh Parmar on Wednesday said the state government was committed to strengthen the Ayurvedic system of medicine as a large number of people were coming forward to adopt this ancient system of medicine for treatment and maintaining healthy lifestyle.
He said that keeping in view the demand of medicinal herbs in the health sector, the government would tie up with major pharmacies of the country so that the demand of the herbs could be met and it will also go a long way in strengthening the economy of farmers. The Minister said that a pilot project would be started in three identified development blocks at Karsog, Kasauli and Theog for prevention of anemia for which the government had already made budgetary provision.