Himachal CM visits Virbhadra Singh at IGMC
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday visited Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, to enquire about the health of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who is admitted there. Chief Minister wished speedy recovery of Virbhadra Singh. Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj, Principal IGMC Dr Rajneesh Pathania, Senior Medical superintendent Dr Janak Raj and other senior officers were also present on the occasion.
Punjab launches Smart Village campaign Chandigarh: Punjab Government, under the Smart Village campaign, has started de-watering and de-silting of ponds across the state. Rural Development Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa on Thursday said that this campaign has been launched to provide a fresh clean natural environment in villages with directions to the departmental officials to complete this task before the monsoon season by June 10. “The work has been started in all districts and Rs 90 crore for has been allocated for this campaign,” said Bajwa.
HPCC chief questions Govt on its announcements
Chandigarh: Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Kumari Selja on Thursday raised questions on announcements made by Haryana Government in past one-and-a-half months during second wave of coronavirus saying that these proved to be just a pretense. Most of these schemes have not started on the ground due to which the situation in the State continued to deteriorate. “Most important tool of ‘Testing, Tracing, and Vaccination’ in beating corona is not being given momentum by the Government, while corona has reached the streets of villages through cities in the last one month,” she said.
Sukhbir announces SAD’s 77-member PAC
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday announced 77-member Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the party. Party’s senior vice-president and spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said that the PAC has all senior and hard working members of the party including Satinder Kaur Dhaliwal, Vaninder Kaur Loomba, Nusrat Ikram Khan, Hari Singh Preet Tractors Nabha, Jagjit Singh Talwandi, among others.
Tewari inaugurates Banga flyover
Nawanshahr: Sri Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari on Thursday inaugurated the much-awaited flyover on Jalandhar-Chandigarh road at Banga. The flyover will provide a lot of relief to both the commuters on the highway as well as local population and traders and shopkeepers. “The three-kilometer-long flyover, spanning over the entire stretch of Banga town over NH, was constructed at a cost of Rs 400 crores,” said Tewari adding that the flyover had been pending completion for a long time.
Badal maintained conspiratorial silence in BJP’s favour on farm laws
Chandigarh: Criticizing the former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, AAP MLA and state Kisan wing president Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Thursday said that six months had passed to the farmers' agitation against the Centre’s three ‘black’ laws related to agriculture , but SAD patron and the farmers’ so-called flag bearer had kept a “conspiratorial” silence in favor of BJP Government. Sandhwan said that senior Badal, who has been the Chief Minister for five times by playing politics in the name of farmers, has not uttered a single word against PM Narendra Modi, BJP and RSS.