plot allotment letters to 12 EWS families in hry
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on behalf of Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) distributed allotment letters of the plot to 12 families for the rehabilitation of the people belonging to EWS category at Badshahpur, Gurugram district today. HSVP has allotted plots to these 12 families in Uppal South End Colony in Sector-48, Gurugram. It is pertinent to mention that the houses of these people had come in the service lane and their rehabilitation case had been pending for almost 20 years. The Chief Minister gave these families an alternative plot allotment letter and said that today finally their 20-year-old demand had been met.
Min temperatures hover above normal in Pb, Hry
Chandigarh: The minimum temperature stayed above normal levels in several parts of Punjab and Haryana, the meteorological department said on Saturday. In Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala registered their respective lows at 10.8, 9.8 and 10 degrees Celsius, up to five degrees above normal. Pathankot, Adampur, Halwara, Bathinda, Faridkot and Gurdaspur recorded their minimum temperatures at 13.4, 12, 8.6, 9, 10 and 8.8 degrees Celsius respectively. Chandigarh, the joint capital of the two states, recorded a low of 11.1 degrees Celsius, three degrees above normal. In Haryana, the minimum temperature of Ambala, Hisar and Karnal settled at 10.5, 10.4 and 10.8 degrees Celsius respectively, up to two degrees above normal. Narnaul, Rohtak, Bhiwani and Sirsa registered their respective lows at 6.4, 12.6, 11.5 and 10.3, the MeT office said. Fog enveloped several places including Chandigarh, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, Rohtak and Bhiwani on Saturday morning.
BSF shoots dead Pak intruder along IB
Chandigarh: A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force along the International Border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district, an official of the force said on Saturday. BSF troops noted suspicious activity near the border fence at around 2:30 am. Sensing threat, they opened fire. A search operation was carried on Saturday morning and the body of a Pakistani intruder was found, the official said. Fourteen packets of heroin, one pistol magazine, six rounds and two mobile phones were recovered from near the body, he said.
HP CM felicitates people on Jukaru fair
Shimla: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur felicitated people of the State specially people of Pangi on the occasion of Jukaru fair in Pangi valley of district Chamba. He said that fair and festival are a symbol of our cultural heritage and such events provide an opportunity to carry forward the rich tribal culture with mutual brotherhood. MLA Bharmaur Jia Lal also extended his wishes on this occasion to the people of the area.
Punjab farmer dies of cardiac arrest at Singhu
Chandigarh: A 72-year-old Punjab farmer who was participating in farmers' agitation at Singhu border has died of cardiac arrest. Hansa Singh was a resident of Moga district, a police official posted at Kundli police station in Haryana's Sonipat said. Singh died of heart attack Thursday night, police said, adding his post-mortem was conducted on Friday.
Arrogant face of Tomar exposed: Cheema
Chandigarh: Commenting on the statement made by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Parliament on the number of farmers who lost their lives during the farmers' agitation, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said that the Union government was proving to be irresponsible, inhuman and arrogant towards its people. In a statement, Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly, Harpal Singh Cheema, said the central government's failure to provide details of the deaths of its own farmers proved that Prime Minister Narendra Modi government was an irresponsible government who are enslaved by the corporates to such an extent that they are willing to ignore the deaths of their own farmers. He said it was inhuman and arrogant for Minister Narendra Tomar to say in the Parliament that there were no statistics on the number of farmers martyred during the agitation.