Non BIS steel banned in Haryana
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has prohibited manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of steel and steel products specified in the schedule, which do not confirm to the specified standards and do not bear standard mark of Bureau of Indian Standards. These orders shall come in to force with immediate effect. An official spokesman said that the Government has appointed General Manager District Industries Centre, Yamunanagar as Appropriate Authority for enforcement of its steel and steel products (Quality Control) orders 2012.
Haryana Power consumers take benefit of VDS
Chandigarh: Over 20,000 electricity consumers in Haryana have taken benefit of regularisation of unauthorised extension of load, without paying any penalty, under the Voluntary Disclosure Scheme (VDS) launched by the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN). The UHBVN and DHBVN will launch a campaign to detect unauthorised extension of load after expiry of the VDS on June 30. Then, on detection of unauthorised load, penalty would be imposed as per the rule.
Two IPS Officers transferred in Punjab
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has issued transfer and posting orders of two IPS officers with immediate effect. Ishwar Singh, Commissioner of Police, ludhiana, has been transferred and posted as Inspector General of Police, Zonel-1 Patiala. likewise, Paramjit Singh Gill, Inspector General of Police, Zonel-1 Patiala has been transferred and posted as Commissioner of Police, ludhiana.
Kids cafe opens in Panchkula
Panchkula: Gaming and food would be the feature of a new outlet of Kids Café which opened in Sector 15 Panchkula on Wednesday. A venture of Nagpur-based Fylfot Hospitality, the store has three 40” lEDs with X-BOX 360 and a Sony PS3 for gamers. The air-conditioned quick-service restaurant offers items ranging from burgers to pastas to sandwiches and shakes. Picture Encyclopedia, Magazines, Documentary Picture will all be an integral part of Kid’s Cafe. This will keep the youngster busy in creative activity and help them with creative thinking & patient listening habits in children. “Combining gaming with food has been tried before, but this time we want to make sure that kids or say children up to 16-17 are catered to perfectly,” says franchisee owner, Karun.
Sugar n Spice Restaurant opened
Chandigarh: Hotel City Heart Residency launched their new venture ‘Sugar n Spice’ restaurant on Wednesday adjoining their present Hotel City Heart Residency in Sector 22 B, Chandigarh. Sandeep Dawar, MD Sugar n Spice, said the restaurant will offer Chinese, Kababs, Curries and Biryani along with a range of Pizza, Burger, Grilled Sandwiches and Kathi Rolls. This is company's 12th outlet to serve people multi-cuisine food under one roof. Dawar said specialties like Grilled Fish, Amritsari Fish fry, Peri Peri Chicken, Kalmi and Kasturi kababs will also be served. The new restaurant will cater for the eating tastes of vegetarians as well as non vegetarians.
RlIC launches ‘Smart Pension Plan’
Chandigarh: Reliance life Insurance Company (RlIC), on Wednesday announced the launch of its innovative pension scheme ‘Reliance life Insurance Smart Pension Plan’. The new plan is a comprehensive non-participating unit-linked pension plan that offers a range of benefits and encourages early saving for post-retirement financial independence.
Announcing the launch, Anup Rau, Chief Executive Officer, Reliance life Insurance, said, “With increasing life expectancy, there is a need to encourage long-term savings habit amongst the youth. We have carefully created this innovative pension plan that allows individuals to start early, create a long term corpus, and benefit from comprehensive features built in the plan to offer post-retirement security.”
Interviews of teachers cancelled in Himachal
Shimla: The interviews for the posts of Trained Graduate Teachers (TGT) of Arts, Non Medical and Medical from categories of SC/ST, backlog of General IRDP of TGT Non Medical and TGT, Non- Medical/ Medical from dependents of Ex-Servicemen batch wise on contract basis which were scheduled to be held from June 17 to 29 have been cancelled due to unavoidable administrative reasons. A spokesman said that next date of interviews would be announced soon.
Waste management project to be launched
Chandigarh: Solid and liquid waste management projects would soon setup in 25 villages in district Sirsa in Haryana under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. A spokesman of the district administration said that a sum of Rs 2- 4 lakh will be spent in each village under the project. One shed will be constructed in each of the villages for storage of garbage. Solid and liquid waste will be sorted separately under the shed. This waste will be converted into vermin compost.
Minister reviews loan recovery work
Chandigarh: Haryana Minister for Co-operation and Housing, Satpal Sangwan on Wednesday urged the Managers of District Central Co-operative Banks and members of Primary Agriculture Co-operative Societies and asked them to motivate farmers and bring a change in their mindset to repay their loans on time. The Minister, who was addressing them in Gurgaon, also reviewed the recovery of loans in five districts of Rewari, Palwal, Faridabad, Gurgaon and Mewat. He said that he would visit every district in the State to review recovery of loans.