Haryana Cabinet to meet tomorrow
Chandigarh: Haryana Cabinet will meet under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at Main Committee Room, 4th floor, Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh on October 4 at 3.30 p.m, an official statement said here.
Hooda urges Teachers to make better society
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has called upon the teachers to contribute in making a better society by giving good education to the children. Talking to the representatives of Haryana PGT Teachers Association at his New Delhi residence on Wednesday, Hooda said that the State Government is paying full attention to the improvement of the quality of education in Haryana. In Haryana, three tier system has been started in school education from 1st July 2013. As a result of it, 25,000 posts of PGT teachers in 18 subjects have been created. A delegation of newly appointed PGT teachers led by the President of their Association, Pradeep Pangal met Hooda to thank him. Pangal said that with the introduction of three tier system of education in schools, more teachers will be available for students and youth will also get more opportunities for employment.
Paddy hits Haryana mandis
Chandigarh: Paddy has started arriving in the mandis of Haryana as 75971 metric tonnes of paddy arrived in the various mandis of the State on the first day of procurement of paddy during current season. last year 19835 metric tonnes of paddy had arrived on the first day of procurement. A spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department said that out of the total arrival of paddy, 74014 metric tonnes of paddy has been purchased by the Government agencies. The rest 1957 metric tonnes of paddy has been purchased by the millers. He said that the district Kurukshetra was leading in the paddy arrival where 45309 metric tonnes of paddy had arrived in the mandis, followed by Karnal with 15797 metric tonnes. District Ambala ranked third in the paddy arrival, where 13120 metric tonnes of paddy had arrived in the mandis, whereas in district Kaithal 965 metric tonnes of paddy had arrived.
HP Guv pays tributes to gandhi, Shastri
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Governor Urmila Singh on Wednesday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and Former Prime Minister lal Bahadur Shastri on their 144th and 109th birth anniversaries respectively at historic Ridge Maidan and near Telegraph office here. Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister also paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and Shastri on behalf of the people of the state. Chief Minister said that people would always remember both the leaders for setting highest examples of simple living and high thinking. He said that the ideals of truth and non violence preached by Mahatma Gandhi were basic principles for promoting peace and brotherhood. Patriotic songs and bhajans were recited by the artists of Information and Public Relations department to mark the occasion and a film on Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Shimla was also displayed.
Kang appointed coordinator for Rahul’s visit
Chandigarh: Senior Congress leader Jagmohan Singh Kang, MlA and Former Minister Punjab has been appointed coordinator by President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee for the function to be organized in connection with Rahul Gandhi, Vice President AICC’s visit on October 10 at Sangrur.
Birth Anniv of Gandhi, Shastri Celebrated
Chandigarh: The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee commemorated the 144th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi -The Father of the Nation and 110th Birth Anniversary of former Prime Minister lal Bahadur Sashtri at Punjab Congress Bhavan, Sector-15 Chandigarh. Floral tributes to the Father of the Nation were offered by laal Singh, Tarlochan Singh Vice Presidents PPCC, S Fateh Jang Singh Bajwa General Secretary, PPCC who said on the occasion that the teachings of Mahatma were still relevant and the modern world needs to follow his path of Ahinsa for attaining world peace.
PU doctor conferred Narsing Rai Award
Chandigarh: Dr Kusum Sharma, Associate Professor, Medical Microbiology won the prestigious Narsing Rao Award for her path breaking research work on Multi drug Resistance Intraocular tuberculosis(Eye tuberculosis). She was awarded this prize at the recently concluded Annual conference of Uveitis society of India, held at Mussorie from 27-29 September 27 to 29, 2013. Their group’s work showed that just like the existence of multidrug tuberculosis in various pulmonary and extra-pulmonary sites, it also occurs in the eyes. This has also resulting in saving the eyes of some patients.
Sealy Mattresses available in Tricity
Chandigarh: After an aggressive expansion plan across India, Sealy has strengthened their presence by announcing the launch of their Brand at Floor & Furnishing in Sector-9, Panchkula. Followed by the success of existing stores, the new Sealy SIS offers ‘High Performance Double Sided’ range of mattresses from the Brand’s exhaustive collection. The range introduced for the customers in Chandigarh is Technologically Advanced Sleep Systems. Price Starts from: 65,000/- on wards.
Yuva Manch remembers martyrs of U’khand
Chandigarh: Uttrakhand Yuva Manch Wednesday organised a Prayer Session in the memory of those martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the creation of new state Uttarakhand. Organised at Garhwal Sabha, Sector 29 Chandigarh thousands visited pay homage. On this day, October 2, 1994 at Muzzafarnagar and Khatima the revolutionaries braved the lathcharge and bullets in which many died. Manch also remembered those lost lives who died during recent natural calamities in Uttarakhand. Apart from thousands of state natives, Kundan lal Uniyal, President, Garhwal Sabha, Bachhan Singh Nagarkoti, President, Kumaon Sabha, Councillors Gurbax Rawat and Heera Negi marked their presence. Rajinder Prasad Naudiyal, President, Uttrakhand Yuva Manch expressed the thanks on the behalf of Manch.