Hooda to check damage to paady, cotton crops
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that a special assessment exercise has been ordered to check the damage caused to paddy and cotton crops due to the recent rains in the state and compensation would be given to farmers on the basis of the Girdawari. Hooda said that he had been making all possible efforts for the welfare of farmers from the day he became the Chief Minister.
20th Haryana State Youth Festival from Oct 24 to oct 26
Chandigarh: Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department will organise 20th Haryana State Youth Festival at Hisar from October 24 to 26. About 850 participants would participate in this youth festival and during this festival, competitions in solo vocal classical music, solo classical recital, harmonium light, guitar, folk song, classical and folk dance, one act play and declamation contest would be held. Also, a contest in martial arts would be held as per the guidelines issued by the Central Government.
Over 19.14 lMT of paddy arrives in mandis
Chandigarh: In Haryana, more than 19.14 lakh metric tones of paddy has so far arrived in various mandis during the current procurement season as compared to arrival of over 18.21 lakh metric tones of paddy during the corresponding period last year. District Karnal is leading in the paddy arrival where 5,92,781 metric tonnes of paddy has arrived in the mandis, followed by Kurukshetra with 5,68,490 metric tonnes. District Kaithal ranks third in the paddy arrival where 2, 65,275 metric tonnes of paddy has arrived in the mandis.
Bajwa pays tributes to Valmiki, joins Shobha Yatra
Chandigarh: Partap Singh Bajwa, President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) on Thursday paid rich tributes to Bhagwan Valmiki ji on his 'Parkash Utsav' and joined the Shobha Yatra taken out here in Jalandhar city. Bajwa said that Bhagwan Valmiki had shown path of equality in the society and his teachings gave a light of hope and honorable life to poor and down trodden sections of society. He said that millions of devotees of Bhagwan Valmiki around the world were committed to service of mankind and fighting against injustice.
Free fuel vouchers to lucky winners
Chandigarh: Indian Oil gave prizes to 285 winner customers with worth Rs 4.35 lakh under its scheme “‘Tyoharon Ki Suruaat Indian Oil Ke Saath’ at Indian Oil retail outlet at Sector-28 here. Sudeb Gupta, Executive Director, Punjab State Office of Indian Oil Corporation limited, in presence of SK Jha, CM-Retail Sales presented the prizes to the customers here. More than 56000 customers from various segments including two/three wheelers taking petrol worth Rs 300- and four wheeler taking petrol worth Rs 1200 participated in the lucky draw scheme. 3 customers from each of the 19 petrol pumps won free fuel vouchers worth Rs 11000 as 1st prize, Rs 5000 as 2nd prize and Rs 3000 as 3rd prize.
NCC national games 2013 in Delhi from Oct 19 to 27
Chandigarh: The National Cadet Corps, the worlds largest uniformed youth organization’s national games are being conducted from October 19 to 27. The opening ceremony of the game is being conducted at Garrison Parade Ground, Delhi Cantt on October 19 and NCC National Games 2013 will have seven disciplines to include Football, Hockey, Athletics, Table Tennis, Kabbadi, Kho-Kho and Shooting.
Badal greets people on Pargat divas
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday felicitated the people of Punjab on the auspicious occasion of Pargat Divas of 'Karuma Sagar' Bhagwan Valmik ji and exhorted them to follow his teachings and ideology to carve out an ideal society regardless of caste, colour and creed. In his message, Badal said that Bhagwan Valmeki Ji, the creator of first ever the great epic-'Ramayana' in Sanskrit was a great exponent of Indian culture and civilization.