Haryana hikes civic body staff honorarium
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has increased honorarium paid to Mayors, Senior Deputy Mayors, Deputy Mayors and Councillors of Municipal Corporations in the State. Urban local Bodies Minister Savitri Jindal said that the honorarium of Mayors has been increased from Rs5,000 to Rs7,500 per month. Similarly, Senior Deputy Mayors’ honorarium has been increased from Rs3,000 to Rs6,000 monthly, Deputy Mayors from Rs2,000 to Rs5,000 monthly and corporation members or Councillors from Rs1,500 to Rs2,500 monthly. In addition, the entertainment allowance of Mayors has also been increased from Rs2,500 to Rs5,000 per month, she added.
NAC status for nine Punjab villages
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Thursday accorded notified area committee (NAC) status to nine villages of Bathinda, Mansa and Kapurthala districts. local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi said that seven villages of Bathinda districts — Chowake, Nathana, Rampura, lehra Mohabbat, Balianwali, Kot Smeer and Bhai Ruppa were awarded NAC status. Besides, village Boha of Mansa district and Nadala village of Kapurthala district have also been given NAC status. Now these villages would be provide basic amenities like water supply, sewerage, cleanliness, streetlights etc as per with cities, he added.
Haryana cabinet meeting on Dec 10
Chandigarh: Haryana Cabinet will meet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at Chandigarh on December 10 at
12 noon.
Mobile tower radiation causes no health hazards
Chandigarh: Prof (Dr) Michael Repacholi, radiation expert and the first coordinator of World Health Organisation’s Radiation and Environmental Health Unit, released a book titled Mobile Phones and Public Health — Myths and Reality specially to address misconceptions, concerns, fears related to mobile tower radiations. Prof Repacholi said that from all the high quality studies and its reviews by international and national public health authorities, it can be safely concluded that it has not been established that mobile phones or towers use causes or is associated with any health risks. He maintained that mobile phones doesn’t cause even headaches or sleep disorders.
BSNl launches SIM embedded utility services
Chandigarh: With a view to provide customer friendly utility services to its mobile customers, State-owned telecom giant BSNl, has launched upgraded version of SIM embedded SMS-based new services — STK (SIM Tool Kit). BSNl mobiles customers, through CellOne menu, can get various information like news, finance, rail or air reservation status, cricket scores etc. STK-based applications are facilitated by wireless internet browser (WlB) and are really customer friendly to use. The services are embedded in SIM and are easier to use as they are pre-configured, and users need not dial any short code for accessing any particular service.
Korfball trials for senior national championship
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Korfball Association is conducting trials on December 6, Friday, at 4 pm onwards at Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, Chandigarh. The Chandigarh team is being selected for upcoming Senior National Korfball Championship being organised from December 27 to December 30 at Chennai. For further information, contact Kishan at 9814635959.
Daawat join hands with CII Tourism Fest 2013
Chandigarh: Branded Basmati rice Daawat has associated with CII International Chef Meet and Culinary Exhibition at CII Tourism Fest 2013 in Chandigarh. Daawat is sponsoring two award categories at the Meet titled Apprentice Chef’ & ‘Enthusiastic Chef. The Apprentice Chef category celebrates contestants drawn out of leading Culinary and Hotel Management Institutes of the country, while the Enthusiastic Chef category celebrates contestants who are residents of Chandigarh and have been given the chance to participate in this meet through a process of entries based upon the recipes they cook at home.
ClP meeting in Himachal on Dec 15
Shimla: In view of the Winter Session of Himachal Assembly beginning December 16, a meeting of Congress legislative Party (ClP) will be held under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on December 15 at 7 PM at Hotel Dhauladhar, Dharamshala. Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mukesh Agnihotri has appealed to all the members of the State Cabinet, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries and Congress legislators to attend the meeting.
Armed Forces Flag Day on Dec 6
Chandigarh: Armed forces Flag Day would be observed on December 6 to pay tributes to all those known and unknown soldiers who sacrificed their lives guarding the frontiers of our country. Spokesman said that this day is observed to salute the valour of soldiers, both serving and veterans, who fought for unity, integrity and sovereignty.
Tayal appointed as member of Transco BoDs
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Thursday appointed Neeraj Hit Abhilashi Tayal, son of late senior BJP leader Babu Hit Abhilashi, as the member of Board of Directors (BoDs) of the Punjab State Transmission Corporation limited (Transco). Spokesperson said that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal cleared the file to this effect on Thursday and formal orders of Tayal’s appointment would be issued in due course of time after completing the requisite formalities.
Haryana covers 1.36l girls under Sabla scheme
Chandigarh: About 1.36 lakh adolescent girls have been covered under Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls, also known as Sabla, by the end of October 2013 in Haryana. The scheme was launched in six districts from March 2011. Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Geeta Bhukkal said that the scheme was launched exclusively to cater to nutritional and healthcare requirements of adolescent girls, between 11 years to 18 years, and also to upgrade their home-based skills, life skills and vocational skills.
MlA nominated for Committee on Petitions
Chandigarh: Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Sharma has nominated MlA Anil Dhantori to serve on the Committee on Petitions as a member for the remaining period of the year 2013-’14.