Officials, dignitaries greet guv on his b’day
Chandigarh: A number of Government officers, officials, dignitaries and children on Wednesday greeted Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia on his 83rd birthday and wished for his good health at Haryana Raj Bhawan. Children from Karnal’s Swami Shradhanand Orphan House, Panchkula’s Deaf and Dumb Society, Chandimandir’s Mother Teresa Saket Hospital and Chandigarh’s Mother Teresa also visited Raj Bhawan and greeted Pahadia. Governor honoured all children and wished for their success and bright future.
DlSA to hold self defence seminar for girls
Kharar: Mohali District legal Services Authority will organise a seminar at Gharaun’s Sarsvati Group of Institutions, said, Mohali DlSA secretary and Chief Judicial Magistrate Tarntaran Singh Bindra. He said that the seminar is being organised in association with self-defence techniques expert BS Handa for the girls of Mohali district to make them capable of fighting incidents of sexual harassment, being faced by them. Bindra called upon girls to attend this seminar, to learn these techniques, which would be followed by another workshop to teach more advanced techniques.
`3crore for villages under Sohna block
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has given nearly `3 crore for the development of around 10 villages of Sohna block in Gurgaon district. Hooda said that the State Government is paying full attention to the development of villages and there will be no shortage of funds. He also announced financial assistance of about `15 lakh to `30 lakh for each of these villages, and amount will be provided from Haryana Rural Development Fund.
Haryana discoms go online
Chandigarh: Haryana’s electricity consumers can now not only see detail of their electricity bills online, but also make payments. Earlier, the facility of online payment was available in Faridabad, Gurgaon and Hisar towns in the areas of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, and in all areas of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam. DHBVN spokesman said that besides facility of online payment of bills, facility of online application for new connection and lodging complaints through SMS have already been started recently. Consumers may use these facilities by visiting website of concerned Discoms — www.dhbvn.com or www.uhbvn.com
BSNl, Champion launches ‘Apna Phone’
Chandigarh: BSNl, the State owned telecom operator, in partnership with Champion has launched “Apna Phone” range of feature phones. The BSNl Champion Mobile Phones SQ 241 and SQ 281 are priced very competitively at `1,399 and `1,699 respectively. These phones come pre-bundled with 1,200 minutes of talk time on BSNl
network. Both companies have recently entered into a strategic
alliance to introduce a range of new mobile computing devices including Smart Phones, Tablets, Data Cards and Wireless Networking products. Kapil Wadhwa, MD, Champion Computers said, “The new BSNl Champion Mobile Phones bring a seamless blend of essential features and a great price range. The market in tier 2 and tier 3 cities is ripe for such a product offering as the consumers are becoming increasingly tech-savvy and the demand for user-friendly products
is very high.”
Workshop under road safety week held
Chandigarh: Observing the National Road Safety Week, the Chandigarh traffic police on Wednesday organised a Driving Training Workshop for School Bus Drivers and Teachers, to aware them about road rules and regulations, witnessing a participation of around 250 teachers and drivers. Another workshop for truck drivers was also held attended by about 70 drivers. A free Eye Testing Camp was also organised and literatures on road safety were also distributed by then Traffic Police. Workshop for bus drivers of CTU, Pepsu, Punjab and Haryana Roadways was also organised.
BC block-B: Gosai, Gosain, Goswami community
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has notified that the community of Gosai, Gosain, Goswami residing in the State be included in the list of Backward Classes Block-B of the State with immediate effect.
‘news of buying expensive power a lie’
Chandigarh: Haryana power utilities has disowned the news carried in a section of media about the State Discoms buying expensive power from private sources while keeping HPGCl units idle as “a bundle of lies”. Spokesman said that Haryana Discoms are following a merit order in terms of actual power purchase cost and power at any time is being purchased from the cheapest sources irrespective of their ownership.
Nissan to unveil new Sunny at Delhi Auto Expo
Chandigarh: Nissan will mark its presence at the Delhi Auto Expo with its complete, exciting range of models for the Indian market. The brand will be showcasing the new Sunny sedan. Sunny sedan
debuted in India in 2011 and has been one of Nissan’s most successful models in India. Sharing the centre stage with the new Sunny will be stunning Friend-Me concept car — a bold vision of
how the next generation of saloons will look and explores desires of future car buyers.
Haryana Police arrests six for stealing milk
Chandigarh: Haryana Police has caught six people red handed while stealing milk from a tanker in a hotel located at National Highway-71. The accused had been identified as tanker driver Rajan, Sunil, Tara Singh, Attar Singh, laxman and Dinesh. On a tip off, police team raided the spot and arrested all the accused. Police also registered a case against hotel owner. Police took over milk, pipe, generator,
drum and tanker in possession. A case had been registered against
all the accused.
Haryana govt transfers IAS, HCS officers
Chandigarh: Haryana Government on Wednesday issued transfer and posting orders of two IAS officers and 28 HCS officers with immediate effect. Amongst those who were transferred are:
Amit Khatri, Sub Divisional Officer (SDO-Civil), Palwal has been posted SDO (Civil), Sonepat and Estate Officer, HUDA, Sonepat vice Virender lather, who goes as ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Sonepat. Vijay Kumar Siddappa Baavikatti, SDO(Civil) Ferozepur Jhirka goes as SDO(Civil), Ellenabad vice Ashwani Kumar, who has been posted as SDO
(Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Brara in place of Aurbind Sharma.
SS Dalal, Controller, Printing and Stationery, Haryana and Geeta
Bharti Additional Director (Admn), Secondary Education and Special Secretary, School Education will swap their place of postings.