1.75 lakh visitors at Surajkund Mela
Chandigarh: The footfall in the 28th Surajkund International Crafts Mela 2014 has reached about 1.75 lakh, including about 24,000 international visitors. Managing Director of Haryana Tourism, Sumita Mishra said that full cooperation would be given to those willing to do research on the Mela. Sri lanka and Goa have already started its research on the Mela in an unofficial manner.
Commonwealth to restructure cyp
Chandigarh: Commonwealth’s CYP (Commonwealth Youth Program) will be now redeployed as Regional Centre of Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development overseen by India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. This would mark the end of almost forty years old Commonwealth driven institution which was created in year 1975 aligned with Ministry of Youth Affairs, Govt of India. Katherine Ellis, Director, Youth Affairs, Commonwealth Secretariat, london who was presiding over the two-day long meeting of Regional Senior Officials Meeting here said, “Commonwealth Youth Programme is undergoing a period of renewal, that may result in new operating model.”
Tech Min applauds Aryans’ Girls for app
Chandigarh: The four Kashmiri girls of Aryans College of Engineering who developed Aryans Android App were felicitated by Madan Mohan Mittal, Technical Education Minister, Punjab Thursday in Chandigarh. Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges was also present on the occasion. Mittal congratulated these girls — Rumaisa, Zeenat, Sadiya and Yusra for their achievement and applauded their efforts of this initiative. The four girls recently developed an Android App with the help of their faculty members and technical experts within a period of one month.
Haryana to host e-Governance meet
Chandigarh: Haryana’s Department of Electronics and Information Technology, and Elets Technomedia are hosting a two-day national conference on e-Governance, e-Haryana, at UT Guest House, Chandigarh, on February 7 and 8. To be inaugurated by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the two-day forum will have key representatives from all areas of Governance and the ICT industry getting together for deliberations on e-delivery of services to citizens. Senior Government representatives from several State Governments including Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and UT of Chandigarh would be sharing their e-Governance case studies at e-Haryana.
labour cooperatives in Haryana
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has constituted District Coordination Committee on labour Cooperatives in each district in the State. Deputy Commissioner concerned would be Chairman of the committee. The committee would review allotment of works to Primary Cooperative labour and Construction Societies as per notification and Government policy or instructions.