DA raised from 90% to 100% in Haryana
Chandigarh: Haryana Government on Tuesday announced to enhance the rate of Dearness Allowance (DA) payable to the State Government employees from existing 90 per cent to 100 per cent with effect from January 1, 2014. An official spokesman said that the grant of DA would put annual impact of Rs531.60 crore on State exchequer. The financial liabilities for the financial year 2014-15 for 14 months from January, 2014 to February, 2015 would be about of Rs620 crore.
Arun Kumar to be Joint Secy in civil aviation
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has placed the services of Arun Kumar, IAS, Principal Secretary, Fisheries and Science and Technology Department at the disposal of Central Government for appointment as Joint Secretary in the Civil Aviation Ministry with immediate effect.
5 lakh metric tonnes wheat procured
Chandigarh: In Haryana, about five lakh metric tonnes of wheat has so far arrived in various mandis during the current procurement season. A spokesman said the Government agencies have purchased 4.92 lakh metric tonnes of wheat whereas 8,720 metric tonnes of wheat have been purchased by millers. Food and Supplies Department has purchased 1.88 lakh metric tonnes of wheat, HAFED 1.38 lakh metric tonnes, Agro Industries Corporation 49,642 metric tonnes, Haryana Warehousing Corporation 38,514 metric tonnes, CONFED 10,958 metric tonnes and Food Corporation of India had purchased 65,882 metric tonnes of wheat. Kaithal is leading in the wheat arrival where 94,192 metric tonnes of wheat has arrived in the mandis, followed by Kurukshetra with 67,578 metric tonnes.
Haryana invokes epidemic regulations
Chandigarh: Haryana Health Department has notified Haryana Epidemic Diseases, malaria, dengue, chikungunya and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) regulations, 2014, which have come into force and would remain as such up to March 31, 2015. A spokesman said that these regulations have been enforced under Section 2 of Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 as the State is threatened with the outbreak of dangerous epidemic diseases namely malaria, dengue, chikungunya and Japanese Encephalitis and the ordinary provisions of law for the time being in force are insufficient for the purpose. Under these regulations, an Inspecting Officer could be a person appointed by the Director General, Health Services or the civil surgeons concerned. An Inspecting Officer may enter any premises for the purpose of fever surveillance, treatment, anti larval measures, fogging or spray. He may also authorise other persons of his team to enter such premises along with him, as he considers necessary.
Motivate students to join forces: GUV Patil
Chandigarh: Presiding over the meeting of Board of Governors of the Punjab Public School, Nabha, Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj Patil asked the Headmaster of School to impart required training and coaching to students to enable them to get employment in Police Services, Paramilitary forces and in Defence services. He said that the system of recorded lectures will help in teaching and learning in the school and it will be proved easy for the students to understand the subject much better with technology. He asked to prepare lecture as per the syllabus and share it with other schools.
First look, Trailer of punjabi movie launched
Chandigarh: For the first time ever a Punjabi film’s theatrical trailer and first-look posters were launched here in Chandigarh. The select media gathering got a sneak peak into the youthful bromance comedy Mundeyan Ton Bachke Rahin’s theatrical trailer, a preview of their sangeet song, a love song and also saw the unveiling of the film’s first official posters by its lead actors Roshan Prince, Jassi Gill and Simran Kaur Mundi. An Aum Moviez presentation and Gill Pictures Entertainment production, the movie boasts of a lively starcast, including Roshan Prince, Simran Kaur Mundi, Jassi Gill, Bharti Singh, Preeto Sawhney and Minto. Mundeyan Ton Bachke Rahin is the first Bromcom (bromance comedy) to come out in Punjabi cinema and is slated to release on May 30.
light rain predicted for next three days
Chandigarh: The Integrated Agromet Advisory Service Unit of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar has predicted possibility of variable weather and partly cloudy in next three days, thereafter, weather may clear. light rain/ thundershower may occur during the period at isolated places of western zone of Haryana due to western disturbance. The maximum temperature may vary between 32 and 37 degrees Celsius and minimum between 15 and 19 degrees Celsius during the period. The average wind speed would range from six to 12 km/hr. Farmers have been advised to withhold the harvest and threshing of wheat crop and harvested crops should be properly tied to avoid being carried away by winds. Farmers also advised to withhold the harvest and threshing the ripened the mustard, gram crop and Toria crop due to possibility of rain.
blood donation camp organised
Mohali: On the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, 11th blood donation camp was organised by Competent Foundation which collected around 300 units of blood on Tuesday. The event was held at Competent Group based in Industrial Area, Phase 7, Mohali and was inaugurated by SAD senior leader, Balwant Singh Ramoowalia who is also known as crusader of helpless NRIs in Punjab. BJP’s Chandigarh president and chairman of Competent Group, Sanjay Tandon said, “We organise blood donation camps from time to time to provide the access to safe blood to the needy patients. In the past, ten such camps were held where the foundation has a record of collecting 3068 units of blood which were donated to PGIMER and GMCH-32 here.”
Power secy visits Bhakra Nangal Project
Chandigarh: PK Sinha, Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Power visited the Bhakra Nangal Project and saw various project components such as the dam, reservoir, 1,351 MW power houses etc. Wondering at the lofty vision of Pt Jawaharlal Nehru which made the project a reality, he appreciated BBMB and its Chairman for robust performance parameters during recent years. He also congratulated BBMB for successful R,M&U of two 108 MW units to 126 MW each at Bhakra left Bank Power House. He was accompanied by AB Agrawal, Chairman, BBMB.
Aryans joins hands with Pearson Edu Services
Chandigarh: To strengthen its academics, Aryans Group of Colleges has joined hands with Pearson Education Services by signing an MoU with the company. The MoU was signed between Dr Anshu Kataria, chairman, Aryans Group and Mohd Suhail, north head, Pearson Higher Education on Tuesday. This association will provide Aryans with a complete cloud-based learning platform with advanced features including personalised learning, collaborative learning and contextual content aggregation.