Admissions start for six residential schools
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has announced to start admission process for six senior secondary residential schools for meritorious students, under the newly Dr Hargobind Khurana Scholarship Scheme. These schools have been established in Amritsar, Jalandhar, ludhiana, Patiala, Bathinda and Mohali districts. Hostel facilities will be available in these schools, for all the brilliant students of the government schools, who had scored 80% or above marks in the Matriculation examinations. Sikander Singh Maluka, Education Minister Punjab said that these schools would have smart classrooms equipped with latest techniques. No admission fee will be taken from the students and hostel charges and mess charges will be free of cost. The eligible students can apply online for admission on www.ssapunjab.org and to get more details they can also visit the same website.
Water supply to get hit in Sector 39
Chandigarh: Due to urgent repair work at 220 KV substation at Kharar, the water supply will be affected on Saturday. Several areas of Sector 39 will be affected due to the repair work. A spokesman of Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh said that from 2.30 am to 8 am, water supply will be normal while from 6 pm to 8 pm, there will be low pressure of water supply.
Hooda to inaugurate slew of projects today
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will visit Yamunanagar to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various new projects on June 7. An official spokesperson said that Hooda would inaugurate and lay foundation stone of various projects, including the newly constructed HUDA Office building, new building of Government College, Chachrauli, rest house of Public Works Department at Chachrauli and 33 KV power substation at village Rampur Kamboyan. He would also lay foundation stone of 33 KV Substation to be set up at village Mirjapur. All these inauguration and laying of foundation stones would be done at HUDA Bhawan,Sector 21.
war Vets Grievance Handling Portal launched
Chandigarh: The Indian Army has launched Army Veterans Grievance Handling (AVGH) Portal, to enable the veterans and their dependents, to take up their grievances with the concerned agencies at the click of a button. An official spokesperson said that this internet based web portal (www.indianarmyveterans.gov.in) is among one of the several initiatives undertaken by the Indian Army to reach out to its Veterans and Veer Naris in recent times. The veterans can log into the portal with unique User ID and Password and refer to a host of policy letters to educate themselves on the latest entitlements and benefits.
ING Vysya signs MOU with M&M’s fes
Chandigarh: With an aim of expanding financing of farm equipments to farmers especially in North India, ING Vysya Bank on Friday have signed a memorandum of understanding with Mahindra & Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES), a part of the Mahindra Group.A spokesperson said that tie-up will enable both the organizations to work together to determine how to best assist the agricultural sector.
Hooda approves Rs15.23-cr for yamunanagar
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has approved a sum of over Rs15.23 crore for various development works in the Municipal Corporation of Yamunanagar-Jagadhari. A spokesman said that a sum of Rs290.93 lakh has been approved for construction of development works such as streets, drain, nala, footpath and parks etc in ward number 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 of Municipal Corporation, Yamunangar-Jagadhari. A sum of Rs86.10 lakh has been approved for replacement of lED light on different main road in the limit of Municipal Corporation, Yamunanagar and Rs62.83 lakh for lED light on different main road and Rs29.80 lakh entry gates at various entry points in the Corporation.
Employment Department shifts office
Chandigarh: The office of Haryana Employment Department has shifted from Chandigarh to Panchkula. A spokesman said that earlier the address of the office of the Department was SCO 17, Sector 17-C here. Now, the new address of the office is Bays No. 55-58, Paryatan Bhawan, Sector 2, Panchkula. The new phone number of Director of the Department is 2570054 and Fax is 2570065. Similarly, new phone number of Joint Director of the Department is 2570053, number of Assistant Director (Budget) is 2570062 and that of Assistant Director is 2570064.
Haryana to set up day boarding sports nursery
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday approved the proposal to establish a day boarding sports nursery of volleyball at Jagadhari with an intake capacity of 15 boys and the same number of girls. A spokesman said that this sports nursery for junior players of volleyball would be opened at Delhi Public School, Jagadhri. A sum of Rs six lakh is expected to be incurred on the players in the nursery from June 2014 to March 2015, he added.