Record demand for power in Haryana
Chandigarh: Due to scorching heat and almost no rain in the State, demand of electricity has touched an all time high in Haryana. The peaking demand of electricity on July 16 was all time high 8,752 megawatt against 7,907 MW peaking demand on the corresponding day last year. The Haryana Discoms (Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam) supplied 1,917.83 lakh units of power on July 16 against 1,680.55 lakh units on the corresponding day last year. A spokesman of the DHBVN on Thursday said duration of supply has been more than the schedule fixed by the Discoms. On Wednesday, industries were given supply for 23.07 hours, urban consumers for 23.22 hours, rural domestic consumers for 14.28 hours and agriculture tubewells for 8.56 hours against the schedule of 20.30 hours, 20 hours, 14 hours and 8 hours respectively.
9 volleyball players from Haryana selected
Chandigarh: Nine players from Haryana have been selected to participate in the 4th Asian School Volleyball Championship under-18 to be held at Kanchanaburi, Thailand between August 17 to 27 this year. Selected players include Amit, Rohit Kumar, Sonu Khan, Monu Kumar, Sahil, Sudha, Pooja, Nidhi and Monika, Vivek Atray, Director School Education, said.
HP Town & Country Planning Act notified
Shimla: Himachal Urban Development and Town and Country Planning Minister Sudhir Sharma on Thursday said the State Government has notified the HP Town & Country Planning (Amendment) Act, 2013. He appealed to the people of the State to go through this Act and send their suggestions or objections, if any, to the office of the Secretary Town and Country Planning within 30 days of its publication. The Act would be published in the Gazetteer on 18th July and it would also be made available on the website of TCP Department within a few days.
Swaich made Punjab Congress Spokesperson
Chandigarh: Surjit Singh Swaich has been appointed as spokesperson (legal) of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee by Partap Singh Bajwa president PPCC. Swaich is distinguished advocate and has been associated with the Congress for a long time. During the lok Sabha elections, he was the chairman of the Election legal Committee and also incharge of Control room for the legal issues in the headquarters of the Punjab Congress.
Plot holders to get certificates by July 22
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has directed all urban local bodies to release regularisation certificates to all entitled plot owners, who have already applied under ‘regularisation policy for illegal colonies’ by July 22. A spokesman of the State Government, on Thursday said that the local bodies department has instructed the authorities within Municipal Corporation limits, to issue certificates to eligible applicants, who have already paid full regularisation fees. The plot holders who have not paid 100 per cent regularisation fees could deposit the requisite amount to authorities concerned within 15 days to get regularisation certificates.
Maui Jim launches Wanderer collection
Chandigarh: Maui Jim has launched Wanderer, a classic double bridge aviator style sunglass inspired by the 1961 song 'The Wanderer'. The sleek new modified aviator is comfortable and lightweight. Offering a clip-on look, Wanderer is designed for medium-sized oval, round or oblong faces with a unisex appeal and priced at `15,800.
Blix Mobile App makes Smartphones Smarter
Chandigarh: Seattle based developers John Samuel and Bruce Woolsey have announced the launch of Blix, the first ever mobile application in the personal directory space for Indian smartphone users. Blix uses the GPS on an Android or iOS smartphone to help users' record, track, save places of importance and share it only with people they choose to. Users can add photos, notes and tags to further personalize each location. Search and filter features enable users to create custom lists of places and share them with friends through mail, text or social media. By simply tagging a specific location, one can ‘Blix' the area and associate it with a special tag. Users can also assign dates to tags so they appear in preferred order.
Students celebrate Vanmahatsov with UT cops
Chandigarh: The students of St Vivekanand Millennium School, Pinjore, on Thursday campaigned for a greener planet with Chandigarh Traffic police officials as a part of the annual tree-planting festival. The students gifted on goers with saplings and made them conversant about the hazards of pollution and current global warming scenario, stressing upon the need to plant more tress. On the occasion, students gifted sapling to police officials too and adopted a few Chandigarh police booths to make them look greener under their initiative “We care for planet” especially designed to keep the tricity green.
New Punjab Roadways Karamchari Dal elected
Chandigarh: The Punjab Roadways Karamchari Dal elected its State office bearers in a State-level meeting, on Thursday. Punjab Roadways elected Satbir Singh Khattra as State president, Gurbhajan Singh Saini as chairman, Ram Singh Dhangrali as general secretary, Harpal Singh Chahal as vice-chairman, Jaswant Singh as cashier, Jasbir Singh Dhakanasu, Manjit Singh lalru both senior vice-president, Mahinder Singh Ghurnakheri, Gurdeep Singh Fatehgarh both vice-presidents and Varinder Kumar as secretary general.