Haryana forms civic body reorganisation panel
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has constituted a Committee for the re-organisation of Sub-divisions, tehsils, sub-tehsils, panchayats, panchayat samitis, block and police stations etc in the State. An official spokesperson said that committee would consist of Haryana Agriculture Minister Om Prakash Dhankar, Minister of State for Cooperation Bikram Singh Yadav, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Kumar and Minister of State for Food and Supplies Karan Dev Kamboj. The committee would be assisted by Principal Secretary, Revenue and Additional Chief Secretary, development and panchayat. The committee can associate some MlAs if so desired.
Haryana CM greets people on lohri
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has extended warm greetings to the people on the auspicious occasions of lohri and Makar Sakranti and prayed for their wellbeing and happiness. In a message issued on the occasion of the festival, the Chief Minister said that lohri present a spirit of brotherhood, unity and gratitude. It generates a lot of happiness and goodwill among people. He called upon the people to participate enthusiastically, especially the families blessed with girl child in the ‘Beti Ki lohri' celebrations organised to commemorate lohri and Makar Sakranti on January 14 across the State. He said, “this year we are celebrating the joyous occasion of lohri as ‘Beti Ki lohri' on January 14 with a pledge to protect and educate our daughters.” The celebrations would be organised at all district, block and circle level to celebrate the birth of daughters. The families who are blessed with girl child are invited to participate in the lohri celebrations.
Aryans Group celebrateS ‘Dhiyan Di lohri’
Chandigarh: Aryans Group of Colleges celebrated lohri with the theme ‘Dhiyan Di lohri’ (lohri of daughters) to promote ‘save the girl child’. During the lohri celebrations, girl children participated with their mothers and a cake cutting ceremony was also held for those girl children, whose birthdays fall in the month of January. Parveen Kataria, Director General of Aryans Group of Colleges, said that Aryans Group has marked the festival to spread a social message to save the girl child. She further said that it is time to put an end to girl child discrimination and give them a chance to achieve their potential.
Gosal gets second position in NDA merit list
Chandigarh: A student of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute, Mohali, has secured second position in all India merit National Defence Academy exams. A spokesperson said that this was result of the effort of the Punjab Government to train students for getting commissioned in Armed Forces. Cadet Gurvansh Singh Gosal has brought laurel by securing second position in the All India Merit list for NDA 133 Course, which is to be commenced in this month. Over 4 lakh boys from across the country appeared in the UPSC entrance exam for NDA conducted in April 2014. Gurvansh will be joining NDA shortly for a three years course.
DlSA celebrated lohri of girl children
Chandigarh: The District legal Services Authority of Mohali, on Tuesday, celebrated ‘lohri of Balrrian’ (newborn girls) at Phase 5. During the lohri celebrations, a legal awareness seminar was also organized. Speaking on the occasion, Tarntaran Singh Bindra, Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Secretary of District legal Services Authority of Mohali, said that female foeticide is a stigma on our society and this should be discontinue. He also requested the public to make a joint effort to eliminate this social evil. Bindra also made gathering aware of provisions of related Pre Natal and Pre Diagnostic Techniques Act, in details and various schemes of Punjab legal Services Authority (PUlSA).
20% off on Tanishq’s diamond jewellery
Chandigarh: Tanishq has announced exciting offers on its wide range of diamond jewellery and people can avail up to 20% discount. The offer is valid between 10th January and 1st March, 2015. In addition to this, there is a discount of up to 10% on platinum, color stones and studded solitaire jewellery during this period.
Max announces End of Season Sale
Chandigarh: Max has announced its End of Season Sale to help fashion conscious men, women & kids stock up on their favourite pieces by offering discounts upto 50% off across all segments - apparel for men, women & kids, footwear as well as accessories.