Haryana Govt announces incentive
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Friday announced to give incentive to pilgrims on pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar. An official spokesman said that the incentive would be half of the expenditure per person or cash up to Rs 50,000, whichever is less. The incentive would be limited to 50 pilgrims per pilgrimage, he added.
Guv participates in Video Conference held with Prez
Shimla: Himachal Governor Acharya Devvrat participated in the digital video conference held between Rashtrapati Bhawan and Raj Bhawan here. President Pranab Mukherjee addressed the Governors and lt. Governors of States and Union Territories from his office at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi and interacted with them on various issues. Governor lauded the initiative of connecting the Raj Bhawans of other States with Rashtrapati Bhawan through video conference facility as it would enable the Governors to take up issues with the President which needed immediate attention and receive his guidance accordingly. He said that it would contribute towards enhancing the efficiency of office by enabling prompt communication.
Haryana includes five advocates on the panel
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has included five Advocates on the Panel for defending or pleading of cases on behalf of state and its instrumentalities in the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, Districts at Delhi, Central Administrative Tribunal, National Commission and other Courts located at Delhi with immediate effect. The Advocates who have been engaged included Sunil Kumar Yadav, Manik Garg, Jasbir Singh Gochhwal, Anish Maheshwari, Bhanwar Pal Singh Jadon.
Haryana issues posting orders of two IAS
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has issued transfer and posting order of two IAS officers with immediate effect. Navraj Sandhu, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Development and Panchayats Department has been given additional charge of ACS, Agriculture Department during the leave period of Varinder Singh Kundu. Ram Niwas, ACS, Irrigation Department has been given additional charge of ACS, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Fisheries Departments during the leave period of Varinder Singh Kundu.
Tailoring training benefit extended
Chandigarh: Haryana Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Minister Krishan Kumar said that the benefit of tailoring training would now be extended to females in the age group of 15 to 35 years belonging to Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes in the state. The benefit of this scheme was earlier limited to only unmarried girls. The Minister said that the monthly allowance being given for training would be increased from Rs 100 to Rs 600 and the allowance for raw material would be increased from Rs 150 to Rs 300. Kumar also directed the District welfare officers to send names of two prestigious schools from each district for the upgradation of merit to SC students scheme. He also directed the officers to dispose of the long-pending matters related to the schemes being run by the Department at the earliest.
limits of Nagar Council Balachaur extended
Chandigarh: The limits of Nagar Council Balachaur have been extended by the inclusion of remaining areas of Balachaur, Siana and Mehindipur in it, informed Anil Joshi, Punjab local Bodies Minister. A notification in this context would soon be issued. Joshi said that this inclusion would facilitate provision of basic requirements in these areas like water supply, roads, lanes, street lights etc, rendering a huge relief to the people of these areas. Besides, there is also a proposal to strengthen and improve upon the basic infrastructure in the existing schools along with setting up of new schools in these areas. He added that a proposal for development projects worth Rs.19.77 crore in the area, is also under consideration.
Vigilance nabs constable red-handed taking bribe
Chandigarh: Punjab Vigilance Bureau has nabbed a Constable Satroop Singh, Reader to Station House officer canal colony Bathinda, red handed while accepting bribe of Rs 50,000. A spokesperson said that Constable of Punjab police Bathinda was nabbed on the complaint of Sukhjinder Singh, resident of Parasram Nagar Bathinda. Acting on the tip off the complainant a trap was laid by the Deputy Superintendent Of Police (vigilance) Bhupinder Singh and the Constable Satroop Singh was nabbed red handed while receiving the bribe of R 50,000 from the complainant.
Interactive meet on landslide Risk Mitigation to be held
Shimla: The Geological Survey of India (GSI) in collaboration with Revenue Department and the HP State Centre on Climate Change of the State Council of Science Technology and Environment will organize one day interaction meet on landslide Risk Mitigation in Himachal Pradesh at Shimla on January 11. A spokesperson said that the discussions during the deliberations would focus on work done by GSI on landslides in the Indian Himalayan Region with special to reference of Himachal Pradesh and its recommendations for the State based on the studies carried out. Besides, the focus would also be given on identification of major landslide prone zones/areas in Himachal Pradesh and its mitigation measures.
HFUCTO upset over poll duty given to lecturers
Kurukshetra: Haryana Federation of University And College Teachers’ Organisations (HFUCTO) has expressed strong resentment over assigning of poll duty as presiding officer to the university and college teachers in the ongoing Panchayat elections of Haryana. In a letter written to the Haryana Chief electoral officer by Dr Parmesh Kumar, president HFUCTO, has mentioned that there is a strong resentment in the teaching community of higher education in the state as they have assigned duties as presiding officers in the ongoing panchayat elections ignoring their pay scale/status/designation and seniority. It becomes difficult to work by teachers who are already under pressure due to increased teaching and research work in semester system and typical nature of job, he said.
PGIMER admires body donation
Chandigarh: A spokesperson of the PGIMER said that the Institute’s Department of Anatomy feels proud to receive the body of Sunder Singh, son of Moti Singh and resident of Sector 42, Chandigarh as a donation on January 7. The Department is grateful to the family and admires them for this noble gesture.