Public holiday in Tarn Taran on Feb 13
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has declared a public holiday on February 13 in district Tarn Taran to facilitate the voters to exercise their franchise in the bye-elections of Khadoor Sahib Assembly constituency. According to notification issued, all Punjab Government offices, boards, corporations and educational institutions located in district Tarn Taran will remain closed on the polling day. An official spokesperson said that this would be a paid special holiday for employees.
Bansal is Haryana Sahitya Akademi director
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has appointed Radhe Shyam Sharma of Panchkula as the deputy chairman of Haryana Sahitya Akademi and Kumud Bansal of Sirsa as director of the Akademi. A spokesman said that those who have been made members of the Akademi included Ram Sajjan Pandey of Rohtak, Harish Chander Verma of Rohtak, Shiv Kumar Khandelwal of Sonipat, Umesh Prakash Vats of Yamunanagar, Ashok Batra of Sonipat, Prof Ramesh Chander Sharma of Rewari, Alka Sharma of Faridabad, Rama Kant Sharma of Bhiwani, Chander Shekhar of Hisar and Dhani Ram Bharti of Kurukshetra. Krishan Gopal of Bahadurgarh, Anupam Arora of Panipat, Virender Madhur of Rohtak, Sangeeta Goyal of Palwal and Raj Kumar Nijat of Sirsa will be special invitees to the Akademi.
cooperative mills produce 13.85 l quintal sugar
Chandigarh: Haryana Minister of State for Cooperation Bikram Singh Yadav said that during the current crushing season, the cooperative sugar mills in the State have so far produced over 13.85 lakh quintals sugar by crushing 150.35 lakh quintal sugarcane. Cooperative Sugar Mill, Shahabad has so far crushed a maximum of 27.85 lakh quintals of sugarcane and produced over 2.89 lakh quintals sugar, followed by Cooperative Sugar Mill, Rohtak which has has produced over 1.69 lakh quintals sugar. Cooperative Sugar Mill, Gohana has produced over 1.33 lakh quintals of sugar while Cooperative Sugar Mill, Meham produced over 1.15 lakh quintals of sugar.
Essel Group launches ASHA 2022
Chandigarh: Essel Group, a business conglomerate having diverse business presence across entertainment, packaging, infrastructure and integrated utilities, education, precious metals, media, and the technology sector with market capitalisation of over USD 6 billion has announced the launch of its first real estate project under the brand ASHA 2022, for the tri-city region Chandigarh in Panchkula, Haryana. Spread over 10acres, the project will be home to around 800 families. The development consists of 2 and 3 BHK apartments with sizes ranging from 1060sq ft to 1345 sq ft priced from `16 to 20 lakhs onwards. Asha Panchkula is being launched at a never heard before price of only `1521 per sq ft BSP. Suresh Bhandari, president, ASHA 2022 said “Our first project will not only be lowest in price but also one with the best of quality and amenities. The complex will have clubhouse, parks, primary school, shops and lots of other amenities to provide a comfortable lifestyle to its residents”.
Revamped Apni Mandi at Sector-15 inaugurated
Chandigarh: The Apni Mandi situated in Sector-15 here was revamped recently and got inaugurated in the presence of by Chief Engineer Mukesh Anand and area MC Councilor Saurabh Joshi by the founder member of residents welfare association Sector 15 Satpal Sewak, Omkar Chand, Jaypal, Kirpal Singh, Sarvan Singh, president Surinder and other member. A total budget of `22 lakh was spent on this renovation work from the councilor’s fund. In this renovation work, proper parking lots have come up and street lights have been installed. Now there is a 20-feet broad parking lot enough for parking two and four wheelers. Also there is a new 8-feet broad pathway build inside the Mandi for easy come-and-go of the buyers.
E-BAAT programme at State Bank of Patiala
Chandigarh: As part of E-BAAT initiatives, Reserve Bank of India conducted a workshop on electronic mode of payments with a view to popularise electronic modes of payment. The workshop was held at Infotech Academy, State Bank of Patiala wherein 60 participants of 36 banks having presence in Patiala attended the workshop. Bankers were apprised of overview of payment systems in India and risk mitigation in CTS. Need for promoting electronic modes of payments was stressed upon in the workshop and bankers were requested to contribute their best in fulfilling the vision of RBI. The workshop was interactive wherein questions by various bankers were answered by officials from RBI and NPCI.
Cycle rally organised by gjimt
Mohali: Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology phase -2 organised a cycle rally to spread awareness about a pollution free environment and good health. The rally was flagged off by DC Mohali Daljeet Singh Mangat. The rally moved from GJIMT campus to DC office, Mohali . The main motive of organising this rally was to spread the message to make Mohali pollution free. The students motivated the residents to ride cycles to cover at least short distances instead using motorized vehicle to cover 1 or 2 kilometres.