4 Centers for Multi art and culture in Haryana
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has set up four Regional Centers of Multi Art and Cultural Centers in the State. Art and Culture Affairs Minister, Kavita Jain on Thursday said Ajay Singhal, Regional Director, Gurugram would look after the territorial jurisdiction of the Center in Gurugram, Faridabad, Divisions in case of Gurugram. While, Mahesh Joshi, Regional Director, Kurukshetra would look after the territorial jurisdiction of the centre in Ambala and Karnal, Divisions for Kurukshetra . Similarly, Sanjay Bhasin, Regional Director, Hisar would look after the territorial jurisdiction in Hisar Division and Gajender Phogat, Regional Director, Rohtak would look after the territorial jurisdiction of the centre in Rohtak division, she added.
Smart classes in Karnal
Chandigarh: Municipal Corporation, Karnal is the first Municipal Corporation of Haryana to start Smart Classes in schools. Municipal Commissioner (MC), Karnal, Priyanka Soni said that ten different schools of MC area would be identified for smart classes. Presently, Government Senior Secondary School for Girls, Railway Road, Government High School, Kambopura, Government Senior Secondary School for Boys, Government Senior Secondary School Sector 13, Government Primary School, Prem Nagar, Government Senior Secondary School Model Town, Bal Bhawan and Mahila Ashram have been identified. The process of identifying two more schools is under progress, she added.
UHBVN initiates work
Chandigarh: To provide smooth and adequate power supply to the consumers, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has initiated the work to set up 33 KV sub-station at the cost of Rs 3.10 crore in village Nahra in district Sonipat, which will benefit four villages. A spokesman of the Nigam said that a transformer of 10MV capacity would be installed on this sub-station to benefit the villages namely Nahra, Halalpur, Majra and Katlupur. The consumers of all these areas would not face low Voltage problem and would get uninterrupted power supply, he added.
Elante to host city's biggest Momo Festival
Chandigarh: Elante Mall is all set to organise Chandigarh’s Biggest Momo Festival in The Courtyard of the mall on February 24 and 25. The Momo Festival will put on platter over 300 varieties of the Tibetan delicacy ranging from the usual Chicken Momo to the experimental Kurkure Momo. Elante Mall has a big customer base from all over the region and this makes it the perfect host for Chandigarh’s Biggest Momo Festival, said Anil Malhotra, Executive Director, Elante Mall.
Devpreet Singh joins as ADG, AIR, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Devpreet Singh has joined as Addl.Director General, All India Radio, Chandigarh. An officer of the 1992 batch of the Indian Information service, she is also a former student of Panjab University where she did her ll.B. Prior to this assignment, she was serving News Services Division as Addl. Director General. A former spokesperson of CBI, Singh also rendered her services as a Dy. Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India. She has a vide experience pertaining to Doordarshan, New Delhi as a Director and handled media while in Press Information Bureau for the ministries of Finance, Coal & Mines, Rural Development & Parliamentary Affairs.
Road Safety Council to be constituted soon
Shimla: State level transport development and road safety council will be constituted with experts on road safety as well as officers of line departments, Himachal Transport Minister Gobind Thakur said on Thursday in a meeting of officers of transport department here. He said road safety action plan will be completed by 31st March' 2018 so that roads were safer for human life. Special awareness campaigns will be launched at School and College level to create wide awareness amongst youngsters at very initial stage. He asked officers to accelerate work on proposed transport towns at Baddi and Una.
Mayor releases Child friendly Rose fest poster
Chandigarh: Davesh Moudgil, Mayor of Chandigarh on Thursday released child friendly rose festival poster along with Harjinder Kaur, chairperson, Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, Senior Deputy Mayor, Vinod Aggarwal, Deputy Mayor and other councilors of MCC. The Mayor said that the Rose festival of Chandigarh is one of the biggest rose shows held in the country and this time the MCC and CCPCR has launched the campaign for making Chandigarh a Child friendly city. He said awareness will be created throughout the Rose Festival functions about ensuring safety and security of children, zero tolerance for any child rights violations, child friendly environment, child rights desk, convergence of various stakeholders, environment for children with special needs etc.