Himachal CM calls on Union Minister
Shimla/New Delhi: Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur called on Union Petroleum, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at New Delhi and briefed him on progress of 'Ujjawala Yojna' and 'Grihani Suvidha Yojna' along with skill development initiatives of the State Government. He said that families which were not covered under 'Ujjawala Yojna' would be benefitted by Himachal Grihani Suvidha Yojna. It will ensure lPG connection to every family in Himachal over next two years, said Thakur.
Ashok Tanwar lashes out at BJP
Chandigarh: Haryana Congress president Ashok Tanwar on Sunday said that these days all the sections of the society including employees, farmers, labour, businessmen, dalit, women and youth are feeling tortured under BJP’s misrule. BJP garnered the votes on the false promise of implementing Swaminathan Report immediately after coming into power. Those farmers who were cheated in the elections of their votes are now agitating for their genuine demands by launching an agitation of “Village Bandh” throughout the country, said he during the “Haryana Bachao-Parivartan laao” cycle yatra in Sirsa. He said that during the yatra he has got great affection and public support.
Rs 9 crore allocated to Haryana
Chandigarh: In order to provide employment to the students of Industrial Training Institutions (ITIs) under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), the Central Government has earmarked a budget of Rs. 10,000 crore, out of which Rs 9 crore has been allocated to the Haryana, said a spokesman. He said that students of ITI should take benefit of the scheme as 25,000 apprenticeships would be engaged in Haryana every month. 1400 apprenticeships would be engaged every month under this scheme in Sonepat district alone. In this series, two workshops were organized in Sonipat, he added.
Police arrests 11 members of a gang
Chandigarh: Haryana Police has cracked the double murder case within 12 days with the arrest of 11 members of Bawaria gang including 3 women allegedly involved in killing of 2 persons near Pindarsi railway line in district Kurukshetra on May 22. A spokesman said, the gang members were arrested by Kurukshetra police from different states. Raja Ram and Arjan were beaten to death by these accused near Pindarsi railway trackwhile another Kuldeep was severely injured. Dozens of sheep belonging to the deceased were run over by a train on the same day. A case was registered in GRP police station in this connection. later it was handed over to Kurukshetra police. During interrogation, it was revealed that all accused had a plan to loot sheep at midnight. After committing crime, all fled away using different modes of transport including train.
Haryana amends policy
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has amended the comprehensive policy for planned development of left-over land pockets, viz, unlicenced/unacquired/released areas located in the developed sectors through either grant of licence under Act no. 8 of 1975 or approval of Town Planning (TP) Scheme under Municipal Acts. A spokesman said, “While calculating the “Net Planned Area” in clause 2(iv), the following shall also be considered as part of developed area. Unauthorized construction/colony regularized by Urban local Bodies Department, Haryana, the part/final occupation certificate for corresponding area with respect to group housing, commercial, IT/ITES Colonies and the area norms for the commercial colony mentioned in the table under clause 3 of the policy shall be ‘0.2 to 2.0 acres’.”
2 SBI GMs joined
Chandigarh: Surender Rana has joined as general manager, network – 1, Chandigarh Circle. Rana started his career with State Bank of India as a probationary officer in 1991. Previously, he was heading e-Commerce vertical in the SME Department at Corporate Centre, Mumbai. Apart from this, Rajeev Arora has joined as general manager for its circle network-4. Arora will be administering overall control of ludhiana and Bathinda zone. He had started his career in the bank as a probationary officer in the year 1990 and in his illustrious career of 28 years in the bank, he has held important positions in various fields like Retail Banking, Corporate and International Banking including assignments in USA & UK.
Shweta Rathore emerges as champion
Chandigarh: Top ranked Shweta Rathore of Mohali emerged as the champion with 5.5 points after six rounds at the Punjab State Women Chess Championship which concluded at Hotel Mandarin, Zirakpur (Mohali). Being conducted by ChessMantra under the aegis of Punjab State Chess Association, it witnessed nail biting finish when FIDE rated 1397 Shweta outclassed Pearl (4.5 points) of ludhiana of in sixth round. The top four positions will represent Punjab at the National Women Chess Championship to be held in Patna (Bihar) in November this year. Jaskaran Singh Nibber (IPS), IGP, Crime, Punjab Police, Cricketer Siddharth Kaul and noted sports psychologist Dr. Amit Bhattacharya gave away the prizes along with Rs 10,000 cash money to winners.