Snow, rains bring down mercury in Himachal
Shimla: Snow and widespread rains on Saturday brought down temperatures across Himachal Pradesh. While the tourist resorts of Shimla and Manali witnessed rains, other hill stations like Kalpa and Chitkul in Kinnaur district and Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti received the season’s heaviest snow, an official said. Manali town, which saw a low of 2.2 degrees Celsius, experienced 40 mm of rain, the highest in the state. The state capital saw mild rains and recorded the minimum temperature at 7.3 degrees. Keylong, which saw a low of minus 1.3 degrees Celsius, recorded 32 cm of snow, the state’s highest. Kalpa, some 250 km from here, saw 4.2 cm of snow. The majestic Rohtang Pass (13,050 feet), located 52 km from Manali, also received snow, according to reports.
Haryana promotes traditional, modern sports: Guv
Chandigarh: Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya on Saturday said the State Government has promoted traditional sports alongwith modern sports and as a result of this, Haryana has emerged on the world map in the field of sports.The Governor was speaking at the 44th annual function of Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai in district Sonipat. On this occasion, he honoured the winning students of various competitions. He said that conducive environment has been made available in the state for education as well as sports as a result of which youth have adopted sports as a career option.
hp Health Min inaugurates surgeon’s conference
Shimla: The two-day long 34th Annual Conference of Northern Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India (NC-ASICON) organised by department of surgery, IGMCH, Shimla began on Saturday. Health Minister Vipin Singh Parmar inaugurated the CME-cum live workshop on colorectal surgery in which demonstration of surgeries of cancers of large gut and gall bladder stone disease was shown live from the operation theatre. He said the state government was committed to provide best health care services to the people of the state nearer to their homes and this year provision of Rs. 2302 crores has been made for health sector which is Rs. 582 crores more than previous year’s budget allocation.
Punjab CM mourns Cong leader Thuhi’s death
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday condoled the sudden death, in a road accident, of senior Congress leader and the party’s State Secretary Gurkirat Singh Thuhi. The Chief Minister expressed shock at the death
of Thuhi at the age of 61 and recalled his services to the party, particularly the pivotal role he played in the All India Jat
Mahasabha as a member of its national executive. Capt Amarinder extended his deep sympathies to the bereaved family of Thuhi and prayed for his soul.
BBMB organises ‘Rajbhasha Prize Distribution’
Chandigarh: BBMB organized ‘Rajbhasha Prize Distribution’ function and ‘Hasya Kavi Sammelan’ at the auditorium of Technical Teachers Training Institute, here. Function was started by lightning of Deepshikha by D. K. Sharma, Chairman, BBMB. G.K. Pharlia, Member, Hindi Advisory Committee of Ministry of Power, Government of India and Ex-Member (Hydro), Central Electricity Authority was the Guest of Honour on this occasion. Prior to this ‘Hindi Pakhwara’ was organized by BBMB in Board Secretariat, Chandigarh from September 1.