Haryana Cong women’s unit chief joins BJP
Rohtak: Ahead of the Assembly polls, Congress in Haryana got a setback as the party’s women’s wing chief Sumitra Chouhan resigned and joined the BJP here on Saturday. Chouhan, the president of Haryana Pradesh Mahila Congress, was welcomed into the party fold by state BJP chief Subash Barala. She said she resigned from the Congress as she was “totally disheartened and utterly devastated” by the party’s stand on ‘triple talaq’ and abrogation of provisions of Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir. “The stand of the Congress on these issues has totally gone against the sentiments of the people,” she said. Chouhan said she is happy with the way Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is running the government in the State. She also resigned from the primary membership of the Congress. Barala said Chouhan has been inducted into the BJP unconditionally.
HP CM to launch Mukhya Mantri Seva Sankalp helpline
Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will launch the Mukhya Mantri Seva Sankalp Helpline from Shimla on September 16. The Helpline has been setup for registering the complaints of citizens of the states and getting the same redressed through the departments concerned. Citizens would be able to get their complaint registered by calling the toll free number 1100 at the Call Centre.
Tribunal for GST at Hisar, says Capt Abhimanyu
Chandigarh: Haryana Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu on Saturday said that a bench of Appellate Tribunal constituted for redressal of complaints regarding GST would be set up in Hisar. He also congratulated the people of Hisar district on the commencement of regular flights from Hisar Airport.
Sifiya Haneef conferred Neerja Bhanot Award
Chandigarh: Young braveheart from Kerala, Sifiya Haneef, was conferred the prestigious Neerja Bhanot Award on Saturday by the Chief Guest, Wendy Sue Knecht, who had come down specially for the Award function from Los Angeles, USA. Wendy was also working in Pan Am in the 80’s and was a Trainer of Neerja Bhanot in 1986. The Neerja Bhanot Award was instituted in 1990 in memory of Neerja Bhanot, who saved hundreds of lives while sacrificing her own during a Pan Am plane hijack at Karachi Airport. The Award consists of Rs 1.50 lakh, a Citation and a Trophy. A specially constituted Jury comprising of three Rotarians Sneh Popli, Manjit Kaur and Anu Dhingra decided that Sifiya deserved the Award as she met the criteria laid down by the Trust which stipulated that the Awardee has to be an Indian woman, who, when faced with social injustice, overcomes it with guts and grit AND then helps other persons in similar social distress.
SBP Group Signs MoUs with HP Govt worth Rs 730 cr
Chandigarh: One of the leading real estate developer of Tricity, SBP Group signed couple of MoUs with Himachal Government to invest Rs 730 crore in the himalayan State. The MoUs were signed during the Investors’ meet held in the regional headquarters of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in Chandigarh. The MoUs were signed by Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur along Agriculture Minister of the State Ram Lal Markanda and Minister of commerce and Industry Bikram Thakur on behalf of the government. Aman Singla signed the agreement on behalf of SBP Group. As per the MoUs, SBP Group will invest Rs 630 crore for building residential projects in Mandi, Solan and Shimla and another Rs 100 crore for building a resort/hotel with 120 rooms at Chail Road in Shimla.