CM: committed to develop HP’s backward areas
Mandi: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has made a passionate appeal to the people, particularly to his Seraj constituency, to give him a breathing time to develop the most backward and fund-starved constituency of the state.
Bank of Maharashtra Drawing Competition
Chandigarh: On the occasion of celebration of Hindi Month, Bank of Maharashtra Chandigarh Zonal Office organised a drawing competition in GMSSS Sec 47, Chandigarh. Topic of the competition was “cleanliness”.
Joint mobile court to redress grievances
Chandigarh: The Joint Mobile Court of the ‘Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities and Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Punjab’ would be held on September 14, Friday, at Rajendra College, Bathinda from 10 am to 4 pm for the redressal of grievances of persons with disabilities.
Punjab info panel brings vasika nawis under RTI
Chandigarh: Punjab State Information Commission on Thursday declared vasika nawis (document writers) as ‘public authority” and directed them to provide required information to the appellant. SIC also ordered that in case document writer refuses to share information, except if covered under the exception clauses of the Act, disciplinary proceedings against him be initiated under Sections 15 and 16 of the “Punjab Document Writers Licensing Rules, 1961.
HP’s 32 schools to get Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Education Minister Suresh Bhardwaj on Thursday said that state’s 32 schools will be awarded with state-level Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2017-18, with the aim of promoting cleanliness and hygiene in educational institutions.
Blood donation camp marks Engineers’ Day
Chandigarh: As many as 215 units of blood were donated during the 22nd Blood Donation Camp organized by CPWD Junior Engineers’ Association (India), Chandigarh Branch, in association with Blood Bank of PGIMER, Chandigarh, on Thursday at Kendriya Sadan Sector-9A, Chandigarh, on the occasion of Engineers’ Day.
Cong’s ‘Hry Bachao-Parivarta Laao’ cycle yatra
Chandigarh: Haryana Congress president Dr Ashok Tanwar on Thursday said that the claim of Khattar Government regarding 5.84 lakh crore investment in ‘Happening Haryana Summit’ in the last two years and providing jobs to five lakh people is “totally false”, and demanded a white paper on the same.