Haryana CM greets media on National Press Day
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal, has greeted the members of the media fraternity on the occasion of National Press Day on November 16. In a message issued here, Manohar Lal described media as a strong pillar of democracy. Appreciating media, he said that Press has also been an important contributor to India’s freedom movement. After independence, the media has also been playing an active role in building a new India, he said adding that in view of various challenges in the present scenario, the role of the Press becomes more relevant and important.
Venue committees for World Kabaddi tournament
Chandigarh: The venue committees at district level have been constituted in order to make the World Kabaddi Cup tournament a memorable event in Punjab. Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi had recently announced that World Kabaddi Cup would be organized which would be dedicated to the 550th Prakash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev. The matches would be played at Amritsar, Kapurthala, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, Bathinda, Patiala and Ropar. A spokesman said the chairman of the committees would be the DC of the concerned district whereas the Police Commissioner/SSP, ADC, DPRO, Civil Surgeon, 2 nominated members of the Punjab Kabaddi Association would be its members. The concerned district sports officer would be the convenor of the commitee.
Over 68.78 lakh MT paddy arrived in Hry mandis
Chandigarh: More than 68.78 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so far arrived in Haryana Mandis as compared to over 66.97 lakh MT of paddy arrived during the corresponding period last year. A spokesman said, out of the total arrival of paddy, government agencies had so far procured over 63.12 lakh MT of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of over 5.65 lakh MT of paddy was procured by the millers. Over 34.12 lakh MT of paddy have been purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, 19.70 lakh MT by Hafed, over 9.24 lakh MT have been purchased by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation and 4,718 MT have been purchased by the Food Corporation of India.
Pb SC commission seeks report from SSP
Chandigarh: The Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission sought a report from Senior Superintendent of Police Sangrur over incident of a SC man beatan and forced to drink urine in Changaliwala village. Tejinder Kaur, chairperson of the Commission said that the Commission has come to know about this incident through news paper and taken the suo moto notice of the incident.
Sangrur leads in paddy procurement
Chandigarh: With over 90% paddy arrivals in the grain markets state-wide, Sangrur leads the state off Punjab with paddy procurement to the tune of 1654691metric tonnes closely followed by Ludhiana, Moga and Patiala having procured 1626361, 1206246 and 1202459 MT paddy respectively, informed a spokesman. The government agencies and private millers have procured 15515747 metric tonnes of paddy in Punjab till November 14 while payment worth Rs. 24574.27 crore has been transferred to the accounts of arthias/farmers by the government, rendering MSP benefits to 1067521 farmers. Out of the total procurement from various procurement centres in the state, the government agencies procured 15411761 MT of paddy while 103986 MT has been procured by the millers.
Selection trials for Kabaddi team on Nov 18
Chandigarh: The Indian team, which will participate in the International Kabaddi Tournament 2019, will be selected at the Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sports Stadium, Jalandhar on November 18. A spokesperson said, the International Kabaddi Tournament 2019 will be dedicated to 550th Prakash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev and the selection trials for Indian team will be held on November 18. The selection committee for the team has been constituted under the chairmanship of Vice President of Punjab Kabaddi Association Tejinder Singh Midhukhera. A 15-day coaching camp will also be held for the selected players.
Ex-minister Cheema felicitates medallists
Chandigarh: Former Pubjab Minister Daljit Singh Cheema felicitated Asian Shooting championship medallists Jasmine Saini and Khushi Saini of Ropar. He visited the residences of both Jasmine who won a gold medal in the 14th Asian Shooting Championship at Doha and Khushi who won the Bronze medal at the same event. Both girls live in Ropar. Interacting with family members at the residences of both medallists, Cheema said the girls had done Ropar proud. He said their achievement was special in more ways than one considering they had braved all odds to achieve this feat. He lauded them for achieving this goal while studying at the Government Senior Secondary School, Jhallian Kalan.
Meet of civic body committe held
Chandigarh: A meeting of slum, colonies & village development committee of Municipal Corporation held here on Friday decided to change the storm water pipe in Manimajra, to upgrade the basic amenities in all the villages falling under the jurisdiction of MCC, repair of high mast lights in Kajheri, Hallomajra and Manimajra and strengthening and improvement of the sewerage system in all villages. The committee also decided to visit all slum colonies, villages and take stock of problems related to sewerage, sanitation and street light.
Training programme held at PGIMER
Chandigarh: A ‘Safety Training Programme in Handling the Hospital Gases’ was organised by the PGIMER Department of Hospital Administration in collaboration with Linde India Limited here. The unique 2-hour session was specially designed for skill enhancement and hands-on training of the healthcare staff at PGIMER in handling medical gases. At onset of the session, Prof. A.K. Gupta, Medical Superintendent PGIMER congratulated the team from Linde India Limited for their initiative to conduct this programme. While addressing about 200 audience, he deliberated upon the need of highest standard safety techniques in modern healthcare setups and the challenges usually faced on daily basis in achieving these standards.