CM meets Union Minister
Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur met Union Minister Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan at New Delhi. He discussed various issues pertaining to the state with the Union Minister. He said, Public Sector Undertakings can be motivated to invest CSR funds in the development activities in state which can complement the development activities being undertaken by the government. The Union Minister assured of all possible assistance. Principal Secretary to CM Sanjay Kundu, Principal Private Secretary to CM Vinay Singh and Deputy Resident Commissioner Vivek Mahajan accompanied the Chief Minister.
Tremors felt in HP
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh was hit by a light intensity quake on Sunday, the fifth one on the third consecutive day. An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale was recorded at 10.13 am on Sunday and its epicentre was Shimla region, the Meteorological Office said. A day earlier, earthquake of 3.2 on the Richter scale was recorded at 4.41 p.m. and the region was Chamba. Three quakes were reported on February 28 in the state. The epicentre of two quakes was close to the Chamba border adjoining Jammu and Kashmir. One of them was in the state’s Kullu district.
Tewari thanks Capt Manpreet for grants
Rupnagar/Chandigarh: Congress MP from Sri Anandpur Sahib Manish Tewari has thanked Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Finance Minister Manpreet Badal for liberal grants for various development projects across his parliamentary constituency, which is spread out from Mohali to Banga on one side and Anandpur Sahib on the other side. The constituency got substantial grants in the recent budget for various sectors, like roads, infrastructure, medical and education, he said. Tewari said that the setting up of a Medical College in Mohali, special Rs five crore grant for a school in Nawanshahar, Banga-Anandpur Sahib road, a bridge over river Satluj river to connect Chamkaur Sahib with Morinda, Agriculture College at Balachaur are just few examples for which the budget has made adequate financial provisions.
Capt, Sukhbir condole death of Bhambi
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and SAD president Sukhbir Badal condoled the demise of senior journalist Rajesh Bhambi, who was suffering from a kidney ailment for some time and breathed his last on Sunday morning at a private hospital in Ludhiana. Chief Minister’s Media Advisor Raveen Thukral also extended his deepest sympathies to the bereaved family of Bhambi, who is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son. Capt Amarinder termed Bhambi’s death as a loss not just for the family but also the media fraternity. Sukhbir said, Ludhiana had lost one its leading journalists as Bhambi, besides being a photo journalist, also headed important news organizations as bureau head. Former Minister Maheshinder Singh Grewal said, Bhambi had earned respect amongst media fraternity as well as civil society.
307 pledges for organ donation
Chandigarh: ‘Live Life to the fullest and pass it on after death’, stated Renu Sharma, a spirited cancer survivor while promoting the cause of organ donation at ROTTO PGIMER Stall in Chandigarh Rose Festival 2020. The campaign geared up to generate about the noble cause of organ donation and thereby save precious lives, concluded on a good note with 307 pledging for organ donation and over 1200 reached out directly through the three-day event at Leisure Valley, Sector 10, on Sunday.
Annual day celebrated
Chandigarh: Woodlands House School, Sector-8, Panchkula celebrated its annual day with a spectacular function at Tagore Theatre. Titled ‘Once Upon A Time’, the show included an array of scintillating dance performances. The programme started with a welcome dance by Nursery-Lotus and continued with dances based on themes of popular stories for children. The Ant and the Grasshopper, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, Trolls, Cinderella, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Hakuna Matata, Buzzing Bees, The Cap Seller and the Monkeys and The Little Mermaid were some of the stories covered. The trustee, Farid Singh and the Principal, Navneet Bhandari addressed the parents.