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BJP business cell formed: The BJP district
president, Sham Lal
Sachdeva, has appointed Ajay Mittal as the president of party business cell. Harinder
Malik, a resident of Sector 11, was also appointed as general secretary of the cell.
While Sanjiv Saini and Punit Deswal were appointed as the vice- presidents, the responsibility of treasurer were given to a resident of
Abhyapur village, Satish Kumar.
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CHANDIGARH
New chief architect: Partap Singh will be the new chief architect of Haryana following the retirement of AK
Sabarwal. Partap Singh, who took over his new assignment on Wednesday, is an alumnus of
IIT, Roorkee, and he joined the state’s Architecture Department in 1982 as assistant architect and during his stint spanning over 26 years, in which he worked as architect and senior architect, he conceived several new building designs which were widely
appreciated. 5 IAS officers promoted: The Haryana government has promoted five 1983-batch IAS officers to the rank of financial commissioner and principal secretary in the pay scale of Rs 37,400-67,000 plus grade pay Rs 12,000 with effect from January 1. The officers who had been promoted to the rank of financial commissioner and principal secretary included Keshni Anand
Arora, YS Malik, Rajan Kumar Gupta, Raj Rup Fulia and Sarban Singh. Consequent upon their promotion, they will continue to hold the present departments, an official release said. Name of dept changed: The state government has decided to change the name of the Public Works Department (Water Supply and Sanitation) to Public Health Engineering Department with immediate effect. Stating this here on Tuesday, an official spokesman said in Hindi this department would be known as the Jan Swasthya Abhiyantriki
Vibhag. KAITHAL
Consumer forum chief: Anil Kumar Tewari, advocate, Punjab and Haryana High Court, and a resident of Kaithal, has been appointed chairman of the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam. This was disclosed to mediapersons by Power Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala during a press conference held at PWD rest house here on Wednesday. The minister said Tewari had been appointed for a term of three years and the forum would decide the disputed cases of all categories of consumers falling under the jurisdiction of the DHBVN except power theft cases. Anil Tewari is son of former Haryana chief parliamentary secretary Roshan Lal Tewari, who represented the Kaithal assembly constituency from 1982-87. REWARI
White Paper sought: Rewari zila parishad chief Satish Yadav has demanded issuance of White Paper on various development works carried out by the Municipal Council here in the past one year. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, he alleged that owing to a nexus between the contractors and certain high-ups, huge government funds had gone down the drain in the construction of city roads and accomplishment of other developmental works. He said it was shameful that in the absence of requisite facilities as many as five accidental victims were recently referred to other hospitals from the local trauma
centre, which was inaugurated with much fanfare recently. SIRSA
Youth murdered: A youth was allegedly murdered with sharp-edged weapons in Asakhera village here when he had gone to water his fields on Wednesday night. The victim has been identified as Bhaga Ram (25). His brother,
Surender, told the police that Ram had gone to their fields with him and their other brothers, Bhup Singh and Devi
Lal, on Wednesday night. He said while Bhup Singh and Devi Lal accompanied him to a water channel to start the water supply, Bhaga Ram remained alone in the fields. They found him lying unconscious in a pool of blood when they returned. He was immediately taken to a private doctor in Chautala village, who declared him brought dead.
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Srinagar
PDD employee electrocuted: A Power Development Department (PDD) employee was electrocuted in the Kashmir valley, official sources said on Thursday. Lineman Ghulam Ahmad Mir was critically wounded when he got in contact with a live wire while repairing a power line at Khanpora Hatmulla in Kupwara district. He was admitted to the local SMHS hospital where he died.
Khalid Bashir’s new collection: The latest collection of noted poet, writer and director of the State Information Department Khalid Bashir Ahmad,
Deeda-i-Aab-e-Rawaan, has hit the stands. The book reflects Kashmir’s history, culture, literature, economy and other aspects through the prism of Jhelum river. The book has dwelled deep on issues of historical significance like old manuscripts, travelogues, scientific, literary and research papers written on Kashmir. Khalid Bashir has earlier distinguished himself in literary world with his two poetic collections - Sada-e-Neem Shab and Khwab Para.
Udhampur
Meet on minimising mishaps: District Development Commissioner Sudershan Sharma on Thursday convened a meeting of officers concerned to discuss preventive measures for minimising road accidents in the hilly district of Kishtwar. The meeting was a part of the follow-up action on the Governor’s directions to ensure safety of passengers on all routes and also formulate a joint mechanism to rationalise traffic management. Other traffic issues like the timing of passenger buses, overcoming the menace of overloading, activation of traffic police, arrangements of buses on needy roads and joint inspection of roads for removal of landslides were discussed. Addressing the meeting, the DDC stressed the need for strict enforcement of traffic rules and regulations, besides regularising the passenger traffic on all routes of the district.
Rural sports mela: A two-day rural sports mela organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports,
Doda, in Government Higher Secondary School, Bhagwah, has been concluded here. The aim of the mela was to develop a sense of sportsmanship and awareness about the sports among the youths of rural areas of Bhagwah block. Youngsters participated in the games like volleyball,
kabaddi, wrestling, tug-of-war, stone lifting, hand power and minor games for the children below 14 years. Winners were awarded the trophies and certificates.
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