Briefly Region: School boy abducted from Tarn Taran

CHANDIGARH: As many as 75.64 lakh metric tonne of wheat has been procured till April 28 in the state,Secretary (Food and Civil Supplies) D S Grewal said on Sunday. “According to the agriculture department,108 lakh MT wheat was expected to arrive in the mandis. The department has made sufficient arrangements to purchase more than 115 lakh metric tonnes of wheat this season,” he added. Food and Civil Supplies Minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon on Sunday reviewed the ongoing procurement.

‘State must observe Manto centenary’

CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh said on Sunday that the Punjab government should celebrate the first birth centenary of the great Urdu writer of South Asian region,Saadat Hasan Manto,which falls on May 11. “Manto was born in village Paprrauda of Samrala Tehsil of Ludiana district,who later migrated to Lahore in Pakistan during Partition in 1947,” said Devinder.

Badarpur to Hodal road to be six laned

CHANDIGARH: The Badarpur (Delhi) to Hodal (Uttar Pradesh Border) in Haryana’s Palwal district will be six laned by a project worth Rs 600 crore. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will lay its foundation stone in September,said MP Deepender Hooda on Sunday.

Haryana youth to be provided technical and science education

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government will lay special emphasis on providing technical and science education to the youth of the state. With an aim to acquaint the youth of the state with the functioning and progress made by the corporate sector,groups of 15 students each will be taken to different multinational companies,said Haryana Industries Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala at the first convocation of Dr B R Ambedkar Government College,Kaithal.

Haryana IAS officer honoured

CHANDIGARH: The Indian Education Congress-2012 has honoured Dr K K Khandelwal,additional principal secretary to Haryana chief minister and financial commissioner and principal secretary (Information,Public Relations and Cultural Affairs) with a certificate in category of “Policymaker of the Year (State Government)”. Khandelwal was honoured for his outstanding contribution in school education and being instrumental in education reforms in Haryana.

HUDA issues guidelines for clubbing of commercial sites

CHANDIGARH: Regarding clubbing of commercial sites,the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has issued guidelines that the respective HUDA zonal administer will issue sanction letter for clubbing of sites keeping in view the structure safety measures,along with a certificate from the structure engineer and approve single building plan. The HUDA Estate Officer will accept the single building plan for clubbed sites.

Haryana to lift ban on pregnant women appointment as teachers

CHANDIGARH: After sparking off a controversy with the Haryana government’s decision of not recruiting women who are more than 12-week pregnant as teachers,Education,Social Justice and Empowerment minister Geeta Bhukkal said on Sunday that the rules will be improved. “The government will do away with the rule making a pregnant woman unfit,” she added.