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Chander Mohan’s second marriage
Hisar, December 8
Former Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan's political career has reached a dead end from where he will find it extremely difficult to resurrect it.
The reaction to his second marriage after converting to Islam in his home town
Adampur in this district has been that of shock.
HJC workers heave sigh of relief
Chandigarh, December 8
Activists of the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC), headed by Kuldeep Bishnoi whose elder brother Chander Mohan converted to Islam to marry his long-standing friend Anuradha Bali a few days ago, are, on one hand, sad on the “unfortunate development in the family of their leader”, while on the other hand, they have heaved a sigh of relief.
INLD terms cut in petro prices insult
Kurukshetra, December 8
While addressing a press conference at the INLD district headquarters here recently, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supremo and former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala alleged that by decreasing the cost of petrol by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 2 per litre against the decrease in prices of petroleum from Rs 147 to Rs 42 per barrel in international market, the central government has insulted
the public.
Mumbai terror attacks
Cong plan to prevent backlash in LS polls
Hisar, December 8
Even though there is yet no evidence of the incumbency factor going against the Congress in Haryana in the next Lok Sabha elections, the recent Mumbai terror attack is likely to prove a major hurdle for the party.
Terror in Mumbai
Enough is enough, say Gurgaon residents
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Gurgaon, December 8
Even as those at the helm of affairs in the Centre as well as in Maharashtra take face-saving measures in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks on
Mumbai, the people in general are livid over the entire incident.
Local residents, including children, pay tributes to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks.
Photo: Rajesh Kumar Yadav
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Boom in pisciculture
Sirsa, December 8
Sirsa district may not have much consumption of fish but fish farmers of the district are producing 3,500 metric tons of fish in a year.
Efforts of the fisheries department in the district during the past some time have yielded results and more and more water bodies have come under fish
culture.
Farmers fish in a Sirsa village pond. Tribune photo: Amit Soni |
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National Games
Sports associations told to begin trials
Gurgaon, December 8
After receiving a communication from the National Games Organising Committee (NGOC), the Haryana Olympic Association (HOA), headed by Abhey Singh Chautala, has directed its affiliated units to contact their respective national sports federations to know whether their teams/individuals qualify for the national games, which are going to be held from February 15 to 28, 2009, in Jharkhand.
Gurgaon school celebrates sports day
Gurgaon, December 8
American Montessori Public School here celebrated its annual sports day on Saturday. Aslam Sher Khan Olympian, member of the National Hockey Selection Committee, and former union minister, was the chief guest.
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Students take part in the annual sports day events of the local American Montessori Public School. Photos: Rajesh Kumar Yadav
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Shifting of dairies
Delay hampers cleanliness project
Ambala, December 8
It seems that neither the local municipal council nor dairy owners are sincere in shifting the dairies outside the urban area. Due to this, a project related to the cleanliness of the city has got delayed for almost five years in spite of the availability of sufficient funds. |
Cattle belonging to an Ambala dairy, which are a traffic hazard. A Tribune photograph |
Balhara’s new album released
Chandigarh, December 8
Bhal Singh Balhara is a man of many traits, that of a film actor, folk and playback singer and lyricist.
Credited with acting in five movies, playback singing in 16 films, lyricist of 10 films and albums, he is again on the reckoning with his latest audio-video album “Chhora Jhaat Ka”.
Convention on higher education at KU
Chandigarh, December 8
The Haryana Federation Of University And College Teachers' Organisations (HFUCTO) will organise a one-day state-level convention on changes and challenges in higher education in Haryana tomorrow at the auditorium of Kurukshetra University,
Kurukshetra.
A woman returns home in a village near Jind after collecting wood. Tribune photo: Ravi Kumar
The ban goes up in smoke in Hisar. Photo: Subhash Kumar |
Panipat- Jalandhar LPG pipeline
IOC completes commissioning
Panipat, December 8
The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has completed the commissioning of its first cross-country liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipeline between Panipat and Jalandhar.
According to official sources, the pipeline was completed at a cost of Rs 158 crore against an approved cost of Rs 186.72
crore.
Power utility extends VDS till Dec 31
Sonepat, December 8
Keeping in view the persistent demand, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) has decided to extend the last date of the voluntary disclosure scheme(VDS) of load for domestic, non-domestic, agricultural and industrial consumers up to December 31.
Mauritius Prez to attend
NIFAA conference
Karnal, December 8
The Mauritius President, Sir Anerood Jugnauth, will be the chief guest at an international conference on “Universal brotherhood and world peace” to be held at the ICAR lecture hall in New Delhi on December 15.
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