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Come April, poor to get social security cover
Scheme to provide insurance, maternity benefits and
old-age pension to families living below poverty line
Gurgaon, January 10
Haryana is all set to implement social security scheme of the Rasthriya Swasthya Bima Yojana for workforce in the unorganised sector from April 1. In the first phase,
Gurgaon, Faridabad, Yamunanagar and Panipat districts would be covered under the centrally sponsored scheme by early next year along with states of New Delhi, Rajasthan and
Maharashtra.
Bhavan Vidyalaya kids get innovative
Panchkula, January 10
An energy saver chulha devised by students of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, will prove useful for the people living at high altitude, who use wood as fuel for cooking. Simultaneously, the
chullah, which is a modified version of traditional chullah, can be used as a geyser and roaster.
Students of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, explain the functioning of an energy-saving chullah and a tandoor.
—Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
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Industrial units on way out of Ambala
Ambala, January 10
A number of pharmaceutical and mixer/grinder units of Ambala have shifted to Himachal Pradesh during the past three years. This has particularly discouraged other entrepreneurs who wanted to expand their business in this region.
Motoring drives women to training schools
Gurgaon, January 10
The graph of enrolment of women learners is shooting up in professional driving schools being run in the millennium city. It is now above 50 per cent of the total learners. Interestingly, the age of women who are joining these schools vary from 18 to 58 years.
Industrial accidents
Panipat hospitals ill-equipped
Panipat, January 10
Even as the state government is encouraging the industries to join the ambitious upcoming petrochemical hub in Panipat, no serious effort has been made for the safety and welfare of hundreds of industrial workers who are functioning at fire-prone workplaces.
Fatehabad cops to ease language tangle
Fatehabad, January 10
The police stations in Fatehabad district are in for a pleasant change. The authorities have decided to improve the Hindi language used by police officials while performing their duties like registering an FIR or writing an official letter.
 Haryanavi films have ‘limited scope’
Hisar, January 10
Not many Bollywood producers are willing to take the risk of making a Haryanavi film, says noted film actor Yash Pal Sharma of Lagaan fame.
Yash Pal, who hails from this town, was here to meet his parents on his way to Chandigarh for the shooting of Akshay Kumar starrer “Singh is King”. Katrina
Kaif, Om Puri and Javed Jaffery are other co-stars in this film.
Haryana Delicacies
It’s hard to resist Hansi’s pedas
Hansi, January 10
Haryanavis are born with a sweet tooth and nothing satiates their hunger for sweets more than the famous Hansi
pedas. For close to a century, this confection has maintained its originality and quality.
The famous Duni Chand Chhabil Das peda outlet at Hansi, near
Hisar. —Tribune photo by P. L. Munday |
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Inside Babudom
New appraisal system on anvil
Chandigarh, January 10
While periodic attempts are made to manage the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre on scientific lines, the Haryana Civil Service (HCS) continues to be the poor cousin of the premier service.
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Sukhchain S. Bhandari
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Writer who sells guns
Chandigarh, January 10
Having the essential traits of a creative litterateur Sirsa-based playwright, storywriter and poet Sukhchain Singh Bhandari has been able to score over his contemporaries.
What keeps him a cut above the rest is his ability to sculpt and stage meaningful dramas, especially for the radio, besides scribbling
ghazals, short stories and books on humor for children and elders both in Hindi and Punjabi with an admirable competence.
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