Fifth organic farming convention from today

Fifth organic farming convention from today

Saturday, 28 February 2015 | PNS | Chandigarh

A three-day national convention on Organic Farming supported by both Haryana and Punjab Governments as well as the Chandigarh Administration would begin here on Saturday. The 5th National Organic Farming Convention to be organised by Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI), National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training (NITTTR), Alliance for...

Raj Bhawan to host spring festival

Saturday, 28 February 2015 | Pioneer News Service | DEHRADUN

Raj Bhawan is all set to host the two-day spring festival, which is slated to begin on February 28. It is being hosted since 2003. Earlier, it was hosted in the form of a flower show.  Now it is hosted to provide platform to the flower growers and flower traders....

Basantotsav-2015 to celebrate State's floriculture

Saturday, 28 February 2015 | SUNIl KUMAR | DEHRADUN

Uttarkahand Governor Dr KK Paul said that the Basantotsav-2015 is being organised to develop Uttarakhand as a special centre of floriculture. “By displaying exotic flowers, we want to motivate flower producers to cultivate such flowers in greater measure”, he said. Sharing his vivid memory,  the Governor said that in Zero...

Haryana Minister frowns at practice of caging pigeons

Saturday, 28 February 2015 | PNS | Chandigarh

Coming to the rescue of caged birds, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has refused to follow the practice of setting free pigeons at the functions. Vij was the chief guest at  the ‘Annual Athletic Meet’ in Government Post-Graduate College in Ambala Cantonment, where the organisers asked him to set some...

Independents spring surprise in civic polls

Saturday, 28 February 2015 | PNS | Chandigarh

The SAD-BJP alliance may have swept the civic polls, but it is the Independents who have performed exceptionally well in these elections, cornering about 20 and 30 per cent of total seats in six municipal corporations and 122 municipal councils and nagar panchayats respectively. Independents, among whom were some of...

SAD, BJP to have three mayors each in Punjab

Saturday, 28 February 2015 | PNS | Ludhiana

A day after sweeping the civic polls, ruling SAD-BJP alliance have decided to nominate three mayors each for the six Municipal Corporations (MCs) of Punjab.  Punjab BJP chief Kamal Sharma said the mayors for Pathankot, Hoshiarpur and Phagwara Municipal Corporations will be from the saffron party, while SAD’s mayor will be...

Badals urge Jaitley to release pending grants for Punjab

Saturday, 28 February 2015 | PNS | New Delhi n Chandigarh

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday called on Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at his office in New Delhi to seek his personal intervention for immediate release of pending grants to the tune of `283 crore recommended by the 13th Finance...

Haryana appoints DG Kasni to probe Hukam Singh's case

Saturday, 28 February 2015 | PNS | Chandigarh

: A day after ordering a formal probe into the circumstances under which former Chief Minister Hukam Singh and his kin had to wait for an ambulance for over three hours to be shifted to a hospital in Gurgaon from PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana Government appointed State Director General and Secretary...

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