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CHANDIGARH, DECEMBER 10: The Punjab Government agencies and private millers have procured total 17892925   tonnes of Paddy in Punjab till today evening which included 4463   tonnes procured on 10 th  December. Disclosing this here today, an official Spokesman of Punjab Government said that out of total procurement of 17892925 tonnes of paddy in all the procurement centers of Punjab, the Government agencies procured 17620812 tonnes of paddy (98.5%) till date whereas 272113 tonnes (1.5%) of paddy has been procured by millers. He said that PUNGRAIN had procured 5988042 tonnes (33.5%), MARKFED procured 3889581 tonnes (21.7%). PUNSUP procured 3839978 tonnes (21.5%), PSWC procured 1751604 tonnes (9.8%) and PAFC was able to procure 1771022 tonnes  (9.9%) of paddy. The Central Government agency FCI had been able to procure 380585 tonnes (2.1%). 

Chandigarh, Dec 10- In Haryana, more than 71.21 lakh metric tonnes (MTs) of Paddy has been arrived so far in mandis, as  against the arrival of 69.56 lakh MT during the same period of last year.            While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department said that out of the total arrival, government procuring agencies have procured over 59.11 lakh metric tonnes whereas over 12.10 lakh metric tonnes of paddy is purchased by millers and dealers.           He said that more than 27.51 lakh MT of paddy have been purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, over 19.22 lakh MT by Hafed, over 6.49 lakh MT by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation, over 5.68 lakh MT by the Haryana Agro-industries Corporation and 19,667 MT by the Food Corporation of India.           Giving de...

Chandigarh, Dec 10– The Haryana Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu, has strongly condemned the incident of rape of six-year old girl in Uklana as a huge embarrassment to the humanity and said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) would investigate the case to ensure that justice is provided to the victim at any cost.             Interacting with media persons in Hisar today, Capt Abhimanyu said that taking cognizance of the incident, the Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal, had directed that the case be investigated by a SIT.          Asked about the campaign launched by the INLD on toll tax, the minister said when in opposition, INLD leaders mislead people by giving irresponsible statements on providing 24-hour power supply and free electricity. They should indulge in responsible politics. If they feel that law is being violated in case of toll or any other issue, they could get it resolve...

Chandigarh, December 10- With a view to bringing uniformity, transparency and avoiding any major gap between the market price and collector rates of properties, the Haryana Government has decided to revise the collector rates both in urban and rural areas, twice in a financial year.             This was disclosed by the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, while speaking as Chief Guest at the concluding session of the two-day national meet of the Confederation of Newspaper and News Agency Employees Organizations, here today.             A committee has been constituted under chairmanship of the deputy commissioner concerned for this purpose. The collector rates fixed by respective DCs would be uploaded on the website for inviting suggestions and objections, and, after considering these, the collector rates would be finalized, he added.        ...

Chandigarh, December 10:-  The beautiful 31 st  annual Chrysanthemum Show ends with prize distribution function and cultural shows at Terraced Garden, Sector 33, here today. Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh was chief guest today and he gave away prizes to the winners of various events organized during chrysanthemum show in presence of Sh. Rajesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Deputy Mayor & area councillor, Sh. N.P. Sharma, Superintending Engineer B&R, Sh. Krishan Pal Singh, Executive Engineer, Horticulture, MCC. During the function the Commissioner also gave away “Swachh Awards” to the winners under various categories. The Swachhatam Ward 1st position award was received by Sh. Rajesh Kumar Gupta for ward No. 16, Sh. Devinder Singh Babla, area councillor for ward No. 18 received 2nd position award and Smt. Raj Bala Malik, area councillor ward No. 2 received 3rd position award under Swachhatam Ward awards. During the programme, the Comm...

A Chandigarh, December 10, 2017 : Huawei, a leading telecommunications company today announced the launch of Honor 9i dual sim smartphone. The phone with 4GB RAM and 64 GB internal memory, comes at a price of Rs 19,999 promises to meet the expectations seeing the specifications. The phone was launched here in the presence of   Mr Peter Lee, COO Huawei India Ltd, Device Business, Mr. Guo Kailun Commercial Head and Mr Kongdeliong, Regional Head (North). Other prominent present were Girish Bhayana & Gagandeep Singh Directors G Square Global Inc., sole distributor for Chandigarh. Pre-booking started at Anmol watches which is the only exclusive outlet for this model in Tricity. Directors of Anmol watches Mr Narang & Mr Anmol said that they are happy to be appointed as a exclusive reseller for this flagship model of Huawei. Mr Mayur Arora, State Head (Greater Panjab), Mr Atinder Singh, Sales Manager (Chandigarh), informed, “ The key selling point of the phone is...

Chandigarh, December 09, 2017:  Party enthusiasts in the city-beautiful were in for a treat when Punjabi singer Alfaaz performed  at Flyp@MTV Café in Sec-26, Chandigarh. Guests were seen dancing to the desi Punjabi beats and enjoying the evening as sensational Punjabi Singer Alfaaz belted outcrowd’s all-time favourite songs like “Yaar Bathere” , “Rickshaw”, “Haaye Mera Dil”, “Putt Jatta Da”, etc. The rhythmic night had Alfaaz infusing Punjabi beats and romantic songs that captivated the audience. “The amazing and supportive crowd at Flyp@MTV Café has truly made this a memorable night, I always love performing for the people of my home-town.” said Alfaaz in a conversation. Jasmeet Marwah, Chairman, Funbars Hospitality says, “Flyp@MTV is all about providing a distinguished experience to the audience and hence we bring the best artists to the city. This time around, we wanted to begin the last month of the year with a bang and what better th...