Archive for August 14th, 2012
Bishop City Council in California opened with Hindu prayers 1st time
Bishop City Council in California (USA), incorporated in 1903, had its first Hindu invocation on August 13 evening, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the City Council. After Sanskrit delivery, he then read the English translation of the prayer. Sanskrit is considered [...]
Occupational Safety and Health
Workers safety, health and welfare is in the forefront of the concerns of the Ministry of Labour & Employment. Adequate statutory provisions in this regard already exist under the Factories Act, 1948 and the Mines Act, 1952. It stipulates a systemic approach to identify, assess and prevent hazards at the workplace so as to reduce [...]
Indira Awaas Yojana – Fulfilling the Need for Rural Housing
Shelter is a basic need of a citizen which is critical for determining the quality of human life. A roof over the head endows a shelterless person, with an essential asset and improves his physical and mental well being. Hence, fulfilling the need for rural housing and tackling housing shortage particularly for the poorest is [...]
Former Bangladesh President calls on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
The former Bangladesh President and Jatiya Party Leader, Mr. Hussain Muhammad Ershad calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on August 14, 2012.
Review meeting on Export Sector Performance held
The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma chairing the review meeting on Export Sector Performance involving industry bodies and Export promotion Councils, in New Delhi on August 14, 2012.
Special postal cover of Sesquicentennial celebration of the Bombay High Court
The Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Shri Milind Deora releasing the special postal cover of Sesquicentennial celebration of the Bombay High Court, in the presence of the Chief Justice, Bombay High Court, Justice Mohit S. Shah, in Mumbai on August 14, 2012.
16 RPF Officers Received President’s Police Medal Award for their Meritorious Service
On the occasion of Independence Day, 2012, the Hon’ble President awarded President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and Police Medal for Meritorious Service to following Railways Protection Force / Railway Protection Special Force (RPF/RPSF) officers and personnel:- President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Services 1. Shri Premjit Singh Rawal, IG/Crime & Intelligence, Railway Board. Police Medal [...]
President’s Address to the Nation on the Eve of India’s 66th Independence Day on 14th August 2012
Following is the text of the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the Nation on the eve of the 66th Independence Day: My fellow citizens: It is a great privilege to address, for the first time, my fellow Indians living within our country and in a hundred corners across the globe, on the [...]
Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda inaugurate the book “Ch. Ranbir Singh Hooda Freedom Fighter”
Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda inaugurated the book “Ch. Ranbir Singh Hooda Freedom Fighter” by J K Verma and along with Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala and Prof. Virender singh and writer J.K Verma at CM Residence in Chandigarh 14 August 2012.
Felicitation of MC Mary Kom at The Ashok by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj, Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo presenting a Cheque of Rs. 10 lac to Smt. Mary Kom, the London Olympic Bronze Medal winner in Women’s Flyweight Boxing, at a felicitation function, in New Delhi on August 14, 2012.
