Chandigarh,Madhup Yadav , March 19 : The 23rd SJOBA-Thunderbolt Sub-Himalayan Rally got off to an exciting start today with the Super Special Stage being held at the Exhibition Grounds, Sector 34. All the 71 Gypsies, Cars and bikes competing in the Challenge Rally participated in this leg and the drivers zipped around the specially created track, negotiating the hairpin bends and leaving behind a cloud of dust as they exhibited their skills.

From among the 71 competing vehicles one Gypsy (Team 1) negotiated a sharp turn too fast and overturned. The …

17 Nov : President Pratibha Devisingh Patil gave away the Nirmal Gram Puraskar 2009 to districts and Block Panchayats from Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and West Bengal for achieving total sanitation in their respective areas at a function in New Delhi.
The Panchayati Raj Institutions that have attained full sanitation are awarded the prestigious Nirmal Gram Puraskar every year.
President Patil lauded the role of panchayati raj institutions in building rural infrastructure.
The President also said that the practice of scavengers though banned is still prevalent and must be eradicated at the earliest through …

10 Oct : President Pratibha Patil will now have a new set of bodyguards as neatly dressed troops of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles took charge from the Assam regiment during a ceremonial ‘Changing of the Guard’ in New Delhi.
Amid the trot of the horses and tunes of military band, the 15th battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles (JAKRIF) took over after the older regiment accomplished its tenure of three years as the President’s Bodyguard (PBG).
During the 45-minute ceremony outside the South block, soldiers performed the inspection of the …

5 Sep : On the eve of teacher’s day, around 350 teachers from all over the country were awarded with National Teacher’s Award.
Constituted in 1958, this award is given every year by the President of India.
However, this year the awards were presented by Vice President, Hamid Ansari as President Pratibha Devisingh Patil is on Russia visit.
The Vice President, who gave away the National Awards to Teachers in New Delhi, described the recently passed Right to Education Act passed by the Parliament “as more empowering, in terms of its impact, than …

Ludhiana, September 02 : At a brief, but impressive function, H.E. S. Iqbal Singh Lt. Governor Pondicherry was honoured by International Youth Organisation, representatives of Freedom Fighters Association, Veteran Soldiers, Pensioners of Centre & State governments and NGOs at Circuit House here, today. On his first visit to the city after becoming governor he was presented with guard of honour by a police contingent and the members of different organisations under the leadership of Gurbir Singh Kahlon, President  IYO gave a warm welcome on his arrival.
S. Iqbal Singh while addressing …