NSG commandos honoured in Haryana

October 13th, 2009 Rohtak (Haryana)/PUNE - Prominent leaders came out to cast their votes for the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana on Tuesday. In Rohtak, Bhajan Lal, former Haryana Chief Minister and chief of the Haryana Janhit Congress came out and cast his vote.

October 7th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the controversial issue of sharing of water between Haryana and Punjab should be sorted out through talks. The water sharing has been a thorny issue between both states with Haryana seeking completion of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal and Punjab opposing the move.

August 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia dissolved the state assembly on the recommendation of the State Cabinet on Friday evening. Earlier in the day Haryana Cabinet recommended the Governor to dissolve the State Assembly.

August 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Independence Day was celebrated Saturday in Punjab and Haryana and their common capital Chandigarh with the enthusiastic participation of the local people. The Chandigarh administrator, Gen.

August 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In the wake of a poor monsoon in Haryana, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday urged the central government to allocate 400 MW additional power from the unallocated pool of central generation. In response to our earlier request, the central government had allocated only 100 MW of additional power for Haryana.

July 20th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In a bid to encourage students of Haryana to perform well academically, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Monday honoured meritorious students and announced various schemes to boost the education system in the state. Around 131 students were awarded cash awards ranging from Rs.11,000 to Rs.500,000 during the ceremony that was held at Hooda's residence here.

July 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH - A woman village head from Haryana was honoured in the capital by President Pratibha Patil Saturday for her successful anti-alcohol campaign, an official statement said. Roshni Devi of Kothal Khurd village near Narnaul town in Haryana, some 300 km from Chandigarh, had gone to New Delhi, along with a group of 18 other women of the village, on the special invitation of the president.

June 7th, 2009 PANCHKULA - Haryana police on Saturday seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition and arrested three persons in Panchkula. Most of the weapons were stolen from a gun depot in Hoshiarpur, Punjab.

May 18th, 2009 LONDON - Music legend Sir Elton John was honoured for his contribution to musical theatre at the Annual Drama League Awards in New York. The singer received a special tribute during the ceremony for his work on hit stage shows including 'Aida', 'The Lion King' and 'Billy Elliot', which has been a major success since it opened on Broadway last year, reported contactmusic.com Other stars honoured at the ceremony included Angela Lansbury, currently appearing in the Broadway revival of 'Blithe Spirit', who was recognised for her unique contribution to theatre, and writer-director Arthur Laurents, the man behind the recent revivals of 'West Side Story' and 'Gypsy', who received the Julia Hansen Award for directing.

March 27th, 2009 LAHORE - Female commandos of Pakistan's Elite Force have alleged that their administrative staff is forcing them to work in place of their male colleagues, who are often on vacation.he female commandos said that the moharrars (administrative staff), who were bribed by male commandos for showing them on duty, deputed female commandos for VVIP security, motorcades, escorts, point duties and patrolling despite the legal provisions. The Elite Force was established to provide security to VVIPs, and to arrest terrorists, kidnappers and other high-profile criminals.

March 26th, 2009 COLOMBO - Two Sri Lankans, members of the British High Commission here, have been honoured by Queen Elizabeth II for their 'long and exceptional service', a statement said here Thursday. Francis Gnanapragasam, part of the defence section of the high commission for almost 30 years, has been awarded an honorary MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) while Mahendra Ratnaweera was awarded for his services following the 2004 tsunami disaster.

March 12th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - The Central Reserve Security Force Director General, N. R. Das, on Tuesday said that a special unit of trained commandos is in Pakistan to protect the Indian Embassy officials working there.

January 31st, 2009 DAVOS - Indian megastar Amitabh Bacchan was honoured with World Economic Forum's (WEF) Crystal Award here for his contribution to the world of art. Noted Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer Mallika Sarabhai was also honoured Saturday along with Chinese martial artist and actor Jet Li and Venezuelan musician José Antonio Abreu.

January 11th, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh has set up an Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to counter any Mumbai-like terrorist strike in the state. 'ATS came into existence Jan 10.

December 29th, 2008 LONDON - Hollywood star Sean Penn will be honoured at a California film festival for his portrayal as San Francisco's first openly gay elected official in the new film 'Milk'. According to contactmusic.com, the actor will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the 20th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival next month.