Haryana’s Santa Claus

IN Media Watch Briefs | 21/11/2008

Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda¿s latest goody bag for journalists includes a Lifetime Achievement Award, an ex-gratia sum to the next of kin from the Journalist Welfare Fund, electronic lockers to store their data and a state-of-the-art Press Room with LCD TV screens and gizmos at the Media Centre in Chandigarh. Earlier this year donated Rs 25 lakh to the National Media Centre at Gurgaon. Last year he announced media awards worth Rs.37 lakh and also gave Rs.25 lakh to the Chandigarh Press Club.

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