Badal appoints chairpersons of two boards
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday gave his nod to appoint chairpersons of two Boards and Corporations of the State Government. Spokesperson said that Dilbagh Hussain has been appointed chairman of newly-constituted Muslim Welfare and Development Board whereas Surinder Singh Pehalwan has been appointed the chairman of Punjab Mulaazam Bhalai Board. likewise, Surinder Kaur Dyaal has been appointed member of Punjab State Subordinate Services Selection Board. The formal orders regarding these appointments would be issued soon, said the spokesperson.
rotational irrigation programme IN PUNJAB
Chandigarh: Punjab Irrigation Department has announced rotational programme for irrigation for the Kharif season through canal water from July 1 to 8. The channels and branches off-taking from Ropar head works, the channels of Sirhind canal system would run on the priority basis from Patiala feeder, Abohar branch, Sidhwan branch, Bathinda branch and Bist-Doab canal, respectively. Spokesperson said that distributaries and branches of BMl, Ghaggar link and its off-taking channels — Ghaggar branch and Patiala minor in Group ‘B’, being in the first preference, would run to their indent. Balance water supplies available would be utilized in Direct Distributaries of Group ‘A’.
‘To live healthy, eat healthy’
Chandigarh: “Sticking to healthy eating regimen requires a lot of control as tempting food can make anybody flout self-imposed restrictions. If just having a look at the refrigerator shoots up your hunger pangs, then what you store around is of great importance. Stacking nutritious food is the best to stay healthy,” says Kanika Malhotra, senior clinical nutritionist, HealthCare at Home. She adds, “One cannot do without eating. To live healthy, one should eat healthy. But before resorting to healthy eating, people should first make a move to healthy buying.”
Hike Messenger to launch new features Chandigarh: Hike Messenger, India’s free messaging app from BSB, announced a big addition to its features bouquet — the ‘Big File Transfer’ — equipping users to share all file formats, from docs, PPTs, PDFs to MP3s, of up to a 100MB each, surpassing the attachment limit of all IM apps and even email clients. Hike users no longer have to share files via emails or transfer over SD cards. The company also announced the availability of industry first; exciting new feature —’Hidden Mode’ — that helps users keep their private chats hidden from others.
Sheath Blight no more a menaceIJ
Panchkula: Punjab’s paddy farmers, who are busy sowing their kharif crop, have a new solution to the menace of Sheath Blight disease in Japanese patented fungicide PUlSOR, marketed by agro-chemical firm Insecticides (India) limited. PUlSOR contains a chemical called Thifluzamide, which is a protective and curative new generation patented fungicide. It is effective against sheath blight that is caused by rhizoctonia solani. A spokesperson said that the product has received an overwhelming response from farmers across the country and will prove to be a boon for farmers in Punjab. Punjab, known as food-bowl of the country, contributes approximately 25 per cent of rice in central pool.
Realtors honoured at Glitzy awards show
Chandigarh: The second edition of the two-day “North India’s Real Estate Show 2014”by Estate Avenues concluded here with large number of investors visiting the exhibition at Himachal Bhawan. An impressive Estate Avenues Real Estate Awards 2014 ceremony was held late Saturday night at Hotel JW Marriott here. DlF bagged the top honours as Developer of the Year while its dynamic executive director Ananta Singh Raghuvanshi was awarded as Real Estate’s Outstanding Woman Professional of the Year. The top Award for Integrated Township Developer went to Ansal API, while DlF bagged the honours in the Commercial segment and SARE Homes in the Residential segment.
KU smoothly conducts UGC Net
Kurukshetra: Kurukshetra University smoothly conducted the UGC NET at 40 examination centers located in different schools and colleges situated in Kurukshetra city and various teaching departments of the University campus on Sunday. Out of total 12454 who applied, 9693 students appeared for the test. KU Vice-Chancellor lt. Gen. Dr DDS Sandhu visited a number of centres to personally check the smooth conduct of the test. Besides, 12 Observers appointed by the UGC, the University also engaged 4 senior Deans/Professors as observers. The University appointed 630 invigilators and 250 supporting staff for the test. The first session of the test was conducted from 9.30 am to 12 noon and second session from 1.30 pm to 4 pm.
Mohali DlSA organises medico legal camp
Mohali: District legal Services Authority (DlSA), SAS Nagar (Mohali), in association with House Owner’s Welfare Society (Regd), Phase V, organised a legal awareness-cum-free medical checkup camp on Sunday. Anandpur Sahib MP Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra was he chief guest on the occasion, and announced Rs1 lakh grant to the Society so that it may fulfill its started work and services towards humanity. Mohali Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-DlSA Secretary Tarntaran Singh Bindra sensitised public about their legal rights, and made them aware about all schemes of Punjab legal Services Authority and means and ways to avail benefits thereof.
ICAI organises seminar for members
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Branch of Institute of Chartered Accountants in India (ICAI) organised a seminar on Issues in Concurrent Audit in Bank Branches to acquaint its members with the new provisions and tackle with the challenges in Concurrent Audit. Organized at Hotel Orbit, seminar witnessed a massive participation of more than 150 CA members of the region who were there learn the detail of their subject. CA Uma Kant Mehta, Chairman, ICAI exhorted the members to be aware about need to discharge their responsibilities and duties in a judicious and with caution
