Senior time scale for 3 IPS officers
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has granted Senior Time Scale to the three officers of Indian Police Service, Kuldeep Singh, Naveen Singla and Swapan Sharma on the completion of their four years of service. According to a spokesman of Department of Home Affairs and Justice, in pursuance to the guidelines of Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs, the above officers have been granted the senior time scale of Rs. 15600-39000 plus Grade Pay of Rs. 6600 in Pay Band-3 on completion of 4 years service with effect from January 1, this year.
PunjabAssembly adjourned Sine Die
CHANDIGARH: The Fifth Session of the Fourteenth Punjab Vidhan Sabha, which was summoned to meet May 3, 2013 was adjourned Sine-die on the same day, Punjab Vidhan Sabha Secretariat informed.
Sonu Kocher wins ‘Idea Rocks India’
Chandigarh: Sonu Kocher has been crowned the winner of ‘Idea Rocks India’ Talent Hunt. Music Superstars, Shankar-Ehsaan-loy was the judge of this talent hunt.Kocher was selected as the winner of Idea Rocks India after a rigorous audition process on the digital and on-ground platforms involving thousands of entries from every nook and corner of the region. Top 5 finalists were screened by Shankar-Ehsaan-loy. Sashi Shankar, CMO, Idea Cellular said, “Music is core to Idea’s brand building and customer connect strategy. Felicitating the winner, Shankar-Ehsaan-loy said in one voice, “Idea Rocks India is certainly changing the lives of young talent in Music, across the country.”
HP Guv, CM grieve over freedom fighter’s death
Shimla: Urmila Singh, Governor and Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister have expressed grief over sad demise of freedom fighter Balwant Singh of Chamba town in Chamba district. He was 99. Urmila Singh prayed the Almighty to give peace to the departed soul. Virbhadra Singh prayed the Almighty to give peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family members to bear the irreparable loss.
HPPSC to introduce e-payment gateway system
Shimla: Secretary, Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, RN Batta on Tuesday said that the Commission would launch e-payment gateway system to provide facility of paying the examination fee online to the candidates applying online for various posts notified by the Commission from time to time. He said that e-payment gateway would be started in the collaboration with Punjab National Bank and the candidates can make the fee payment online by using different debit or credit cards. The procedure for paying examination fee through e-challan would remain as per past procedure, he added.
Music of Punjabi movie ‘Jatts in Golmaal’ Released
Chandigarh: The music of HM Music’s upcoming production ‘Jatts in Golmaal’ was launched on Tuesday. lead pair of the movie, Aarya Babbar and Sameksha, Comedian Binu Dhillon flanked by Producers Manmohan Singh Jandu, Harveen Singh, Harpreet singh, Jasbir Singh and co-produced by lovely Group and Ranbir Singh Atwal were
present at the music launch. The first raunchy item song of Pollywood featuring Pakistani actress Veena Malik will make everyone forget Malaika Arora Khan said Producer Manmohan Singh Jandu. Even the setting of the song reminds one of ‘Munni’ but Punjabi Shabo is spicier and mushier as she sways to the tunes of Jatinder Shah’s music and the voice of Bollywood’s top singing sensation Sunidhi Chauhan added Jandu.
State Bank honours brave security guard
Mohali: State Bank of Bikaner, Mohali Branch Tuesday honoured a braveheart, Gian Singh, who works as a security guard at the Bank. Gian Singh was felicitated by Achutyananda Panda, DGM, SBBJ while over 60 customers of the Bank attended the function and congratulated Gian Singh on his bravery. On April 6, there was a fire which took place in the premises of Indian Overseas Bank which is near the branch of the bank. As everyone else panicked and fled from the scene, Gian Singh took up leadership position, acted quickly and managed to douse the fire with a fire extinguisher before it could spread to a bigger area and cause damage of loss of life and property.
Drishti-Soft wins Customer Product of '12 Award
CHANDIGARH: Drishti-Soft, a leading provider of communications solutions to contact centers and enterprises, bagged the Customer Product of the Year Award 2012 from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC). The accolade recognizes companies which have exhibited a commitment to excellence in boosting customer experience and driving growth in the contact center industry through their pioneering products and services. Sachin Bhatia, VP-Business Development, says, " Drishti envisages innovation and endeavours to carry this legacy for better functions. This award will impel us to continuously progress in our capability and deliver commendable business benefits and distinguished services to our esteemed customers."
Uri Students meet Western Command officers
Chandigarh: 24 students hailing from border areas of Uri in J&K visited Chandigarh on Tuesday as part of the army sponsored educational and motivational tour. The children belong to a sparsely populated and remote area with minuscule basic infrastructure and amenities. Most of the children have ventured out of their native places for the first time and were thrilled to see development in this region. During their stay at the City Beautiful, they visited the Rock Garden, Sukhna lake and Chattbir Zoo. Headquarters Western Command organised interaction of the students with senior officers for their role as citizens. The senior officers while interacting exhorted the students to spread the message of peace and harmony. The tour also includes visits to Amritsar and Dehradun.
SC Students to get higher stipend
Chandigarh: The Scheduled Caste students, studying in Classes I to XII in government schools all over Haryana, will now get higher monthly stipend. This decision of the state government to raise the stipend amount will benefit 11.79 lakh students and cost the state exchequer Rs 458.48 crore during the current financial year. While SC boys studying in Class XI and XII will now get Rs 400 instead of Rs 300 per month, girls studying in these
classes would get a stipend of Rs 600 instead of Rs 400 per month. Education and Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Minister, Geeta Bhukkal, said that more than 9.29 lakh students, both boys and girls, would benefit to the tune of Rs 319.87 crore and 2.49 lakh students Rs 138.61 crore, during the current financial year.
Air NCC enrolment campaign begins
Chandigarh: Commanding Officer Wing Commander JS Jeji, 1 Chd Air Sqn NCC on Tuesday said that Air NCC Enrollment Campaign has begun in Chandigarh. A number of functions have been planned to be organized in the schools and colleges in UT Chandigarh to promote NCC activities in the region. First programme under Enrollment drive for NCC was organised at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector-36 Chandigarh. Commanding Officer Wing Commander JS Jeji gave a presentation to students and staff enlightening them about the benefits of NCC and activities of Air Sqn NCC. Approximately 300 students attended the presentation followed by an Aero-modeling show.
Punjabedu dept sponsors students’ visit to PGSC
Chandigarh: Punjab School Education Department has taken initiative to sponsor the visit of 56000 Class IX and X students of government schools to Pushpa Gujral Science City (PGSC) under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan (RMSA). Already, more than 25,000 students have visited in the month of April. PGSC director general Dr RS Khandpur said that this is fruitful and constructive step of Education Department to build scientific temper among students. Besides, Punjab government has also provided grant- in- aid for the visit of 28,000 students from all over Punjab during 2012-2013.