VK Singh assumes charge of Punjab CEO
Chandigarh: Punjab cadre IAS officer VK Singh on Monday assumed the charge of Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab (CEO).The notification with regard to the appointment of Singh as CEO, Punjab, has earlier been issued by Punjab Government. The orders were issued in pursuance of notification of the Election Commission of India. VK Singh belongs to Indian Administrative Services Batch of 1990. He was earlier posted as Finance Secretary, Chandigarh Administration.
haryana gets National Award for e-Governance
Chandigarh: Haryana’s e-Governance project entitled, “Dynamic Integration of Property Registration, land Records and Cadastral Maps” has received National Award on e-Governance 2013-14 under the category “Incremental Innovation in Existing Project”. Haryana State Informatics Officer, Ghan Shyam Bansal said that the award has been presented jointly by Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar and Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, V Narayanasamy at Cochin Kochi (Kerala) recently during the 17th National Conference
on e-Governance.
4 laning of Narwana-Jind-Rohtak road started
Chandigarh: The process for the four laning of Narwana-Jind-Rohtak road on National Highway 352 falling in district Jind of Haryana has commenced. The total length of this road being constructed by National Highway Authority of India is 92.6 kilometer. This project has two segments. The centrepoint of this project is village Anupgarh of district Jind. The length of this road from Anupgarh to Rohtak is 48.600 km and a sum of `283.31 crore would be spent on it. At present the width of this road is 10 meter whereas the proposed width of the road is 17 meters. Bypass would be constructed at Julana and lakhanmahra on this road having length of 5.77 km and 2.7 km respectively.
Prepaid auto facility at Gurgaon from Feb 13
Chandigarh: Gurgaon residents will get facility of prepaid autorickshaws from February 13, initially from two locations. One at Railway Station Gurgaon and the other at HUDA City Centre Metro Station. Booths for issuing slips to the autos will be set up at both these locations which will be manned by employees from Haryana Roadways Gurgaon depot. Both the ACPs (Traffic) have been deputed to ensure that the prepaid autorickshaw facility runs efficiently, without any hazards.
5-tier system for registering power plaints
Chandigarh: With the start of the facility of lodging complaints through SMS, the Haryana Power Distribution Utilities (Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam) have created five tier systems for getting registered complaints regarding interruptions in power supply and commercial issues, said Managing Director, DHBVN and UHBVN, Anurag Agarwal. He said that the consumers may register their complaints to the respective Discoms, the DHBVN or the UHBVN via SMS at 51969 by typing hr <space> dhbvn <space> account number contents of complaint or hr<space> uhbvn <space> account number contents of complaint.
Examination for Diploma in Education (D.Ed)
Chandigarh: Haryana Board of School Education, Bhiwani will conduct Diploma in Education (D.Ed) examination of first and third semester for fresh candidates and first, second, third and fourth semester examination for reappear cases from February 12. lists related to roll number, check list, experimental and internal evaluation and directions would be sent to all District Coordination Centres (DCCs) on February 5 for delivery to all concerned institutions. He said that all Heads of institutions or any employee or officer authorised by him could collect the concerned documents from concerned DCCs on afternoon of February 5.
ICAI to hold campus placements in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the statutory body for regulation of Chartered Accountants in the country, will hold its campus placement programme on February 17 and 18. As many as 165 candidates, who have recently completed their chartered accountancy, are likely to participate in the campus placement programme in Chandigarh. Some of the leading names of Indian industry have confirmed their participation for the placement programme in the city.
Bajaj Finance relaunches fixed deposit scheme
Chandigarh: Bajaj Finance ltd, one of the leading NBFCs with over 6 million customer base in the country, has announced the relaunch of their Fixed Deposit Scheme, which has been rated FAA by Crisil and MAA by ICRA indicating the highest degree of safety.
Drawing competition held
Chandigarh: A drawing competition was held in Prep-2 class in DC Model Senior Secondary School here on Monday. Children used bright and different colours to make their drawings more attractive. Teachers were spellbound to see the efforts made by these tiny tots.