Hooda slams BJP govt at centre
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday said that the BJP Government at the Centre has added fuel to inflation, contrary to its pre-poll promise of containing inflation and the hopes of people from Modi Government have turned into disappointment. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating Youth Congress office at local New Colony Mor, Gurgaon, Hooda lashed out at the BJP and said the Modi Government has shattered the hopes of people in just one-and-a-half months time. It has increased railway fare, diesel and sugar prices. Meanwhile, the CM announced that the prices of lPG gas are also going to be increased by `10 every month and the Government has taken a decision in this regard but it will be implemented after the Assembly polls in Haryana. During lok Sabha elections, the BJP had promised to bring down prices but it had failed on this account. Rather, the prices of vegetables, onions, tomatoes, potatoes etc were going up day by day, he added.
Rashmi Fauzdar is new RBI Regional Director
Chandigarh: Rashmi Fauzdar has taken over as Regional Director of RBI Chandigarh. She will have jurisdiction over Punjab, Haryana and UT of Chandigarh. Before joining RBI Chandigarh, Fauzdar was Banking Ombudsman, New Delhi. She comes in place of M.K.Singh who retired in June.
haryana Secondary Edu Dept lTC released
Chandigarh: Haryana Secondary Education Department on Monday released leave Travel Concession (lTC) of `35.87 crore for teachers, administrative staff, and all district education officers in a Recurring Budget for the Block Year 2012-15. Vivek Atray, director, Haryana Secondary Education, said that lTC payment should be made first to those employees who were due to retire in the financial year 2014-15 and later to those who had claimed lTC followed by payment based on seniority. All officers concerned have been issued directions to utilise the funds for the purpose for which it had been allotted and ensure that no financial irregularities happen in the transaction, he added.
‘constipation can lead to cancer, tumour’
Chandigarh: If chronic constipation it remains persistent and left untreated, it can lead to cancer or hernia, Dr Manmohan S Bedi, Sr Consultant, GI Surgery, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali said while addressing a health talk on ‘Risk factors for intestinal tumors & cancers’ held at Defence Services Officers Institute (DSOI), Sector 36, Chandigarh. Dr KS Dhillon and Dr NM Gupta from the Max laparoscopic Surgery team were also presented during occasion. Bedi said it was commonly seen that constipation was usually treated with over-the-counter medications. One should avoid self-medication as a dangerous disease could be missed out. The tumor in intestine could cause obstruction and bleeding in stool. If there was recent change in motion habit, and constipation was preceded by changes in normal stool habits, it could be a cause of concern, pointed out Dr Bedi.
Tata companies spend `660 crore on CSR
Chandigarh: Tata companies spent `660 crores in 2013-14 in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, which include a wide range of programmes in skills development, livelihoods, education, health and nutrition, bio-diversity and disaster relief. Dr Mukund Rajan, Member-Group Executive Council and Brand Custodian, Tata Sons, said, “CSR is not a practice but a tradition in the Tata group and is embedded in our corporate DNA. In the last three years, we have been spending at an average of `1000 crores per annum between the Tata trusts and our companies, he said.
registration open for NMIMS’ NMAT 2015
Chandigarh: SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) has announced NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT) 2015 registration open for admissions in its School of Business Management for academic session 2015-17. For admissions NMIMS full-time Management Programs at Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad campus, applicants shall be able to take online NMAT 2015 test in a window period of almost one and a half month from October 7 to December 20, this year. The programs that NMAT 2015 covers for admission are 2-year full-time MBA, MBA(HR), & MBA (Pharmaceutical Management) at Mumbai campus and 2-year full-time PGDM at Bengaluru and PGDBM at Hyderabad campuses.
No cut in existing posts of HP Revenue staff
Shimla: There would be no cut in the existing posts of various categories of Revenue staff in the Sub-Divisions, Tehsils and Sub-Tehsils, an official spokesman of Himachal Pradesh government said on Monday. He said that an apprehension was being created in the Revenue field staff that due to the staffing norms, which were notified on July 5, there will be cut in the existing posts of various categories in the Sub-Divisions, Tehsils and Sub-Tehsils. “However, it is clarified that staffing norms would be applicable for the newly created Sub-divisions, Tehsils and Sub-Tehsils and there will be no cut in the staff of the existing administrative units,” he said.