INlD’s former youth chief joins BJP
Kalka: Indian National lok Dal (INlD) local unit got a major setback on Tuesday with party’s Panchkula former district youth president Bhag Singh Damdama joined the BJP along with his hundreds of supporters in the presence of senior party leaders Capt Abhimanyu, Virender Singh Bhau and Kanwar Pal Gujjar. Only a fortnight back hundreds of INlD leaders had joined the BJP in Kalka. Bhau said that it was time to vote for BJP as Kalka constituency has been badly ignored all these years. He also blamed Chief Minister BS Hooda for restricting development in his own constituency while other constituencies had been intentionally ignored.
Punjab to set up five more maize dryers
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has decided to setup five more Maize Dryer Units in the State to promote maize as an alternative crop in place of paddy and to check depletion and contamination of groundwater. These units would be setup with cost of Rs 26 crore for which Centre has given its approval for funds at Machiwara, Nakoder, Kapurthala, Bhogpur and Phaglana (Hoshiarpur). Agriculture Minister Jathedar Tota Singh said that Punjab Government has already installed two maize dryer plants at Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr districts to dry maize according to international parameters.
Gurgaon police signs mou with MDI to curb crime
Chandigarh: Gurgaon police on Tuesday signed a MoU with Management Development Institute (MDI) to zero down crime rate in the city and to control crime at stage one —at the place of occurrence of crime. The MoU was inked by Gurgaon Commissioner of Police Gurgaon Alok Mittal and MDI director Prof Mukul Gupta at Police Commissioner’s office. Mittal said that it consists of two projects —Shakti and another is an exercise to create ‘Crime Index’ for Gurgaon, which will be helpful in assessing crime rate scientifically as was being done in developed countries. A duration of 16 to 18 months has been fixed for completing both projects by doing data analysis.
Sukhbir hails Atwal’s nomination in CPA
Chandigarh: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday hailed the nomination of State Assembly’s Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) for “prestigious position which has been rightly given to a Punjabi for his exceptional qualities as a senior parliamentarian”. He said that it was a great honour not for the people of Punjab but for the entire legislators’ fraternity of India.
Haryana Guv launches health website
Chandigarh: Haryana Governor Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki on Tuesday launched a website of Dhawan Nature Care — www.dhawansnaturecare.com — at Haryana Bhavan. Prof Solanki said that the website would give several healthcare benefits to the people. He appealed to health institutions and NGOs to launch a health drive with a view to making people aware about maintaining good health and leading a healthy life.
V-Cs to discuss value-based education
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh University is organising one-day seminar on ‘Value Based Education: Issues, Concerns and New Direction’ on Wednesday. HPU’s vice-chancellor Prof ADN Bajpai said that former Governor of Nagaland Dr Ashwani Kumar will be the Chief Guest, and UGC report on ‘Value Education’ will also be released on the occasion. “There will be a Vice-Chancellors’ meet also to discuss strategies and plans to introduce Value Education in the Institutions of Higher Education. Vice-Chancellors of all HP State Universities and Private Universities have been invited for the seminar,” he added.
Dayal sworn in as PSSSB member
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday administered oath of office and secrecy to Surinder Kaur Dayal as member of Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board (PSSSB) at a simple but an impressive ceremony at Punjab Bhawan. Spokesperson said that with Dayal’s induction, Board’s total strength had gone up to 12. Meanwhile, Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal conducted proceedings of swearing-in-ceremony.
Dr Kler receives DMA Centenary Award
Chandigarh: Delhi Medical Association has honoured renowned Cardiologist and Padma Bhushan recipient Dr TS Kler with DMA Centenary Award for outstanding contribution in medical profession. A renowned interventional Cardiologist, Dr Kler hails from a village of Amargarh in Punjab where he spent his childhood and completed his primary education. He went on to do his MBBS from Patiala and MD in Medicine and DM in Cardiology from PGI Chandigarh.
BSNl Punjab launches special STD vouchers
Chandigarh: BSNl Punjab has brought up new special tariff vouchers (STVs) for its pre-paid mobile customers to provide reduced call rates for making STD calls to any network. BSNl Punjab chief GS Julka said that with the use of STV-84, prepaid mobile customers of BSNl, will be able to make STD calls in all networks at the rate 35 paise per minutes by just paying one rupee per day. The details of other tariff and protional offers is available on BSNl Punjab website — www.bsnl.co.in.
Bajaj Finance to fund Phagwara durable goods
Phagwara: Bajaj Finance limited announced its offering of finance on consumer durable products in Phagwara targeting two per cent of the market size of Rs 40 crore. The market leader in this segment, BFl enjoys a share over 15% of the Rs 65,000 crore consumer durable industries across India. In Phagwara, the company has plans to tie-up with over 20 branded stores where the consumers can take benefit of this finance option. Bajaj Finance, with a current loan book of 8,329 crore, has been growing at a constant rate of 30% largely due to its interest free EMI finance on consumer durable loans.