Beneficiaries told to deposit water cess
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has appealed the beneficiaries to deposit water cess on irrigation facilities as per the reduced rates from November 2014. “Water cess levied by Punjab Government has been reduced from Rs75 per acre per crop to Rs50 per acre per crop from November 13, 2014, as per the policy of Union Government to ensure appropriated funding for irrigation projects from the Union Government,” said the State Irrigation Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon on Tuesday. Dhillon also made it clear that the amount, collected from for water cess, would be used for restoration, maintenance and construction of the canals and other water channels for irrigation facilities. He said that maintenance societies would be set up at block or divisional level for utilisation of this fund, which would include Executive Engineer as the chairman and beneficiaries as farmer representatives.
20 injured in road mishap in rohtak
Chandigarh: As many as 20 people were injured during a collision between a bus and a truck on Monday morning near Kharawad in Rohtak. The injured have been admitted in the emergency ward of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak. The officiating Vice Chancellor of the University, Dr VK Jain said that 20 people were admitted in the hospital of which some had fractures and have been admitted for necessary treatment whereas others with minor injuries were discharged after first aid. About twelve Orthopedics doctors were deployed to provide the victims with immediate and best medical treatment, he added.
Haryana Panchayats to go hi-tech
Chandigarh: Every Gram Panchayat of Haryana’s Kaithal district will soon go hi-tech as they would be connected with broadband services. Also, Panchayat Ghar will be set up in every village and services will be provided through the medium of common service centres. This was announced by Kaithal Deputy Commissioner K Makrand Pandurang at a meeting on Tuesday where he distributed laptops to 16 Panchayat Secretaries who cleared basic computer course training test organized by Panchayat Department and office of District Informatics Officer. He said that Gram Panchayat of Kaithal district would be connected to broadband services so that all works are carried out at village level itself and repeated visits of people to Kaithal district headquarters get minimized.
Vigilance Bureau nabs Jr Engg in graft case
Chandigarh: Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday nabbed a Junior Engineer, PWD red-handed while accepting bribe of Rs4,500. A spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said that Junior Engineer, Parmod Kumar, PWD was nabbed on the complaint of Ghanshyam Bhardwaj, Cluster Manager, Reliance Telecom. The complainant complained to the Vigilance Bureau authorities that Parmod Kumar, JE, PWD, Central Works, Division, Patiala was demanding bribe amounting to Rs4,500 for allowing them to dig pits alongside Zirakpur Patiala highway. A trap was laid by the team of Vigilance Bureau, Patiala headed by KD Sharma, DSP, and JE Pramod Kumar was arrested red handed while accepting bribe of Rs4,500 from the complainant.
PU team wins trial advocacy competition
Chandigarh: A team representing the University Institute of legal Studies (UIlS), Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh won the National Trial Advocacy Competition organised by the University of Petroleum and Energy at Dehradun. The team comprising of Aakash Mohan Singh, Abhinandan Mutneja, Deepanshu Mehta and S Partha Swami, students of fourth year, made the institution proud as they defeated teams from law Universities all over the country who participated in competition. The final round was held between NUAlS Kochi and UIlS, PU.
Seven-Day NSS Camp inaugurated
SAS Nagar: Baljinder Singh Thakur, Member, Punjab State Human Rights Commission on Tuesday inaugurated 7-day NSS Camp at Chandigarh College of Education, landran. A motivational poem on the importance of social service was recited by B.Ed student Chandarkala. Meenakshi Jaswal, NSS Co-ordinator, briefed the NSS volunteers on the entire schedule of forthcoming camp activities. The NSS volunteers also enacted a Nukkad Natak depicting various prevalent social evils in Punjab.
Speaker nominates business advisory panel
Chandigarh: Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Kanwar Pal has nominated 7-member Business Advisory Committee constituted under the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Haryana legislative Assembly. The Speaker would be the ex-officio chairperson of the committee and its other members included Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ram Bilas Sharma, Finance Minster, Capt. Abhimanyu, leader of Opposition, Abhay Singh Chautala and Members of legislative Assembly, Kiran Choudhry and Kuldeep Bishnoi.
Pensioners: have account, no need for another
Chandigarh: In Haryana, a pensioner would not be required to open a new bank account if they already have one under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’ or in some other local bank in the village. Pension would be directly credited to the bank account. Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Kavita Jain clarified that such pensioners with bank accounts, would have to visit the bank along with pass book or some other proof of account and get their pension ID, name and account number uploaded on the data base of the department so that pension could be directly deposited in their bank accounts.
Chhuttani’s Birth Centenary to be held on feb 26
Chandigarh: PGIMER, Chandigarh is celebrating the Birth Centenary of PN Chhuttani, it former Director on February 26 in the Bhargava Auditorium of the Institute. The Program will be presided over by Dr. Yogesh Chawla, Director, PGIMER. Dr Subhash Varma, Sub-Dean and Chairman, Institute Function Committee will be the moderator.
CME on laboratory Medicines on Feb 25
Chandigarh: The Department of Hematology at PGIMER, Chandigarh is organising a half-day CME on “Quality and Outcomes in laboratory Medicine: Overcoming Challenges in the Pre-Analytical Phase” on February 25. The meeting will focus on recent efforts at improving the patient experience at blood collection services in the PGI OPD as well as ensuring that sample collection corresponds to strict scientific norms. The busy blood collection centre in the New OPD at PGIMER has recently been extensively renovated and will soon be dedicated to patient service with state of the art services.
‘Tigers rule’ on Animal Planet
Chandigarh: Tracking one of India’s most elusive and endangered animals, Animal Planet will have spotlight on the majestic tiger. It will celebrate the tigers through its month-long programming line-up - Where Tigers Rule. Airing every night at 9 pm in March, the programme will explore the evolution of the tiger, its secret behaviour, why it is such a successful hunter and the way it has adapted to very different environments.
Strict action against guilty officers
Chandigarh: Continuing his “surprise inspection spree”, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday suspended an employee and sought explanation from many employees for dereliction of duty at Municipal Corporation office in Ambala. Vij, who represents the Ambala Assembly seat also directed to take stern action against the concerned officials who were found guilty of various irregularities during his surprise visit to Municipal Corporation office at Ambala, where he inspected all the branches of MC and checked the pending files and documents. Taking serious note of the 141 pending complaints, the Health Minister directed to seal the register and send the same to Chief Minister for further action. He said that action would be taken after investigation against those officials who had not disposed off complaints on time.